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Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas
Glad Tidings Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas
Author: Debbie Macomber
ISBN-13: 9780778323556
ISBN-10: 0778323552
Publication Date: 11/1/2006
Pages: 480
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 243 ratings
Publisher: Mira
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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43 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 48 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
Good Christmas reading, but also nice love stories for anytime. Love this author.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 28 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Great fruitcake recipes--chocolate fruitcake???--and stories to go with them.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 264 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Cute, light reading for the holidays. The story about the fruitcake had me laughing out loud.
thameslink avatar reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 723 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Two stories of laughter and love at Christmastime. A quick, fun, undemanding read.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 161 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Great Christmas read.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 133 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Two books in one and as usual great to read! Especially at this time of year!
Ashley1010 avatar reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 67 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This book has two Christmas stories by Debbie Macomber.

~The first story, "There's Something About Christmas", is about Emma & Oliver & fruitcake. Emma is a reporter who has an assignment to write articles about women who have each created a fabulous fruitcake recipe. With the varying recipes (that the author includes in the story) I felt like making fruitcake can be a lesson in compromise. Emma tries to fight her attraction to Oliver because she is afraid she will be considered weak for falling for someone. If you are a dog lover you will like the side story with Emma & Oliver's respective pups! Also loved the part with Emma and the "guacamole"! This story is a cute read.

~The second story, "Here Comes Trouble", is about Maryanne & Nolan. The way the author wrote this story was interesting because the first and last part are set in the "present day" with the majority of the story detailing how they first met. Nolan was not my favorite character because he is wishy-washy and sometimes just plain confusing. He is blunt and bossy but this is how Maryanne makes major changes in her life. Her character is very optimistic about the new future she has in front of her and it is nice to see this character grow and find out who she is. This is an older story by Debbie Macomber and was a little too cutesy for me.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 11 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
A nice set of Christmas related romance stories. My favorite was There's Something About Christmas- the chemistry between Oliver and Emma was great.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 61 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Very quick read. Delightful stories.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 16 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Two great little stories. I really enjoyed this book!
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 29 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Two Debbie Macomber books in one! These are two fun romantic stories that take place around the holidays. I recommend it!
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 228 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Two great stories in one.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 47 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Contains two feel-good stories. Though written about Christmas, good any time of the year. The story, "There's Something about Christmas," is funny, and provides several very interesting fruit cake recipes. Even those who hate fruit cake will like this.
sherrymc avatar reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Very enjoyable!
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 61 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Two books in one. Quick read, fun romances.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
good reading
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 22 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Two classic stories of laughter and love at Christmastime. Story wanted most by the kids is how and where mom and dad met.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 496 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A great Christmas read.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 4 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Cute book;I liked both stories, There's Something about Christmas actually makes me want to try & make a fruitcake!
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 1019 more book reviews
2 books of Christmas fun in one!
yourojousama avatar reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on
very first book by debbie macomber that i've read. the stories are cute and fast-paced
i enjoyed reading this book =)
mysteryfan avatar reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 43 more book reviews
What a wonderful light hearted story of love and romance with family ties and bonding. A great holidy tale on behalf of both stories.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 13 more book reviews
A great, fun, easy book to enjoy.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 49 more book reviews
Debbie Macomber does it again, two great stories set at Christmas time.
I couldn't put the book down.
mblisa avatar reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 60 more book reviews
I enjoyed both stories in this 2 in 1 book. Both stories have a Christmas "theme" to them.
I liked the story about the reporter and the fruitcake contest the best.

The characters are well developed, the stories were hard to put down! =)
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 65 more book reviews
Two cute holiday stories from Debbie Macomber.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 25 more book reviews
This book consists of two stories:
There's Something About Christmas and Here comes Trouble
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 3 more book reviews
Great Christmas stories
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on
An engaging story.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 39 more book reviews
Christmas is a time for fruitcake. Rookie reporter Emma Collins hates fruitcake;for that matter, she hates Christmas, too. When three Washington State women are fiinalists in a national fruitcake contest, the story is assigned to her. That's bad enough. It gets worse when she has to fly in a small plane with a smart aleck piolt and his scruffy dog. In the end she meets three wise women, falls in love and learns There's Something About Chirstmas.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on
Great book....easy reading..great author
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 42 more book reviews
Easy reader!! Christmas 'feel good' stories.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 32 more book reviews
A great read at holiday time. Three fruitcake receipes entwined. It really inspired me to make fruitcake. What fun!
dingalink avatar reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 100 more book reviews
Engaging bit of Christmas fluff. Enjoyable escapism.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on
Two books in one.

From the back cover:

Here Comes Trouble:

This is a time for families, for togetherness, for memories. On Christmas Eve, Maryanne and Nolan Adams tell their kids the story they most want to hear- how Mom & Dad met and fell in love. It all started when they were reporters on rival Seattle papers...and next thing you know, Here comes Trouble!

And

There's Something About Christmas:

Christmas is also a time for...fruitcake. Rookie reporterEmma Collins hates fruitcake; for that matter, she hates Christmas, too. When three Washington State women are finalists in a national fruitcake contest, the story is assigned to her.That's bad enough. It gets worse when she has to fly in a small plane (scary!) with a smart-aleck pilot named Oliver Hamilton(sexy!) and his scruffy dog (cute!). In the end she meets three wise women, falls in love and learns There's Something About Christmas.

I really enjoyed both stories very much!
Dimples2212 avatar reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 209 more book reviews
Two Christmas stories in one. A delight to read...and some good recipes include!
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 21 more book reviews
Product Description
This is a time for families, for togetherness, for memories. On Christmas Eve, Maryanne and Nolan Adams tell their kids the story they most want to hear--how Mom and Dad met and fell in love. It all started when they were reporters on rival Seattle papersand next thing you know, Here Comes Trouble!

Christmas is also a time forfruitcake. Rookie reporter Emma Collins hates fruitcake; for that matter, she hates Christmas, too. When three Washington State women are finalists in a national fruitcake contest, the story is assigned to her. That's bad enough. It gets worse when she has to fly in a small plane (scary!) with a smart-aleck pilot named Oliver Hamilton (sexy!) and his scruffy dog (cute!). In the end she meets three wise women, falls in love and learns There's Something About Christmas.
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 174 more book reviews
Never met a Macomber I didn't like
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 14 more book reviews
Great stories about Christmas as only Debbie Macomber can tell them!
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 157 more book reviews
Contains 2 novels by Debbie Macomber. One is Here Comes Trouble and the other is There's Something About Christmas. There are also some fruitcake recipes contained
RockStarGirl avatar reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 329 more book reviews
Two of Debbie Macomber's Christmas novels in one book, There's Something About Christmas and Here Comes Trouble.
daskvorc avatar reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 20 more book reviews
This is a story about memories of a married couple telling their children how they met. It is two stories in one book. The second story deals with areporter who is afraid to fly and wants to be assigned a story. She also hates Christmas. Unfortunately for her to write the stories she has to fly in a small plan!
reviewed Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble / There's Something About Christmas on + 24 more book reviews
CHRISTMAS NEWS! READ ALL ABOUT IT! This is a time to families, for togetherness, for memories. On Christmas eve, Maryanne and Nolan Adams tell their kids the story they most want to hear--how Mom and Dad met and fell in love. It all started when they were reporters on rival Seattle papers...and next thing you know, here comes trouble!

Christmas is also a time for...fruitcake. Rookie reporter Emma Collins hates fruitcake; for that matter, she hates Christmas, too. When three Washington State women are finalists in a national fruitcake contest, the story is assigned to her. That's bad enough. It get's worse when she has to fly in a small plane (scary!) with a smart-aleck pilot named Oliver Hamilton (sexy!) and his scruffy dog (cute!). In the end she meets three wise women, falls in love and leanrs there's something about Christmas.