A Family for Christmas

A Family for Christmas
Kate Welsh

THE CHILDREN OF HIS HEARTTrenton Osborne knew that his beloved wife, Maggie, was made for raising little ones. But Trent secretly, desperately, feared failing at fatherhood. So even with Christmas coming and ten years of marriage at stake, he had to let Maggie go….But on the brink of their divorce, like a gift from God, four orphaned children entered their lives and their hearts. Watching Maggie instantly open her arms to his nieces and nephews, Trent himself couldn't turn away. But could he triumph over his terror and make his marriage whole once more? Could he finally give Maggie a family for Christmas?

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#ua3b6058d-0f17-54e0-a621-9e5508911ae1)

Excerpt (#u812226af-4b48-5854-8497-9e128e978c2a)

About the Author (#u124d510a-a9eb-5ea9-8352-b6423f84cd48)

Title Page (#u5edd0ae6-0cd9-5969-97b1-2590fc53a63a)

Epigraph (#u93d8dc97-f73e-5ef8-81e2-8605980a166a)

Acknowledgments (#u7f316b48-67d4-576e-8e25-419256e347b4)

Chapter One (#ufa082d9f-b0c6-5dff-b1ae-49ed3d3d1978)

Chapter Two (#uc58b28de-1e9f-54cc-a82f-984adfc5ff8f)

Chapter Three (#ua9a1508e-72c5-5064-84ca-2c195e9077dd)

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It was decided.

He and Maggie would be guardians to his orphaned nieces and nephews.

But doubt assailed Trent once again. How would he deal with Maggie?

He’d loved his wife so deeply, and yet he’d been unable to give her what she wanted most children. And that dream had proved more important than their love.

But now she’ll have both, a voice within him whispered. And you can have her back.

Trent ached to be able to forget his anguish in Maggie’s arms. But the day she’d left with tears in her eyes, he’d sworn never again to open his heart to that kind of pain. And never to inflict it on Maggie, either.

Because Trent was afraid.

And he was right to be.

Because now he found he had no idea how to be a loving parent.…

KATE WELSH

A two-time winner of Romance Writers of America’s coveted Golden Heart Award, Kate lives in suburban Philadelphia with her husband of twenty-six years. She has two daughters whose childhood antics often wind up in her stories. Besides her writing career, Kate works part-time as a graphic artist and does administrative work for an international manufacturer.

As a child she was often the “script writer” in neighborhood games of make-believe. Kate turned back to storytelling when her husband challenged her to write down the stories in her head. With Jesus so much a part of her life, Kate found it natural to incorporate Him into her writing. Her goal is to entertain her readers with wholesome stories of the love between two people the Lord has brought together and to teach His truths while she entertains.

A Family for Christmas

Kate Welsh

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only

begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him

should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For God sent not his Son into the world

to condemn the world; but that the world

through him might be saved.