Home for Christmas. Debbie Macomber

      

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      DEBBIE

       MACOMBER

       CEDAR COVE

      16 Lighthouse Road

      204 Rosewood Lane

      311 Pelican Court

      44 Cranberry Point

      50 Harbor Street

      6 Rainier Drive

      74 Seaside Avenue

      8 Sandpiper Way

      92 Pacific Boulevard

      1022 Evergreen Place

      1105 Yakima Street

      A Merry Little Christmas

      (featuring

       1225 Christmas Tree Lane

      and 5-B Poppy Lane)

       BLOSSOM STREET

      The Shop on Blossom Street

      A Good Yarn

      Susannah’s Garden

      (previously published as

      Old Boyfriends)

      Back on Blossom Street

      (previously published as

      Wednesdays at Four)

      Twenty Wishes

      Summer on Blossom Street

      Hannah’s List

      A Turn in the Road

      Thursdays at Eight

      Christmas in Seattle

      Falling for Christmas

      A Mother’s Gift

      Angels at Christmas

      A Mother’s Wish

      Be My Valentine

      Happy Mother’ s Day

      On a Snowy Night

      Summer in Orchard Valley

      Summer Wedding Bells

      Summer Brides

      This Matter of Marriage

       THE MANNINGS

      The Manning Sisters

      The Manning Brides

      The Manning Grooms

       THE DAKOTAS

      Dakota Born

      Dakota Home

      Always Dakota

      The Farmer Takes a Wife

      (Exclusive short story)

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      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Return to Promise

       Dedication

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Can This Be Christmas?

       Dedication

       One

       Two

       Three

       Four

       Five

       Six

       Seven

       Eight

       Nine

       Endpages

       Copyright

Return to Promise

      To Ruthanne Devlin, Bookseller Extraordinaire, for blessing my life with your friendship

       Chapter One

      Cal Patterson knew his wife would be furious when she learned what he’d done. Competing in the annual Labor Day rodeo, however, was worth Jane’s wrath—although very little else was.

      Bull riding had always enticed him, even more than bronc riding or roping or any of the other competitions. It was the thrill that got to him, the danger of riding a fifteen-hundred-pound bull, of staying on for eight seconds and sometimes longer. He craved the illusion that for those brief moments he was in control. Cal didn’t do it for the trophy—if he was fortunate enough to take top prize—or to hear his name broadcast across the rodeo grounds. He was drawn by the challenge, pitting his will