Fiction - Holidays

Christmas at the Timberton Hotel arrives each year with a unique set of guests, some returning, and some new. When this holiday brings a celebrity seeking reprieve, sisters who are distant yet closer to each other than they think, a widow approaching a new...

In the little village of Whistling, with its butterscotch cottages and rolling green hills, snow is beginning to fall. Christmas is coming, and Emma Halloway is on her way home. When twenty-eight-year-old food writer Emma Halloway gets dumped then knocked off her bike, she's...

Christmas in JulyWhat if Christmas wasn't just a season... but a place you could call home?When Holly arrives in the enchanting town of Evergreen Hollow, she expects a quirky summer festival celebrating Christmas in July. Instead, she discovers a town where holiday traditions, warm...

Someone is watching. Someone is waiting. Someone wants to destroy you.Nothing matters more to Lorelai than creating the perfect Christmas. The house must look beautiful, the food must be spectacular and everything must be magical for her family.But this year, things won't go to...

Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night: A Yuletide Horror Anthology gathers chilling stories set during the darkest days of the year, when old traditions turn sinister, family gatherings become impossible to escape, and something waits beyond the glow of the Christmas lights. Inside...

"Blackstock's charming romance is sure to put readers in the Christmas spirit. Recommend to fans of Karen Kingsbury and readers who DVR the entire holiday line-up on the Hallmark channel." --BooklistNew York Times bestselling author Terri Blackstock delights with this charming holiday love story...

From Max Lucado, the bestselling author renowned for his uplifting stories of faith and hope that have inspired millions worldwide, comes a collection of Christmas tales that capture the true spirit of the season.These stories--like your favorite Christmas ornaments--come in various shapes and sizes....

Fireworks, family feuds... and a fatality Jude Gray is ready to ring in the New Year the proper way - at the local pub, surrounded by friends, neighbours and the usual Malvern mix of good cheer. But this year, all eyes are on the...

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, the Women's Murder Club gets ready for a quiet Christmas--until a mysterious killer decides to terrorize the city. A fearsome criminal known only as "Loman" comes to town for the holidays, unleashing credible threats by the hour....

Six tales of horror to make your own holiday season feel a little more...bearable. This collection features a story about a detective trying to solve the murders of several families before his town erupts into chaos (There Arose Such A Clatter); A young woman...

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...

A new, twists-galore DI Barton thriller from bestselling author Ross Greenwood. The winter holidays finally look set to bring a white Christmas, but the beautiful snow hides horrors beneath. When a man is found cruelly tortured and murdered, the Major Crimes team is already...

Christmas Temptation is a look at each of the couples in Novak Springs and how they're doing after they each found their happy-ever-after. Take a trip down memory lane with them and experience the things that still tempt them--especially at Christmas time.Author: Dawn BrowerISBN-13:...

Two years of letters. One unexpected meeting where sparks fly. Then duty calls him away again.Mia Anderson is perfectly content running her small-town Virginia bakery and sending care packages to deployed soldiers each year. She never expected one of those packages to change her...

In the holiday-obsessed equestrian town of Hurley Sparks, solitary bookstore owner Frankie is forced to co-chair the annual Christmas jubilee with Jared, a weary veteran struggling to find his footing. Their initial friction soon thaws into a tender romance, but their newfound happiness is...

When the ancient Crystal Forest begins to crack and fade, winter itself starts to unravel.For countless centuries, the glowing crystal trees have protected the balance of the seasons, carrying the memories of snowfalls, frozen rivers, and moonlit nights within their shining branches. But now...

Lady Evelina is a wallflower ready to become more than the ton expects. She works through her fears and uncovers a way to flourish even when faced with difficult challenges. Love doesn't seem possible, but still she hopes.Prince Luca has longed to court Evelina...

Jessica and Camden are like any other couple, with their ups and downs. Recently, their relationship has reached a point where there is a disconnect between them. When presented with the opportunity to attend a week-long retreat at Ironcliff Falls, they immediately jumped on...

She wants to marry for love, not because she is told...Lady Charlotte Woodridge has never been one to bend quietly to society's rules. As the daughter of a duke, she knows what is expected of her-obedience, propriety, and a marriage of convenience. But Charlotte...

When Charlotte receives a mysterious, old-fashioned key in the post, she knows her life is about to change. Inheriting Kringle's Bookshop in the heart of the Gower from the grandfather she never met, Charlotte sets off on a wintry adventure to Wales, leaving behind...

He crossed worlds for her. She thinks he's the enemy. At the Summer Solstice, nothing is what it seems.Not the unicorn leading her deep into the enchanted woods.Not the runaway boy hiding dangerous secrets.And definitely not the beautiful stranger watching her across the bonfire...

The Great Depression left the Herbert and Alice Shoemaker and their children hungry and homeless. Their desperate prayers are answered when Herbert finds work as a sharecropper. Alice makes the best of the hard times without complaint, though she dreams of giving her little...

Timeless flames of goodwill guarding the brightest virtues of the heart.In this essential collection, seven masterfully crafted tales blend festive warmth, social critique, and psychological transformation. Open this book and discover how the universal longing for peace and empathy fiercely guards the flame of...

It's Christmas 1985 in Cherry Hill.Amateur sleuth Beckett Monahan is looking forward to celebrating her first Christmas with police detective Mitchell Crowe, but true to form, crime gets in the way of their plans. A spate of robberies around her small town-including at Beckett...

She bakes wedding cakes. She solves murders. But this time, the killer is family.Welcome back to Sugar & Sin, where baker Vera's fondant hides more than buttercream... it hides evidence.Layered Lies is the second book in the Sugar & Sin Culinary Cozy Mystery series....

"Forever is composed of nows."- Emily Dickinson, American Poet Jessica Rivers believes that no matter what is happening in her life, she can always count on Christmas to make her happy. As the owner of the Bedford Falls Shop, and with the assistance of...

One pact. Two weeks.A love that wasn't part of the deal.Eva doesn't believe in Valentine's rules.Theo doesn't believe in promises.So, they make one of their own.Two weeks.One shared table.Clear boundaries.No questions. No future. No falling.A rule they shouldn't test.A feeling they never planned.What begins...

A snowbound train. A mountain town cut off from help. A Christmas decision that may cost one man everything.Arthur Pendleton is used to order, distance, and the comfort of staying uninvolved. When a blizzard forces his train to make an unscheduled stop near Silver...

NOTE FROM PUBLISHER: This book series is similar to a TV series or soap, in that each installment builds upon the previous installments. Therefore, the correct place to start is with Book 1. Books 1 & 2 are classic Christmas novels for general audiences...

The world of advertising is a minefield of expectations over reality.How to excite the Australian public at Christmas to buy a Fridge-o-matic is a hard nut to crack for Lois Mackenzie, new employee of CW Advertising.Its 1950 and 100 bloody degrees in the flippin'...

Not all bunnies are nice! Growing up in a small Delaware town has always been dull, yet the town harbors an ominous secret, and when Josh Walker brushes too close to the dangers of the mysterious forest where the adults in town forbid their...

Ohana, the Hawaiian word for family, whether by blood or by circumstance, is the tale of Dyson Nicks, a graduate student from Montana.Just weeks removed from losing his parents in a tragic car accident, Dyson Nicks decides to take himself as far away from...

I'm an Orc personal trainer with one mission: get the Easter Bunny shredded before the holiday rush. The problem? A curvy chocolatier who keeps tempting him, and me, with her dangerously good truffles.My name is Brok. I'm seven feet of green muscle, tusks, and...

The moment I saw my elf, I knew I was going to keep her.NickBah, humbug. It's a cliche, but I don't care. I have little use for the holidays, even though my birthday falls on Christmas, and I don't care if the employees in...

Tucson, Arizona. Five days before Christmas. Ed Carney has a problem. The charges against him are bogus, but the lawyer wants money.Ed needs a break. His mother lives a few blocks from the lawyer. Surrounded by her misfit tenants. What's the point of being...

A Christmas extravaganza in Mayfair, Florida, complete with an ice skating rink. What could go wrong? When excavation for the skating rink uncovers a decades-old skeleton, its secrets threaten more than the town's Christmas plans. Worried about her friends in her adopted town and...

If you are looking for a cozy, happy Christmas tale... keep looking. Because this is NOT it.As the title suggests, THIS story is about me, Spark. I'm not your average holly, jolly elf. Those elves have pudding for brains.Never questioning anything...While I, on the...

"I'll protect the children", he promised."At what cost?""Any." Olivia Anderson has devoted her life to protecting children. She becomes a governess for a loving family-until tragedy strikes and leaves the children orphaned. Refusing to abandon them, Olivia steps into a role far bigger than...

A luminous modern parable for the holiday season, reimagining the journey of the Three Wise Men as three women's quests for faith, hope, and love--revealing the hidden guidance, synchronicities, and miracles that shape every soul's path. Cross the desert, follow the star, mend the...

The Boulevard of the Allies is a Christmas Story set in Pittsburgh, PA. Twelve Chapters for the Twelve Days of Christmas, following Gilbert Roth's obsessive Christmas disorder (OCD) and his journey to "save the world" on his favorite day of the year, Christmas Day!Author:...

At sixty-seven, David Mercer thought he had survived the hardest part of his life. Nine years after beating cancer, David is still working-still proving himself-still competing against colleagues young enough to be his children. When his employer quietly labels his product "Divest" and announces...

Every Christmas, she returns to her secret place.Every Christmas, he's waiting.Megan Sawyer has a secret clearing hidden deep in the woods-a place to heal, to dream, and to honor her mama's memory with a small Christmas tree decorated with handmade hearts. She never expects...

Miss Kitty Bennet has a terrible, embarrassing secret...she is afraid of the dark. When the sister she shares a room with marries, Kitty must finally confront her fear, a confrontation she's losing. At least, until she gets a little help from some unlikely sources:...

After the worst year of my life, I'm spending the holidays all alone.When my best friend gifts me store credit to buy myself a gorgeous new outfit for New Year's, I figure why not treat myself to something amazing?There's just one problem-I get locked...

For readers who want their winter stories blood-bright and ceremonial-where covenants bind, claws answer doctrine, and snow moves with a will-this novella offers a hymn to agency paid in teeth.In this holiday of covenants, folklore walks beside fresh-forged myth. Krampus keeps his punishments. Easter...

Clearing her friend of murder is the only Christmas miracle she wants. All Hale Seton wants for Christmas is to sign a new client and get through the family reunion with an intact liver. But when a body is discovered on the outskirts of...

He's stealing Christmas to save his family.Desperate to save his family, Matt Sellar breaks into one last house before Christmas, hoping to steal enough gifts to give his children a merry holiday. But instead, he stumbles upon a mysterious stranger with a tempting offer.Torn...

Elara Finch lives for Christmas. Seriously, she practically bleeds tinsel and carols. Every year, her festive spirit is unparalleled, matched only by her uncanny ability to turn the simplest holiday tradition into an epic saga of delightful disaster. This year, the stakes are higher...

The magic of the holidays often feels elusive amidst the hustle and bustle, but what if one person could single-handedly reignite that sparkle, not just for a few, but for an entire community? Dive into "Delivering Joy: A Heartwarming Holiday Journey," a captivating tale...

She doesn't hoard money. She hoards control. And it's killing her neighborhood.Karen Morrison is Pinewood Lane's HOA president, and she takes Christmas seriously. Lights must be spaced at precise two-inch intervals. Wreaths cannot exceed 18 inches in diameter. Seasonal decorations come down within 14...