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36 hours

the Christmas that changed everything

by Mary Lynn Baxter

Published 2000377 pagesISBN 978-0-3734-8412-6

Days before Christmas, a storm sweeps a small Colorado town.... Shocking secrets are revealed. Couples are united. Families and futures are made. This exciting collection has it all — in three brand-new stories by three beloved authors! A wealthy rancher delivers the baby of the vulnerable beauty he has always loved, in a captivating story by Mary Lynn Baxter. A doctor husband comes to the rescue of his estranged wife — and discovers the secrets that once tore his bride from his loving arms, in an emotional story by Marilyn Pappano. A sexy CEO pursues his single-and-pregnant secretary all the way to the altar when he learns she is in need of his passionate protection, in an enthralling story by Christine Flynn.

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Fiction

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Steady pace

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

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Reading lengthA standard-length read377 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 2000
Primary categoryFictionExplore similar books below
ISBN-13
978-0-3734-8412-6
Language
English
Edition record
OL24958479M
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Good to know

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Begin with its place in Fiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

Try this reading approach

Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. What does the central character want, and what do they misunderstand about that desire?
  2. Which detail or relationship changes how you interpret the story?
  3. What feeling or question does the book leave with you after the plot moves on?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.