A found family, Santa vs Scrooge, 50+ Christmas romance coming in 2025!
Her Thankful Heart: a small-town Advent romance with tropes of found family plus Santa/Scrooge
Move across the country? Check.
Help a friend open a new inn? Check.
Make room in her life for gratitude and new love? Not. A. Chance.
Accomplished chef Pamela Whorley has arrived in Jewel Lake, Montana, and here she’ll stay for the next three months, hanging out with her college bestie and other friends of that era, then move on again. Alone, no matter how the sole guest at the inn tempts her heart to reawaken.
Granger Durand has plenty of regrets, starting with putting his military career ahead of his infant daughter. Fighting militants was easier than fighting his ex, but now his grown-up daughter seems ready to accept a relationship with him… on her terms. Which is why he’s staying at the Maranatha Inn, an arrangement that seems perfect until the new chef, a beautiful widow, refuses to be friends.
Granger’s two grandkids force a reluctant Pam to face memories of her own lost family, and his humble gratitude for new opportunities might encourage her to reacquaint herself with her fractured faith. But being thankful for everything that’s happened and opening up about it to her friends — not to mention Granger — might be asking too much.
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About Christmas at Maranatha Inn Christian Romance
Welcome to Maranatha Inn, where six old college friends reconnect to highlight Advent traditions in Jewel Lake, Montana. They might all be single (again) after all these years, but romance isn’t on their Christmas lists, which are full of hosting holiday parties, bonfires, Christmas trees, sleigh rides, and more! Still, romance may just find them, anyway.
This series by a 2x USA Today bestselling author explores the themes of gratitude, hope, love, joy, peace, and the Gift of Christmas in a collection featuring seasoned characters in their fifties.
1. Her Thankful Heart
2. Her Hopeful Heart
3. Her Loving Heart
4. Her Joyous Heart
5. Her Peaceful Heart
6. Her Giving Heart
