Synopses & Reviews
One part laughter. Two parts love. Mix together and enjoy!
Christmas has come to Valentine, Oklahoma and everybody's got a special wish . . . For thirteen-year-old Corrine, it's really about keeping what she has: a happy life with her aunt Marilee and Papa Tate; her beloved horses; and an almost boyfriend, Ricky Dale. Now is not the time for the mother who abandoned her to come back into her life.
Anita, though, is determine. She is coming home for Christmas to fix the mistakes she's made. Despite some bad times and the bridges she's burned, Anita loves her daughter, and she is desperately hoping a bit of Christmas magic will help Corrine decide to love and trust her again.
As for Marilee, she loves Corrine like her own, and fears losing the girl to a beautiful, irresponsible mother who might just break her daughters heart all over again. As always, Anita's arrival fans old flames of anger and stubbornness between the two sisters. Then again, it is a season of miracles. And if one tiny miracle could find its way to Valentine this year, then everybody might just get the most perfect gift of all.
Review
"If home is where the heart is, then the town of Valentine is the perfect place to settle in." (Joan Medlicott, author of the "Covington Ladies" series)
Synopsis
Curtiss Ann Matlock takes readers back to Valentine, Oklahoma, to see Christmas through the eyes of thirteen-year-old Corrine, a girl who has everything she wants, including a happy life her aunt Marilee and "Papa" Tate, her beloved horses and an "almost boyfriend, Ricky Dale. But her birth mother, Anita--who abandoned Corrine--is back in town and determined to rebuild her relationship with her daughter. Will Corrine's heart be broken all over again, or will it be the best Christmas ever?
Synopsis
Christmas in Valentine, Oklahoma, is presented through the eyes of 13-year-old Corrine, whose birth mother is back in town and determined to rebuild her relationship with the daughter she abandoned. Original.