Christmas Is a Time for Romance at a 1880s Department Store4 Christmas Romances in One Collection Woolworth's Five and Dime is a magical place to work at Christmastime, but will it also be a place to fall in love in 1881? Maggie Larson works the lunch counter where she befriends a girl who's lonely father delivers milk each Friday. Hattie Scott learns her favorite customer is Englishman Timothy Branson and a threat to her brother's job. Essie Hensley doesn't need money but welcomes the challenges of working a job where she meets a minister and six little boys who inspire Christmas wishes. A job is the only thing independent orphan Lizzie Miller needs, but she can't pass up an invite to a bookkeeper's family Christmas.
Hickey, Cynthia Multi-published author Cynthia Hickey has had three cozy mysteries published through Barbour Publishing, plus two novellas. She has several historical romances releasing in 2013 and 2014 through Harlequin's Heartsong Presents. She lives in Arizona with her husband and the youngest of their seven children where she is busy writing her next novel.