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Merry Hurst, a fierce widow and single mom, is determined to give her young son the life he deserves—including a male role model who will stick around for the long haul. She can't afford to fall for a man who isn't planning to stay in Huckleberry Falls, so she might as well stop dreaming about Carlisle Wyndham. If only it were that easy!

Christmas at the holiday mansion is always a festive affair. The residents of Crescent Cove look forward to Juniper’s yard decorations almost as much as an invitation to one of her parties—and this year, everyone has been invited.

Get ready to tickle your funny bone with this collection of hilarious St. Patrick's Day dad jokes! Perfect for all ages, these jokes are sure to bring a smile to your face and get you in the spirit of the holiday. Whether you're a fan of puns or witty one-liners, this book has something for everyone.

After being rescued in the middle of a blizzard by sexy and grumpy shapeshifter loner Isaac "Ice" Peters, injured wildlife biologist Holly finds herself trapped in his cabin until the storm ends.

Brianna O’Connor had been looking forward to spending Christmas in Spain with her friend, Susan. Instead, she found herself in her sister’s car heading for the Scottish Highlands to spend it with family she barely knew.

When Annie Collins inherits her grandfather’s sprawling Lake District mansion shortly before Christmas, she has enough to handle without the attention of the eccentric locals and the longtime staff, many of whom seem as old as the house itself.

Welcome to Normal, Kentucky, a small town in the Daniel Boone National Forest and Happy Trails Campground, where the annual Christmas activities are in full swing. But behind the twinkling lights and festive cheer lies a sinister secret. When a local delivery driver is found murdered in Seymore's Candy Cane Factory, suspicion quickly falls on the eccentric cast of characters who call Normal home. From the grumpy old man who owns the candy cane factory, to the bubbly town fiddle player, Otis Gullett, who is secretly in a rendezvous with the factory owner's wife. No one is above suspicion.

When Juniper Holiday invited guests to her latest party to see the new year in with a bang, she didn’t mean from a gun. But when Mayor Berkshaw is shot dead at the stroke of midnight, that’s exactly what they get. Amidst champagne corks, fireworks, and a house full of masked guests, it’s impossible to know who pulled the trigger.

Okay, so I can be a little ditzy at times, but that doesn't change the truth of what I saw. Someone is out to get me, and they're making it impossible to accomplish my normal Christmas routine. See, I love Christmas and snow and everything December, so when I got invited to the town of Rudolph to review the new lodge, I couldn't be happier. And it was going great until I witnessed a murder.

The lead-up to Christmas sees the Connection private investigation team planning their festive season. Until a new case arrives. Catapulted into their biggest mystery yet, they are tasked with finding a killer who has been released on parole, and subsequently disappeared. Has he returned to finish the murder he tried to commit before his capture? As he targets his intended victim, his attention is also focused on the private investigators and their police colleagues with devastating effect. With families torn apart, Doris must seek assistance from a colleague from her past.

"Die Holunderbraut und andere Weihnachtsgeschichten" laden zu einem Ausflug ins Reich der Erzählungen ein. Geschichten, die nicht nur in der Vorweihnachtszeit unter die Haut und zu Herzen gehen. Beschaulich-erbauliche, tiefsinnige und heitere Schilderungen, die sich für gemütliche Stunden, ob zu Hause oder unterwegs, eignen und den Tag mit Weihnachtsgefühl bereichern.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Satanic Santa and experience the compelling world of witchcraft, spells, and darkness.

This is a gentle Christmas story, whose message is that if we didn't already have Christmas, we'd find a way to invent it. It's hard times in Old Trail Town as the Season of Giving approaches. The factory that employs most of the town is closed and not likely to re-open, and town merchants fear that people will try to shop on credit. Unwilling to carry the debt, the merchants work out a scheme to get everybody in town to agree not to have Christmas that year. What happens next proves that Christmas can't be banned from the hearts of those who truly believe in it.

Washington Irving's Old Christmas tells of an American's travels through England during the Christmas season. Through a chance meeting with an old friend, he is able to experience Christmas in a stately manor house. Through his eyes as a houseguest, he glimpses the uniquely British customs and celebrations of Christmas as it would have been experienced during the Middle Ages, rather than in the early 19th century.

Thompson Hall, redolent of plum pudding and mince pie, green of holly, warmed by omnipotent Victorian fireplaces, awaits the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Brown from the south of France. But they may never make it to Thompson Hall. The story opens in Paris at Le Grand Hotel, where Mr. Brown is down with "a throat condition"—he is unable to travel to England. Only Mrs. Brown is quite determined they will go on. So begins a Christmas tale complicated and simple, pathetic and farcical, embarrassing—even risque, though of course it could be read aloud to an assembled Victorian family.

Maddie Carson is a happily married wife and mother of two who enjoys her simple life in North Carolina. Her father visits from his home in California every holiday, always bringing the family down with his sad stories of his dearly departed wife who has been gone for 30 years. When Maddie's husband happens to open a Christmas card with a strange message in it, her world is turned upside down.

Twenty stories were originally published in the Christmas editions of the magazines “Household Words” and “All The Year Round”. Some of the stories have little holiday sentiment and exhibit much of the indignation Dickens felt at the social and economic injustices of his day. Some of the stories were written in collaboration with other authors.

Junie Harper is no stranger to the rumor that Santa’s radio brings couples together. She’s heard stories of the radio’s matchmaking magic her whole life. As a child, Junie created a list of everything she wanted in a husband, just to make sure Santa paired her with the right person.

Weiße Weihnacht, Liebeschaos und Glühwein mit Schuss! Das Schneegestöber, das die ganze Stadt lahmlegt, kann die Lockdown-WG kaum aus der Ruhe bringen. Durch die Quarantäne haben die Bewohner des Heidelberger Mietshauses gelernt, mit solchen Situationen umzugehen. Es sind ganz andere Dinge, die kurz vor den Feiertagen für Aufregung sorgen und die Gefühlswelt einiger Bewohner auf den Kopf stellen! Die neunjährige Emily möchte Glücksbringerin in Sachen Liebe spielen und schmiedet allerhand Pläne. Eine heimliche Liebelei kommt ans Tageslicht, während andere ihre wahren Gefühle hinterfragen.

Isleen Frost wishes her family had stayed in Dublin for Christmas, but understands it would have been folly to decline an invitation to the Duke of Montfort’s Christmastide house party. Isleen refuses to allow the opulent castle and powerful duke to impress her. But the duke’s eldest son, Lord Farleigh, is another matter entirely.