Mistletoe Melody
Stacey Weeks
From White Rose, an imprint of
Pelican Ventures LLC
A Christmas Holiday Extravaganza
novella
$2.99
About
the Book
A former musician, Melody Staff,
spends Christmas at a bed and breakfast in the village of Mistletoe Meadows.
While everyone sings familiar carols of Christ drawing near, Melody stumbles
over misplaced notes. Her recent diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis has scared off
her fiancé and thrust her life into a grand pause. Will her heart ever sing
again? Quentin Oxford has endured a devastating year. His preteen daughter
suffered a stroke, and they’ve grieved his wife’s sudden death, but the Lord
coaxes a surprising refrain from Quentin’s heart as God rewrites his and
Melody’s score into a love song.
From the Author:
Tell
us why Mistletoe is part of your Christmas story.
Every business in the tourist town
of Mistletoe Meadows uses Mistletoe in some way. The town website highlights
things like The Mistletoe Mile: a mile walk that winds all around the
quaint Christmasy town. The trail leads followers through stores and businesses
decked out with various kinds of mistletoe and holiday decor. Each one offers
some trivia on mistletoe, some samples to take home for Christmas decorating,
or berries to plant in your own in a host tree. One even serves Mistletoe Tea.
The Mistletoe Mile ends at the bed and breakfast, Mistle Manor, in a giant
gazebo built from tree trunks covered in vines and mistletoe. The website
claims it is famous for Christmas proposals. Other events and business
names included in this story are Mistletoe Teas and Mistletoe Talks.
What
would you like your readers to know about Christmas after reading your story?
I hope readers come away with a
fresh understanding that Jesus came to us that first Christmas so He could
later take care of our greatest need, finding forgiveness through His death and
hope in His resurrection. Melody Staff struggles with God's role in her pain.
Eventually, she comes to this conclusion: “I had never thought of it that
way before.” Melody picked up the conversation as soon as he clicked his
seatbelt. “About God, speaking from afar, then sending messengers, then
finally, Jesus coming to reach me, to give me the courage and desire to reach
out to him." ... “Jesus came to me. Not to make my life perfect, but
to walk with me through the pain.”
What
is your favorite Christmas tradition?
I love our tradition of
staying in our jammies on Christmas and having a big family dinner. We
stay home, allowing our children a day of relaxation and play. But every one in
our extended family is invited to join us if they desire.
About
the Author
Stacey Weeks is the
multi-award-winning author of Glorious Surrender (2016),
inspirational romances The Builder’s Reluctant Bride (2016),
Mistletoe Melody (2018), and inspirational romantic suspense novels In Too
Deep (2017), and Fatal Homecoming (2019). Stacey lives in
Ontario where she speaks at women’s conferences, teaches writing and Bible
study workshops, and writes about the things of the Lord. www.staceyweeks.com
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