Everyone deserves a second chance, even Madeline Drake. When a snowy accident topples Madeline through a slip in time, she wakes to find herself in tiny, turn of the century, Bethlehem, Wyoming. Her arrival sends a ripple of change through the tenaciously rooted lives of the town's odd collection of lost souls, who view her arrival with a healthy dose of skepticism and curiosity. Parathinia Minch is known as the most honest woman in Bethlehem, until faced with a truth that could tear apart the fabric of her beloved community. In a fateful second, she does something she's never done before: she lies. All too quickly, Ninny's decision unspools an unruly tangle of problems that threaten her reputation and her livelihood. Savannah Clarke has been lost in a tide of grief and pain since she was unwillingly towed through time and deposited in Bethlehem. She's spent decades scoffing at the town's exuberance for the holidays, building a wall around herself to avoid their merry cheer. But Madeline's arrival brings a bright light to the small town and has Savannah questioning the time she's lost and the possibility of a shiny new future. And Madeline? The catalyst of all this turmoil? She'll do anything to return to her own time. Yet Bethlehem, with its currency of wishes and second chances, offers her a place she never expected to find. . . but only if she's willing to give up everything she holds dear. With her beloved charm and wit, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Boyle brings O Little Town of Bethlehem to life in a heartwarming story of empowerment, redemption, and the joy of finding friendship at any age. Or time.
A heartwarming, magical story of a modern woman lost in time who must assist two unlikely strangers in untangling the lies surrounding their lives if she wants to return to her own time and place. When a snowy accident topples Madeline Drake through a slip in time, she wakes to find herself in tiny, turn of the century, Bethlehem, Wyoming, far from her hectic existence. And as much as it is a shock to her, her arrival immediately upends the tenaciously rooted lives of the town's odd collection of lost souls. But the rules are clear-she must stay until Christmas before the door home will open. Having never been much for rules, Madeline begins an all-out campaign to return sooner rather than later, only to find that her arrival has unwittingly upended the lives of the town's kind and shy postmistress, Ninny Minch, and that of sharp-tongued