One year after fleeing her crumbling marriage in Miami, Tara Bedford has found more than just refuge in her inherited lakeside cottage. She's discovered a home, a purpose, and a love she never expected with Will Dixon. As Christmas approaches, their growing family, including her three adult children and fifteen-year-old Ryan, the half-brother they've embraced as their own, prepares for their first holiday season together.
But the magic of Christmas reveals more than twinkling lights and fresh snow. When Ryan befriends Sam, a sixteen-year-old girl living in her car with only her dog for company, the family opens their hearts once again. Sam has survived on her own since she was thirteen, trusting no one after a lifetime of abandonment. Yet something about this quirky mountain town and the warmth of her newfound family begins to crack the walls she's built around her heart.
As a mysterious lottery winner spreads anonymous acts of kindness throughout Blueberry Hill, each family member faces their own crossroads. Ally and Colton navigate the challenges of blending their different worlds. Emily prepares to welcome her first child while Evan rebuilds his life from corporate burnout. And Christina grapples with a life-changing secret that threatens to upend everything she thought she knew about her future.
When devastating news about Tara's best friend Patty threatens to shatter the holiday joy, the family must lean on each other more than ever. And Sam must decide whether to trust in the possibility of belonging or retreat back into the safety of solitude.
Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains dusted with snow, Blueberry Christmas is a heartwarming tale of second chances, chosen family, and the healing power of community. Sometimes the greatest gift isn't what's under the tree—it's the courage to let yourself be loved.
Tender, uplifting, and full of holiday charm, Blueberry Hill Christmas is a feel-good, multi-generational women’s fiction novel perfect for fans of Pamela Kelley, Robyn Carr, and Debbie Macomber. Come home to the coziest little town this Christmas and discover that the best gifts don’t come in boxes.
Cynthia Luhrs spends her time out on the deck, looking at the mountains and imagining what if. Her rescued tiger cats like to disrupt her writing by sitting on the keyboard and demanding to be let in and out hundreds of times a day. She is overly fond of sparkly flip flops, books, and tea served in antique teacups.
She writes women’s fiction, contemporary romance, medieval time travel, Scottish time travel, small town fiction, romantasy, and heart-pounding thrillers.