The Christmas Catch

June 24, 2024
Shiloh (The Love Script) scores with this cheery, holiday-themed contemporary. Three years after moving back to her hometown of Peachwood Bay, Ga., single mom Bebe Gordon is still reeling from her divorce and dreading another Christmas season spent solo. Things start looking up when she runs into her high school boyfriend, Jay Walker, who left her to chase a career in the NFL and is back in town recovering from a knee injury. The two join the Christmas Ball planning committee at the local church and start spending time together. As sparks fly, Jay aims to find his way back into Bebe’s good graces, setting up extravagant dates for the two of them and easily winning over her flag football–obsessed seven-year-old daughter. While Bebe can forgive Jay, she’s not so sure she can forget, especially since her ex-husband robbed her of her faith in men—and, she fears, of her belief that she deserves happiness. Can Bebe trust God enough to let her guard down and start over? Resilient Bebe makes for an irresistible heroine, and the mix of flirty banter and earnest romance lends her relationship with Jay the right balance of sweetness and depth. Readers will have no problem rooting for these two to find their happily ever after.

September 15, 2024
After injuring his knee during a game, NFL player Jahleel "Jay" Walker finds himself back in Peachwood Bay, Georgia, recovering. As far as Jay is concerned, he can't get out of his old family home fast enough. Spending the holidays with his father, who never approved of Jay going into football instead of the church as a career, is not Jay's idea of a merry Christmas. But what just might make Jay's season joyous is having Lucille "Bebe" Gordon back in his life. When they were in high school, Jay broke Bebe's heart, but now he would like nothing better than to have the chance to show Bebe just how much she really means to him. Shiloh, whose last holiday tale was You Make It Feel like Christmas (2023), presents another sweetly satisfying romance that shines brightly with all the faith, hope, and goodwill of the season.

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