This book is an inspirational story about a mother and daughter’s spiritual journey on letting go when the mother’s life is threatened twice by an incurable disease—when breast cancer strikes not once, but twice! This is a passionate and touching story that explains the ups, downs, fear, anxiety, denial, withdrawal, and acceptance of losing a loved one. It will leave you with solace and peace on how to deal with the stress and uncomfortable situation knowing that there will come a time to say goodbye to a loved one! A mother’s love is shown through her unwavering faith and strength while battling her sickness to help prepare her family to continue living after she’s gone, and it is powerful! She puts her family first! The daughter shares her emotional and heartfelt moments that were bittersweet as she remembers the last years of her mother’s life!

Life has been hard for Kate Dunbar. Worked mercilessly by her aunt and uncle in Regency Edinburgh's South Bridge, Kate has little time to daydream about the future. But then wealthy medical student Richard Hope walks into her life. Can their fragile relationship survive or will they be forced apart?

Nauplia, huddled together on the edge of its glittering bay, and grilled beneath the hot stress of the midsummer noon, stood silent as a city of the dead. Down the middle of the main street, leading up from the quay to the square, lay a scorching ribbon of sunshine, and the narrow strips of shadow, sharp cut and blue, spoke of the South. Along one side of the square ran the barracks of the Turkish garrison of occupation, two-storied buildings of brown stone, solid but airless, and faced with a line of arcade. These contained the three companies of men who were stationed in the town itself, less fortunate in this oven of heat than the main part of the garrison who held the airier fortress of Palamede behind, overlooking the plain from a height of five hundred feet.

Deck the halls and string the garland, it’s time for a ho-ho-ho-holiday bake off! Eager to elevate her business to a can’t miss tourist attraction in White Pine, Arianna Willis has her heart set on winning the town’s Christmas dessert contest. It really roasts her chestnuts to learn Mark, a chef there on vacation, is attempting to steal that coveted title from her. Mark Ellison didn’t mean to be the lump of coal in Arianna’s stocking. Having visited her bakery, he knows her talents in the kitchen can’t be denied. Still, coerced into helping out another local business, his competitive streak won’t allow him to submit anything but his very best. Yet from their rivalry a flurry of attraction begins to form. Will Mark honor his previous commitments, knowing it could hurt Arianna’s bakery? Or will a life with her, in that picturesque small town, become the greatest gift of all? Fans of sweet, small town romances will fall in love with One Sweet Christmas by Marie Long!