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Rule's Bride

Reese's Bride

The Christmas Clock

Royal's Bride

Heart of Courage

Season of Strangers

Heart of Fire

The Summit

Heart of Honor

Scent of Roses

The Handmaiden's Necklace

The Devil's Necklace

Deep Blue

The Bride's Necklace

Desert Heat

Midnight Sun

Secret Ways

Fanning the Flame

Hot Rain

The Fire Inside

Heartless

The Secret

Perfect Sin

Five Gold Rings

The Dream

Silk and Steel

The Silent Rose

Night Secrets

Wicked Promise

Dangerous Passions

Tis the Season (Anthology)

Nothing But Velvet

Innocence Undone

Midnight Rider

Devil's Prize

Bold Angel

Natchez Flame

Sweet Vengeance

Savannah Heat

Gypsy Lord

Creole Fires

Lover's Gold

Captain's Bride

Tin Angel

Dueling Hearts

Magnificent Passage

 

 

Coming July 07

 

 

 

 

An inspiring holiday story

of vows broken and love redeemed,

of courage and strength, in a memorable tale

that will resonate long after the book is over.

 

Sylvia Winters returns to her hometown where eight years ago she broke her engagement to Joe Dixon.  Stricken with cervical cancer, Syl moved away for treatment but never told Joe the truth.  To heal the pain of his fiance’s imagined betrayal, Joe turned to drinking and accidentally killed a man.  Now Joe is out of prison and Syl is back in town but it will take a miracle to restore their lost love.

Lottie Sparks and her grandson, Teddy, are also in town.  Eight-year old Teddy lives with Lottie, his only living relative.  Teddy loves his grandmother and for Christmas, he desperately wants to buy her the old Victorian clock she adores in the window of Tremont’s Antiques—a clock that vividly reminds her of her childhood. 

But the memory is soon to fade along with all the rest as her Alzheimer’s advances.

Summer turns to fall and Lottie worsens. With winter approaching, will a Christmas miracle be enough to bring the people of Dreyerville hope, love, and redemption?

* THE CHRISTMAS CLOCK *

 

 

 

Excerpt

 

Teddy Winters was eight years old that Christmas, too young to understand all the undercurrents swirling around him in the tiny Michigan town of Dreyerville.

 

He wasn’t able to value that Christmas for the miracle it truly was. 

 

Teddy only knew he wanted to buy the beautiful Victorian clock in the window of Tremont’s Antiques as a Christmas gift for his grandmother, Lottie Sparks, a woman desperate to find him a home before her rapidly progressing Alzheimer’s left him an orphan. 

 

Teddy didn’t know that in trying to buy the clock he would meet Sylvia Winters and Joe Dixon, a couple, once in love, desperate to overcome the past.  He didn’t know he would form a friendship with his neighbors, Floyd and Doris Culver, two people struggling to revive their long-dead marriage.  

 

Teddy didn’t know the people he met would fill that Christmas with magic.  That the love of his friends would change his world, and he would forever change theirs.

 

 

What Reviewers are saying about The Christmas Clock ...

"Warm, loving, and heartfelt—the true Christmas gift all wrapped up in Kat's wonderful new book." —Joan Singleton/Screenwriter/Producer
“The Christmas Clock is a special story about the spirit behind this holiday, a promise of possibilities full of life, love, forgiveness and peace so often associated with the Yuletide season but so often missed because hearts are closed to its magic. The Christmas Clock is a beautiful metaphor for the new love and life about to inspire and transform everyone in this poignant story!” —CrystalReviews.com
"Through it all the author keeps hope alive as we get involved with this group of people. Christmas is coming. Perhaps the joys of the season will help these great characters. This is a special book and hard to put down." —TheRomanceStudio.com
"I really liked this story. It's short, only 145 pages, but in those pages the author tells a wonderful story. I always want Christmas books to have a happy ending and this was no disappointment. I loved how it ended. I suppose some would call it predictable, but aren't most Christmas stories? I think this is a great story to be read around the Holidays." —NotEnoughbooks.com
"A short and beautiful read, this is one story no one should miss.  As always, Kat presents us with characters of great depth, a situation where love is truly the answer to many questions, and a time when circumstances can and do act to pull the right people together at the right time.  It is a magical story, filled with love, friendship, and most of all community pulling together for the sake of one of its own, and all of it triggered by the love of a child for his grandmother.  Kat Martin takes her considerable talent and yet again weaves a story I will not soon forget.  The Christmas Clock is one I heartily recommend to all those who love a good read, a good romance, and an all-around great story." —RomanceAtHeart.com
“THE CHRISTMAS CLOCK is a fascinating Yuletide relationship drama as redemption and forgiveness are fostered by love and caring for others.” —Harriett Klausner

"THE CHRISTMAS CLOCK is an emotion-packed contemporary romance that will have you smiling one moment and in tears the next....I absolutely loved this story. The Christmas Clock is a perfect holiday story!  I recommend The Christmas Clock to anyone looking for a wonderful story for the holidays or any time of year." —RomanceJunkies.com

"One of the sweetest books I’ve read so far is Kat Martin’s “The Christmas Clock.” Heartwarming and endearing, this small novel will put a glow in your heart just in time for the holiday season. Love conquers the past, the fears and the impossible to bring a satisfying ending for everyone."—Sharonsgardenofbookreviews.com
"The Christmas Clock is a story of compassion, healing, faith, love and forgiveness. How Teddy unwittingly touches Joe, Sylvia, Doris and Floyd is definitely a miracle and almost magical. This creates the hopes that at some point in our own lives we're able touch someone's life unconditionally and unknowingly just as Teddy did." —Onceuponaromance.net
"If your are longing for a heartwarming holiday story for the upcoming season, you will not be disappointed with The Christmas Clock, by Kat Martin. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and I can envision myself curled up in a favorite chair, on a snowy day, reading it again. Complete your Christmas shopping by purchasing The Christmas Clock for everyone on your list." —BookPleasures.com
"This is an absolutely charming and sweet story of love lost and found ... There is such real pain and lovely emotion portrayed in this short story. The characters are beautiful people in heart beauty if not physical beauty. The story is compelling and the writing easy and quick to read. If you want a very quick, sweet, heart-touching story that might bring tears to your eyes this is a perfect choice!" —SingleTitles.com
"What a wonderful book. I was almost in tears for Teddy and his grandmother. This book is much different than your usual. It is well worth the price and a definite for my KEEPER shelf. Thank you for a beautiful read." —Nancy—A Romance Reader

 

 

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