The Brightest Star

Written by Fern Michaels

Narrated by Susan Bennett

A special treat to warm your heart, just in time for the holidays—a sparkling
new novel from New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels. …

Christmas is more than just a celebration for Lauren Montgomery. For
generations, it’s been her family’s livelihood. Their Christmas shop, Razzle Dazzle
Décor, has seen seasonal fads come and go, but there’s one trend they can’t escape.
Online superstores are swallowing their sales, and this Christmas season will need to
be their best ever if the store is to stay in business.

To help keep the shop afloat, Lauren also has a sideline, writing biographies
for business figures. She’s thrilled when her literary agent contacts her with a new
proposal and quickly agrees to the terms—before learning that the subject will be
none other than John Gerald Giompalo. He’s the titan behind Globalgoods.com,
the online retailer that has spelled doom for hundreds of small businesses just like
Razzle Dazzle Décor. Despite her misgivings, Lauren travels to Seattle to confer with
the mogul, and is caught off guard when his son, John Jr., attends the meeting too.
Handsome, intelligent, and deeply kind, he’s perfect—apart from the fact that he’ll
soon be CEO of the company threatening everything Lauren loves.

As her deadline, and Christmas, draw closer, Lauren knows that there’s more
than her family’s shop at stake. Her heart is, too. But there’s no better time than the
holidays to make a secret wish on the brightest star you see—and let the season’s
magic take hold …

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Sep 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781980073994

Fern Michaels

New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels has a passion for romance, often with a dash of suspense and drama. It stems from her other joys in life—her family, animals, and historic home. She is usually found in South Carolina, where she is either tapping out stories on her computer, rescuing or supporting animal organizations, or dabbling in some kind of historical restoration.

Reviews for The Brightest Star

[jbarr5 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The Brightest Star by Fern MichaelsStarts out with Lauren and she researches and writes other bio's. She's good at her job and loves the work. When she gets the call from her mother about her fathers failing health she sells everything and heads home to Fallen Pines, NC. She then runs the shop for them. The shop has been in the family for years and it has a bit of everything anybody would ever need.Lots of fancy hand crafted items: scarves, hats, mittens, glass ornaments and it's Christmas Time. She knows the family has to get on the band wagon and advertise online. She has to also put her own money into the venture just to keep it going through the holidays.She places an ad and a man walks in that grabs her attention. He wants all the hand made music boxes, they cost him a fortune and notices his name. She runs into him again at the diner and again other places. She gets a call from her agent and comes to an agreement about her next assignment.A CEO of a company that sells online only so she starts doing her research. She also has 3 girls come in one day to buy one ailing mother a gift, an angel and Lauren has the perfect thing for her. She recalls going to high school with Lee and offers them a treasured afghan she was going to keep for herself that her mom had made. She learns more about the girls mom and in her mind she knows with the money from her work she can afford to help them.She gets that plan in action also calling on others to help out. Her parents and others try to get her to date but she has no time for all that and has to reassure her mom she is not gay. It was a funny time in the story when everything looked so dismal. Love the trip to Settle as we have just returned from there and views are priceless.Love where the story goes from there and how she, like us appreciate a home cooked meal while on the road. Loved hearing of all the items in the shop and about her father's progression with his disease... So many help her in this book, a village of people, friends, family and acquaintances to make it all work. Love that this book covers a lot of different age groups and their specific problems.Not as predictable as the authors other works so really enjoyed this one and can't wait to read more.I received this review book from Net Galley and this is my honest opinion. #TheBrightestStar #NetGalley