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A Christmas Stroll in Brooks: A Grumpy-Sunshine, Sweet-Clean, Small Town Christmas Rom-Com
“Heartwarming and hard to put down.” - Romance Times on Kalan Chapman Lloyd's Loser's Road
“A winning contemporary romance... a gently affecting tale of personal redemption, second chances, and the power of faith.” - Kirkus Book Review on Kalan Chapman Lloyd's Loser's Road
After the death of his parents, his childhood home at Christmas is the last place former NFL star and hometown hero Quint Jackson wants to be. But when the powers that be rope him into being the celebrity Grand Marshall of the kick-off to Christmas season, the state famous parade, he finds himself back in the one place he swore he'd never return.
Since being named Executive Director of her hometown's Downtown Association, Sadie Stetson has spent the last year planning and color-coding the perfect small town the parade, the Christmas cookie stroll, the tree lighting and toy drive and breakfast with Santa. She's got it all under control, headset and all, until Quint Jackson shows up with all his brooding charm and grumpy refusal to embrace the magic of Brooks at Christmastime.
Even worse, Quint and Sadie's brother just so happen to hate each other. Some old football grudge that they've both been nursing for years.
As Quint is pushed by the zany townfolks (including an all-too-real Mrs. Claus) into Sadie's carefully curated world to make this years' Christmas in Brooks the best one yet, sparks fly underneath the tinsel decorations on the streetlights of the bricked streets of Brooks. As sleigh bells ring and snowflakes fall, they'll have to decide if this Christmas is about what's lost... or what's beginning.
Full of warmth, wit and holiday charm, this clean Christmas romance will make you believe in second chances and the magic of coming home for Christmas.
Perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber and Jenny Hale!
“A winning contemporary romance... a gently affecting tale of personal redemption, second chances, and the power of faith.” - Kirkus Book Review on Kalan Chapman Lloyd's Loser's Road
After the death of his parents, his childhood home at Christmas is the last place former NFL star and hometown hero Quint Jackson wants to be. But when the powers that be rope him into being the celebrity Grand Marshall of the kick-off to Christmas season, the state famous parade, he finds himself back in the one place he swore he'd never return.
Since being named Executive Director of her hometown's Downtown Association, Sadie Stetson has spent the last year planning and color-coding the perfect small town the parade, the Christmas cookie stroll, the tree lighting and toy drive and breakfast with Santa. She's got it all under control, headset and all, until Quint Jackson shows up with all his brooding charm and grumpy refusal to embrace the magic of Brooks at Christmastime.
Even worse, Quint and Sadie's brother just so happen to hate each other. Some old football grudge that they've both been nursing for years.
As Quint is pushed by the zany townfolks (including an all-too-real Mrs. Claus) into Sadie's carefully curated world to make this years' Christmas in Brooks the best one yet, sparks fly underneath the tinsel decorations on the streetlights of the bricked streets of Brooks. As sleigh bells ring and snowflakes fall, they'll have to decide if this Christmas is about what's lost... or what's beginning.
Full of warmth, wit and holiday charm, this clean Christmas romance will make you believe in second chances and the magic of coming home for Christmas.
Perfect for fans of Debbie Macomber and Jenny Hale!
320 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 14, 2025
About the author
Kalan Chapman Lloyd
44 books60 followersKalan Chapman Lloyd is an attorney and author currently residing in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She enjoys big hair, Supreme Court Decisions on Intellectual Property, hats, the sound of construction and the feel of brand new sweatshirts. Kalan grew up in the small town Tahlequah, OK where she graduated from Tahlequah Senior High School. She attended Oklahoma State University and the University of Tulsa College of Law and has been a member of the Oklahoma Bar since 2008. She and her husband enjoy parenting their left-handed, strong-willed children. She is a Junior League dropout.
Her first book, Home Is Where Your Boots Are, the first in the series, The MisAdventures of Miss Lilly was a finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards and spent several weeks at No. 1 on the Literature and Fiction list of Lulu.com. It is set for re-release in May 2015. Her second in the series, These Boots Are Made For Butt-Kickin’, is due out in June of 2015.
Kalan writes about The South and its caricatures.
Her favorite authors are Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Janet Evanovich, Mary Kay Andrews, Jen Hatmaker, Dorothea Benton Frank and Dixie Cash, along with Faulkner, Welty, and Fitzgerald.
Her first book, Home Is Where Your Boots Are, the first in the series, The MisAdventures of Miss Lilly was a finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards and spent several weeks at No. 1 on the Literature and Fiction list of Lulu.com. It is set for re-release in May 2015. Her second in the series, These Boots Are Made For Butt-Kickin’, is due out in June of 2015.
Kalan writes about The South and its caricatures.
Her favorite authors are Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Janet Evanovich, Mary Kay Andrews, Jen Hatmaker, Dorothea Benton Frank and Dixie Cash, along with Faulkner, Welty, and Fitzgerald.
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