Small Hours

Makenna Hodges has it all: kids young enough to make Christmas fun, an extensive collection of Christmas music, and a love-hate relationship with the holidays.Angie Edwards hates her son's Christmas programs, envies Makenna's bubbly Christmas spirit, and still grieves the loss of her mom two years after her death.Lisa Fairchild wants what her friends have, but she recognizes that the possibility of having her own family-a husband and children-grows less likely as the years go by. Single and a little bit in love with Jamie-who has his own family-she believes she might have found her Mr. Right. Her other Mr. Right.Jamie Maczum manages to sabotage every romantic relationship his friend Lisa ever has. After all, his friendship with Lisa will change drastically if she finds the kind of love he has with his wife, Brooke.Brooke Maczum-friend-in-law-is tired of all of them walking on eggshells around her marriage and Lisa. Brooke trusts her husband. He might be a little in love with Lisa, but she knows there's nothing going on between them. But what if she forces the issue?Five friends navigate another Christmas together, all searching for the magic of Christmas that we seem to outgrow with childhood.