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Title Coming home for Christmas / Carla Kelly.
Author Kelly, Carla.
Publication Info. Toronto ; New York : Harlequin, c2011.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Library Central  ROMANCE KEL    Check Shelves
Description 282 p. ; 17 cm.
Series Harlequin historical ; 1068
Harlequin historical 19th century
Note "19th century"--Spine.
Contents Christmas in paradise -- O Christmas tree -- No crib for a bed.
Summary 1812: A Christmas in paradise: To save nurse Laura Ortiz from destitution, British naval surgeon Thomas Wilkie offers her a marriage of convenience.
1855: O Christmas tree: A generation later, Thomas and Laura's daughter Lillian, a widowed mother, works as a nurse in the Crimea, and Christmas seems far away until Major Trey Wharton helps create a festive sparkle.
1877: No crib for a bed: Lillian's son Captain Wilkie Wharton is makes a long, arduous trip home from Fort Laramie during which he discovers his soul mate and the true meaning of Christmas.
Subject Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Officers -- Fiction.
Great Britain. Army -- Officers -- Fiction.
United States. Army -- Officers -- Fiction.
Marriage -- Fiction.
Scots -- California -- Fiction.
Nurses -- California -- Fiction.
Poor women -- California -- Fiction.
Nurses -- Turkey -- Fiction.
Widows -- Fiction.
Genre Love stories.
Christmas stories.
Historical fiction.
ISBN 9780373296682 (pbk.) : $6.25
0373296681 (pbk.)
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