Christmas on Mimosa Lane

By Max Allan Collins

Book Overview

#1 Amazon Family Saga and Series Romance bestseller.

Book One in the Seasons of The Heart series, with recurring characters who also appear in the #1 Amazon novella Here in My Heart, the heartwarming beginning to the Echoes of the Heart series.

A childhood spent on the streets leaves Mallory Phillips longing for a normal life and a perfect Christmas. Now an elementary school nurse in Chandlerville, Georgia, Mallory's dream to blend into the picturesque community isn't working out. She's once more living a loner's existence. Then an emotionally fragile seven-year-old appears in her living room in the middle of the night, and Mallory's isolated world is turned upside down.

This is Polly Lombard's first Christmas without her mother, and she won't utter a word to anyone--except Mallory. She believes Mallory holds the key to helping her father overcome his sadness. Despite Pete Lombard's lingering grief over his wife's death and concern for his daughter, his resistance to their mysterious neighbor crumbles as he spends more time with Mallory and falls for her amazing heart.

But when her past returns haunt her, is Mallory strong enough to keep the Lombard family in her life? And can the spirit of Christmas heal these broken souls and bring them all the joyous, loving holiday they deserve?

Includes book club discussion questions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612185878
• ISBN13: 9781612185873
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Amazon Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A mystery set at a mystery writers convention

This is a fun first novel. It's set at the Boucheron (the big national mystery writers convention) in Chicago in 1984. Mallory's mentor and hero is found dead in the bathtub and there are rumors flying of a newly discovered Hammett. Add in a variety of writing types, two widows of the dead man, a slimy publisher and a cute magazine editor. It's a fun, light read - not cozy cute nor noir dark. I'll read more of this series.