A Family For Christmas

Ella Ackerman—Charge nurse at Santa Raquel Children’s Hospital. Member of the high-risk team. Divorced.

Brett Ackerman—TLS Founder. National accreditation business owner. Divorced.

Love by Association (Book 7)

Chantel Harris—Santa Raquel detective. Member of the high-risk team.

Colin Fairbanks—Lawyer. Member of Santa Raquel’s most elite society. Principal of high-end law firm. Brother to Julie Fairbanks.

His First Choice (Book 8)

Lacey Hamilton—Social worker. Member of the high-risk team. Child star. Identical twin to daytime-soap-opera star Kacey Hamilton.

Jeremiah (Jem) Bridges—Private contractor with his own business. Divorced. Has custody of four-year-old son, Levi.

The Promise He Made Her (Book 9)

Bloom Larson—Psychiatrist in Santa Raquel. Domestic violence therapist. Divorced.

Samuel Larson—Santa Raquel high-ranking detective. Widower.

Her Secret Life (Book 10)

Kacey Hamilton—Daytime-soap-opera star. Identical twin to Lacey Hamilton. Volunteer at TLS.

Michael Valentine—Cybersecurity expert. TLS volunteer. Shooting victim.

The Fireman’s Son (Book 11)

Faye Walker—Paramedic. Divorced. Sole custody of eight-year-old son, Elliott, who is in counseling at TLS.

Reese Bristow—Santa Raquel fire chief.

For Joy’s Sake (Book 12)

Julie Fairbanks—Philanthropist and children’s author. Sister to Colin Fairbanks.

Hunter Rafferty—Owns Elite Professional event-planning business, specializing in charity fund-raisers. TLS is one of his clients.

A Family for Christmas (Book 13)

Lila McDaniels—Managing director of The Lemonade Stand (TLS). She has an apartment at the Stand.

Edward Mantle—Primary-care physician. Grandfather to seven-year-old Joy Amos. Father to Cara Amos.

Cara Amos—On the run from abusive ex. Joy’s mother.

Simon Walsh—Pediatric thoracic surgeon. Partially blind.

Contents

Cover (#uc109d9b6-0582-5456-972f-3c244886d500)

Back Cover Text (#u086fa1a4-3fb4-56e8-8dc5-fdd3b1ec1dea)

Introduction (#u1f92bce8-d88c-5312-840b-20f3607cc31e)

Dear Reader (#uf61c99e5-45b6-5b4c-849b-664a6ccd94b7)

Title Page (#uf76cda06-b698-52b7-a457-9874587e3e95)

About the Author (#u27b047c1-9247-5d85-b58e-9d3fcb75e918)

Dedication (#u39a88a2b-f3ee-5887-85bd-f804beb6c8c3)

Cast of Characters (#u105702bc-55a9-52eb-a68a-e58ce24d9c11)

CHAPTER ONE (#ud0a9d687-e374-590a-b493-a658b222b820)

CHAPTER TWO (#u56733856-94b0-5919-a715-f8bf02627120)

CHAPTER THREE (#ud25b3a27-05a7-5fdb-bbc9-4331c00b0fff)

CHAPTER FOUR (#udd24d5da-2452-5193-9280-a92f6954f2f1)

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CHAPTER SIX (#u99af3085-ff35-5949-b2cf-b990ffeae273)

CHAPTER SEVEN (#ue305806d-66c8-5096-a1c2-55de68f4e38c)

CHAPTER EIGHT (#u1bbe4315-8e3a-523a-a8a4-bad9e451b110)

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