
Laurel Springs Novella Series
Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Laurel Springs, Georgia is a small town where every season brings a new beginning. These standalone novellas weave together small-town traditions, faithful friendships, and a community that never stops rooting for happy endings. Heartwarming romances with low spice, kisses only, and happily-ever-afters you’ll want to revisit often.
Book 3

5.0/5 Reader Rating on Amazon ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Readers are loving A Song Beneath the Mistletoe:
“Kimberly Kirkland Absher has the ability to place you in the setting and feel what the characters are going through…”
“…In today’s world we could all use a little happily ever after and Kimberly delivers that to her readers…”
“Kimberly’s books and novellas make you laugh and warm your heart.…”
“Heartwarming. Only way to describe this book!…”
“…It shows there is hope even when life doesn’t go as planned.…”
When a guarded single mom meets a famous musician hiding from the spotlight, this Christmas becomes a season of second chances, soft smiles, and a love song only their hearts can hear.
Hailie Bennett has her life under control, or at least, that’s what she tells herself. As Laurel Springs’s event planner and a widowed mom of two, she’s mastered the art of staying busy, staying structured, and keeping her heart safely locked away. Dating? Not on her carefully color-coded calendar.
But when a last-minute cancellation leaves the town’s annual Christmas concert without a headliner, enter Levi Raines, the country music star who walked away from sold-out tours and stadium lights to find himself again in a quiet town where he can finally breathe.
Levi didn’t come to Laurel Springs looking for love. He came for silence, space to write, and a chance to exist without the weight of fame crushing his creativity. But the woman who insists on doing everything herself, who’s built walls so high even she can’t see past them? She pulls him in without trying.
Her strength is magnetic. Her vulnerability, sacred. And her kids? They’ve already claimed his heart.
As rehearsals turn into shared coffees and mistletoe moments grow harder to avoid, Hailie feels her carefully constructed world shifting. Levi makes her laugh. He makes her hope. He makes her want again. Something she thought she’d buried for good. But letting him in means risking everything she’s rebuilt. What if his sabbatical ends? What if the life he left behind comes calling? And what if she’s brave enough to love him anyway?
As melodies float through the winter air and Christmas cheer settles over Laurel Springs, Hailie must decide: keep playing it safe or risk her careful rhythm for a love song that could rewrite both their futures.

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