They were sisters once—identical quadruplets—given up for adoption at birth. Now each receives a letter advising her to claim her inheritance and the family she never knew. . .at Christmas. Holly feels betrayed when she learns she’s adopted, while Carol prays for a loving family. Starr thinks it’s all a hoax, and Noelle needs a break from a hopeless situation. There are more surprises in store as each young woman gets just the gift she wants—and needs. You’ll be warmed by love in these interwoven tales of the ultimate Christmas gift. . . .
This series is a hit and miss series. Sometimes you get some nice light reading, sometimes you get really dumb stories. This was nice, light reading. I really loved all four sisters and their journey. I have to admit, the last story was my least favorite. Thankfully, the epilogue helped tie all the stories together and left me feeling happy.
This was really four separate stories written under one cover. That being said, I did not like the first story. It was the reading level of a grade schooler and very predictable. The other three stories were interesting. The ending was so sudden that I was disappointed that there wasn't more. More could have been written about how all the girls lived out their lives after finding one another.
Christmas Belles of Georgia This book is actually four novellas written by four different authors that are woven together into one story. Although each section has its own flavor, there is still a sense of unity among the whole. Each story begins with a letter from a Georgina law firm to one of four separate women. Unknown to each of them, they are actually identical quadruplets born to a young unwed mother who died shortly after their delivery. The girls were subsequently put up for adoption, and while two of them know they were adopted (while two of them did not) none of them knew they had biological siblings. Each one is invited to Monticello, Georgia, their birthplace, on Christmas day for a reading of their maternal grandmother’s will. It will be the first time they we meet each other face to face and the first time they find out the true nature of the will and its author. Christmas in Dixie by Jeanie Smith Cash is the first of the novellas. In this story, Holly Davenport, an esthetician, flies to Monticello to find out exactly what’s going on. She is especially shocked by the news since she had no idea she was even adopted. Unfortunately, shortly after her arrival, she has an appendix attack. Dr. Grayson Brockman, her attending physician, also happens to be the brother of her ‘deceased’ grandmother’s lawyer. Mutual attraction turns to love, but she still has to come to grips with her bitterness toward her parents. This story sets the stage for the other novellas, although each contains enough background information to make them stand alone. Nick’s Christmas Carol by Rose Allen McCauley is the story of Carol Peterson. Carol was raised by a wealthy, though sometimes distant couple, and grew up with every privilege. Although she never lacked for material things, she sometimes felt empty until she became a believer. Unfortunately, her adoptive parents are not interested in her faith. When she gets the news that she is actually a quadruplet, she rushes to Georgia to find out more. Much to her chagrin, her maternal grandmother’s property is managed by a former acquaintance - Nick Powers. Their meeting as teens holds unhappy memories for both of them since Nick was a mere ‘pool maintenance boy’ while Carol was a rich snob. However, their new found attraction for each other won’t be kept at bay. Starry Night by Jeri Odell follows Starr Evans, a skeptic who doesn’t even believe the revelation is authentic until lawyer Camden Brockman makes a personal visit to her California home. She finds the news hard to accept since her parents never told her she was adopted, even though her father was a pastor and always preached ‘the truth’. Unfortunately they died in a car accident, and so she is left to piece together the puzzle on her own. With Camden’s help, she is able to find peace, and along with that, love. Loving Stetson by Debra Ullrick is the last of the stories. Noel Brady knows she is adopted and is perfectly secure in her large family on a Colorado ranch. When the news that she has biological siblings reaches her, she is curious and naturally wants to meet them. Where she feels some confusion, however, is in her relationship with ranch hand Stetson Laramie. Although she has always felt some kind of chemistry between the two of them, there is something holding Stetson back. Will his long time secret be the thing that brings them together or drives them apart? The epilogue, written by Cash, finally brings the four sisters together for the reading of the will. I enjoyed reading this book. It was an interesting premise and each story was short and sweet with just enough conflict to keep the reader interested. Christmas Belles of Georgia is a light, easy read – and you don’t have to wait until Christmas to read it!
4 Authors write Christmas Belles of Georgia Jeanie Smith Cash.."Christmas in Dixie"
Holly finds out at Christmas time that she is one of a set of quads that had been given up for adoption at birth and it rocks her world. She is to travel to Monticello Ga on Christmas day to learn of her inheritance and to see her sisters(identical sisters). What a shock, How do you think you would have handled this situation? what would your feelings have been to not only learn that you were adopted but one of a set of quads that had been split up....
Rose Allen McCauley.."Nick's Christmas Carol"
Carol knew that she was adopted and she felt much love growing up with brothers who were so protective of her..she loved her parents and life was good. Carol meets an old friend from school "Nick" who works at the plantation and when they reconnect there are sparks that are rekindled from the past. Each of the sisters have gotten letters from an attorrney office and are told they must stay at the plantation home in Monticello on December 25th (their birthday) and then meet with attorney's the next day to learn of their inheritance. Nick shows Carol around the area when she comes to see if the attorney will tell her anymore which he will not until the date in letter.
Jeri Odell.."Starry Night"
Starr grows up in california not much similar about Ga to Ca and she wonders what this is all about and at first believes it to be a scam. one she is having nothing to do with. the attorney Camden Brockman has to make a trip to Ca to inform this one in person and try to make her believe the story is true...
Debra Ullrick.."Loving Stetson"
and last but not least the story of Noel, this girl always knew she had been adopted but not all the facts. She has grown up on a ranch and cannot even imagine living in the south. Noel is in love with a worker on her fathers ranch and does not want to leave the area. Stetson has issues of his own and tries to stay away from the young lady because he knows he is not good enough for her..can they work out their problems and be a couple one day? I like to read stories by this author and know she will pull it together.
4 sisters not knowing of the other now will meet on December 25th and learn about the mother that gave birth to them and then died 3 days later. To know you have a sister somewhere is quite a tale but to find out there are three more, is amazing and I enjoyed reading of these girls coming together and how each felt as they found out the news from a letter sent by an attorney office far from where they live....
Title: CHRISTMAS BELLES OF GEORGIA Authors: Jeanie Smith Cash, Rose Allen McCauley, Jeri Odell, Debra Ullrick Publisher: Barbour Books September 2011 ISBN: 978-1-61626-480-2 Genre: Inspirational/contemporary/romance
Four sisters, identical quadruplets, find out they are adopted and heirs to a historical plantation.
Christmas in Dixie by Jeanie Smith Cash—Holly Davenport is shocked when she receives a letter in the mail sharing the news that she’s adopted and an heiress. She travels to Monticello, Georgia, to get some answers, but while there she suffers an appendicitis attack and ends up in the hospital. Dr. Grayston Brockman is her attending physician, but quickly becomes more to her than just a doctor. What will it take for Grayston to convince her to stay in Georgia?
Nick’s Christmas Carol by Rose Allen McCauley—Carol Peterson is an only child, but she always dreamed of having a large family. When she is almost twenty-five she learns that she’s one of a set of quadruplets, she’s thrilled, but he won’t reveal any more information. Nick Powers tries to help Carol cope while she waits. They work together to help make Christmas happy for others—but will they find their own happiness?
Starry Night by Jeri Odell—Starr Evans loves the California surf, sea, and sand. Camden Brockman goes to California to let her know about her adoption, but they are instantly attracted to each other. But he has deep roots in the south. Will they be able to find a place to build a life together?
Love Stetson by Debra Ullrick—Noel Brady knew she was adopted, but she didn’t know she was part of a set of quadruplets. When she learns of that fact she shares it with her father’s ranch hand, Stetson Laramie. She loves Stetson, but isn’t sure how he feels about her. Her big news only seems to push him further away. When Noel learns about Stetson’s secret past will she continue to love him?
CHRISTMAS BELLES of GEORGIA is a set of four novellas written by four different authors regarding the four quadruplets in this story. All four must come to terms with their adoption, being part of a suddenly large group of siblings, and being heiress to a historical plantation.
I enjoyed all the stories, but as per usual one of them stood out more than the rest. This is a really sweet collection of Christmas romances, that don’t take long to read. This will make a good Christmas gift for a romance lover on your life. $7.99. 352 pages.
It's Christmas time in Georgia and four very different girls with two things in common are about to all recieve a letter that will change their lives forever and realise that there are things in their pasts that no-one has told them and things that they have believed are now a lie. Four girls all living with different people, different status of lives etc are about to recieve a letter from a law firm telling them all about their birth families and that they are in fact part of a set of identical quadruplets whose mother died a day after they were born and then the foursome were adopted out to diffferent families. The girls Grandmother Emily has called them all home to announce that they have inherited their family home and it has been the day she has been waiting for her whole life - to have and hold her four little granddaughters once again. Each author has written a short story about each daughter and their reaction to the news and the delightful events that occur in the smalltown of Monticello, Georgia. The first sister up is Holly, she is a romance writer and on her way to the lawyer's finds herself taking a detour and winding up in hospital , it is here that she meets and falls for the handsome Doctor. The second sister is Carol , she has been raised in a wealthy family and while in town to meet the lawyer , she runs into Nick - a blast from her past, he used to be her pool boy when they were 16. Now Nick is the manager of Bellingham farms , the farm that Carol and her sisters are about to inherit . Can they put aside their past differences to start fresh or will the revelation of the news affect more than Nick's job ? The third sister is the one that needed the most convincing Starr , so when she doesn't reply the lawyer finds himself flying to LA to meet her and bring her back to Monticello , when sparks fly between the two , we wonder whether Mr. Lawyer will be bringing her back with a status more than Client ? Last, but not least is Noel , she has grown up on a ranch with the affection of Stetson- the ranch hand but when he realises , she wants to go and he doesn't want to be apart from her - will this spur him on for popping the big question ? Of, course all the wonderful questions and the meeting of the sisters with their grandmother is explained in the Epilogue. BTW - Did you notice that each sister is named after Christmas time as the girls birthday is 25th December ?
I had a wonderful time spending a few hours with the Christmas Belles of Georgia.
A four-in-one collection, this Christmas anthology is the story of four sisters—identical quadruplets—who were separated and put up for adoption as infants. When they're notified shortly before their twenty-fifth birthdays that they've inherited property in Georgia that includes a large, old antebellum mansion, not all of the girls are even aware that they were adopted. The will stipulates that all four of the sisters must spend their twenty-fifth birthday/Christmas day and night in the mansion.
This collection is the story of how they all get there, and the funny, sad, and touching things that happen to each of them on the way. Four stories. Four authors. Did I find ONE favorite? Perhaps, but I'll never tell…
The authors did a wonderful job of tying all the pieces together seamlessly, and I especially enjoyed the personalities unique to each sister. From sweet and innocent, to saucy and feisty, these four women are each as different from the other as day is to night…and yet they each have common insecurities and imperfections, and they all love and serve the same God.
I didn't get a chance to read this collection during the Christmas holidays, as I would have liked, but I discovered in the reading that this one is enjoyable any time of year. Wonderful writing by four writers who know how to tell a story.
Christmas Belles of Georgia is a fun, very sweet read. The story visits four different ways adoptive families handle the concept of adoption. Quads adopted into very different families learn to cope with their new family experience when each of them find out they have three other sisters. It's fun to read short novellas where each of the sisters find love and an acceptance of who they are even though they're adopted. Satisfying ending. I'd been wondering how they'd split the inheritance successfully and enjoyed the way the four authors tied it together.
Christmas Belles of Georgia is such a wonderful collection of stories by four amazing authors, Jeanie Smith Cash, Rose Allen McCauley, Jeri Odell, and Debra Ullrick. Could you imagine receiving a letter one day out of the blue from an attorenys office, not only informing you that you were adopted, but you were one of four identical quadruplets? Well, that's exactly what happened to Holly, Carol, Starr, and Noel. If you love christmas stories as much as I do, you'll love these four novellas they will definitely get you in the Christmas spirit!
This Christmas anthology held special interest for me, since I live just an hour or so away from the setting, which by the way, is nicely woven in. It's a sweet, holiday spirit filled book that will make you smile and laugh. Since I read it the day after Thanksgiving, it was the perfect avenue to launch me into the holidays. My favorite was Nick's Christmas Carol because of the unique gift-giving idea it inspired me to consider.
I won't go into a lot of detail about each story because others have done that. But four writers have taken a story each in telling the stories of four sisters separated at birth. Each author has their style of writing, but it fits together nicely. Debut author Rose McCauley's story was my favorite. If you love romance and you love Christmas then this combination will please you.
I truly enjoyed reading Christmas Belles of Georgia. Each section tells the story of a different lady and her reaction to learning that she was adopted and that she has 3 sisters; identical quads. Each writer did a great job capturing the emotions and scenes of each section. It all came together wonderfully at the end. Nicely done, ladies.
My husbands grandmother game me this book to read. Its a wonderful inspirational romance. Plus it will bring you closer to God. Everytime I read this book it makes my heart burst because its just so sweet. I love it.
4 great Authors, 4 wonderful, fun love stories, about 4 very different sisters (identical quadruplets) separated and adopted as newborns. Romance with good Christian values! I didn't want to put it down!
4 different stories about 4 identical sisters who do not the others exist. I enjoyed getting to know each of them and how they deal with the discovery.
I really wanted to like this book. I bought it to add to my Christmas collection as a nice clean book that I could read over every year. I understood that all four novellas would be romances but I thought the stories would be a little more developed. In all but three of the stories the girls met the guys and then were engaged within 3 months. I liked the last story a bit more because at least the couple already knew each other and had a history so the romance developed a bit more naturally. I didn't find the writing amazing but on the plus side they were all clean stories. I read another Christmas book in this Romancing America series that I enjoyed a lot more. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep this one or not. I don't think I would be interested in reading it a second time.
Cute and heartwarming, but very inconsistent. Not surprising since it is four different stories by four different authors with the common thread of the identical quadruplets getting letters about an inheritance they share. I think this would have worked better if there wasn't the connections of three of the love interests to each other and the place. The writing style of the stories was hit and miss (the second story I really did not enjoy at all), and the epilog did not really pull the stories together. It really fell flat. I like the idea of this, but the execution wasn't great. It also has components of Christian fiction that I don't particularly like. Still a quick holiday read, and I didn't absolutely hate it.
I loved the stories of all the couples and would love to have more books like this to read It was so nice reading good Christian books and know I did not have to be concerned what would happen in the future pages. I would have enjoyed these books as a teenager, twenties, young married woman and today. Thank you for these books and I do hope there will be more, maybe a sequel.
This ended up being 4 different stories by 4 different authors. It would have been nice to be able to review them separately. I think 3 stars is a fair rating. They were cute, uplifting stories. Easy, kind of fluff reading. I found the ending a little anti climatic after a big build up. Also found the love stories a little unrealistic. A little fast.
I really enjoyed this book with its unusual approach. Each story was intriguing in itself, and each sister had her own personality. The writing was excellent which helps the reader proceed smoothly without being sidetracked by poor grammar, spelling, etc. The ending was to be expected but still very satisfying.
Great book. At first I couldn't figure out how four authors could write a book and be able to make it flowed as if one person was writing. Well these four did it. Couldn't put it down. Being a Christian I the book spoke to me in so many ways. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
2 stars only because it was an interesting premise. The first story was so ridiculous. The second story was probably my favourite due to the 12 days of giving idea. By stories 3 and 4 I was just wanting to finish the book. The stories were superficial and the epilogue tying everything together was so short.
I was leery of this book as I have read so many {churned out} books lately. This had well written sentences and some intelligent twists. I even bough 4 of the books by the first author. May buy some of the others too.
Entertaining book,almost unbelievable that such could happen. 100 acres is not much of a plantation, would not make a living in today's world, glad they had something else to help them out. Was sad and glad, adoption is not so bad when you know someone loves you.
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A good story about an inheritance given to four women who had each been adopted after their mother died giving birth to the identical four girls. How they find out they had three sisters they had not known about.
4 identical babies, girls, given up for adoption receive a letter for their 25th birthday. Asking them to come to a southern mansion to receive news. Each journeys to this reunion and meets the love of their lives on the way
The story of four separate women whom become united by life may have been done before, but these women were all ready United as sisters in Christ! Loved the background stories !
It was great to have 4 stories that "tied" together so well. The characters were so enjoyable to get to know. These stories were well-written. I definitely recommend this book.
Loved the book because it shows the love of a grandmother and each girl for her adopted families! And Stetson's story made it even more real about how a young person can get carried away and have to forever love with the consequences of their actions!
Four interwoven stories of identical quadruplets. They have just discovered their sisters and their inheritance, but will they find true love as well? Lovely clean romances to bring a smile and warm your heart.