Mistletoe and Miracles

by Deb Julienne

Isabella Chapman has one more chance to save her career at The Cap City Chronicle. After her latest exposé lands her in the mayor’s bad graces, she’s been demoted to obituaries—a reporter’s graveyard. When her editor assigns her a “feel-good” Christmas feature, Isabella is less than thrilled. She doesn’t do fluff, and she definitely doesn’t do Christmas.
Enter Andre DuPois, the celebrated chef whose glittering success hides a heart still haunted by what might have been. When Isabella’s story leads her straight to Andre—her first love and the man she never forgot—their reunion stirs up more than old memories.
With the holidays fast approaching, a secret waiting to be revealed, and a community in need of hope, Isabella and Andre must rediscover not only the magic of Christmas… but the love they thought was lost forever.

160 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 9, 2025

About the author

While some say truth is stranger than fiction, Deb Julienne’s experience runs more along the lines of slap-stick comedy. She believes when life tosses you lemons it’s best to turn it into Limoncello.

As a teen of the 70’s, some of her most precious memories are enough to make her laugh out loud. She considers herself lucky to have had many friends and partners in crime, stretching the boundaries along the way. Life has been known to take U-turn at a moment’s notice dropping her into a compost heap.

Baking, gardening, and writing help fill the leftover space of the day job for a major computer software corporation.

Born and raised in San Jose, California, she now resides in the Tahoe National Forest Basin, her own bit of heaven on earth, with her husband of 33 years, with three sons and one daughter, and two very precious grandkids.