Today I'm linking up with Carole from Carole's Random Life of Books for Books from the Backlog. I really enjoy the chance to feature a book that's been hiding in the piles of books for far too long!
Goodreads: The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews
Blurb: When newly-divorced Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen, she is definitely looking for a change in her life. The Four Roses, as the farmhouse is called, is a labor of love―but Ivy didn't bargain on just how much labor. The previous family left so much furniture and so much junk, that it's a full-time job sorting through all of it.
At the top of a closet, Ivy finds an old Santa suit―beautifully made and decades old. In the pocket of a suit she finds a note written in a childish it's from a little girl who has one Christmas wish, and that is for her father to return home from the war. This discovery sets Ivy off on a mission. Who wrote the note? Did the man ever come home? What mysteries did the Rose family hold?
Ivy's quest brings her into the community, at a time when all she wanted to do was be left alone and nurse her wounds. But the magic of Christmas makes miracles happen, and Ivy just might find more than she ever thought a welcoming town, a family reunited, a mystery solved, and a second chance at love.
Why It Needs to Come Off the Shelf: An old farmhouse and a Christmas-y mystery! It seems like perfect reading for this time of year.
I’ve never heard of this book before, it sounds good!
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds like an ideal holiday read.
ReplyDeleteI have this one on my TBR too. Looks good.
ReplyDeleteI do love Mary Kay Andrews, and The Santa Suit looks like a great read.
ReplyDeleteI love the sound of this one.
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This is a new to me book, and a new to me author. I hope you love it!
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