Fairbrook is a town tailor-made for Christmas, with beautiful old houses dotting quaintly named streets, yet not everyone is eager for the holidays to arrive. Cash-strapped single mom Carly Westbrook worries about providing a merry Christmas for her boys. It doesn't help that they've been having run-ins with neighbor Max Tolliver, an aspiring novelist stricken with writer's block. Then there's Grant Barrows, a formerly wealthy businessman whose heart seems to have shrunk along with his bank balance.Some are determined to make the season sparkle - like the Diamond Lils, a ladies, group that meets weekly to play poker and socialize. This year, they're looking to do some good deeds, and wealthy widow Lynette thinks that a little matchmaking between Grant and Carly would be a perfect place to start.Winner of the Maggie and Readers Choice Awards, Judy Duarte sets her heartwarming, uplifting novel in the small community of Mulberry Park in Fairbrook, California. With inspirational messages of hope and love, her books appeal to fans of Nicholas Sparks and Jan Karon.