Finding Father Christmas & Engaging Father Christmas - by Robin Jones Gunn (Paperback)

About the Book

Finding father Christmas: A Christmas novella about a woman, desperate for a place to belong, who finds herself in London a few days before Christmas, looking for the father she never knew.

Book Synopsis

By beloved author Robin Jones Gunn, two timeless, heartwarming Christmas novellas bound together for the first time in an omnibus edition.

In Finding Christmas, Miranda Carson's search for her father leads her unexpectedly to London with only a few feeble clues as to who he might be. Immediately welcomed into a family that doesn't recognize her, and whom she's quickly coming to love, she faces a terrible decision. Should she reveal her true identity and destroy their idyllic image of her father? Or should she carry the truth home with her to San Francisco and remain alone in this world? Whatever choice she makes during this London Christmas will forever change the future for both herself and the family she can't bear to leave.

In Engaging Father Christmas Miranda Carson can't wait to return to England for Christmas and to be with her boyfriend, Ian. She has spent a lifetime yearning for a place to call home, and she's sure Carlton Heath will be it, especially when a hinted-at engagement ring slips into the conversation. But Miranda's high hopes for a jolly Christmas with the small circle of people she has come to love are toppled when Ian's father is hospitalized and the matriarch of the Whitcombe family withholds her blessing from Miranda. Questions run rampant in Miranda's mind about whether she really belongs in this cheery corner of the world. Then, when her true identity threatens all her relationships in unanticipated ways, Miranda is certain all is lost. And yet . . . maybe Father Christmas has special gifts in store for her after all.

Review Quotes

"Gunn dishes up a perfect Christmas story about sacrifice, family, and the true meaning of love."--Library Journal, on Finding Father Christmas

"Robin Jones Gunn has an incredible way with storytelling. She never fails to hold my interest and always leaves me feeling blessed."--Tracie Peterson, bestselling author of The Ladies of Liberty series

"With deep warmth and charming poignancy, Robin Jones Gunn brings us a tale as timeless as Christmas."--Karen Kingsbury, New York Times bestselling author of This Side of Heaven

"With magical prose and a touching story, Robin has woven a heartwarming Christmas tale. Cozy up with a cup of tea and enjoy!"--Melody Carlson, author of Your Heart's Desire on Finding Father Christmas

About the Author

Robin Jones Gunn has written eighty-two books over the past twenty-five years, with almost 4.5 million copies sold worldwide. She received a Christy Award for her novel Sisterchicks in Gondolas, and speaks at events around the US and Canada as well as in South America, Africa, Europe, and Australia.