5 member(s) found this review helpful.
I love Christmas and I read alot of books about this wonderful holiday season but this book was especially fun because it continues the Cedar Cove saga. The theme of the book mirrors the nativity story but it also has alot of humor thrown in. Love the way she intertwines the main characters with the new characters and now they will be featured in her now books. This is another great book from Macomber! A must read for all her faithful fans.
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Awsome christmas story that leaves an opening for another book. I love this Cedar Grove series. I believe that it will be continueing for a long long time. You get hooked into the people of this town. I bought this book and in two days I had read it.

Michelle C. (
Shellaree) - ID wrote on 12/27/2008...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is part of the Cedar Cove series. I put is about #8 1/2 in the series. It takes place after #8 - 8 Sandpiper Way and before book #9 comes out. This is a stand alone book, but definitely incorporates characters and a few plot lines from the series. An enjoyable Christmas story.

Joyce B. (
tripletmom) - Leicester, MA wrote on 11/19/2008...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
When I read what the story was about I thought it might be sort of corny. But Debbie Macomber pulls it off & it's a very enjoyable easy read. The Cedar Cove series is my favorite series of hers, so to get an extra book this year is definitely a Christmas present. About a young woman, Mary Jo, who lives with her 3 brothers. She is pregnant & her brother are determined to track down the babies father & make him own up to their sister. Mary Jo finds herself alone on Christmas Eve in the town of Cedar Cove not knowing anyone. Will anyone take her in? And will her brothers find her in time?

Sarah H. (
S3) wrote on 10/7/2008...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
A quick read. Debbie Macomber gives us the readers a few new characters.
Mary Jo goes to Cedar Cove for the first time. Due to a man she fell in love with. Only to find a town full of nice people. She meets Mack McAfee whom helps her out very much.
Can't wait for another Cedar Cove book.

JANET R. (
janabug) wrote on 10/5/2008...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
More new people introduced in Cedar Cove
Can not wait to find out what happens to them
in the next book. Quick read and Great as always
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Another great book in this series. Although it wasn's Christmas time when I read it, it still made me feel joyous about the season and the characters were very special as always.

Ellen B. (
brats7) wrote on 2/2/2009...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I fell in love with Cedar Cove and it's people. Since December, I have read the other 8 books about this town. I love Christmas stories and this was one of the best
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As is the tradition for Debbie Macomber, we have another Christmas story that is sure to grab readers by the heart and add a little warmth to the holiday season. The fact A Cedar Cove Christmas takes place is my favorite fictional town, just adds to my delight.
May Jo Wyse is a young woman in a tough situation. David Rhodes got her pregnant and then made lots of promises and said all the right things. Her three overprotective older brothers plan to make the father pay for getting her pregnant, no matter how much Mary Jo begs them to leave it alone.
Now, two weeks before her due date, Mary Jo is in Cedar Cove on Christmas Eve where David said he will be to meet her. However she gets more than she bargained for when he is a no-show. Mary Jo is stuck in town overnight, but there is no room at the inn, so to speak.
Grace Harding takes pity on Mary Jo and takes her home where Grace and her husband Cliff have the whole family staying. They offer Mary Jo the room over the stable, where they are boarding all of the animals for Cedar Cove's Live Nativity. Add to the already crazy holiday, Mary Jo goes into labor with only young paramedic Mack McAfee by her side. Only in Cedar Cove can such an unusual Christmas bring about the magic of love and miracles.
Debbie Macomber is already well known for her wonderful stories, especially her annual Christmas book. Now she has another winner with a modern retelling of the original Christmas story in A Cedar Cove Christmas. Readers will recognize everyone from that very first Christmas in the various residents of Cedar Cove and surrounding areas.
One of the very best things about Macomber's series is that all of the characters become friends and each book is a chance to catch up on their lives. All of our beloved characters are present. Well except for Charlotte Jefferson Rhodes, who is on a Christmas cruise with husband Ben. While irrepressible Charlotte may not be physically present, she and Ben play a pivotal role in the story. I enjoyed catching up with Cliff and Grace, Jack and Olivia, and all of the other friendly townsfolk however, even if I had to get the news about Charlotte second hand from her family.
It is important to note, there are some events and circumstances mentioned in A Cedar Cove Christmas that are spoilers to anyone not caught up on the series.
While A Cedar Cove Christmas is lighter and shorter and takes place over a much shorter period of time than the usual Cedar Cove book, all of the charm and subtle humor that mark the series are present on every single page. A Cedar Cove Christmas is a heartwarming story of love, forgiveness, and acceptance during the most wonderful time of the year.
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A contempory version of the age-old Christmas story. Very good!