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I love Christmas–there are lots of reasons, of course–and that somehow morphed into Christmas books stacking up like packages under the tree!  EEEP.  For more about my love of Christmas and Christmas fiction, check out these blog posts (one is a short story about Aggie and crew)!

  • What Is Christmas Fiction (and why do I write it)?
  • Why is Christmas My Absolute Favorite Time of Year?
  • How Aggie Saved Christmas
  • Cassie’s Stocking Stuffer Ideas
Christmas Fiction
Home for Christmas (Christmas Lights Collection #6)
The Stars of New Cheltenham
Hart of Noel (a Bookstrings “Noella”)
The Nutcracker’s Suite
Christmas Party in a Box (Set 4)
Christmas Party in a Box: Mysteries (Set 3)
Christmas Party in a Box “Noellas” (Set 2)
Christmas Party in a Box (Set 1)
Snow Crossed Letters
Ghosted at the Altar
The Bells of New Cheltenham
Wrong about Mr. Wright
12 Dates of Christmas
Christmas on Breakers Point
The Ghosts of New Cheltenham
Sand & Mistletoe
Tangoed in Tinsel
Silenced Knight
Merri’s Christmas Mission
The Second Noel: A Christmas Noella
Christmas Stalkings: a Christmas Noella
Carol and the Belles
The Matchmakers of Holly Circle
Tarnished Silver
Advent
31 Kisses
Here We Come
Escape to Greenaway
Under the Hibiscus
The Hearts of New Cheltenham
The Trees of New Cheltenham
Greetings from Next Door
The Lights of New Cheltenham
Stone Cold
An Evergreen Christmas
Lovelight Gleams
The Sparkle of New Cheltenham
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The Because Fiction Podcast

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Taking the pulse of Christian fiction

Episode 502: A Chat with Kelli Galyean
byChautona Havig

I’m a sucker for a Christmas play novel, and second chances? Listen in to see why I’m eager for Kelli Galyean’s I Know the Feeling. #BecauseChristmas!

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Don’t we all know someone who doesn’t know when to quit? The shock that comes the one time they could keep pushing… and don’t? Yeah that! OY!

I Know the Feeling by Kelli Galyean

They say timing is everything.

ER Nurse Maddie Reed is barely keeping her head above water at work. She certainly doesn’t have time to take over directing the children’s Christmas play at church. But when the director is put on bedrest at the last minute, Maddie can’t say no. The children are counting on her!

Maddie agrees to step up, prepared for the worst. Turns out “the worst” is worse than she thought. Her new assistant director is Chris Calvert, the most obnoxious man on the planet. To say they have history is an understatement.

Maddie braces for a disastrous month of pranks and shenanigans, but something about Chris is different. Working with him wasn’t supposed to be good, much less great. And when Maddie’s painful past shows up, Chris’ friendship proves steady again and again.

Maddie wrote Chris off a long time ago, but now she wonders. Is it possible to leave behind the old and let something new grow?

Learn more about Kelli on her WEBSITE and follow her on GoodReads.

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Episode 502: A Chat with Kelli Galyean
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December 1, 2025
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Episode 501: A Chat with Heidi Gray McGill
November 30, 2025
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Episode 500: A Chat with Joy Crain
November 29, 2025
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Episode 499: A Chat with Jessica Wakefield
November 28, 2025
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Episode 498: A Chat with Sarah Hanks
November 27, 2025
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Episode 497: A Chat with Michael E. Cafferky
November 26, 2025
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Episode 496: A Chat with Marline Williams
November 25, 2025
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Episode 495: A Chat with Kay DiBianca
November 24, 2025
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November 22, 2025
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Eye of the Mind previously came out as part of the anthology Secrets Beneath the Waves, but now it is a book on its own!

And if you're looking for last-minute gifts for the readers on your list, there's a flash Christmas sale on for both my standalone romantic suspense novels - Eye of the Mind and One Nine - but only for a few days so act fast!

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