SNOWBOUND IN WINTERBERRY FALLS

SNOWBOUND IN WINTERBERRY FALLS
Friday, November 27, 2020 by ANN BRODEUR

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ANN BRODEUR

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ABOUT SNOWBOUND IN WINTERBERRY

A buried story. A powerful senator. A Christmas they won’t forget.

Owning her own PR firm is all reporter Stephanie Clark wants for Christmas, but the idea of running a prestigious election campaign in the country’s capital throws her stomach into knots. A last-minute vacation road trip to focus and seek God’s direction for her life ends up in disaster when she gets caught in the worst snowstorm to hit Vermont in over a decade, crashing her into a small town and the one person she’d rather forget.

Former photojournalist Jason Miller hadn’t planned on being solely responsible for saving his family business from financial ruin. He’s barely keeping the newspaper in print, his News Editor has gone AWOL during the town’s most celebrated holiday festival, and reports of missing Christmas decorations have everyone on edge.

When a desperate knock at the newsroom door brings a ghost from Christmas past back into his life, can Jason make up for his prior behavior without breaking his promise to Stephanie’s father? Will Stephanie’s quest to solve the town’s Christmas caper—and uncover the truth about Jason’s disappearance—cost her everything she’s ever wanted?

Behind the story and Christmas Inspiration:

What inspired you to write a book based around Christmas?

I’d have to say it’s all those Christmas stories by Debbie Macomber that inspired me to write a Christmas novel. There’s just something magical about the time of year that makes for great romance stories.

Was there anything in your book inspired by real-life experiences?

The setting of SNOWBOUND IN WINTERBERRY FALLS was inspired by a Christmas festival held in the town of Middlebury, Vermont. From the end of November through to the end of December they celebrate Christmas with a variety of events and activities Very Merry Middlebury. I thought this was a fantastic backdrop for a holiday romance and now I want to visit Middlebury during the holidays to experience the festival myself.

What’s the most important thing about the Christmas season?

The one aspect of Christmas we really try to emphasize in our family is that the season is about God’s love for us. We try to show His love to others by the things we do for them (like secretly shoveling elderly neighbors’ driveways or delivering cookies with a gospel tract). We talk about the birth of Christ and what it means for us. When it comes to gift-giving, we really try to stress the best gift we can ever receive is God’s Son, Jesus. Our littlest ones relate gift-giving to the wise men giving gifts to Jesus.

I think with all the challenges 2020 has thrown at so many families, we need to be reminded that there is Someone who cares about us. That if we have God in our lives, we’ll never be alone and He will always provide.

ABOUT ANN BRODEUR

I’m married to my own hero and am Mama to four beautiful children, one set of identical twins. Our story is a modern-day romance: we met online through a Christian dating site (maybe that idea will make it into a book someday!) We are both avid readers. When we moved from our apartment to our house, the movers complained we didn’t own a TV for entertainment – just boxes of books. I’m not sure what they would say now, since we’ve added a few more filled bookshelves to our collection.

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