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Title:
Finding a Christmas Miracle
Author:
Anne Krist and Jan Selbourne
Genre:
Historical romance
Book Blurb:
Jan
Selbourne lends her award-winning writing talent to A Miracle in the Outback.
Nick Saunders is in a hurry to escape a family argument and also to return to
his Army base in Wagga Wagga. He doesn’t need another complication. Rachel
Garth is a woman with a broken down car, a small girl, a deadly snake, and a
baby on the way. She needs Nick’s help. He doesn’t know it, but he needs hers,
too.
Excerpt:
Miracle in the Outback
Noelle’s
face turned red as she let out another loud wail.
Ellie pointed to the crib. “Mum,
Noelle’s crying.”
“I know, I know.” Rachel closed the
sliding glass doors and pushed the hair out of her eyes.
Another louder squeal.
“Mummy, Noelle.”
“I can hear her, Ellie,” Rachel
snapped, and went to the sink to wash her hands. “The whole bloody street can
hear her.” She picked up the little noise machine and felt the wet clothing.
Pulling off the soaked nappy, she reached for a clean one to wrap around the
squirming baby.
“Scream,
feed, and pee,” she muttered as she opened her blouse. Like an alarm clock,
every three and half hours, day and night. So different from quiet, placid
Ellie and she was so tired. As soon as the little piranha finished feeding,
she’d give Ellie colouring pencils and toys and try to snatch an hour’s sleep.
Twice a week, she
pushed the pram, with Ellie sitting on the toddler’s seat, to the shopping
centre. Always early to avoid the heat and between feeds so Noelle would,
hopefully, sleep. Then wash the pile of baby clothes and nappies. She’d take a
few more dollars from her stash and buy more disposables.
Fifteen minutes later, Noelle had
fallen asleep against her breast. She gently laid her in the crib, turned on
the fan, and lay on the sofa.
A shrill noise jerked her awake.
Blinking, she sat up and rubbed her eyes as the front doorbell shrilled again.
No way was she climbing the stairs to see who it is. They can come back later
when her mother was home. Probably the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Last week it was
the Mormons and she’d told them where to go in very blunt language.
She lay back down
and felt herself drifting off when footsteps on the side path made her sit up.
Two men in suits were walking towards the sliding glass doors. They looked
around the back garden before knocking.
Now alarmed, Rachel hesitated before
opening the door a couple of inches. The two men produced ID badges.
“Rachel Garth?” The tall man with
piercing eyes asked.
“Yes.”
“Detective Thomas and”—his hand
flicked to the man beside him—“Detective Jones. Sydney City Police. We’d like
to talk to you.”
The Miracle of Coming Home
Carol
stepped out of her bedroom and into the hallway, brushing her hair and already
In her blue flannel pajamas. “Won what?”
Susan
dropped an envelope on the scarred coffee table and threw off her wool cape,
tossing it onto the used couch dressed up in a winter slipcover. A Christmas
tree displayed prominently over the center cushion. Brightly wrapped gifts
beneath a midnight-blue sky scattered with stars filled out the rest of the
space. This was the second year the women had used it to hide the worn arms and
cushions of the sofa, and it saddened Susan somewhat that it would be the last.
The three would graduate from nursing school in June and go their separate
ways.
She
reached to remove the pins that secured her white cap to her blonde curls and
then slid the bobby pins onto the edge of the cap before placing it carefully
on the table. Then she picked up the envelope and removed the letter she’d read
three times already.
“Susan
Swensen. This is to inform you that your submission to the Home for Christmas
contest sponsored by WCHI Radio Chicago has won one of seven prizes. WCHI has
confirmed that PFC Thomas J. Stabler will be transferred from Saigon, South
Vietnam to Norfolk, Nebraska (via Omaha, Nebraska) on or about December 16,
1970 until December 27, 1970. The Department of Defense is relaying this
information to PFC Stabler’s commanding officers and to him. WCHI is happy to
be a part of this Christmas homecoming. Thank you for your heartfelt
submission. Merry Christmas! John Marbury, President, WCHI Radio.”
Susan
looked up at Carol with a smile that felt like it might split her face. “Tom is
going to be able to come home for Christmas.”
Buy Links (including Goodreads and
BookBub):
Amazon (available on Kindle Unlimited)
https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Christmas-Miracle-historical-novellas-ebook/dp/B09MR8PKYT/
What makes your featured book a
must-read?
Jan and I thought it would be fun to
write a book together and since Christmas was close, we decided to use that as
our base, as well as the Vietnam War backdrop. We use our own characters and
story lines—Jan’s character is based in Australia and mine in the States. Her
hero starts his story by bringing a new life into the world while mine really
begins with a life ending. But though they are different takes on the war, they
are very alike in that both find their ways to a happy ending with the help of
a miracle. Just right for Christmas!
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Author Biography:
Jan Selbourne was born and educated
in Melbourne, Australia and her love of literature and history began as soon as
she learned to read and hold a pen. After graduating from a Melbourne Business
College her career began in the dusty world of ledgers and accounting, working
in Victoria, Queensland and the United Kingdom. On the point of retiring, she
changed course to work as secretary of a large NSW historical society. Now
retired Jan is enjoying her love of travelling and literature. She has two
children, a stray live in cat and lives near Maitland, New South Wales.
After
a while, Dee split her personality into thirds. She writes as Anne Krist for
sweeter romances, and Jenna Stewart for ménage and shifter stories. All three
of her personas are found on the Nomad Authors website (www.nomadauthors.com).
Fortunately, Dee’s high school sweetheart is the love of her life and husband
to all three ladies! Once a month, look for Dee’s Charity Sunday blog posts,
where your comment can support a selected charity.
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