Christmas is coming to Magdalena! It's time to head back to Magdalena in this holiday novella... The town is preparing to celebrate the holidays when a snowstorm hits and threatens to ruin the festivities. But that’s not the only threat blowing into town…Pop’s son is here from California to enjoy Christmas with his father, but when he leaves, he’s taking Pop with him…or is he? Will the town give up the Godfather of Magdalena, or will they show Pop’s son that when we open our hearts, anything is possible…even second chances? Truth In Lies Series: Book One: A Family Affair Book Two: A Family Affair: Spring Book Three: A Family Affair: Summer Book Four: A Family Affair: Fall Book Five: A Family Affair: Christmas, a novella Book Six: A Family Affair: Winter Book Seven: A Family Affair: The Promise Book Eight: A Family Affair: The Secret Book Nine: A Family Affair: The Wish Book Ten: A Family Affair: The Gift Book Eleven: A Family Affair: The Weddings, a novella Book Twelve: A Family Affair: The Cabin, a novella Book Thirteen: A Family Affair: The Return Book Fourteen: A Family Affair: The Choice Book Fifteen: A Family Affair: The Proposal Book Sixteen: A Family Affair: Bonus Scenes Book Seventeen: A Family Affair: The Homecoming Book Eighteen: A Family Affair: The Decision Also: Meals From Magdalena, A Family Affair Cookbook If you love to read about second chances, don’t miss: That Second Chance Series: Book One: Pulling Home – (Also prequel to A Family Affair: The Promise) Book Two: The Way They Were – (Also prequel to A Family Affair: The Secret) Book Three: Simple Riches – (Also prequel to A Family Affair: Winter) Book Four: Paradise Found - (Also prequel to A Family Affair: The Wish) Book Five: Not Your Everyday Housewife - (Also prequel to A Family Affair: The Gift) Book Six: The Butterfly Garden - (Also prequel to A Family Affair: The Return) KEY THEMES: Christmas, holidays, holiday baking, pizzelles, snowstorm, family gathering, Catskills, return to hometown, reunion. "Wave to him, Uncle Harry." Lily kept her gaze fixed on the star-sprinkled sky. "Hi, Daddy. Can you see us? We're making angels like you showed me. Uncle Harry didn't know how, but I showed him. Can you see the snow? It's crunchy and it tastes so good." She giggled. "Your snow always tasted like peanut butter and jelly, but mine tastes like coconut and Lizzie's tastes like strawberries." She paused and her voice dipped. "And Uncle Harry said his tasted like joy, but I don't know what that tastes like. We're going to make lots and lots of angels because you said there weren't enough on this earth." Harry squeezed his eyes shut to keep what felt an awful lot like damn tears from slipping out. Lily could make him choke up with a word, a look, hell, a hug could do it, and if he didn't shut it down, the tears would sprout faster than a sprinkler. "Uncle Harry and Aunt Greta are having a big Christmas Eve party at their house. Uh-huh. Lots of people are coming. I don't think you know all of them, but you do know lots. I'm going to be there, so is Mom, and Nate and Christine." She paused, "And Anna, and Pop and--" She paused a few seconds, then said, "Who else is invited to your Christmas party, Uncle Harry? I want to tell Dad." "Gina!" Lizzie shouted from a few feet away. "And her husband!" "Right." Lily's voice filled with excitement. "Gina and Ben Reed and the baby in her belly." Harry tried to block out the chatter, but part of him wanted to know what she found to say to Charlie. Pop talked to a dead wife, Lily talked to a dead father; did the whole town talk to dead people? Well, he knew one person who didn't. Harry Blacksworth. Mary Campisi writes emotion-packed books about second chances. Whether contemporary romances, women's fiction, or Regency historicals, her books all center on belief in the beauty of that second chance. Her small town romances center around family life, friendship, and forgiveness as they explore the issues of today's contemporary women. Mary should have known she'd become a writer when at age thirteen she began changing the ending to all the books she read. It took several years and a number of jobs, including registered nurse, receptionist in a swanky hair salon, accounts payable clerk, and practice manager in an OB/GYN office, for her to rediscover writing. Enter a mouse-less computer, a floppy disk, and a dream large enough to fill a zip drive. The rest of the story lives on in every book she writes. When she's not working on her craft or following the lives of five adult children, Mary's digging in the dirt with her flowers and herbs, cooking, reading, walking her rescue lab mix, Cooper, or, on the perfect day, riding off into the sunset with her very own hero/husband on his Harley Ultra Limited. If you would like to be notified when Mary has a new release, please sign up at marycampisi.com/book/book-release-mailing-list/ Mary has published with Kensington, Carina Press, and The Wild Rose P