On the Wings of a Winter Heart (Miracle Express, #5) by Rebecca Lovell & Miracle Express

Author:Rebecca Lovell & Miracle Express [Lovell, Rebecca & Express, Miracle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: holiday romance, Christmas, Christmas romance, Miracle express, trains, historical romance, Western romance, Western historical romance, New Mexico, Mayfly
Publisher: Frozen Flame Press
Published: 2019-11-18T18:00:00+00:00

“Your birthday is almost here,” Joy said with a smile in Serenity’s direction as she took their plates into the kitchen after dinner. “Is your heart still set on a magic cake?”

“Yes, Mama!” Grinning, Serenity jumped up from the table and hurried over to her help her mother with the dishes in the sink. There was a child-sized apron hanging on a peg that looked exactly like Joy’s and she put it over her head. “What about my present?”

Joy sighed heavily, closing her eyes for a moment. She knew what Serenity was really asking for but try as she might, she hadn’t been able to come up with a way to make it happen. Even if she could get the puppy for free from Eleanor, there was a bed and a doghouse to think of, not to mention food for it and cleaning up after it. She turned to her daughter and shook her head.

“Serenity—-”

Before she had to disappoint her daughter, someone knocked at the door and all thoughts of a dog flew out of Joy’s head. It was after dark, so she was on her guard as she went to the door and picked up her shotgun. When she looked out the window, she was surprised to find that her vision was obscured by a riot of pine branches. Joy put aside the gun in a hurry and opened the door for Franklin, who came through the door with a Christmas tree on his shoulder.

“Thank you for opening the door,” he said, his face red. “I apologize for coming so late but I wanted to get this to you tonight.” Franklin looked around. “Where should I put it?”

“I don’t know.” Joy looked around the room, somewhat bewildered. It had been years since they had a tree and she couldn’t quite remember where it had gone. “Here, put it over here in the corner.” She ran in front of him to pull a chair out of the corner and set it aside. Franklin dropped the tree onto its trunk on the floor and exhaled in a rush.

“That was heavier than I expected,” he said, rubbing sweat from his forehead with the sleeve of his coat. “I should have gotten a smaller one.”

“Wow!” Serenity got as close as possible to the tree and took a deep breath. “It smells so good! Smell it, Mama!”

“I’ll smell it later,” Joy said absently. “Mr. York, you didn’t need to do this! It’s beautiful but it must have cost quite a lot.” She looked over her shoulder at Serenity, who was still gazing at the tree. “You know, there might be some ornaments for that tree in the attic if anyone wanted to look for them.”

“Really?” Her daughter’s eyes lit up and Joy nodded.

“Come along, I’ll pull down the ladder.” She turned to Franklin. “Wait here, I’ll be right back.” Not waiting for an answer, she followed Serenity to the door that led to the attic so she could pull down a small wooden ladder. “They’ll be in a box that says Christmas on the side.

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