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Christmas with the McRaes
Spend Christmas with the McRaes, Books 1, 2 and 3 in the series plus a brand new, bonus novella, Welcome Lizzie.
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TWELVE DAYS -- Book 1
Twelve Days before Christmas, Rachel McRae opens her front door and a social worker puts a baby in her arms -- one who comes with a four-year-old boy and an eleven-year-old girl -- siblings abandoned and in need of a temporary home.
Rachel and her husband, Sam, have dreamed of a house filled with children -- a dream that has led them to repeated heartbreak. Sam McRae has finally decided the only thing left to do is leave his wife.
Reluctantly, Rachel and Sam take the children in, but just until after Christmas. They will do their best not to fall in love with them, not to get their hopes up that this time a miracle will happen. That these children will stay, and that their marriage can still be saved.
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EDGE OF HEAVEN -- Book 2
She looks at him and thinks, "Please don't let him be more than twenty-five."
He looks at her and thinks, "Please let her be at least twenty-five."
Neither one of them is.
And that's only one of their problems.
Rye is a man with an ugly past. He didn't come to Baxter, Ohio, looking for a woman, but there she was. Emma is pretty and sweet, and the kind of woman he'd always wanted, but never dreamed he could have. Her innocence and vulnerability tugs at Rye's weary heart, and the sizzling sexual pull between them can't be ignored.
But Emma has a dangerous ex-boyfriend, plus an outraged, overprotective father with a family connection that dooms Rye and Emma's relationship from the start. That and Rye's dangerous past make it seem impossible for them to have a future together.
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BED OF LIES -- Book 3
One very bad night, after more than a few drinks, the most perfect guy in the world falls apart and ends up in bed with Julie.
She understands. It happens. It doesn’t mean anything, she says, but she’s lying to herself. It blows up her life and his — a specialty of Julie’s.
Growing up, Zach McRae was her best friend's older brother, sweet, protective and perfect. He shows up out of the blue at her engagement dinner and instantly sees right through all the lies she's told herself. Like that she's fine, even happy and right where she wants to be.
Zach, also, is no longer the perfect guy of her childhood, although he’s trying desperately not to let it show. His life is increasingly and uncharacteristically out of control.
It’s time for he and Julie to face some hard truths from their past, plus puzzling ones from their present. Like that they can’t stop thinking about each other, can’t stop wanting each other, and can’t stop ending up in bed together.
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BONUS NOVELLA ONLY AVAILABLE IN THIS BOX SET:
WELCOME LIZZIE
Catch up with the whole McRae family as its newest member, Emma & Rye's daughter, Lizzie, is born.
Also, get a sneak peak at the hero and heroine of Teresa Hill's New Adult series, McRaes/Next Generation, featuring Emma & Rye's oldest daughter, Dana, and Zach's fiancée's younger brother, Peter, coming in early 2015 in Saving Myself For You.
(Dear Readers, Welcome Lizzie takes place a few months after Bed of Lies ends and well before the next book in the series, Five Days Grace, begins.
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TWELVE DAYS -- Book 1
Twelve Days before Christmas, Rachel McRae opens her front door and a social worker puts a baby in her arms -- one who comes with a four-year-old boy and an eleven-year-old girl -- siblings abandoned and in need of a temporary home.
Rachel and her husband, Sam, have dreamed of a house filled with children -- a dream that has led them to repeated heartbreak. Sam McRae has finally decided the only thing left to do is leave his wife.
Reluctantly, Rachel and Sam take the children in, but just until after Christmas. They will do their best not to fall in love with them, not to get their hopes up that this time a miracle will happen. That these children will stay, and that their marriage can still be saved.
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EDGE OF HEAVEN -- Book 2
She looks at him and thinks, "Please don't let him be more than twenty-five."
He looks at her and thinks, "Please let her be at least twenty-five."
Neither one of them is.
And that's only one of their problems.
Rye is a man with an ugly past. He didn't come to Baxter, Ohio, looking for a woman, but there she was. Emma is pretty and sweet, and the kind of woman he'd always wanted, but never dreamed he could have. Her innocence and vulnerability tugs at Rye's weary heart, and the sizzling sexual pull between them can't be ignored.
But Emma has a dangerous ex-boyfriend, plus an outraged, overprotective father with a family connection that dooms Rye and Emma's relationship from the start. That and Rye's dangerous past make it seem impossible for them to have a future together.
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BED OF LIES -- Book 3
One very bad night, after more than a few drinks, the most perfect guy in the world falls apart and ends up in bed with Julie.
She understands. It happens. It doesn’t mean anything, she says, but she’s lying to herself. It blows up her life and his — a specialty of Julie’s.
Growing up, Zach McRae was her best friend's older brother, sweet, protective and perfect. He shows up out of the blue at her engagement dinner and instantly sees right through all the lies she's told herself. Like that she's fine, even happy and right where she wants to be.
Zach, also, is no longer the perfect guy of her childhood, although he’s trying desperately not to let it show. His life is increasingly and uncharacteristically out of control.
It’s time for he and Julie to face some hard truths from their past, plus puzzling ones from their present. Like that they can’t stop thinking about each other, can’t stop wanting each other, and can’t stop ending up in bed together.
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BONUS NOVELLA ONLY AVAILABLE IN THIS BOX SET:
WELCOME LIZZIE
Catch up with the whole McRae family as its newest member, Emma & Rye's daughter, Lizzie, is born.
Also, get a sneak peak at the hero and heroine of Teresa Hill's New Adult series, McRaes/Next Generation, featuring Emma & Rye's oldest daughter, Dana, and Zach's fiancée's younger brother, Peter, coming in early 2015 in Saving Myself For You.
(Dear Readers, Welcome Lizzie takes place a few months after Bed of Lies ends and well before the next book in the series, Five Days Grace, begins.
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First published November 15, 2014
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November 29, 2019
Christmas with the McRaes (Book 1-3): Small-town, second-chance holiday romances
Book 1: Twelve Day - the love story of Rachel and Sam. All she want for Christmas is a baby. Now day before Christmas her aunt bring her three children who need a home for Christmas. Dose she get her wish?
Book 2: Edge of Heaven: the love story of Rye and Emma. Rye 's life has gone down hill sense he was a teen. His adopted parents turn their back on him when he got in trouble. They lie about his adopts now he found his brother. Can life turn around for him?
Book 3: Bed of Lies: the love story of Julie and Zach. Zach saw Julie at a restaurant after many years and he is still in love with her. Both are plan to marry but not to each other. Can they find happiness? B
Book 1: Twelve Day - the love story of Rachel and Sam. All she want for Christmas is a baby. Now day before Christmas her aunt bring her three children who need a home for Christmas. Dose she get her wish?
Book 2: Edge of Heaven: the love story of Rye and Emma. Rye 's life has gone down hill sense he was a teen. His adopted parents turn their back on him when he got in trouble. They lie about his adopts now he found his brother. Can life turn around for him?
Book 3: Bed of Lies: the love story of Julie and Zach. Zach saw Julie at a restaurant after many years and he is still in love with her. Both are plan to marry but not to each other. Can they find happiness? B
April 23, 2024
Absolutely loved the first part of the book but to be honest I couldn’t even finish the second part of the book Emma it was like watching an x rated movie it was an uncomfortable read I’m not a prude I’m very open minded but not for me I mentioned to my daughter who also read the book she’s quite young and said the same no story really just older guy wants younger girl and younger girl wants the guy but just sex so sorry to say this really spoiled it after a great written first story with an excellent storyline totally spoilt it what a shame
December 9, 2017
Fabulous romances with steamy scenes
It was so easy to get wrapped up in these stories. The characters are memorable in so many ways. The stories contain the same family with different members as the focus of each book. I like the way strong issues like abandonment and abuse are handled. Through out the books there is a strong sense of family. The steamy scenes add sizzle. I really liked the set of books.
It was so easy to get wrapped up in these stories. The characters are memorable in so many ways. The stories contain the same family with different members as the focus of each book. I like the way strong issues like abandonment and abuse are handled. Through out the books there is a strong sense of family. The steamy scenes add sizzle. I really liked the set of books.
December 30, 2017
Absolutely loved the first two books of Christmas with the McRaes, but the third one could not get my attention in any way! The first two books show true real life stories and the relationships between the couple are felt so heavily in the book. The bonus book found after the three books is lovely as well! It has been so long since I've read such stories which hold my attention throughout.
January 17, 2022
The McRaes
What wonderful stories. These are things that happen in everyday life and everyone's lives. The togetherness of the family is awesome. Would recommend 👌 to everyone to read.
What wonderful stories. These are things that happen in everyday life and everyone's lives. The togetherness of the family is awesome. Would recommend 👌 to everyone to read.
July 25, 2018
This is a great book. Characters are so real
December 6, 2018
4 Stars
Sweet and sentimental stories. Lots of love and happiness in time for Christmas. Enjoyable and very heart warming. High recommend.
Sweet and sentimental stories. Lots of love and happiness in time for Christmas. Enjoyable and very heart warming. High recommend.
December 13, 2018
Three really wonderful stories. Complex characters with troubled pasts. They learn that the only way to overcome the past is with the person you love.
December 26, 2018
I am a sucker for Christmas romances. This was three stories about the same family. It has a theme of child abuse and neglect.
January 21, 2019
Easy reading, four books in one.
April 11, 2020
Enjoyed it!
Loved the plot (plots) as there were three books. I enjoyed the characters and I was glad to reconnect with previous persons I had come to know.
Loved the plot (plots) as there were three books. I enjoyed the characters and I was glad to reconnect with previous persons I had come to know.
January 3, 2021
wonderful book series to read !
November 24, 2021
Great book
September 26, 2018
Really enjoyed this book, didn't want to put it down as wanted to know what happened next.
March 17, 2023
Enjoyed the three stories, but found Everything to me more of a teaser, wish I hadn't started it, esp when I found out there more 5 more novellas. It needed to be one book not 6. With never know what happen with Peter and Dana.
December 29, 2017
I did not expect to like this book as much as I did. I usually find Christmas stories to be a bit lame (and yet I keep reading them) but this was free/cheap at the time so I took a chance on it. In this case Christmas was a charming backdrop to the stories but it never felt like a forced plot element.
The stories were quite intense and deep and I couldn't help but be caught up in them. I found all the characters to be complex and fascinating. I'm really happy I read this.
The stories were quite intense and deep and I couldn't help but be caught up in them. I found all the characters to be complex and fascinating. I'm really happy I read this.
November 7, 2016
This is the only location I've found the book Welcome Lizzie to review so here is my review of that book.
After reading Twelve Days I couldn't wait to read more of the McRae's. Welcome Lizzie is book 3.5 in the series and focuses on the birth of Emma and Rye's 4th child and catches us up on the goings on of almost all of the McRae family. Emma's difficult delivery has her bed bound for a couple of weeks and family coming to visit and catch up. We see Zach and Julie trying to deal with her fear of having children, their issues of raising her troubled brother Peter, and more of Peter and Dana as their interest in each other grows. Grace arrives and falls apart over her issues with her new husband Luc.
I definitely want to fill in the gaps with the other books. Although many reviews raise the issues of difficult subject matter in most of these books, so far I've found them to be very well written and the subject matters dealt with in an appropriate manner. Definitely not for young people under 18 and anyone having dealt with issues of infertility, abuse, neglect, foster/adoptions that didn't work out, etc. may find the subject matter in this series difficult to read.
After reading Twelve Days I couldn't wait to read more of the McRae's. Welcome Lizzie is book 3.5 in the series and focuses on the birth of Emma and Rye's 4th child and catches us up on the goings on of almost all of the McRae family. Emma's difficult delivery has her bed bound for a couple of weeks and family coming to visit and catch up. We see Zach and Julie trying to deal with her fear of having children, their issues of raising her troubled brother Peter, and more of Peter and Dana as their interest in each other grows. Grace arrives and falls apart over her issues with her new husband Luc.
I definitely want to fill in the gaps with the other books. Although many reviews raise the issues of difficult subject matter in most of these books, so far I've found them to be very well written and the subject matters dealt with in an appropriate manner. Definitely not for young people under 18 and anyone having dealt with issues of infertility, abuse, neglect, foster/adoptions that didn't work out, etc. may find the subject matter in this series difficult to read.
December 21, 2016
Formula love stories
Boy and girl meet and within 5 minutes fall wildly, and passionately a d in a lifelong love affair that can never be replaced. One or both don't think he or she is good enough. End up, after some ridiculous reasons for needing to be apart, get married, the end. Drivel do not read, you know all the stories all ready. Teresa, I think you can write, give up the formula and write from your own imagination
Boy and girl meet and within 5 minutes fall wildly, and passionately a d in a lifelong love affair that can never be replaced. One or both don't think he or she is good enough. End up, after some ridiculous reasons for needing to be apart, get married, the end. Drivel do not read, you know all the stories all ready. Teresa, I think you can write, give up the formula and write from your own imagination
January 8, 2017
This series started out really good and I truly enjoyed the first two books. I thought the third one got kind of raunchy in parts and had to do quite a bit of scanning through the bedroom scenes. I figure we all know what's going on, don't have to read about it. Enjoyed the Novella. Have ordered book 4 because this one is about the last of the three children adopted in book one, so will be reading that next but I think that will be the end of this series for me.
January 12, 2015
escallation
The first book was great - husband and wife working through problems, but each book escalated from sex after getting to know each other to just sex for what it was. True, they end up together, but it was like they reel you in with a good story line and then move to the soft porn and on. What ever happened to restraint for the fact that you respect the other person?
The first book was great - husband and wife working through problems, but each book escalated from sex after getting to know each other to just sex for what it was. True, they end up together, but it was like they reel you in with a good story line and then move to the soft porn and on. What ever happened to restraint for the fact that you respect the other person?
January 11, 2015
Awesome series.
Book 1 - Probably my favorite Christmas story ever.
Book 2 - Such a gutter. I really went thru the ringer with all the emotions.
Book 3 - Great story.. Not my fave of the series, but ended beautifully
Bonus excerpt - Loved it!!!
Can't wait to continue this series!!!
Book 1 - Probably my favorite Christmas story ever.
Book 2 - Such a gutter. I really went thru the ringer with all the emotions.
Book 3 - Great story.. Not my fave of the series, but ended beautifully
Bonus excerpt - Loved it!!!
Can't wait to continue this series!!!
December 30, 2015
I actually only read Book 1, "Twelve Days," but that is not available as an option in Goodreads. This was a pretty good story--but there was so much heartbreak it was almost overwhelming. More explicit than it had to be; if that's indicative of this author's work I probably won't look for more.
December 19, 2014
Love, love, love this entire series! Ms. Hill writes with the perfect amount of sexy, sweet and emotion. I can't WAIT for Peter and Dana's story!
January 17, 2015
Wonderful
I really enjoyed these books, I sometimes felt like part of the of family. I had a hard time putting my KIndle down. I would recommend these books to everyone.
I really enjoyed these books, I sometimes felt like part of the of family. I had a hard time putting my KIndle down. I would recommend these books to everyone.
June 1, 2015
A moving story about family. What makes a family? Learning to love children that are not your own but caring for them as if they are.
June 27, 2016
Enjoyed it
Great read funny,suspenseful and a thriller. Has a little bit of everything you could possibly want in a good book.
Great read funny,suspenseful and a thriller. Has a little bit of everything you could possibly want in a good book.
July 24, 2016
It was worth the time it took to read it. Many ebooks do not hit this mark.
January 11, 2017
blah didn't finish
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