Lovelight Gleams (The Christmas Lights Collection)

Being selected to enter into The Christmas Lights Showcase is an honor—and a commitment! Entrants pay a hefty fee and spend months designing and executing a Christmas display to knock all others out of the running. With only four competitors selected out of thousands of entrants, competition is stiff! Cozy up and join us as one judge, four locales, a few million lights, and more than a little Christmas romance bring it all together.A Christmas Glow-Up by Cathe SwansonOne small town, two big dreams… and a spark that could change everything.When determined conference center manager Gwen Smith enters a national Christmas decorating contest, she’s betting her career on turning Golden Valley into a holiday showstopper—complete with a ghost town glow-up and a Wild West reenactment. But her carefully laid plans are upended by Seth Morgan, a sharp but skeptical marketing consultant who’s just inherited a stake in the center—and isn’t afraid to challenge Gwen every step of the way.Faith, Food, and Festive Lights by Laina TurnerMariah Butters is determined to put her beloved Cottontail Junction on the culinary map—even if it’s just a tiny Montana town. When a Christmas lights contest offers a shot at a national ad campaign, Pearl rallies the local restaurant owners for a festive showdown that could change everything. Enter Tom Roarke—a steady, kind-hearted rancher who offers his time, his tools, and maybe even his heart. As they string lights and spark ideas, Pearl and Tom find their friendship heating up. Can they light up the town, win the contest, and discover that the best kind of love is the one that shines brightest at Christmas?Just One More Christmas by Jaycee WeaverWho says insta-love never lasts?When Cole and Amy met and married in the same month forty-one years ago, who could have imagined the beautiful life that would follow? This Christmas-obsessed couple has made it their life's mission to spread the love of Christ and all Christmas represents to others who need it most.This year, the lighting contest that brought them together has the potential to transform their town into a Christmas destination, bringing the townspeople together while taking their passion and vision to the next level. Mere days before their work is to be judged, a tragic accident puts life as they know it on hold. Now it’s up to the town of Ojo del Oso to finish what the Sinclairs started while their loved ones wait for news. Will this be the end of the Sinclair legacy, or is there hope for just one more Christmas together?The Sparkle of New Cheltenham by Chautona HavigHer dream job just became her worst nightmare.Kindra Hatheway walked off her graduation platform and into the perfect position with the perfect advertising company. That’s where her perfect life ended. Now one of her supervisors has put her in for a fluff job (a Christmas decorating contest? Really?) to get her out of the way. Add to that all the travel, the pressure from one of her colleagues to pick New Cheltenham as the winner, and the fact that she keeps flirting with her supervisor, and this Christmas is looking… complicated.This tenth-annual Christmas Lights Collection is our most exciting yet! From insta-love to cowboy romance, Not-quite-enemies (but almost) to office romance, you'll find faith (Jesus IS the Reason for the season), hope (for the win!), and, of course, love in this year's anthology. The Christmas Lights Collection isn't just four lovely Christmas romances anymore--it's a Christmas tradition! Read more