The Christmas Choir
(2026)(The third book in the Cranberry Cove Christmas series)
A novel by Amy Rafferty
The letters to Santa come from all over town. This year, one comes from under her own roof.
Fifty-five-year-old widow Susan Caldwell has spent years taking care of everyone. When a plane crash took her daughter and son-in-law, she opened her home to her teenage grandson, Eli, and gave him everything she had. Somewhere along the way, she forgot how to want anything for herself. She tells herself that's simply the price of holding a family together.
Then she opens her envelope.
The letter inside is Eli'''s.
"I wish I could go caroling like we used to, before."
Susan knows exactly what "before" means.
Bringing back the tradition Eli shared with his parents means reviving the town's long-forgotten carol group, and for that she needs David Harper. The patient, observant music teacher has looked out for Eli since he returned to school. But the man who has spent thirty years helping children find their voices has never quite trusted his own.
The new choir is far from perfect, and Eli isn't sure he can bear to hear those old songs again. But somewhere between the missed notes and the snowy doorsteps, the music begins to give back a little of what grief took away: the sound of his parents' Christmases, and the hope that there might be more to come.
And for the first time in years, someone is looking after Susan. David sees what she has spent so long hiding. Being cared for feels like coming in from the cold. But wanting more feels selfish when Eli has already lost so much, and Susan isn't sure she remembers how to dream for herself.
Eli's wish was never just about caroling. And in a house that has forgotten how to sing, he isn't the only one who needs to find his voice.
The Christmas Choiris the third book in a heartwarming, clean and cozy Christmas series brimming with later-in-life romance, small-town warmth, and a forty-year-old mystery waiting to be unwrapped. Pour a mug of cocoa, gather round the piano, and return to Cranberry Cove, where some songs are meant to be sung together.
Genre: Romance
Fifty-five-year-old widow Susan Caldwell has spent years taking care of everyone. When a plane crash took her daughter and son-in-law, she opened her home to her teenage grandson, Eli, and gave him everything she had. Somewhere along the way, she forgot how to want anything for herself. She tells herself that's simply the price of holding a family together.
Then she opens her envelope.
The letter inside is Eli'''s.
"I wish I could go caroling like we used to, before."
Susan knows exactly what "before" means.
Bringing back the tradition Eli shared with his parents means reviving the town's long-forgotten carol group, and for that she needs David Harper. The patient, observant music teacher has looked out for Eli since he returned to school. But the man who has spent thirty years helping children find their voices has never quite trusted his own.
The new choir is far from perfect, and Eli isn't sure he can bear to hear those old songs again. But somewhere between the missed notes and the snowy doorsteps, the music begins to give back a little of what grief took away: the sound of his parents' Christmases, and the hope that there might be more to come.
And for the first time in years, someone is looking after Susan. David sees what she has spent so long hiding. Being cared for feels like coming in from the cold. But wanting more feels selfish when Eli has already lost so much, and Susan isn't sure she remembers how to dream for herself.
Eli's wish was never just about caroling. And in a house that has forgotten how to sing, he isn't the only one who needs to find his voice.
The Christmas Choiris the third book in a heartwarming, clean and cozy Christmas series brimming with later-in-life romance, small-town warmth, and a forty-year-old mystery waiting to be unwrapped. Pour a mug of cocoa, gather round the piano, and return to Cranberry Cove, where some songs are meant to be sung together.
Genre: Romance