Moonglow Christmas Books in Order
Part ofDeborah Garner Books in OrderSee the Moonglow Christmas books by Deborah Garner in order, with short summaries, series background, and an easy guide to where to start in Timberton.
Last updated: July 6, 2026
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Moonglow Christmas books in publication order
12 books
Mistletoe at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2015
Guests arrive at Timberton carrying worries, grief, and broken hearts, and Mist welcomes them with food, warmth, and quiet holiday magic. Christmas at the Timberton Hotel becomes a chance for strangers to heal together.
Silver Bells at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2016
Christmas at the Timberton Hotel brings a fresh mix of guests, including a celebrity in hiding, distant sisters, and a widow facing change. Mist's food, warmth, and a hint of romance help turn a restless season toward hope.
Gingerbread at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2017
At Christmas in Timberton, Mist once again gathers guests and locals around good food, friendship, and holiday reflection. As gingerbread scents fill the air, people face family questions and leave with a little more hope.
Nutcracker Sweets at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2018
After a nearby theater burns just before Christmas, cast members from The Nutcracker land at the Timberton Hotel in need of cheer. Mist and the town rally around them, and one hidden dream may finally get its chance.
Snowfall at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2019
Guests come to Timberton hoping for a white Christmas, but unusually warm weather threatens the mood. Mist works her usual gentle magic as visitors and locals gather at the Timberton Hotel for a season built on hope.
Sweet Treats
by Deborah Garner
2019
This companion cookbook collects more than 100 holiday recipes inspired by the Moonglow Christmas books. Expect cookies, candies, fudge, bars, and other festive treats that bring Timberton's cozy kitchen charm home.
Yuletide at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2020
Mist is stretched thin as Timberton prepares for a Yuletide festival and her famous Christmas Eve dinner. Crowds, celebrations, and holiday tradition fill the town, but so does the quiet magic that helps people leave lighter than they arrived.
Starlight at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2021
A blizzard threatens to upend Christmas at the Timberton Hotel, leaving Mist to hold together guests, plans, and holiday cheer. Snow and wind may close in, but the season still makes room for romance and small miracles.
Joy at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2022
Wedding bells are coming to Timberton, and Mist is busy with a community basket project, the Christmas Eve dinner, and Betty's cookie exchange. With a winter wedding on the horizon, the town's holiday magic feels brighter than ever.
Evergreen Wishes at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2023
A town tree covered in wish ornaments invites Timberton's residents and visitors to name the hopes they hardly say aloud. As the season unfolds, holiday routines and a little magic make some of those wishes feel possible.
Angels at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2024
An angel ornament project gives guests and townspeople a reason to think about the people they love most. In Timberton, good food, time together, and Mist's gentle touch turn holiday worries into a quieter kind of peace.
Sleigh Bells at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2025
A forest sleigh ride, Betty's cookie exchange, and Mist's holiday feast fill Timberton with Christmas cheer. As visitors and locals come together, the season becomes a reminder of how much simple traditions can steady a weary heart.
Moonglow Christmas books in chronological order

Mistletoe at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2015Moonglow Christmas, Book 1
Silver Bells at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2016Moonglow Christmas, Book 2
Gingerbread at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2017Moonglow Christmas, Book 3
Nutcracker Sweets at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2018Moonglow Christmas, Book 4
Snowfall at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2019Moonglow Christmas, Book 5
Sweet Treats
by Deborah Garner
2019Moonglow Christmas, Book 6
Yuletide at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2020Moonglow Christmas, Book 7
Starlight at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2021Moonglow Christmas, Book 8
Joy at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2022Moonglow Christmas, Book 9
Evergreen Wishes at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2023Moonglow Christmas, Book 10
Angels at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2024Moonglow Christmas, Book 11
Sleigh Bells at Moonglow
by Deborah Garner
2025Moonglow Christmas, Book 12
Series background & context
The Moonglow Christmas series is set in Timberton, Montana, a small town that treats Christmas as a full community season, not just a single day. Most of the books gather people around the Timberton Hotel, and later the Moonglow Cafe, where resident chef and artist Mist seems to know exactly how to make strangers feel welcome. Visitors arrive carrying grief, worry, loneliness, or questions about what comes next, and Timberton gives them room to slow down.
Mist is the quiet center of it all.
She is not an amateur detective or a big, showy heroine. Her power in these books comes through food, art, generosity, and a near-magical instinct for nudging people toward the conversation or choice they most need. Around her are returning locals like Betty, plus a rotating group of hotel guests, relatives, performers, and travelers who each bring a different piece of holiday tension.
That tension is usually emotional rather than dangerous. In Mistletoe at Moonglow, Silver Bells at Moonglow, and Yuletide at Moonglow, the real question is how a season of dinners, festivals, and time together might help people reconnect with family, courage, or love. Later books add fresh wrinkles, from a theater disaster in Nutcracker Sweets at Moonglow to weather trouble in Starlight at Moonglow and community projects in Joy at Moonglow.
Because the books use an ensemble cast, no single guest dominates the whole series. One year Timberton may welcome a celebrity in hiding, another year dancers stranded by disaster, and another year visitors pinning private hopes on an evergreen wish tree or angel ornament project. That rotating cast keeps the books fresh while preserving the same comfort-read atmosphere.
The setting matters a lot. Garner leans into snowy streets, hotel lobbies, elegant tables, Christmas Eve feasts, cookie exchanges, ornaments, sleigh rides, and the kind of decor that makes the whole series feel warm before anything major even happens. Many of the books include recipes, which fits the larger appeal. These stories want you to smell the cinnamon and molasses as much as follow the plot.
The tone is gentle, hopeful, and openly seasonal. There is romance here, but the books are just as interested in friendship, neighborliness, and the way a small town can carry people through a hard patch. Each installment stands on its own, yet reading from Mistletoe at Moonglow forward lets the traditions and recurring faces build into something even cozier.
If you want holiday fiction that feels communal, sincere, and softly magical, this is the Deborah Garner series to try.
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