The Christmas Gift Author:Jeanne Savery Love is the most cherished gift of all... — THE WIDOW... — Patricia Hayden's enjoyable solitude at Merwin Hall has been destroyed by the most incorrigible guest. Injured war veteran Jack Princeton is far too full of self-pity for the widow's taste -- and she wastes no time in letting the irascible man know her opinion. S... more »till, when Jack refuses to join a Christmas house party at the home of a mutual friend unless she accompany him, Patricia agrees, sensing that underneath Jack's temper is the loving, vital man he once was -- the man he could be once again. But what would such a man want with a plain-speaking woman of no particular youth....
...AND THE SOLDIER
Since a devastating leg injury sustained in the war on the Peninsula, once fun-loving Jack has become as depressed as the devil. Then me meets spirited Patricia, a woman whose admiration and concern are without pity -- and who challenges him to reclaim his life. Still, as Jack's courage grows, and he realizes the sharp-witted, warm-hearted widow is the woman he wants as his wife, he despairs of her accepting as a man so diminished. Until circumstances lead both to the kissing bough... and a true Christmas miracle.« less