Escape Into Adventure, Romance, Suspense, and Magic This July

Find Your Perfect July Escape

Unleashed by the Guardian

by Kathy Lyons

Buy Today

Ballantine Books
October 2016
On Sale: October 4, 2016
256 pages
ISBN: 0553391739
EAN: 9780553391732
Kindle: 9780553391
Hardcover / e-Book
Add to Wish List

Amazon

Kindle

Read Kindle Preview

Debbie Macomber

Debbie Macomber
Author Book List

Continuing in a festive annual tradition, #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber returns with a new original holiday novel full of romance and cheer—and the magical prospect of finding love in even the most guarded hearts.

Friendly and bubbly, Julia Padden likes nearly everyone, but
her standoffish neighbor, Cain Maddox, presents a particular
challenge. No matter how hard she’s tried to be nice, Cain
rudely rebuffs her at every turn, preferring to keep to
himself. But when Julia catches Cain stealing her newspaper
from the lobby of their apartment building, that’s the last
straw. She’s going to break through Cain’s Scrooge-like
exterior the only way she knows how: by killing him with
kindness.

To track her progress, Julia starts a blog called The Twelve
Days of Christmas. Her first attempts to humanize Cain are
far from successful. Julia brings him homemade Christmas
treats and the disagreeable grinch won’t even accept them.
Meanwhile, Julie’s blog becomes an online sensation, as an
astonishing number of people start following her adventures.
Julia continues to find ways to express kindness and, little
by little, chips away at Cain’s gruff façade to reveal the
caring man underneath. Unbelievably, Julia feels herself
falling for Cain—and she suspects that he may be falling for
her as well. But as the popularity of her blog continues to
grow, Julia must decide if telling Cain the truth about
having chronicled their relationship to the rest of the
world is worth risking their chance at love.