Book excerpt: A new hope for the holidays His Holiday Family by Margaret Daley When a hurricane tears through a small Mississippi town, a daring rescue unites two heroes. Nurse Kathleen Hart is a single mom racked by guilt over her husband’s death. Firefighter Gideon O’Brien—orphaned as a young boy—has lost too many people he cared for. As Gideon helps Kathleen and her sons rebuild their home, they might learn that a romance built on faith can withstand the strongest of storms. The Christmas Children by Irene Brand All Carissa Whitmore wanted for Christmas was to regain her faith. Spending the holidays at a friend’s home in Yuletide seemed the perfect answer. But Carissa didn’t count on sharing the house with Paul Spencer, her friend’s brother, or the motherless family who’d been hiding out there. Could the miracle of the season give Carissa the family she’d always longed for?