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Fitzwilliam Darcy is relieved to leave Hertfordshire behind. The temptations of a certain spirited miss have grown too strong to ignore, and if he remains at Netherfield, he knows he will propose—and make what he believes to be a most unsuitable match. Yet when his friend Charles Bingley cannot be persuaded to stay away from Jane Bennet, Darcy feels compelled to return to the countryside to prevent what he sees as a potential folly.

The journey opens with Old Christmas by Washington Irving, a vivid and affectionate portrait of traditional English Yuletide life. Next comes Classic Christmas Stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery, a tender blend of hope, innocence, and emotional truth from the beloved creator of Anne of Green Gables. The collection concludes with The Christmas Reindeer by Thornton W. Burgess, a warm woodland adventure filled with curiosity, courage, and the gentle moral lessons that made Burgess a generation-spanning favorite.

This bundle includes A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, and The Battle of Life.

A humorous holiday novella from James Martin's perspective. Holiday shopping can be a tedious task, and being a CEO short on time doesn't make that any easier. But James Martin isn't willing to hand over the reins, particularly when it comes to making this holiday season as perfect as possible for his girlfriend, Alexis Parker. He just has to figure out how to do it. With office parties and an ugly sweater party on the books, Martin has to find the ideal outfit and get gifts for his employees, his friends, and his staff. Luckily, he has Marcal to help.

Allt Linnéa önskade var en lugn jul med sin mamma, sin snart hemkomne pojkvän Zacharias och givetvis katten Bellman. Men det visar sig vara svårt när växthotellet hon drev i somras – som hon trodde gått i vinteride – våldgästas av stressade orkidéer och blommor i allt annat än smakfulla julfärger. Resten av Linnéas liv börjar också ställa till det mitt i julruschen. Borta i Los Angeles råkar Zacharias ut för en olycka och mammans alzheimer utvecklar sig snabbare än förväntat.

It's time for another collection of twisted Christmas stories from your favorite dark elf, B.D. Anklevich. The stories range from strange, to creepy, to unusual, to nasty, to heartwarming, and jolly. It's holiday collection that will surely fill your holidays with cheer and unease and become a Christmas traditions that you go back to season after season. It's filled with stories, most of which have never been seen anywhere before. You don't want to miss it.

Each night brings another dying soul with a secret heavy enough to drag the dark closer: a toymaker obsessed with broken children, a woman who decided which kids never came home, a man whose holiday ledger ended in blood, and others who carried their sins far too long.

Ally Novak is perfectly happy being single – in fact, her career depends on it. As the Divorced Diva – blogger, brand ambassador and businesswoman extraordinaire – she’s spun three failed marriages into gold, building a brand that celebrates single life. So when her wealthy ex-husband Julian invites her to front his new wellness retreat, Ally jets off to his exclusive Greek island, certain it’ll be just another glamorous gig. What she doesn’t expect is to find another ex on the island – the one who got away, and the only one she can’t forget.

Es ist ruhiger geworden auf der Insel, doch Mads, Mark und Magnus stecken bis über die Ohren in winterlich-süßen Plänen, während draußen der Sturm tobt und Ida auf Schneeflocken hofft.

Jede Geschichte spielt in der Advents- und Weihnachtszeit, erzählt in einfachen, schönen Sätzen und mit viel Atmosphäre. Du spürst Nähe, Hoffnung und die leisen Wunder, die genau dann passieren, wenn man sie am meisten braucht. Dieses Buch schenkt dir vom ersten Satz an weihnachtliche Stimmung.

A história se passa na véspera de Natal e acompanha o Sr. Casimiro Sukaljević, um funcionário público há décadas, de bom caráter e muita imaginação, mas que se encontra no último degrau da carreira e em profunda miséria. Todo ano, Casimiro sonha em comprar a árvore de Natal e os presentes que deseja dar à sua dedicada esposa, Clara, e aos seus seis filhos, mas acorda de seus devaneios para a dolorosa realidade de seus bolsos vazios.

Ein Mann hastet am Abend des 24. Dezember durch die Straßen. Die viel zu spät bestellten Geschenke sind nicht rechtzeitig angekommen. Kein Wunder, dass Martin Harnack deswegen zu Hause Ärger hat. Denn für seine Frau ist das verpatzte Weihnachtsfest ein Symbol für den geringen Stellenwert der Familie in Martins Leben. Nun versucht er zu retten, was zu retten ist. Ein einziger verkramter alter Laden hat noch geöffnet. Dort erhält er ein seltsames Geschenk. Es ist ein mechanischer Adventskalender, der Martin an den Morgen des 1.

Brought to you by Penguin. Seven Londoners are invited to an opulent dinner party. From a brutal hedge-funder to a lovelorn barrister, a Polish footballer to a pickle magnate, they are defined by the virtual worlds of religious extremism, financial gambling, drugs and internet obsession they...

The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of India Knight's darkly comic Comfort and Joy. Read with humour and sensitivity by Lucy Brown, the star of the hit show Primeval. It's December 23rd and Clara Dunphy is running around Oxford Street like a blue-arsed fly trying to buy presents. She...

Two and a half years after Grace Wilcox's husband died a war hero, the hole in her heart and life remains. She wants to start over with their young son, but a snowstorm thwarts her plans, stranding them in Hood Hamlet. When Grace knocks on a stranger's door in search of help, a handsome firefighter comes to the rescue. Bill Paulson invites the two wayward travelers into his home. A relationship and family aren't on his radar, but something about the widow and her son touches Bill's heart. While Grace's truck is being repaired, she wants to give her son a special Christmas.

Not your Granny's Christmas stories … Step off the beaten path and enjoy six stories that look beyond the expected, the traditional, the tried-and-true.

Stella was excited to return home from college for a much needed Thanksgiving break and to start the Christmas holiday season with her family. It was her favorite time of year. But things changed dramatically when her mom woke her from a deep sleep to say they had to rush her dad to the hospital. He was struggling to breathe. The diagnosis was a shock, but paled in comparison to the secrets unveiled on that fateful night.

After suffering a personal tragedy, Abby Sullivan buys a huge old seaside mansion she has never even seen, packs up her life in San Francisco, and moves to Holiday Bay Maine, where she is adopted, quite against her will, by a huge Maine Coon Cat named Rufus, a drifter with her own tragic past named Georgia, and a giant dog with an inferiority complex named Ramos. What Abby thought she needed was alone time to heal. What she ended up with was, an inn she never knew she wanted, a cat she couldn't seem to convince to leave, and a new family she'd never be able to live without.

Mark the days till Christmas with this feel-good cozy mystery set at a quaint family inn in the snowy mountains of Norway—structured as an advent calendar for your daily reading pleasure. An old mystery. A tragic accident. Secrets. Confessions. A new beginning. After a traumatic climbing...

Benjamin Stevenson returns with a Christmas addition to his bestselling, “deviously good fun” (Nita Prose), Ernest Cunningham mysteries. Unwrap all the Christmas staples: presents, family, an impossible murder or two, and a deadly advent calendar of clues. If Knives Out and The Thursday...