Return to the fan-favorite town of Icicle Falls with the final installment in USA TODAY bestselling author Sheila Roberts's treasured series
When Muriel Sterling released her new book, A Guide to Happy Holidays, she felt like the queen of Christmas. She's thrilled when the new tree she ordered online arrives and is eager to show it off---until she gets it out of the box and realizes it's a mangy dud. But rather than give up on the ugly tree, Muriel decides to make a project out of it. As she pretties up her tree, she realizes there's a lesson to be learned: everything and everyone has potential. Maybe even her old friend Arnie, who's loved her for years. Except, she's not the only one seeing Arnie's potential...
Meanwhile, Muriel's ugly-tree project has also inspired her friends. Sienna Moreno is trying to bring out the best in the grouchy man next door, who hates noise, hates kids and hates his new neighbors. And while Olivia Claussen would love to send her obnoxious new daughter-in-law packing, she's adjusting her attitude and trying to discover what her son sees in the girl. If these women can learn to see the beauty in the "ugly trees" in their lives, perhaps this might turn out to be the happiest holiday yet.
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Sheila Roberts lives on a lake in the Pacific Northwest.
She's happily married and has three children.
She's been writing since 1989, but she did lots of
things before settling in to her writing career, including
owning a singing telegram company and playing in a band. Her
band days are over, but she still enjoys writing songs.
Sheila's books are best sellers and often appear as
Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Her novel "Angel
Lane" was named one of Amazon's top ten romances in
2009. Her novel "On Strike for Christmas" was a Lifetime
Network movie and her novel "The Nine Lives of Christmas" is
currently being made into a movie for Hallmark. When she's not speaking to women's groups or at
conferences or hanging out with her girlfriends she can be
found writing about those things near and dear to
women's hearts: family, friends, and chocolate.