Bøger af Saundra Staats McLemore

A mega-reunion is planned at Christmas Hotel. Previous guests are invited from all over the world. In the midst of this event, Christopher worries for Jerilyn's safety. She has Alzheimer's. Christopher has severe heart problems.On a short vacation, Jerilyn becomes violent and doesn't know Christopher. When they return home, Jerilyn leaves in the middle of a frigid night in her nightgown. Fearing she could out-live him, Christopher worries about her future care and considers a local nursing home. How can two people who have adored each other for fifty-seven years be separated?With the Alzheimer's spinning out of control, withdrawing from family, having to be watched every minute, Christopher's grieving heart is in turmoil. Their children and grandchildren lament over Jerilyn not knowing them. Christopher needs to make the nursing home decision soon. Christopher prays for one last cognizant moment with Jerilyn. Only faith and prayer will save them.

Chris Wright, the youngest child of Christopher and Jerilyn, is now thirty-two years old. He's prayed many years for a Godly woman to marry and join him in carrying on the mission of Christmas Hotel. All his siblings are married with children and one with a grandchild. He wonders what's wrong with him. Although his life is full with the management of Christmas Hotel; he's lonely. His only constant companion is his dog Fritz.He reacquaints with lovely Lori Anna Stanley; someone he has known all her nineteen years. She sweeps into his life like a breath of fresh air. Is it possible Chris will have the wife and family of his dreams? An idyllic union exists until tragedy strikes, and Chris has reason to question God and his faith. Unforeseen difficulties spiral out of control. Only a miracle can save them. Others have found their miracle at Christmas Hotel, but can they?

Carrie Emeline has a loving and trusting heart. Is it a blessing or a curse? Innocent and naive Carrie Emeline meets the man who can help her conquer her dilemmas ... or can he?Following the marriage, she discovers she's been deceived by her husband who deliberately wheedled himself into her life and her heart with an unthinkable lie.For four long years she lives with the deception, and his nightmares. The nightmares lead to drunkenness and violence. It's not until the violence threatens her children that Carrie Emeline wakes up from her own nightmare. Divorce is unthinkable in her Christian family, but she files the papers, and applies for a restraining order.Her grief-stricken life has spiraled into a downward tailspin. She feels she is no longer able to forgive, and has become judgmental. She heads to Christmas Hotel. Others have found their Christmas miracle at Christmas Hotel, but can she?

It's December, 1967, and three unmarried girls find themselves pregnant from three different circumstances of behavior. Following her high school graduation, eighteen-year-old Cecilia and her boyfriend foolishly rebel from parental authority and obligations. They run away from their families to the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco during the "summer of love." Eighteen-year-old Gloria spends one last night with her soldier-fiancé before he's deployed to Vietnam. He's now MIA and Gloria is left pregnant. Following the death of her parents, twenty-one-year old grief-stricken college student Loretta is raped by her new boyfriend at a fraternity party. Depressed, angry, and bitter, the three girls wind up at Christmas Hotel for rest and healing. All three will consider abortion. Christmas Hotel is known as the place where miracles happen, but how will three traumatized young girls find their Christmas miracle? Is redemption possible? Can they learn to trust? Is there really a God?

Lucy's eighth birthday is December first, 1954; the same day her mama died leaving her an orphan. Lucy's cruel uncle and aunt throw her out of the apartment in Bowling Green, Kentucky, she had shared with her mama, and into the street.That night, cold and alone, Lucy prays to the Baby Jesus lying in the manger of the Nativity scene in front of the Methodist church. She cries out for His help, protection, and love. Later, she drifts into a restless sleep, huddled near the fountain in Fountain Square Park. In the night, Lucy awakens shivering, but a huge dog lies down beside her and keeps her warm.The next morning, she meets an old man, and the dog and the old man help her in her search for someone to love her and keep her safe.

Hayley later realizes it wasn't a typical summer romance, especially for an innocent teenage girl.Hayley's been accepted at the University of Oregon and plans a career of teaching Down syndrome and autistic children. Her Christian parents own the inn where the wealthy Wentworth family has checked in for the summer. The younger son, Chase, is a bored, perpetual playboy.Chase targets Hayley, wooing her with gifts and words of love. Naive Hayley falls hopelessly in love with Chase and doesn't realize she's only a summer diversion until it's too late. The unfortunate romance, producing a child, has turned all her dreams upside down. She's now ashamed, shunned by her father, and turns from God.