The Christmas Wishing Tree: An Eternity Springs Novel by Emily March

"Each year when I decorate my wishing tree, I make one special ornament that represents a particular challenge of circumstance I overcame during the past year and my biggest wish for the one upcoming...My wishes have a way of coming true...Because I choose to live my vision, not my circumstance...Circumstances are temporary; vision lasts forever."

This, just one of the many other powerful messages of goodness in the best Christmas's spirit that you will find in this precious and interesting book, The Christmas Wishing Tree: An Eternity Springs Novel by Emily March  that will be launched next week Sept 25th by St Martin's Press.

You mustn't believe that the story will be just Christmas's carols, and a typical also if figurative Christmas's Picture with snow, a big fireplace, a warm house, a happy and united family.

No: this one is a book that will let you think a lot because it speaks of our modern life and problematic.

Jenna Stockton is a doctor at the local Children's Hospital located in Nashville, Tennessee; she asked for a lot of books for the sick children.
A bitter-sweet Christmas this one in this important hospital:everyone know that some children will survive, but not other ones and so, that for some families this one will be with their beloved kids the last Christmas that they will probably spend together.

Jenna, deluded in the past by love at the moment is alone but she is living a hard moment because someone is pestering her and she doesn't know who that person is, and most important, the reason why that person is acting in such disgusting way.
She adopted a kid, Jenna, Reilly. Reilly's mother died and the kid was all alone; the dad of Reilly was a person no one could trust. This one was a promised made by Jenna to Reilly's mother. Jenna loves this kid so badly and she would want to do all her best for keeping him safe and happy.
At the same time Reilly is a happy son. He is healthy, plenty of life, but he needs a dad.
With some urgency. He finds somewhere a telephone number. You know: some men during the Christmas's Time are available for playing the role of Santa by phone, chatting with children, receiving their list of gifts for the upcoming Christmas.

Just...If in the past children asked for a doll, for a little train, now gifts are becoming a serious problem for Santa.

Devin Murphy is an adventurer. He spent a lot of time distant from home. He visited many foreign places, fell and missing Australia so badly and yes, he is a citizen of the world.
Returned at home for Christmas, in the small town of Eternity Springs Colorado, he decides to be one of the Santa's volunteers...by phone. Telling to you the truth he didn't received any call at all, but wait...
The day before Christmas, he receives the call of Reilly. Reilly asks for a dad.
Devin doesn't know what to think of this weird "gift." He thinks this world and the other.
That maybe the kid is sick and wants someone close to him, or that there are other difficulties behind this request.
He tries his best for contacting Jenna but Jenna, experiencing problems with the stalker, changed smart phone's number and added just few contacts. That telephone number isn't in the list of her contacts. Maybe that one is the number of her stalker?
After many other chats with Reilly, amazed by the gifts Santa brought to him in the while, (so he thanked him as well) and his desire for a daddy, Devin will be in grade to speak with Jenna. At first it's a colored chat, because according to Devin, Jenna doesn't understand the desire of her kid.
Jenna didn't know the frustrations accumulated by Reilly in the while, but maybe it is normal because unfortunately lately her worries because of this phantom in grade of altering her tranquillity has changed her mood, and so concentration less focused on Reilly's problems.

Once that she discovers that Devin is a good man she opens her soul to him, letting him understands that the latest moments haven't been so simple or cheerful. Devin knew that because Reilly talked about this weird phantom pestering his mother.

A terrible episode after Christmas will convince Jenna to move on in every sense and she will afford to Eternity Springs in search for that peace and serenity for her and Reilly.

Will it be possible to find love, peace, discovering the name of the stalker behind the dark scenario that we met during the first pages of this book?

Of course, you must just wait for the happy end!

Emily March is in grade to present us the gift of Christmas in the most beautiful ways.

Highly recommended.

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I thank NetGalley and St.Martin's Press for this eBook.

Anna Maria Polidori