Mistletoe Memories by Various

This book contains four stories in one book.  The first story centers on Annaliese Braun and Stephan Yost.  Annaliese's father is the doctor for Heath House and Stephan is the resident carpenter.  Annaliese was on her way to deliver some clothing to the minister when her horses spooked and Stephan rescued her.  This is a short, sweet story that centered around secrets from the past that are eventually revealed.  The second story focuses on Ezekiel Norcross who is delivering five orphans to the town to be adopted.  However, one of the orphans is not on the original list so a temporary home has to be found for her.  She is placed with Marianne Plum who did not want to take care of her but felt like she didn't have the option to say no.
This story focuses on events that happened in the past that affect the way the characters outlook on life is in the present.  I loved how Marianne eventually let go of her past to embrace the future that was waiting for her.  The next story is about Olympia Paris and Theodore Carstairs.  They both grew up in Graff House, an orphanage.  Theodore left at the age of sixteen and has returned to tear down Graff House and rebuild a hotel on the property.  What he doesn't realize is that Olympia is still living there, taking care of the orphans that are there.  When Olympia first sees Teddy, she is overjoyed.  However, once she realizes his plans, she quickly becomes upset with him.  Teddy has to learn to let go of his past hurts and Olympia has to learn to trust that her future will turn out alright.  The last story is about Joy Benucci.  She runs a group home called Comfort House.  Then she meets Evan Lancaster.  He is the lawyer and the nephew of the now deceased owner of Comfort House.  The house was left to him in his uncle's will and now he is evicting Joy and the young adults staying there.  However, things are quite as they seem at first.  People are changed by the power of forgiveness.

I received this book for free from NetGalley.  I was not required to write a positive review for receiving this book.

This book will be released on September 1, 2013.