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A Prairie Christmas Collection (edition 2010)

by Tracie Peterson (Contributor)

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Experience Christmas on the historical American Great Plains as retold by nine different multi-published authors, including Tracie Peterson and Deborah Raney. Follow pioneers, immigrants, and orphans through their adventures, heartaches, challenges, victories, and romances. You are sure to find more than one favorite among the nine holiday romances in this unique collection to warm your heart and inspire your faith.

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Title:A Prairie Christmas Collection
Authors:Tracie Peterson
Info:Barbour Publishing, Inc (2010), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 448 pages
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A Prairie Christmas Collection: 9 Historical Christmas Romances [Anthology] by Tracie Peterson (Contributor)

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This is a collection of short stories all taking place during the Christmas season, from the 1860s through the late 1880s, in various locations throughout the Great Plains.

I really enjoyed all of the stories, but one of my favorites was Take Me Home by Tracey Bateman; a gentle romance about a first time teacher who feels like she is in over her head with her first teaching job; I loved the main characters, but it's the secondary characters that really made the story. I cannot really say why without giving away the story though, you will just have to read it for yourself.

Another favorite was A Christmas Gift of Love by Darlene Mindrup, about a 35 year old single woman coping with the death of her father, and wondering how she will be able to keep the family farm.

I also really enjoyed Christmas Cake by Janet Spaeth, a very sweet story about a newlywed couple's first Christmas together.

Scattered throughout the book were recipes related to some of the stories, I really enjoyed those too, especially those in the story God Jul by Tracie Peterson, about a Swedish family. ( )
  mom2acat | Dec 9, 2014 |
These 9 short stories all take place in the open prairies of Minnesota, Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Kansas in the late 1800's. You will weather winter storms, meet winter challenges on the prairie, and find joy and love during the Christmas Season. Although each story is short, they all seemed very complete and I didn't feel hurried through any of the stories. You will will find yourself enjoying some stories more than others, although I felt they were all worth reading. They were filled with warmth, inspiration and faith. A good book to sit by the fire, wrapped in a blanket, and enjoy during the Christmas season. ( )
  judyg54 | Dec 22, 2011 |
A PRAIRIE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION: 9 HISTORICAL CHRISTMAS ROMANCES FROM AMERICA'S GREAT PLAINS by various authors(Tracie Peterson,Tracey Bateman,JoAnne A. Grote, Maryn Langer, Deborah Raney,Pamela Griffin, Darelene Mendrup, Janet Spaeth and Jill Stengl) is a wonderful inspirational Christmas romance.It is a reprint. It is a sweet romantic tales of days gone by and finding love.It is well written by all the authors. It has romance, faith,determination, courage, adventure, heartache, challenges, victories,sleigh rides, snowy nights, love, opening of hearts,hope and the desire to tame a wild land while trying to find love.All the characters are strong-willed and determined to survive the harsh land and struggles along the way. This is a beautiful Christmas story that show with courage, determination and faith love can find its true heart and survive. I would recommend this book especially if you enjoy sweet Christmas stories by various authors all in one book. This book was received for review from Net Galley and details can be found at Barbour Publishing and My Book Addiction and More. ( )
  tarenn | Dec 16, 2010 |
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Griffin, PamelaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Fiction. Romance. Christian Fiction. HTML:

Experience Christmas on the historical American Great Plains as retold by nine different multi-published authors, including Tracie Peterson and Deborah Raney. Follow pioneers, immigrants, and orphans through their adventures, heartaches, challenges, victories, and romances. You are sure to find more than one favorite among the nine holiday romances in this unique collection to warm your heart and inspire your faith.

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In this unique collection of nine Christmas romances, readers will relive a prairie Christmas with all its challenges and delights as penned by multi-published authors, including Tracie Peterson and Deborah Raney.

Take Me Home-Tracey Bateman-Abigail's one request for Christmas.  But diphtheria strikes her family and traveling home to them becomes impossible.  How can Abigail have a "real Christmas without the traditions of family gatherings, gifts, and sleigh rides?

One Wintry Night-Pamela Griffin-Ivy Leander has been displaced from Boston society by her father's marriage and move to a small Nebraska town--and she would do anything to return home.  She avoids making friends, but Craig Watson has seen through her frosty exterior.  Can he reach her about the true meaning of Christmas--and love?

Image of Love-JoAnn A. Grote-Mantie Clark lives with her brother and his wife and is raising her deceased brother's children.  She doesn't mind adding Lane Powell to the family's Christmas circle as another brother, but after losing her first love to the War Between the States, she i not interested in a suitor.  A moonlight ride starts to soften her resolve, but the risk of loving may be to great for her scarred heart.

The Christmas Necklace-Maryn Langer-When the great Chicago fire steals the lavish home Lucinda Porter once shared with her deceased husband, she takes employment in the country.  Wrongly accused of theft and promptly displaced right before Christmas, she meets David Morgan during her homeless wanderings. Can he, a student of the law, help her find justice?  Or are there things of more value they must discover together?

A Christmas Gift of Love-Darlene Mindrup-Rose Johnson has lost the most important man in her life--her father.  At age thirty-five, she is now alone on the forlorn prairies of the Dakota Territory.  Alone except for her father's friend Ward Taylor.  When Ward proposes a marriage of convenience, Rose is stunned. Will she accept this gift of love?

God Jul-Tracie Peterson-Sigrid Larsson of Lindsborg, Kansas, may be resigned to spinsterhood, but she is not ready to sell the family homestead and move in with well-meaning relatives.  When two men begin to vie for her attention, in whose ear will Sigrid choose to whisper "God Jul" (Merry Christmas)?

Circle of Blessings-Deborah Raney-Stella Bradford has finally found the love of her life.  It doesn't matter to her that he is her English professor at the university or that he seems to be hiding something from his past.  But convincing her father that James Collingwood is the man  she should marry is going to be a daunting task.

Christmas Cake-Janet Spaeth-Elizabeth Evans want her first Christmas with her husband to be perfect. She is used to a prairie Christmas, but her husband is from the East were traditions are established in wealth and finery.  All Elizabeth has is a little egg money, so she sets out to recreate an Evans's family recipe.  Do her Christmas dreams rely only on the outcome of a baking experiment?

Colder Than Ice-Jill Stengl-Cold as ice describes Estelle's heart.  Since her fiance died in the Civil War, she believes Christmas is no longer worth celebrating and balks at helping her niece prepare for a holiday wedding.  Who would even think of offering Estelle a romantic sleigh ride?
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