Mother-to-be Mary Jo Wyse arrives in Cedar Cove on Christmas Eve, searching for her babya (TM)s father. David Rhodes had said hea (TM)d be in town. But he isna (TM)t. Which leaves Mary Jo stranded, pregnant and alone. And therea (TM)s no room at the local inn.a ] So Grace Harding brings Mary Jo home to her nearby ranch. She and her husband, Cliff, have a houseful of guests, but they offer her a room over their stable (currently sheltering the animalsa "including a donkey and a camela "for Cedar Covea (TM)s Nativity pageant ). When Mary Jo goes into labor that night, a young man named Mack McAfee, a paramedic, comes to her rescue, just as her brothersa "the three Wyse mena "show up in town. The people of Cedar Cove join them in celebrating the birth of baby Noel. But no one has more to celebrate than Mack. Because this Christmas brings him faith, hope and love... What would the holidays be without a Christmas story from Debbie Macomber?