title: A Cedar Cove Christmas (A Cedar Cove Novel)
author:  Debbie Macomber 
description: Mary Jo Wyse, the protagonist of this trite little throwaway, is extremely pregnant. She sets out for Cedar Cove on Christmas Eve to hunt down her child's delinquent dad, David. Hot on her trail are her three overprotective brothers (the three Wyse men&mdash;get it?), determined to make David do the right thing. Mary Jo can't find a hotel room or her man, so she takes shelter at Grace Harding's ranch, in an apartment above a barn. She delivers her child that night with Grace, an EMT, and several farm animals as onlookers, and everyone is reminded of the true spirit of Christmas. Clearly, subtlety is not the order of the day. Sadly, neither is quality storytelling. There's more life in a lump of coal. <I>(Oct.)</I> <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  ## A Cedar Cove Christmas
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Christmas 2008
  
  Dear Friends,
  
  Anyone who knows me or has read my books for any length of time has figured
  out that I’m crazy about Christmas. For more years than my feeble memory can
  recall, I’ve written an annual Christmas story. It just seemed to make sense,
  considering how much I love the holiday season.
  
  Now, I have to tell you that this year’s story is downright inspired (if I do
  say so myself!). For not one reason, but two…First, when you start reading A
  Cedar Cove Christmas, you’ll quickly recognize the source—the original
  Christmas story that took place over two thousand years ago. Second, this book
  is a response to the question most frequently asked by my readers: How come
  there’s only one Cedar Cove book a year? My answer’s usually “I’m writing as
  fast as I can.” So this Christmas story is a bonus for all my readers who want
  more Cedar Cove. (Pay attention to the new characters here, because they’re
  bound to show up in future 