A Vineyard Christmas, Jean Stone
A Vineyard Christmas, Jean Stone
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A Vineyard Christmas

Author: Jean Stone

Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan

Unabridged: 10 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/25/2018

Categories: Fiction, Women


Synopsis

In the midst of a Christmas blizzard: A baby on the doorstep. It's taken a long time and a little heartache, but Annie Sutton is finally following her dream of living on Martha's Vineyard. She fell in love with the island's singular beauty while using it as a setting for two of her novels. In her cozy rented cottage on Chappaquiddick, she's settling in for her first Vineyard winter-complete with a fierce nor'easter on the way, forecast to bring high winds and deep snow. But the blizzard also brings something unexpected to Annie's front porch: a basket, encircled by a ribbon, containing a baby girl. The note reads: "I named her Bella, after my grandmother. Please help her, because I can't." Adopted as a child, Annie is grateful for wonderful parents who raised her as their own. Yet she also hopes to spare little Bella the feelings of abandonment that still haunt her. And so, rather than take the baby to the police, Annie decides to keep her and try to find the birth mother, giving her a chance to change her mind. But it's not easy keeping a secret in a close-knit, island community, especially amid the bustle of Christmas. Before the holiday ends, there will be revelations, rekindled hope, and proof that families-the ones we are born into and the ones we claim for ourselves-are the gifts that truly matter . . .

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deanne on September 20, 2018

A new to me author, Jean Stone I am glad I decided to try her book. The cover really drew me to the book, very appealing. A nor'easter blows in on Martha's Vineyard but 51 year old Annie Sutton has her cozy rented cottage on Chappaquiddick and is satisfied making natural soaps with herbs she grows a......more

Goodreads review by Berit☀️✨ on January 01, 2019

A heartwarming and heartbreaking story about hope and regret! This was a lovely Christmas book that can be read anytime of the year... martha’s Vineyard, a snowstorm, and a baby.... Annie is an author who has hunkered in on Martha’s Vineyard for the winter... The island seems like the perfect place to......more

Goodreads review by Ell on August 21, 2018

In the midst of a New England snowstorm a miracle and a mystery are delivered at once, changing the lives of several people on Martha’s Vineyard. Days before Christmas, as a nor’easter is hitting the Island, baby Bella is delivered to newcomer and childless 50-year-old Annie Sutton’s doorstep. The b......more

Goodreads review by Patrizia on October 17, 2020

Whow! Non so perché all'inizio avevo scartato questo libro, ma quando l'ho visto in offerta ho deciso di provare a leggerlo e non me ne pento. Mi è piaciuto tantissimo. Il mistero riguarda una neonata abbandonata sulla porta di casa della protagonista, quindi non è proprio esatto definirlo un cozy m......more

Goodreads review by Bette on September 23, 2018

A wonderful feel good story that will warm your heart as a Christmas miracle lands on the doorstep of a woman at a crossroads in life. When a baby is left on her doorstep during a blizzard, Annie takes her in and doesn't call the police hoping to give the mother a chance to come to her senses and co......more