02266cam a2200385 i 4500 518186029 TxAuBib 20211026120000.0 210204s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021005488 9781982148492 1982148497 9781982183776 1982183772 TxAuBib rda Gray, Shelley Shepard. A Christmas courtship / Shelley Shepard Gray. First Gallery Books trade paperback edition. New York : Gallery Books, 2021. 306 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Berlin Bookmoblile ; 3 Includes reader questions. "A solitary sort, forty-two-year-old Atle Petersheim spends his time hard at work in his wood shop. But as the days get long, he realizes just how lonely he's become. When his longtime crush, Sadie Mast, a widow and mother of three, asks him to help her build a room in their barn for her son Cale, Atle can't say no. Eager to pursue Sadie at last, he turns to bookmobile librarian Sarah Anne Miller for courting advice. More than happy to help, Sarah Anne decides the best way to learn about love is through books -- romance novels to be precise. Between completing holiday orders for her flourishing food business, helping Cale navigate a dramatic new relationship with his boss's daughter, and coming to terms with the trauma her late husband had inflicted upon her and her children -- not to mention Atle showing up at her door with flowers -- Sadie is in over her head. Though Atle's efforts are initially clumsy and his declarations a bit awkward, Sadie can't help but be charmed by him. He's patient and kind... and at times even seems to know far more about romance than he's let on."-- Provided by publisher. 20211026. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Carpenters Fiction. Widows Fiction. Amish Fiction. Books Fiction. Christmas stories. Berlin Bookmoblile ; 3.