A Festive Christmas Series by Kimberly Thomas Continues with New Books

by Susan Roberts

Kimberly has brought her readers a new Christmas series full of family and romance, forgiveness and absolution...but most of all the spirit of love that exists at Christmas. Discover the spirit of Rockport, where hope and heart collide, and every return is a chance for new beginnings.

In January, I reviewed the first 3 books in the series, and Thomas has penned two more books in the series this year. If you need more reading recommendations be sure to check out our 25 Days of Christmas Reading.

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A Christmas to Cherish

November 2024; Indie; 979-8344736549
ebook, print (222 pages); romance

Emma Sullivan thought she had it all: a thriving career as a top family lawyer in Boston, a loving daughter, and an enviable lifestyle. But beneath the surface, an unshakable emptiness gnaws at her. When a cryptic letter from her father beckons her back to Rockport, the seaside town she fled years ago, Emma is drawn into a whirlwind of past secrets and unresolved tensions.

Emma left her parents in her hometown of Rockport years earlier.  They had not approved of her desire to move to Boston and become a lawyer.  When she first visited with her new husband, they were rude to him and made no secret of the fact that they didn't approve of him.  When Emma gets a letter from her Dad asking her to come home, she isn't sure what to do.  Her daughter wants to visit her grandparents but Emma is worried that they will reject their granddaughter like they rejected their son-in-law.  When she arrives in Rockport, her parents are less than friendly to her but very accepting of her daughter.  As she spends more time in town and reconnects with her best friend and boyfriend from high school, she begins to question whether she should stay in town or return to her job in Boston which she realizes is not the dream job that she originally thought it was.  This book about family, love, and second chances is a wonderful look at re-discovering the magic of Christmas.

Buy A Christmas to Cherish at Amazon

A Rockport Christmas

December 2024; Indie; 979-8302293930
ebook, print (216 pages); romance

Faye Hastings thought she had left Rockport behind for good.

Faye had not been back to Rockport in several years.  When her father died, she and her mother had angry words with each other that severed ties between Faye and her family.  She works for a large company in Boston and is working on a difficult merger when she gets a call from her brother telling her that their mom has health problems and she needs to come home.  As she drives into the town she grew up in, she sees memories of her beloved father everywhere and misses him even more.  When she arrives at her childhood home, her brother and sister-in-law and their two children are living there to help take care of her mother and Faye feels like an outsider.  Neither her brother nor her mother are particularly welcoming to her and she has to fight the urge to return to Boston.  But her life in Boston is very lonely so she decides to try to stay in Rockport until after Christmas.  Life in her hometown begins to look up when she meets her first boyfriend, Sam, while she's shopping for groceries.  The long-ago feelings that they had for each other begin to resurface and she begins to question her future.  Can she become part of her family again and end the estrangement with her mother and brother?  Is there a future with Sam?  The more time that she spends on holiday festivities in Rockport, the easier her decision becomes.  

This final book in the series was a look at Christmas in a small town and how the Christmas spirit can change hearts and futures.

Buy A Rockport Christmas at Amazon

Note:  All of the books in this series can be read as standalones.

Susan Roberts grew up in Michigan but loves the laid-back life at her home in the Piedmont area of North Carolina where she is three hours from the beach to the east and the mountains in the west.  She reads almost anything but her favorite genres are Southern Fiction and Historical Fiction.   

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