Fireside ChristmasNavidad de los Sueños by Kristin Billerbeck sweeps you into California's historical land of ranchos and sword fights as Isabella Arguello is being forced to marry a despicable man. Her only source of hope is prayer and the counsel of an old circuit-riding preacher. But when Pastor Juan Carlos Vega comes in the place of the old man, it is love at first sight. Isabella would follow the handsome preacher anywhere, but Juan Carlos reminds her of the commandment to honor one's father and he leaves. What is a sad girl to do? |
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