The first Christmas book I read this season was A Louisiana Christmas to Remember, a novella collection penned by Morgan Tarpley Smith, Betsy St. Amant, and Lenora Worth, all who live or lived in the Bayou state. The idea for the collection originated in an online readers forum with a post seeking Christmas novels set in all 50 states. At that time, none were known to be set in Louisiana, but this collection corrects that situation.

I really enjoyed that the three present-day novellas focused on women in the Lavigne family and the town of Moreau. The first story begins two weeks before Christmas and the timeline progresses in each novella through Christmas Day. Each features an event (an outdoor Christmas market, repairing a historic mural, and a Christmas ball) as the main character deals with past heartbreak and long-held regrets. Through supportive family members, faith, romance, and Christmas spirit, each heroine finds forgiveness, redemption, and love.

My favorite secondary character was Granny - her feisty personality and wisdom from 80 years of life was a great thread through all of the novellas. I hope readers will get more of her story in a future volume.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Barbour Publishing and was under no obligation to post a review.

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