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A Louisiana Christmas to Remember by Morgan Tarpley Smith, Betsy St. Amant and Lenora Worth Review

 Happy Friday Friends :)

I pray today finds you all doing well, and I'm so thankful you decided to drop on by The Preppy Book Princess for another book review.

Today brings us to the last day of my five book reviews in a row week, and I've saved a wonderful title to tell you all about today.

I will actually be taking next week off from posting on my blog, as I will be joining my family for our annual lake vacation, and will be gone for the majority of the week. I'm definitely going to miss my hubby, as he's hanging around at home and will still be working, but I'm looking forward to spending time with family, and curling up with great reads surrounded by God's beautiful creation.

Before I get on with the packing and all that though, I wanted to share this one last review with you all, and it's going to be another wonderful Christmas title that actually releases quite soon.

I can't wait to tell you all about it, and I hope you'll join me down below for today's full review.


A Louisiana Christmas to Remember by Morgan Tarpley Smith, Betsy St. Amant, and Lenora Worth:



Source: Publisher via NetGalley

Publisher: Barbour Fiction

Publication Date: September 1st, 2023

Genre: Christian Fiction/Novella Collection/Small Town Romance/Christmas Story


Synopsis:


A Rare Snowfall Leads to a Christmas to Remember

Three heartwarming, interconnected stories of faith, love, and restoration, brought to you by three Louisiana-native authors. Will a rare snowy Louisiana Christmas bring restoration and hope to the hometown and hearts of three women from the town’s founding family?
 
In A Louisiana Snow by Morgan Tarpley Smith, meet A passionate visionary who learns to forgive and finds love in unexpected places…
 
In Restoring Christmas by Betsy St. Amant, meet An artist and prodigal daughter who discovers love exists in the very place she once called home…
 
In A Christmas Reunion by Lenora Worth, meet A beautiful widow who finally dares to love again…
 
And don’t forget Granny, whose feisty spirit, blunt dialogue, and quirky ways play an important and endearing role.

(synopsis from goodreads)


My Review:

A Louisiana Christmas to Remember is a wonderful holiday collection of three interconnected novellas. Set in the small (fictional) town of Moreau, readers follow four women from the same family as they experience turmoil, hope and healing in each other, our Heavenly Father, and new and old loves during this magical Christmas season.

Told by three different authors, each novella carries on from where the previous one left off, and this collection overall ended up feeling like on interconnected novel. I loved how effortlessly all three author's voices blended together. I don't think I'd be able to pick a favorite story, as each was so different, but equally heartwarming and wonderful with a lovely faith element that rounded out each one beautifully.

The fictional town of Moreau was the perfect setting, and each story is immersive to the point it truly comes alive on the page to the reader. I can foresee this being a favorite Christmas read of mine to return to for rereading year after year during the holiday season, and it was so much more than I was even expecting.

Definitely recommended for anyone who enjoys heartwarming Christmas reads and/or contemporary Christian romances.

Final Rating: 4/5.

I loved this novella collection overall and can definitely see myself rereading it in the very near future. I wish it had honestly includes recipes as the food the family prepares throughout sounded amazing and I would have loved to have tried my hand at making many of the family recipes!

Thanks so much to Barbour Publishing for allowing me to advance read and review this one!

I voluntarily read and reviewed a complimentary advance reader copy of this novel from the publisher (Barbour) via NetGalley. I was not required to give a positive review. All thoughts and opinions are my own, and this is my honest review.


Thanks so much for joining me this week on The Preppy Book Princess! I loved having you all here with me, and I pray that God will lead you wherever He wants you to go in the coming week!


I'm looking forward to taking my week off next week, but rest assured that the week after I will be back with many more book reviews to share with you all!


God Bless!

Kirby (aka The Preppy Book Princess)

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