Christmas in Chestnut Crossing

Fill your holiday season with the warmth and wonder of Christmas through uplifting stories that remind you of the gifts that matter most—forgiveness, love, friendship, and hope.

Christmas in Chestnut Crossing is a charming, gift-sized book, filled with inspiring, uplifting, and thought-provoking holiday stories to put you in the Christmas spirit throughout the season.

Inside, discover four heartwarming Christmas stories:

• A long-awaited reunion: When Sadie Wingate comes face-to-face with someone she had nearly given up hope of reconnecting with, she discovers that forgiveness may be the greatest gift of all.
• A sweet second chance: Gloria Quincy, a widowed baker rebuilding her life in a new town, finds unexpected joy―and a second chance at belonging―when the holiday baking contest she sponsors leads to new friendships and hope.
• An unexpected Christmas mystery: When her holiday plans fall through, Ella Hart, a disappointed bookstore owner, finds meaning―and a touch of mystery―when her path crosses with a stranger just passing through town.
• A Christmas wish waiting to be fulfilled: Deborah Morris finds a decades-old wish inside a Christmas card tucked into the market’s donation box and embarks on a mission to fulfill it.

Celebrate the season with Christmas in Chestnut Crossing and rediscover the joy, hope, and faith at the heart of Christmas. Each novella is written by a best-loved Guideposts author: Amy Clipston, Tia McCollors, Shaen Layle, and Heidi Chiavaroli.

Amy Clipston is an award-winning and bestselling author and has been writing for as long as she can remember. Her fiction writing “career” began in elementary school when she and a close friend wrote and shared silly stories. She has a degree in communications from Virginia Wesleyan University and is a member of the Authors Guild, American Christian Fiction Writers, and Romance Writers of America. Amy works full-time for the City of Charlotte, North Carolina, and lives in North Carolina with her husband, two sons, mother, and six spoiled rotten cats. Amy loves to hear from her readers. You can find her at AmyClipston.com.

Heidi Chiavaroli (pronounced shev-uh-ROE-lee...sort of like Chevrolet and ravioli mushed together!) wrote her first story in third grade, titled I'd Cross the Desert for Milk. It wasn't until years later that she revisited writing, using her two small boys' nap times to pursue what she thought at the time was a foolish dream. Despite a long road to publication, she hasn't stopped writing since! Heidi writes women's fiction, combining her love of history and literature to write both time-slip stories and contemporary fiction. She is a two-time Carol Award winner and a Christy Award finalist, a Romantic Times Top Pick, and a Booklist Top Ten Romance Debut. Heidi makes her home in Massachusetts with her husband, two sons, and Wyatt, her standard poodle.—Massachusetts

Shaen Layle is a USA Today bestselling author and Carol Award semifinalist who writes inspirational cozy mystery from her home in the Midwest, where she lives with her artist husband, Danny, their two rambunctious but adorable boys, and their shelter pup, Violet. Trained as a literary novelist and with a decade of librarianship under her belt, Shaen loves discussing all things bookish with her readers on her website and on social media.—The Midwest