Under the Mistletoeby Magdalena Scott
Christmas Season, 1975
Dorothy Robbins is working hard to build up her Leaving Legend Fund. She wants to finish college, become a pharmacist, and never see her boring little hometown again. But her source of income is a meager hourly wage and tips at Jim Bob’s Saloon, where the only thing worse than the tips are the songs on the jukebox.
Charles McClain has been gone from Legend for years—first serving in Vietnam as a Marine, then finishing college and getting a job in Los Angeles. But his new life hit a snag, and suddenly he has time for a long holiday visit with his family, back in the beautiful mountains of Eastern Tennessee. Too bad there’s nothing interesting going on in Legend.
But it’s Christmas... The air is cold, hearts are warm, and mistletoe is overhead when you least expect it. Besides, sometimes the path that leads you away can also bring you home.
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A Groovy ChristmasA Ladies of Legend Christmas Story
In the spring Kathleen Fields will graduate from college. By New Year’s Eve, she expects a proposal from her longtime beau. It’s 1968 and women are burning bras and freely making love. Before settling down to a boring life in boring Legend, Tennessee, Kathleen wants to experience a little of the excitement of her peers. And more than anything, she wants to do something about being a virgin.
Hippie and political activist Grant Winchester has received his draft notice. Uncertain about dodging the draft, he stops in Legend to visit his aunt before the holidays. Not finding her at home, Grant rediscovers his high school sweetheart and his plans take an unexpected turn.
Like the Hatfield’s and the McCoy’s, Kathleen and Grant’s families have been feuding for decades. Plus Kathleen is not so sure she approves of his decision to go to Canada. Yet Grant is a likely candidate to help her solve her problem. Kathleen risks her future only to discover that free sex is not so free, and sometimes the man of your dreams comes into your life when you least expect it.
REVIEW
“A Groovy Christmas” is a heartwarming story of Kathleen and Grant, former teenage sweethearts who are reunited during Christmas in their hometown of Legend, Tennessee. Jan surprised me by tackling a very tough subject. The story takes place during the time when young men were drafted into the Viet Nam war. Grant’s struggle between free will and duty to home and country was so convincing, it made me misty-eyed. Lots of personal growth in this story for both Grant and Kathleen, whose love for each other saves them both. For me, who came of age during the 60’s, this was a pleasant stroll down memory lane. Jan paints such a realistic picture of the era. I was there. Well done, Jan!"
—Romance author Devon Matthews http://www.devonmatthews.net/
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The Christmas HeartA Ladies of Legend Christmas story
Mary Ellen Chambers has learned to appreciate simple comforts in the midst of World War II: coffee rations, friends, her job at the factory and the upcoming Christmas season in Legend, TN. In her mind, anything else would be a complication she doesn’t need.
While running from the safe, civilian arms of the ‘perfect man’, she lands smack-dab in the arms of another, whose imperfections stir her in ways she could have never imagined. But she’s already lost one sweetheart to the war, and the last thing she wants is to get involved with another soldier.
Captain Austin Watkins isn't interested in forming an attachment with any of the local ladies while he's in Legend, especially when he could be called back into combat any day. But after a pretty woman crashes into him at a dance, he just can't get her out of his mind. Could she be the best Christmas gift he's ever received?
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Three Decades of Love: A Legend Christmas AnthologyPrint Anthology
By Janet Eaves, Jan Scarbrough, Magdalena Scott
The Christmas Heart by Janet Eaves
Christmas 1944-Mary Ellen Chambers has learned to appreciate simple comforts in the midst of war coffee rations, her job at the factory and the upcoming Christmas season in Legend, Tennessee . She's already lost one sweetheart to the war, and the last thing she wants is to get involved with another soldier. Could Captain Austin Watkins be the best Christmas gift she's ever received?
A Groovy Christmas by Jan Scarbrough
Christmas 1968-a year where women are burning bras and men are burning draft cards. Can Kathleen Fields and Grant Winchester, from feuding families like the Hatfield's and the McCoy's, reconcile their differences and find love in Legend, Tennessee?
Under the Mistletoe by Magdalena Scott
Christmas 1975-Dorothy Robbins is working hard to build up her Leaving Legend Fund. Charles McClain escaped the small town life years ago, but is home for the holidays. No way will either of them stay in Legend, Tennessee , and no way will a brief fling turn into something complicated...like love.
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