Christmastime Series by Georgina Lee, Barbara Phinney

Morning LeBeau, Executive Chef at an upscale New England resort, would rather lay low on Christmas Day than celebrate it. Her childhood memories of the season still whisper a fearful warning. The people you love will hurt you. But when the handsome and enigmatic Judah Matthias, one of the owners of the resort, asks her to run a Christmas brunch for the soup kitchen he sponsors, she relents. Without realizing it, Judah reawakens in Morning the pain of Christmases past... moreMorning LeBeau, Executive Chef at an upscale New England resort, would rather lay low on Christmas Day than celebrate it. Her childhood memories of the season still whisper a fearful warning. The people you love will hurt you. But when the handsome and enigmatic Judah Matthias, one of the owners of the resort, asks her to run a Christmas brunch for the soup kitchen he sponsors, she relents. Without realizing it, Judah reawakens in Morning the pain of Christmases past. His soft touch and sweet words soothe her wounded soul, and her heart refuses to heed her fears. Can she risk it all this Christmas for a chance of healing and love? less