The Midnight Christmas Tree

St. Ninian's Sanctuary Book Ten

Cover of The Midnight Christmas Tree

Can Christmas decorations save a lost soul?

This Christmas, St. Ninian’s Sanctuary Retreat Center is filled to capacity, and the staff is worn. Jaelle and Leia Ramirez, daughters of the new airplane mechanic, are trying to find their way. Jae loves the island and wants to be part of what God’s doing here. Leia, her high school-aged sister, wants to cause trouble, and she’s good at it.

They find themselves interacting with Jeff Tannenbaum, security team, who’s spent his adult life living for adrenaline highs while hiding his true self, and Ben, farm team, who’s new to adulthood and finding it more difficult than he expected. Sheer exhaustion over their schedules is only making everyone’s problems worse.

Given carte blanche permission to decorate the island for the holidays, Jaelle sets in motion a series of events that will lead to adventure, danger, frustration, hope, and a special new Christmas tradition that will change the lives of both staff and guests, especially for Jeff, Ben, and Leia.

Sip some Christmas hot cocoa and see what the buzz is all about. Contemporary Christian romance with a mysterious island twist.

Jill's Notes

  • I enjoyed the unlikely coupling of sweet Jaelle and older, world-weary Jeff. They complemented one another.
  • Because I love writing teens, Leia and her rebellious antics were very satisfying.
  • The characters became more complex than I’d expected, and peeling layers away turned out to be good for me personally. Sometimes I forget to look deeper in real life.
  • I wrote this Christmas book and the Casa Flanigan Christmas book at the same time, in January of the year they released. Both series needed a good holiday story.
  • This book is in Kindle Unlimited.
Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story... Ps. 107:2a NIV