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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?
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THE
CHRISTMAS
CLOCK
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◄ Excerpt
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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 ...
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"Warm, loving, and heartfelt—the true Christmas gift all
wrapped up in Kat's wonderful new book." —Joan
Singleton/Screenwriter/Producer |
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“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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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“THE CHRISTMAS CLOCK is a fascinating Yuletide
relationship drama as redemption and forgiveness are
fostered by love and caring for others.” —Harriett
Klausner |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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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