Juniper Bay Christmas

Christmas at the Lantern House

At forty-two, Leslie Coburn came home to bury her aunt. She never meant to stay for Christmas.

Divorced, rebuilding her life in Atlanta and raising a sixteen-year-old who barely talks to her, Leslie plans to drive down for Aunt Genie's funeral and be back by supper.

Then the will is read.

Genie has left her the Lantern House, the old inn on the Georgia coast where Leslie spent every summer of her girlhood, along with a stubborn dog named Moose and one condition: Leslie must lead the town's Christmas Eve Lantern Walk.

Selling would be sensible. But her childhood best friend is waiting on the porch, the coffee-shop owner knows every secret in town, and a hidden lantern holds a 1962 love letter signed only with a "V." And the boatbuilder down the dock is Wade Tolliver, the first boy who ever broke her heart, now a widowed dad with the same steady eyes.

This Christmas, Leslie will have to decide what home really means.

A clean, heartwarming story of second chances, small-town friendship and first love.

Mistletoe at the Lantern House

Three years after losing her husband, Tara Lindell has perfected the brave face. This Christmas, someone finally sees through it.

At forty-two, Juniper Bay's favorite English teacher bakes for every funeral, volunteers for every committee and never lets anyone see her cry. This year she's leading the school's Christmas tree fundraiser, with a little help from her best friend Leslie and the women gathered around the Lantern House kitchen table.

Her best hope is the tree lot next door, and the man who runs it.

Russ Kimbrough came home from the Navy to bury his father and inherited a lot full of Fraser firs and a mountain of debt. He's used to handling everything alone. He's not used to a neighbor who brings him coffee and won't take no for an answer.

But when a 1962 letter sends Tara chasing Aunt Genie's lost love, and Russ makes a quiet choice that could break her trust, they'll both have to learn the hardest lesson of all: letting someone in.

A clean, heartwarming grumpy-meets-sunshine story about grief, friendship and love that arrives right on time.

Candlelight at the Lantern House

Her husband walked out last spring. This Christmas, she's taking her voice back.

At forty-one, Shannon Maddox has spent years letting other people decide how she sounds: in her marriage, in her church, in her small town. Now the candlelight concert she's directed for years is her chance to show Juniper Bay she's still standing.

Then her ex announces he'll be in the front row. With his new girlfriend.

Travis Quinlan is only in town to restore the church's old piano and dodge his sister's matchmaking. He hasn't played for an audience since his own marriage ended. So when Shannon proposes a little harmless pretending, he agrees. One kiss, for the record, and nothing more.

But between late rehearsals, nosy neighbors and the women who rally around her at the Lantern House, the pretending starts to feel real. And on concert night, Shannon will have to decide whose song she's really singing.

A clean, heartwarming story of faith, music and finding your voice at any age.

Homecoming at the Lantern House

Some love stories take sixty-four years to finish.

At forty-five, Robin Coburn Pierce has spent her life holding everyone else together: her sick husband, her aging aunt, everyone but herself. Eight months a widow, she comes home to Juniper Bay for Christmas and to a sister she hasn't truly talked to in years.

The Lantern House is full of memories. So is Heath Varner, the town vet, who knows exactly what it costs to care for someone you love. His father, Virgil, the old lighthouse keeper, forgets a little more each day. But he still remembers a summer in 1962, a girl with a lantern, and a letter he believes was never answered.

As the sisters uncover the truth about Aunt Genie's lost love, Robin has to answer a harder question: what does she want, now that no one needs taking care of?

On Christmas Eve, the lanterns will lead them all home.

A clean, heartwarming story of sisters, second chances and love at every age.