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The newer sequence takes place in 2012 and features the continuing story of Lauren Mabrey.<ref>Formerly known as Lauren Gabriel before her marriage to Travis Mabrey, her story is told in the previous two books, ''[[The Christmas Town (book)|The Christmas Town]]'' (where after a night of aimless driving to escape her unhappy and unfulfilling live discovers Grandon by "accident" -- literally, as she witnesses a hit-and-run accident -- and upon returning to identify the driver, she continued to return there to volunteer for an upcoming fundraiser) and ''[[The Christmas Star (book)|The Christmas Star]]'' (which shows her having moved to Grandon and her marriage to Travis.</ref>  Having lived in Grandon for around a year and a half and married to Travis for six months, she continues to volunteer at Glory's Place where she meets a new volunteer, Andrea King (a middle-aged woman with one child in college and the other a high-school senior, who now has more time to volunteer).  Lauren has been ill for several days, which she blames on "supermarket sushi"; Andrea suspects another cause which turns out to be correct: Lauren is pregnant (and later learns that her due date is around her anniversary).

The newer sequence takes place in 2012 and features the continuing story of Lauren Mabrey.<ref>Formerly known as Lauren Gabriel before her marriage to Travis Mabrey, her story is told in the previous two books, ''[[The Christmas Town (book)|The Christmas Town]]'' (where after a night of aimless driving to escape her unhappy and unfulfilling live discovers Grandon by "accident" -- literally, as she witnesses a hit-and-run accident -- and upon returning to identify the driver, she continued to return there to volunteer for an upcoming fundraiser) and ''[[The Christmas Star (book)|The Christmas Star]]'' (which shows her having moved to Grandon and her marriage to Travis.</ref>  Having lived in Grandon for around a year and a half and married to Travis for six months, she continues to volunteer at Glory's Place where she meets a new volunteer, Andrea King (a middle-aged woman with one child in college and the other a high-school senior, who now has more time to volunteer).  Lauren has been ill for several days, which she blames on "supermarket sushi"; Andrea suspects another cause which turns out to be correct: Lauren is pregnant (and later learns that her due date is around her anniversary).

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