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Being a hitman is the loneliest of jobs. We don't have many friends. Some don't even have family. Lovers? Try explaining to your boyfriend why there's blood on your shirt. Christmas is the worst time to be alone. This year, love is in the cards for me, all thanks to a letter I found in the street. It reads, "Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is revenge…"

The Nantucket Christmas Stroll is the most wonderful time of year on the island, filled with holiday cheer and festive decorations. Excited holidaymakers crowd the streets, Santa arrives on a Coast Guard boat, carolers serenade with classic Christmas carols, and shop windows glitter with treasures, twinkling lights, and merry displays. At the heart of this celebration is the Parsons family and the sparkling house party they host each year.

Nach einem Burnout und gefangen in dem Druck der Arbeitswelt suchte Uwe Jettkant nach einer Auszeit und beschloss, den Jakobsweg nach Santiago de Compostela zu gehen. Dieser Pilgerweg strahlte eine Faszination aus, die er sich selbst nicht recht erklären konnte: Warum zieht der Jakobsweg jährlich hunderttausende Pilger an und warum sollte man 800 Kilometer zu Fuß durch Spanien gehen? Was erhoffte er sich selbst überhaupt davon?

My name is Madison Westin. Unless it’s Christmas, in which case my official title is “Holiday Cheermistress.” Nothing stops me from getting my ho-ho-ho on, not even my friends’ Grinch-worthy attitude toward sparkling tinsel, twinkling lights, and tinkling bells. Hey, if Creole, Fab, and Didier wind up with coal in their stockings, it won’t be my fault.

Sophie, professeure de philosophie à Paris et d’origine grecque par ses grands-parents, reçoit un appel mystérieux en provenance d’Athènes. L’inconnu au bout du fil lui révèle l’existence d’un secret familial enfoui depuis des générations, un secret qu’elle ne pourra...

One big dream. One little fairy. One last chance. Lina only wants one thing in life; to be a Christmas fairy. The problem? Her magic can be a little wild, and she has an addiction to candy canes. With her big heart, she is determined to make her dream come true. In this short story collection, follow Lina from her childhood, through her school years, and into adulthood. Every stage in her life brings new trials to overcome.

Lyla Dune returns to her North Carolina hometown hoping for a fresh start, but instead finds history repeating itself—quite literally. Recently dumped and with her career as an opinion columnist floundering, thirty-year-old Lyla retreats to Echo Cove to oversee the sale of her childhood home. But when she digs up a high school time capsule and finds her forgotten diary, the summer before college begins to eerily replay. As a dangerous hurricane looms again, Lyla must confront the fears that cost her Travis a decade ago—and the dream of becoming a fiction writer she abandoned.

From two-time Leacock Medal winner and bestselling author Terry Fallis comes a slim parable of a novel that imagines a world where literature rules—and one humble writer discovers that success can be the strangest fiction of all. What if novelists were the new rock stars? Malcolm Forde is a...

Doch der Fund eines Fasses voller Luxusuhren am Strand von St. Peter-Ording katapultiert sie mitten in einen Kriminalfall. Wenig später wird die Camperin Andrea Meisner tot aufgefunden. Die Polizei glaubt an Selbstmord, doch Lilo und ihre Freundinnen haben Zweifel. Zwischen Reitplatz, Camperalltag und Bestattungsinstitut ermitteln die drei Seniorinnen und kommen der Wahrheit mit ihrem untrüglichen Instinkt für seltsame Vorkommnisse immer näher … gefährlich nah.

Laura und Ben sind frisch verheiratet und freuen sich auf ihren Nachwuchs. Als junge Mutter ist Laura oft erschöpft und kann bald nicht mehr einschätzen, ob ihre Sinne ihr einen Streich spielen. Seitdem eine mysteriöse Frau angereist ist, geschehen zunehmend seltsame Dinge. Sie verspürt eine Bedrohung aus nächster Nähe. Ist die zurückhaltende Fremde der Grund für die beunruhigenden Ereignisse?

Belle is marrying the kindest, funniest and all-round best man she’s ever met. But when the ghost of her ex, and the best sex of her life, arrives to take her on a trip down memory lane, she has to resist reawakening past desires… Everything is going to be perfect on Belle’s wedding day...

Eight months after his wife Jacqueline died in a tragic car accident, Michelin starred chef and proprietor of Villa Celestia Guy Lyon's life has been in freefall. Consumed by grief and plagued by questions as to why she was in a taxi that fateful day, the doors to Villa Celestia have remained closed. When a good friend, Sandy Thoreau, asks to rent the villa on the French Riviera for a fortnight to hold a women's writers retreat after being let down, Guy reluctantly agrees. All the women at the retreat are looking forward to being inspired.

Nick and Delaney each think they've planned the perfect romantic getaway – a mystery holiday designed by a travel matchmaking service. But when the itineraries go astray, Nick walks into a hotel suite that's already occupied – just not by his fiancée. Two frantic phone calls later, Nick and Delaney discover the truth: their partners are together in Reykjavík and they're stuck sharing a room in one of the most romantic places on earth. As they scramble to fix the mix-up, fate steps in and they start to wonder if the wrong holiday might just be the right one after all.

Emma and Agathe are sisters. They grew up together yet are very different. After five years of unexplained silence, Emma arranges to meet Agathe in the family's holiday home. After their beloved grandmother passed away, the place must be emptied, and the memories revisited. The two sisters have a week to tell each other everything and make up for the time they spent apart. Will they be able to fix the past in the beauty of the summer in the Basque Country, where their childhood is knocking at the door?

The tree is decorated, the cookies are baked, and the presents are wrapped, but the biggest celebration this Christmas is Gaby Summerhill's wedding. Since her husband died three years ago, Gaby's four children have drifted apart, each consumed by the turbulence of their own lives. They haven't...

Some Short Christmas Stories by Charles Dickens is a quietly luminous collection of holiday reflections that capture the emotional heart of Christmas rather than its spectacle. Written in the mid-19th century, these short works explore memory, childhood wonder, family bonds, and the gentle melancholy that often accompanies the season. The opening piece, A Christmas Tree, invites listeners into a warmly lit room where children gather around a decorated tree, their delight mirrored by the narrator’s tender recollections of Christmases long past.

Luisa und Paul leben in einem Altenheim und der Weihnachtszauber vergangener Zeiten ist in weite Ferne gerückt. Wer hätte gedacht, dass dieser Weihnachtstag eine besondere Überraschung für die beiden bereit hält. Eine musikalische Weihnachtsgeschichte mit viel Herz und Humor. Inhalt ist ein Hörspiel mit sechs stimmungsvollen Liedern, die die Geschichte unterstreichen.

When billionaire businessman Heathcliff Goldwin III returned home for the holidays, he never expected to be at the heart of a New York society scandal that thrusts him into the spotlight. Attention is the last thing Heath wants, so when he learns his friend Murphy hasn't heard from his journalist sister, Heath sees the chance to lay low and repay a debt to Murph. He'll locate Aileen, keep her safe, and the whole scandal thing will blow over. But when he finds the petite brunette disguised as Santa and tailing a shady senator, Heath knows she's in over her head.

Navy SEAL Murphy Coen should be celebrating the upcoming holidays with friends and family, but with his sister Aileen missing, there's not much for Murph to feel thankful for. To find Aileen, he's fully prepared to use force, until an unexpected encounter has him rethinking his tactics. Shayma, his friend Daveed's former fiancée, is sexy as hell, and something about her soothes his wayward soul. The brunette bombshell claims she can help, but Murph's never been known for his patience. The clock is ticking, and he isn't sure Shayma won't get in the way of doing what he needs to do.

Esteban und Maria fliegen nach Paleochora, das selbsternannte Mekka der Individualtouristen an Kretas Südküste. Was als entspannter Sommerurlaub beginnen soll, wird zum irrwitzigen Trip voller Missverständnisse, absurder Begegnungen und mediterranem Wahnsinn. Maria seziert mit spitzer Zunge und zynischem Humor alles und jeden – von deutschen Pauschaltouristen bis zu archaischen Kreten. Esteban, ein erfolgloser Dichter auf der Suche nach sich selbst, kämpft mit seiner Kunst, seiner Identität und seiner sexuellen Orientierung.