
It might seem a little too early to be reading Christmas books, but since this one is set in my home state of Maine, I couldn’t resist! From the small-town setting to the delightful characters, this story reminds me of a Hallmark Christmas movie in book form 🙂 She knows that the most responsible thing to do is to sell the cottage and return to Ohio, but the lure of the sea–and a fresh start–is hard to resist. But the charming town, along with local craftsman Caleb Colton, pulls on Wendy.

Wendy and Jackson move in–temporarily, she reminds him–in order to fix the place up before Christmas. Her twelve-year-old son Jackson sees it as an exciting new start in a life that has grown rather gray without his father.īefore it can be sold, the neglected property must be renovated. Title: A Christmas by the Sea by Melody Carlsonįrom the back cover: When Wendy Harper inherits her family’s beachside cottage in Seaside, Maine, she sees it as a way to finally pay off the debts that have mounted since her husband died.
