The Christmas Children – Irene Brand

All she' d wanted for Christmas was to regain the faith she' d had as a child. Spending the holidays alone at a friend' s home seemed the perfect answer for forty-something Carissa Whitmore– and what better town than Yuletide to help her find the holiday spirit she sought?But Carissa didn' t count on sharing the house with Paul Spencer, her friend' s brother, temporarily home from an overseas construction job… or the motherless family who' d been hiding out in the house. Acting as parents brought the former fashion designer and the handsome forty-something engineer together. Could the miracle of love bring the joy of the season back to Carissa… and give her the husband and family she' d always longed for?