Four award-winning stories of Christmas to share with family and friends.The CaretakerIn an 1875 winter, a Scandinavian farm family prepares for the arrival of a baby. When the baby wants to arrive too soon, eleven-year-old Selma must take a journey that transforms her life. ~Women Writing the West LAURA Finalist, 2009Snow Angels of San MarcialYoung Angelina wants to give her hard-working widowed mother a special Christmas gift. But will her unpredictable brothers cooperate? ~ByLine Magazine Christmas Fiction Contest, First Place, 1998Carpenter's CribLauren, a recent widow, hires a carpenter to make her baby son a crib before Christmas. The carpenter is a widowed single dad. When a tragedy threatens his small Colorado business their mutual attraction cannot be denied. The Christmas GiftIn 1883, Miriam takes the train to Denver to deliver her orphaned baby nephew to her married sister. But the joy of his touch upon her cheek makes her heart tighten. How will she ever let him go? ~Amazon Top Ten YA short fiction ebook , 2014 ***Praise for The Christmas Gift "The Christmas Gift brims with love and warmth...reminding us that miracles are indeed possible." ~ Jane Choate, RWA awarded author ***Includes Excerpt from Journey to Sand Castle, @ 2013, contemporary western women's fiction. Available on Amazon.com in soft cover and ebook, also Nook/B&N.com