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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...

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…"

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?

SOON TO BE A STREAMING ORIGINAL MOVIE! All she wants for Christmas is a rejection. Chloe Hollis is done being a people-pleaser. After one too many bad decisions--including a job that asked her to cross a line she couldn't--she's determined to change. Her plan? Collect ten nos before Christmas by...

When a magician (second class) chooses to do Christmas duty in the City of London, it's because he's hoping for a nice, quiet , seasonal time; not for ancient magic to break loose, and the enchanted city to be filled with ghosts, monsters, wonder and danger. Not on his watch. Not when he's going to have to deal with it all on his own. That would be an all too magical Christmas. An all too magical Christmas is a seasonal adventure story of magic, mayhem and mystery, told in 24 instalments. Written by Tobias Sturt and read aloud by Jon Millington.

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.

The unmissable new thriller from the USA Today bestseller, master of edge-of-your-seat reading and screenwriter of Netflix Original movie, The Weekend Away. Two survivors. One killer? After narrowly escaping a serial killer, Isla has rebuilt her life. She has a devoted husband, two beautiful...

Alone and loving it one Christmas Eve, the selfish and unfriendly Benedict Nail finds himself shrunk into miniature and lost in the wilderness of his own living room, which turns out to populated by the ghosts of long-dead Londoners. To reverse the enchantment, he must set out on weird expedition through the knick-knacks and mementoes of his past, presents from long-ago Christmasses, and, in the course of a long midwinter night, discover a whole new Benedict Nail.

Sixty is the new forty… Sixty-one-year-old nurse Vicky is at the end of her tether. Her beloved dog, Scout, has just died in her arms and there’s nothing left for her in Liverpool. With Scout gone, there’s no reason not to take up old friend Angeliki’s offer; three months on a Greek...

Pastor Mark Stevens never imagined his first Christmas in Mistletoe Meadows would involve a power outage, a church full of stranded townspeople, and falling for a woman who wants nothing to do with opening her heart again. Taking over for beloved Pastor Johnson after 40 years was intimidating enough without a natural disaster and a candlelight Christmas Eve service that threatens to become all too literal.