Book Description:
Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
While searching for her family’s long-lost heirloom ring, military widow Vanessa Mayfield meets handsome antique dealer Ben Miller. The two are drawn to each other and forge a friendship that soon becomes a deep and breathtaking romance. But neither are sure that what they’ve found can last.
As Vanessa organizes her annual Columbus Cares Christmas Military Dance, she looks forward to her daughter’s return from college. But Vanessa hasn’t told Sadie about Ben. After all, Vanessa hadn’t anticipated finding love again after losing her husband. And now she wrestles with feelings that are becoming hard to ignore.
Just as Ben is about to declare his love for Vanessa, he learns more about her missing Christmas ring: her great grandfather found it in France on D-Day, and engraved on the band is a single meaningful word. The details confirm a terrible truth, one that Ben cannot ignore.
Certain he now knows where Vanessa’s ring is, Ben leaves town in a frantic rush. But can he stop a certain sale, or will Vanessa’s ring be lost forever? Days before Christmas, when all seems hopeless, Ben and Vanessa learn an important eternal truth: Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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Narelle’s Thoughts:
I enjoyed reading The Christmas Ring, a heartwarming Christmas contemporary romance set in Georgia. Vanessa is devastated when she loses a family heirloom ring and prays she’ll somehow find it. She meets Ben at his family’s antique store after visiting her daughter at college. He joins her quest to find the ring, and a lovely friendship develops that has the potential to become a romantic relationship.
It was fun journeying with Vanessa and Ben in the story, and I loved seeing them overcome obstacles to have a second chance at love. I appreciated Vanessa’s volunteer work supporting military families in their community. The mystery of the missing ring was intriguing and played an important role in the story.
The story includes strong faith elements that are organic and show the characters living their faith. I recommend The Christmas Ring to contemporary romance readers who like lighthearted friends-to-more and second chances romances with military connections, family drama, a fun mystery and forgiveness themes in the story.
