Book description
The timeless holiday love story from the USA Today bestselling author
Why read it?
1 author picked Twelve Days as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love this story, although my heart was breaking the whole time I read it.
Sam and Rachel’s dream of a houseful of kids is going to come true, at least for 12 days, although it’s already too late to salvage their marriage. Too much has happened…or hasn’t.
Rachel and Sam have already faced more loss and disappointment than they can bear, but it’s amazing what the heart can handle when it needs to, albeit with lots of cracks and scar tissue.
And it’s Christmas, after all…
From Liz's list on romance and women’s fiction on marriages resurrected.
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