Homecomings Books
It’s Christmastime, and Dr. Mick Mulligan has just arrived back at her childhood home after a five-year absence. She’s determined to help her mother, Leona, care for the house she grew up in and resolved to adjust to life back in Connecticut. After the childhood loss of her father, Mick proclaimed herself a “humbug.” Mick is happier in an operating room that gathering around a Christmas tree. Holidays conjure painful memories for the doctor. The problem is, Leona Mulligan thinks she’s Mrs. Claus. Ruby Pope has lived next door to Leona Mulligan for five years. Ruby’s become Leona’s family, and Leona has been dubbed “Grandma Lee,” by Ruby’s six-year-old son, Logan. Logan and Ruby are about to challenge everything Mick had convinced herself to be true. Loss has played a significant role in both Mick and Ruby’s lives. Both spend their days tending to sick people in the hospital; Mick as a vascular surgeon and Ruby as an ICU nurse. Neither could save the person they loved most. Mick has made it her mission to make a difference for families like hers. One day she might save the life of a little girl’s father at Christmas. Ruby has learned that life and death are inevitable parts of the other. She views life through Logan’s eyes with a sense of possibility and wonderment. Can Ruby and Logan help Mick rediscover the wonder of Christmas? What will Mick do when she’s forced to live in her mother’s version of the North Pole? Humbug’s Holiday Homecoming is a story about finding the strength to love despite the inevitability of loss. It’s a journey of discovery, of letting go, and of learning to hold on again. What could be more magical than falling in love? J.A. Armstrong is a pen-name for best-selling author Nancy Ann Healy. Nancy is best known for the Alex and Cassidy series of political thrillers that includes: Intersection, Betrayal, Commitment, Conspiracy, and Untold. She is also the author of the best-selling novels, Falling Through Shooting Stars and All the Way Home. As J.A. Armstrong, Nancy writes several popular series: Off Screen, By Design, Special Delivery, First Course, Open Tab (The Whiskey Springs Series), and the new Journey of Discovery Series of erotic lesbian romance.
Holly “Jolly” Murphy and “Christmas” Carol O’Connor are best friends. Holly is the Meathead to Carol’s Archie Bunker. The one thing Holly has always desired is a family. For years, Carol called Holly, Santa Klaus—a hopeless romantic who believed in Christmas magic. Heartbreak and disappointment have turned the once, Holly Jolly, into a bit of a Grinch. Carol tries to convince her best friend to go in search of Mrs. Klaus, someone who can restore Holly’s hope and Christmas spirit. Holly opts for the company of her faithful Jack Russell Terrier, Potter. Love guarantees loss, and Holly has no desire to experience heartbreak again. But when Carol dies, life for Holly takes more than a few unexpected turns. On a walk with Potter to clear her head, Holly meets a little girl named Ali. Potter’s immediate affection for the youngster is rivaled only by Holly’s curiosity about Ali’s mom, Delaney. A new friendship is welcome. Romance? Love? Holly gave up on those ideals long ago—or has she? Navigating the sea of grief amid growing affection for Delaney will prove challenging for Holly. Can Holly learn to let go and love again? With the help of her friend, Mo, and a few gentle nudges from Carol’s voice, Holly might find her Christmas spirit again. We only grieve because we have loved. Holly Murphy is about to discover that there is one thing more magical than being Santa; Finding Mrs. Klaus.
For eighteen years, Charlotte Klaus lived a sunny life as an aerospace engineer and professor in Florida. But when her father needed her help back home in Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland, to take over the family business, she packed her bags and returned to the Arctic. After ten years of running the family business and raising her daughter, Magda, Charlotte’s friends and family can see she’s lonely. In fact, Magda has a special Christmas wish for her mom—to find love again. But there’s a problem. How can Magda send a letter to Santa at the North Pole when her mom is Santa Claus and lives in Greenland? Luckily, Charlotte’s elf secretary, Eli, has wise advice: say a prayer instead. And soon enough, a new resident arrives in their small village. Dr. Rowan McCarthy is an Irish geologist on a one-year contract to study the volcanic landscape of Disko Island. She makes an immediate impression on its residents—especially Charlotte and Magda. A friendship blossoms into romance between the football-playing, nature-loving geologist and the affable Charlotte Klaus. Charlotte still has not shared her secret, and she fears life in Greenland will lose its luster for Rowan. But with a bit of magic and a lot of love, perhaps Santa will get an unexpected Christmas present after all. Forget everything you know about Santa Claus in this light-hearted, family-friendly holiday romance from JA Armstrong. Everyone deserves love—even a single lesbian mom who is an aerospace engineer and who happens to be Santa Claus.