ONE SINGLE MAN NEEDS A WIFE The last thing Mark Nolan needs is a six-year-old girl in his life. And since that night, she has never again spoken a word. ONE LITTLE GIRL NEEDS A FAMILY One rain-slicked night, six-year-old Holly lost the only parent she knew, her beloved mother Victoria. This affects Mark’s views on how to raise Holly.Now a Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie, CHRISTMAS WITH HOLLY (previously published as CHRISTMAS EVE AT FRIDAY HARBOR) is the first book in New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas's new series, which begins during the most magical time of year. Family is also brought up, as Maggie grew up in a large and close-knit family, while Mark and his siblings largely went their separate ways as adults, having grown up in a family whose parents had a troubled marriage and used their children as pawns. Furthermore, Mark comes to view Holly as his own child, even though he is not her biological parent. While Holly and her uncles constitute a family, Mark also wants to create a family for Holly that includes a mother figure after he learns of Holly’s Christmas wish. The idea of family is another theme in the book. However, he struggles with maintaining this boundary and begins to believe in magic himself.

Whereas Maggie believes that magic, fantasy, and imagination are important for children, Mark feels that he needs to create a boundary between reality and make-believe for Holly. The ideas of magic and, in relation, fantasy and imagination are a major theme throughout the book. Raised Holly on her own, never revealing Holly’s father. Victoria Nolan: Holly’s mother who died in a car accident.Sam Nolan: Mark’s brother, who helps Mark raise Holly in his home at Rainshadow Vineyard.

Does not speak following her mother’s death. Mark Nolan: Holly’s uncle and legal guardian.Is a widow of two years after losing her husband, Eddie, to cancer. Maggie (Norris) Conroy: Owner of the Magic Mirror, a toy store.The novel follows the developing relationship between Maggie and Mark, as well as their relationship with Holly, culminating on Christmas Eve. Despite being in a relationship, Mark is attracted to Maggie, while Maggie, despite her attraction to Mark, feels that she does not have enough to give to someone else since her husband’s death.

Mark, who learns of Holly’s Christmas wish, feels the need to find a mother for her. Holly does not speak following her mother’s death, until she meets Maggie Conroy, a widow and the owner of a toy store, with whom Holly develops a connection. Following the death of Holly’s mother, Victoria Nolan, Holly is placed in the care of her uncle, Mark Nolan. Set in Friday Harbor, the novel opens with a prologue that features six-year-old Holly Nolan’s letter to Santa Claus, asking for a mother for Christmas.

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