Sometimes the owner of the old house on Schooley's Mountain finds things stored in the attic. It's your job to collect those items as you travel to each blog on the Mistletoe Memories Treasure Hunt. Read the post about the featured novella and see what the unique giveaways are. You will find the item on the antique post card image further down the page.
Giveaways are available on each post and the grand prize is the lovely 12.5" x 18" Christmas banner pictured at the left.
Mistletoe Memories
Barbour Publishing, September 2013
by Carla Olson Gade, Gina Welborn, Lisa Karon Richardson, and Jennifer AlLee
For
every house is built by someone,
but God is the builder of everything. ~Hebrews 3:4
One of America’s
earliest summer resorts began atop the majestically wooded Schooley’s Mountain
where the mecca of chalybeate springs (or “magic water”) drew visitors from
near and far. Eventually the magic water disappeared, but the memories
remained. Folks who live there tell the stories they heard from their
grandparents who heard them from their grandparents. The four stories in MISTLETOE MEMORIES cover
the almost 200 years after the house was built and center around a house that
became a refuge that became an orphanage that became a home.
'Tis the Season by Carla Olson Gade:
In 1820, Stephan Yost, resident carpenter of Schooley’s Mountain, New Jersey’s fashionable resort, spends off-season working on repairs, renovations, and constructing new buildings. When he is hired to build a permanent home for the resort's physician and his spirited daughter, Annaliese Braun, in time for Christmas, Stephan finds himself enamored by the precocious spinster. But will he be able to compete for her affections against the advances of a manipulative iron baron?
Author's favorite character:
I choose little Rory Schroeder. He is a rambunctious ten year old boy who lives on Schooley's Mountain with his uncle. He's a deep thinker and reminds me of one of my sons when he was young. When he gets excited he breaks into his German language.
Giveaway: I'm giving away a pair of Tiny Dutch Shoes, like the that Stephan makes for a Christmas ornament, an autographed copy of Mistletoe Memories, and a copy of this antique post card.
Treasure Hunt:
Post the answer to the question from your previous stop on the Mistletoe Memories Treasure Hunt (unless you started here). Answer the question below and bring your answer to the next blog and post it in the comment area. If this is your first stop you will return here and post an answer after visiting the third stop. Then you will be eligible for the giveaway on this page.
Question:
The boy holding mistletoe looks similar to Rory from 'Tis the Season.
What is he holding in his other hand?
Now please visit Gina Welborn, author of Mercy Mild, the second novella in Mistletoe Memories, and report your answer in the comments area and collect the next treasure!
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Giveaway: I'm giving away a pair of Tiny Dutch Shoes, like the that Stephan makes for a Christmas ornament, an autographed copy of Mistletoe Memories, and a copy of this antique post card. 
