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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.

SOON TO BE A STREAMING ORIGINAL MOVIE! Get ready for a laugh-out-loud holiday romance that's brimming with witty banter and heartwarming cheer by the bestselling author of Meet Me in the Margins, Melissa Ferguson. Chronic people-pleaser Chloe Hollis is determined to finally learn how to get over...

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.

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…"

In this festive whodunit, set in a cozy snowed-in country-house, an innocent mystery game goes horribly wrong, leaving the real-life couple who invented the name Clue to solve a real murder. It is Christmas Eve, 1943, when Anthony and Elva Pratt arrive at a snowy English country house to host a...

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.

Junge Witwe zieht mit ihrem Sohn auf die Insel Föhr, um die Heimat ihres verstorbenen Mannes kennenzulernen. Nach seinem plötzlichen Tod steht sie nicht nur vor den Scherben ihrer gesamten Existenz, sondern auch vor der quälenden Frage, wie gut sie Barne überhaupt gekannt hat. Gemeinsam mit ihrem kleinen Sohn Liam wagt sie einen Neuanfang auf der Nordseeinsel Föhr – Barnes alter Heimat. Sie will endlich ihre Schwiegereltern kennenlernen, aber die beiden lehnen jeden Kontakt ab.

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.

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...

Lady Madeline Wycliffe may be a duke’s daughter, but she’s no damsel in distress. Banished to the Wyoming frontier by her father to break her spirit, Maddie is determined to choose her own future. When she learns her brother is already en route to drag her back to England, she makes her own wild marriage gamble.

Eine Mutter und ihre Tochter, die seit einem Jahr nicht mehr miteinander gesprochen haben. Zwei beste Freundinnen, zwischen denen ein Geheimnis steht. Ein junges Paar, dessen Beziehung sich auf dem Prüfstand befindet. Diese sechs Menschen treffen Mitte Dezember in Chaspers idyllischem Chalet in den verschneiten Schweizer Bergen aufeinander, aber alle haben unterschiedliche Vorstellungen von diesem Wochenende. Doch zwischen Lichterketten, prasselndem Kaminfeuer und Schneegestöber wartet das Leben darauf, ihre Schicksale kräftig durchzuschütteln, und bald ist nichts mehr so, wie es war.

Als er zustimmt, den Fake-Boyfriend seiner Ziehschwester zu spielen, hat er nur eines im Sinn: Sich auf der kleinen Privatinsel in den Seychellen einen wohlverdienten Urlaub zu gönnen.

A House to Let is a short story originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine. Each of the contributors wrote a chapter (stories within a story, or, in the case of Adelaide Anne Procter, poetry) and the story was edited by Dickens, who also wrote the first and last chapters with Wilkie Collins.

After being guilted to come home for the holidays, Linda decides to make the best of it and spend some quality time with her mother... and the step-father that Linda has never been close with. As soon as she steps into her childhood home, Linda is greeted with memories and nostalgia that help her prepare for a week of her mother's hovering and awkward conversations with her step-father. But just as Linda starts to feel comfortable in her childhood home again, her brothers arrive. The same brothers she hasn't talked to in three years.