Christmas Eve Love Story - by Ginny Baird (Paperback)

About the Book

"New York City window dresser, Annie Jones, focuses on her job but doesn't really know her colleagues or any of her neighbors in her six-unit Brooklyn walk-up. When her Christmas window display gets upended by some kids on Christmas Eve, she has to start over, not knowing that she's also destined to repeat that day. The store Santa gives her a decorating tip and the friendly store security guard, Braden Tate, offers to help her, warming her heart. As a series of Christmas Eves repeats itself, Annie slowly gets what's been missing from her life-friends, community, family-with opportunities to do better. Lawson's Finest department store security guard, Braden Tate, admires Annie Jones and her work. Her lush window displays remind him of simpler times, when he was a kid and his family used to stroll down Fifth Avenue during the holidays. Army veteran Braden's reluctant to become involved with a coworker, but there's something so special about Annie, who's giving and kind. The more he gets to know her, the more he appreciates her generous spirit in reaching out to others. Though they've never talked much before today, Braden can't help but feel that he's somehow known Annie forever-and that this Christmas just might change his life"--

Book Synopsis

Annie Jones is stuck repeating Christmas Eve until she finds everything she's been missing in life in this heartwarming time travel Christmas romance for fans of Miracle on 34th Street, Groundhog Day, and Josie Silver's A Winter in New York.

Annie Jones works hard designing windows for iconic New York City department store Lawson's Finest. So when her Christmas window display gets upended by some rambunctious kids on Christmas Eve, the all-too-realistic store Santa gives Annie a little decorating tip on how to start over. With help from friendly security guard Braden Tate, Annie repairs the damage and heads home. But when she wakes the next morning, she's bewildered to find that it isn't Christmas day at all, but Christmas Eve all over again.

Trapped in a time loop, Annie doesn't know how she'll ever make it back to the present. Luckily, she has an infinite number of chances to get things right. As little everyday choices bring her closer to Braden and to Christmas day, Annie starts to picture what her new life-- one full of friendship, love, and community--could look like.

Praise for The Holiday Mix-Up:

"Fans of Hallmark movies will appreciate this wholesome holiday offering." --Library Journal

"Baird excels at capturing the warmhearted and somewhat kooky dynamic... This is a delight." --Publishers Weekly