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Christmas in Evergreen: Bells are Ringing
Lacey Baker
Published by: Hallmark Publishing
Publication date: November 2nd 2021
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Holiday, Romance

 

Welcome back to Evergreen,
the town built on Christmas wishes…
And learn what happens
after one snow-globe wish comes true.

 

Life is going great for Hannah, really. She’s fallen in love with her best friend, her brother is getting married, and she’s looking forward to another festive Christmas in Evergreen. Still, between her job, taking charge of the choir, and being the town’s jill-of-all-trades, she’s feeling uninspired…especially when Elliot starts to question his own role in the town.

 

Hannah finds fresh inspiration in the brand-new Evergreen Christmas Museum, and she volunteers for their storytelling project. When she interviews her fellow Evergreenians, however, she learns that not everyone wants the museum around; specifically Mr. Cooper who owns a third of the building. As Hannah finds herself with more and more responsibilities, and as her relationships with Elliot and her family grow strained, she starts to wonder about what she really wants. Can her love and newly-found purpose survive the changes that loom after the holidays are over?

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Author Bio and Interview

Lacey Baker, a Maryland native, lives with her husband, three children, two grandchildren and English Bulldog in what most would call Suburban America–a townhouse development where everybody knows each other and each other’s kids. Family cook-outs, reunion vacations, and growing up in church have all inspired Lacey to work towards her dreams and to write about the endurance of family and the quest to find everlasting love. To date she has written in several genres including small town romance, YA paranormal (as Artist Arthur), a cozy mystery series titled Rumors and adult paranormal (as A.C. Arthur).

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Interview

1. What inspired you to write this book? 

Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing was a Hallmark Original Movie which aired during it’s 2020 Countdown to Christmas. I was asked to write the novelization the week after the movie aired. As a long-time fan of the Evergreen series, I was ecstatic about the opportunity to write in this world.

2. Who is your favorite character in the story? Why?

There are so many great characters in this story, but I’d have to say my favorite is Nick because he’s the one who gets to watch everyone making their wish on the snow globe and then witnessing as their wish comes true. He gets so much joy from that and it resonates throughout the movie.

3. Describe the book in four words.

Hot cocoa (counts as one word, lol), mittens, Christmas trees and snow

4. Is there anything you want the reader to take away from your story?

Hope. There are so many points in this story where Hannah and Eliot both feel hopeless about their relationship and their careers, when Michelle feels hopeless about Thomas returning home for the wedding. I just want readers to feel like no matter how grim a situation may seem that there’s always room for hope.

5. Describe yourself in 4 words.

Introvert, tenacious, quirky, quiet

6. What are you working on now?

I’m happily working on another Christmas book which will be out next year. This one features an art buyer heroine and music teacher hero who grapple with grief and disappointment during the most wonderful time of the year. With the help of a precocious dog and a bunch of Christmas trees they’ll find peace and love.

7. What is something most people don’t know about you?

That I love to watch old black and white movies. Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn are my favorites!

8. How did you get started writing books?

I’m a horrible control freak, lol. So after years of reading books I wanted the opportunity to create characters that would do what I told them to do. Little did I know that even if I was the author, it still didn’t really work that way—characters tend to have a mind of their own.

Thank you so much for sharing with us. I love getting to learn a little bit more about the story and the lady behind the book.

~Debbie

 

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