THE CHRISTMAS ROOM

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Mystic Creek series comes astandalone contemporary romance novel full of homespun holiday cheer--now inmass market!Maddie McLendon hasn't had a new relationship since the loss of her belovedhusband two years ago. Broken by grief and desperate for a new start, Maddiemoves to Bitterroot Valley, Montana, with her adult son and her grandson. Butdespite the natural beauty of her new town, not every change in her life is awelcome one. Maddie's new next-door neighbor, Sam Conacher, used to be apillar of the community, but he has driven old friends and new acquaintances awaydue to a recent heartbreak of his own. He seems to intrude on her life at everyturn.As Christmas draws closer, Sam's and Maddie's grown children begin to fall inlove, but Maddie and Sam's interactions are punctuated by an increasingly bitterattitude. Under unexpected circumstances, the other townsfolk of Bitterroot Valleyband together to show both Maddie and Sam that moving past their grief ispossible, and burdens are lightened when you have someone else to depend on.