A Midnight Miracle

by Gary E. Parker

Jenna Newsome is praying for a miracle. When Mickey, a boy from her day care, is diagnosed with cancer, Jenna is determined to raise money for his costly treatments. But with Christmas around the corner, Mickey's time is running out and the fund is far short.When Rem Lincoln, a former classmate of Jenna's, returns to town to visit his father, they both unexpectedly find their lives intertwined in ways they couldn't imagine. Having been hurt by love before and preoccupied with helping Mickey, Jenna becomes hesitant of her relationship with Rem. So as Christmas Eve draws near, she is surprised to discover that she's now praying for two miracles . . . one for Mickey and another for love.This magical tale set in the hills of North Carolina will captivate fiction enthusiasts everywhere as they, too, discover that miracles sometimes come in unexpected packages.

Genres: Christmas

124 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 2005

About the author

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The only current Southern Baptist pastor to have written 11 novels, 4 novellas and 4 non-fiction books in the last twelve years, prolific best-selling author Gary E. Parker has combined his love of history and the Civil War era to pen his latest historical novel, Secret Tides.

The first novel from Southern Tides (Parker’s latest trilogy of sweeping family sagas), Secret Tides paints a true and compelling portrait of love and forgiveness in a stunningly authentic historical setting.

Selected as a Crossing Book Club featured fiction writer and named a Christy Award finalist for his previous historical series writing, Parker has seen his novels soar up the best-seller charts.

As a boy, long before he became a Christian, Parker read The Robe. That book became an early whisper of the Spirit in his life, driving his interest in spiritual things along with a love for writing. Within a couple of weeks after conversion at 18 years old, Parker felt called to Christian ministry, receiving his Master of Divinity and later his Ph.D. in historical theology from Baylor University.

Referring to his fictional writing as “faith-informed fiction,” Parker feels that his writing makes him a better preacher, and preaching a sermon regularly makes him a better writer. His goal is to tell a quality story and let the message come through the story and character development naturally, rather than trying to make some theological point.

Parker and his wife, Melody reside in Decatur, Georgia with their two teenage daughters. He is Sr. pastor of the First Baptist Church of Decatur, and a frequent conference speaker at seminaries, university campuses, national conventions and convocations. He’s a regular contributor to national Christian publications, and is currently writing Fateful Journey, the second book in the Southern Tides trilogy, along with four new novellas. In his spare time, he enjoys distance biking, golfing, and reading.

Reviews

[Kimberly · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little hard for me to keep my attention focused on the story. It lacked something. I think there was too much back story, too much about the past. I wanted more of what everyone was thinking, doing in the present. This is a Meh story.. I did have good, likable characters in it though. I do recommend this during your Christmas TBR adds.

[Naomi M · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was cute! Cheesy but sweet.

[Tiffany Wright]

would make a good Hallmark movie!

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found myself wanting to hurry and finish it so I could move on to something else. Yeah, cute little story line, but was a little too predictable for my liking. Once I knew I wanted to be done with it I finished it in about 2 hours, so it's a fast read. It is a feel good book and that was what I was after. There is a good moral. Just not the most entertaining book.

[Katie (hiding in the pages) · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a VERY slow moving and predictable story. A lot of the dialog started to bug me too--things like, "Goes to her Mama's house every day." and "Fusses about him every chance she gets." or "Never has grown up." Everyone speaks that way sometimes, but I thought there were just too many "lazy" sentences like that.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rem and Jenna attended the same high school--Rem the "hot jock" and Jenna the "editor of the Hilltop High Herald." Twelve years later on this particularly difficult Christmas, Rem returns to Hilltop, North Carolina. Jenna is focussed on raising money to provide a miracle for Mickey. Both are drawn to each other, but Jenna doesn't make it easy.

[Diana Howard · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a touching book. Yes it is the boy meets girl, not sure they can get along then get together but the other story line of a little boy in need and a man who needs to find a connection to a life that is real is good. A great short read for the Holiday,