Saving Christmas

by Pamela Bauer

Only thirty days till Christmas... Sara Richards had one month to save the sleepy hamlet of Christmas, Minnesota, from extinction and one month to save herself from Joe Gibson. The man who'd fuelled her schoolgirl fantasies was home for the holidays, and everyone in town knew there was unfinished business between her and Joe. Joe was more desirable than ever. Just the sight of him made Sara hot all over even in the midst of a Minnesota winter. The townsfolk all 272 of them decided to play matchmaker, and Sara wondered how her heart was going to make it till Christmas.... Give the gift of joy this holiday season, with Harlequin American Romance!

231 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 1999

About the author

Pamela Muelhbauer was born and raised in Minnesota, one of six children. She and her husband Gerr, live in a small community just northwest of Minneapolis. They have two children, Amy and Aaron, and a bichon-poo that thinks he’s human. The marriage spend much of their recreational time in the lakes region of northern Minnesota. They enjoy roasting marshmallows over an open fire and listening to the call of the loons in the summer, and in the winter they trek through the woods on snowshoes and fish through a hole in the ice. Is it romantic? Ask a Minnesotan and you’ll likely get the answer, "You betcha!" says Pamela, who treasures those moments "up north."

Since selling her first romance in 1986, Pamela Bauer has gained fans around the world for her heartwarming stories about love and family relationships. She plans to continue to write stories about people falling in love and living happily ever after. She hopes that when you read one of her books you’ll smile and maybe even laugh out loud, but more important, when you’ve finished the story you’ll feel good — about families, about life, and about love. She often uses the Midwest as a setting for her books, because she believes there’s something special about the region that makes it the perfect setting for stories about love and family. It’s also the place where she fell in love with her real-life hero, her husband.

Reviews

[Elisa Vangelisti · Rating 1 out of 5]

un protagonista maschile più antipatico non si poteva leggere

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good book. Sara is back in Christmas after her divorce and has gotten roped into coming up with a way for the town to retain its status. Being pretty creative and ever optimistic, she comes up with an idea to turn the town into a Victorian Christmas Village on Christmas Eve and draw in tourists. One of the people involved is Joe's mother who wants Joe and his daughter to come to Christmas for the holidays. Sara had a crush on Joe in high school, but things didn't work out for them. Now they can't be in the same room without arguing, but there's also still a strong attraction between them. Joe hated living in the small town where he felt like no one liked him and he was being constantly watched. When he left he swore he would never be back. I loved Sara and her optimism and how hard she was working to help the town. She had never really understood what Joe's problem with the town was, but she had never forgotten him. She is fighting the attraction because he still wants nothing more than to get his mother to return to California with him for the holidays. I loved her patience with the people around her and how good she was at listening to them. She was fantastic with Joe's daughter and tried very hard to get Joe to see the good in the town. Joe was harder to like at the beginning. His dislike of the town when he was a teen had given him terrible tunnel vision where it was concerned. Every time he saw Sara he fought the attraction and hammered at her about what a waste of time her attempts were, that being absorbed by another town would be best, that he just wanted to convince his mother and leave. He really wasn't willing to pay attention to what anyone else wanted. It took a while but Sara was able to make a little headway in changing his attitude, but it seemed like it wouldn't be enough. I really enjoyed his daughter's enthusiasm and the way she was able to get Joe to do some things. I also loved the Twelve Days of Christmas theme at the end and how everything came together.