Fiction - Holidays

After a hectic year, Edindale, Illinois, attorney Keli Milanni is ready to welcome autumn by counting her many blessings. But a case of murder could cause her to fall behind . . . Keli is hoping that Mabon, the Wiccan Autumn Equinox, will bring...

Every year between the dates of December 1 and December 24, a strange and wonderful insanity hits Ashton Falls. Most refer to this phenomenon as Christmas Spirit, but Zoe has been around long enough to know that spirit usually translates to insanity, which brings...

It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross has been called out to catch someone who's robbing his church's poor box. That mission behind him, Alex returns home to celebrate with Bree, Nana, and his children. The tree decorating is barely underway before his phone...

A buried cache inspires the ladies of Covington to plan an unforgettable Christmas for two families forever changed by a long-ago war.A rusty old tin box holding nineteenth-century letters and diaries is unearthed at the Covington Homestead, and the contents reveal a thrilling drama...

Santa Claus welcomes everyone to join the exciting festivals and activities in Door County, Wisconsin for a memorable holiday Mrs. Claus and the elves share in the fun with Santa; tree lightings, home tours, Christmas Carols, the festival of trees, sleigh rides, sledding, and...

A Charles Dickens short story about the perception of Christmas as we get older. This version features a biography of the author in the beginning.Author: Russell Lee, Charles DickensISBN-10: 1518831087ISBN-13: 9781518831089Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/29/2015Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.11lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x...

Panic strikes the North Pole as the word spreads that Santa won't be able to deliver Christmas gifts because his favorite red long johns are missing. Even the workshop mice are willing to help the elves search.Author: Lana Beck, Judy Gag SellnerISBN-10: 1505683556ISBN-13: 9781505683554Publisher:...

You will be drawn into this small town Christmas mystery when Levi finds the body of bakeshop owner Candy Kane dead in the pantry.Meanwhile things go from crazy to insane when Scooter's dad comes to town, Zoe tries to find the perfect gift for...

Reporter Emerald Malloy is back at the Hot Dish Heaven Caf . This time she's in Kennedy, a small Scandinavian farm community in Minnesota's Red River Valley, for a wedding, although the festivities are quickly muddled by a murder. While vacillating between steering clear...

Includes illustrations from the original 1843 edition by "The Man Who Invented Christmas" -- Charles Dickens! This paperback edition of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol recaptures the charm of the first edition -- a perfect stocking stuffer. A lovely gift book for anyone who...

"Let Nothing You Dismay" In 1810 England, Cecilia Ambrose is an oddity at the Bath academy for young ladies where she teaches. Although gently raised, she is half-Egyptian, and at age twenty-eight believes she will never marry. With Christmas only days away, Cecilia has...

One kiss under the mistletoe destroyed a friendship. Will another Christmas kiss remake it into something better? Eli hasn't been home since he left at eighteen with a heart aching from his best friend's rejection and his father's intolerance. But when his father reaches...

On the beautiful French coast lies the Café Belle Vie, a peaceful haven offering a warm welcome and delicious pains au chocolat - and where Natalie's quiet life is about to be turned upside down... When thirty-one-year-old Natalie Bright's boyfriend dumps her and immediately...

A murder, a wedding, and a holiday feast converge in this warm and memorable Thanksgiving Mystery.Author: Kathi DaleyISBN-10: 1729253598ISBN-13: 9781729253595Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/25/2018Pages: 158Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.37d

A laugh out loud holiday romance by New York Times, USA TODAY, & Wall Street Journal Bestseller Addison Moore.Includes Recipe! Graham Holiday has always had the ability to set any girl's heart aflutter. Tall, dark, and vexingly handsome-he is well aware of his superpowers...

If you love small towns, endearing relationships, food, animals, and a touch of murder, you will love this new mystery series by Kathi Daley, author of the popular Zoe Donovan Cozy Mystery Series.It is Valentine's Day in White Eagle Montana and Tess and Tilly...

It is an Edwardian Christmas, and the Pennyfoot Hotel is all dressed up. But when one of the guests turns up dead, owner Cecily Sinclair Baxter realizes it is not only the Pennyfoot that is back in business--the hotel's Christmas curse is, too... The...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author brings us her most ambitious and provocative work yet--a searing and timely novel that explores the most volatile issue of our time--domestic violence. At the break of dawn, Caroline Shelby rolls into Oysterville, Washington, a tiny hamlet...

New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling indie authors Jennifer Probst, Emma Chase, Kristen Proby, Melody Anne, and debut author Kate Meader come together to write a sizzling romance anthology. Outside it may be frosty, so turn the heat way up with these stories...

Award-winning author Claudette Melanson offers eleven new and original stories to make your skin crawl at any time of the year. This horror anthology also includes an original short by Amazon International Best-Selling Author, Lynn Lamb, titled "Bring Me Flesh and Bring Me Wine."...

Cinnamon Peters is one tough cookie. Every year at Christmas River's annual Gingerbread Junction Competition, pie baker extraordinaire Cinnamon aims to win, taking down any competitor who gets in her way. But when she finds a dead body in the woods behind her pie...

American Christmas Stories is a compilation of ten short stories. Each story was written in a different year and reflects the issues or events that happened during that year, good or bad. Each story was written when the memories were fresh. In this respect,...

When Colin discovers his son is on a murder charge in France, he trails his small boat, The Dragonfly, across the channel to Paris to try and help him. There he meets his grand-daughter - the irrepressible Delphine - for the first time. They...

Christmas: it's the most wonderful time of the year...to fall in love The temperature is dropping, snow is on its way and Hayley Walker is heading for New York with one wish... to start over. With her daughter Angel, Hayley is ready for adventure....

"Candle flames flicker in the lamps on the flanks of our governess cart as a silver moon and sprinkled stars illuminate the driveway ahead." This collection of short stories begins with a midnight cart drive through the snow to Midnight Mass. Other true and...

Each holiday season, new and returning guests gather in the small town of Timberton, Montana, to celebrate Christmas at the Timberton Hotel. Resident artist and chef Mist's unique way of offering exceptional cuisine, exquisite d cor, and a touch of the unexpected, has a...

Stable job, reliable boyfriend, predictable routine.All she's ever wanted.Right?Last year's work Christmas Party left Macie with a blush-worthy secret Santa present, but this year's party gave her a decision that could change everything.If Macie switches off the autopilot that's been running her life, can...

The 7th standalone novel in the Claus Universe. The stories you never heard...Great aunt Annie was a storyteller.It was mostly Christmas stories she told. No one had ever heard her tales about giant reindeer, living snowmen, and Santa Claus. There were no movies about...

Multiple award-winning author Carol L. Wright, creator of mysteries and short stories, is known for capturing the nuances of family dynamics with vivid, relatable characters. This collection of favorite short fiction, selected from a variety of award-winning anthologies and literary journals, brings you her...

"An attention-grabbing procedural with unsettling surprises inside every snowbank" - Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Called to investigate the bloodstained aftermath of an eventful Christmas party, detectives Anderson & Costello discover that the holiday season can be anything but merry. A family man is stabbed...

Just imagine living at the classic Glosser Bros. Department Store during the holiday season For teenage Jessie, it's a dream come true and a way to stay in Johnstown after her dad moves away to find work. Store friends like Hunt Room Mary and...

It's Halloween at the Baker Valley Barkery and Cafe, which means it's time for a pet costume parade. And when Maggie leaves Sam and Jack in charge of finding contestants the results are definitely...interesting.Note that this is NOT a mystery but does include the...

Jacob Marley is dead. His business partner, Eb Scrooge, is left to run Avocado, Inc., an innovative technology business, all alone. An introverted shut-in locked away in a Colorado mansion, he changes the company's mission statement. Only his servant droids keep him company. Until...

In the early 1800s, Nicholas, Jessica, and Jon Santa attempt the first human trek to the North Pole and stumble upon an ancient race of people left over from the Ice Age. They are short, fat, and hairy. They slide across the ice on...

Sura is sixteen years old when she meets Mr. Frost.He's a strange man. Very short, very fat. And he likes his room cold. Some say inhumanly cold.Mr. Frost's love for Christmas is over-the-top and slightly psychotic. He's made billions of dollars off the holiday...

A Nantucket shopkeeper discovers that Christmas is the perfect occasion to make unexpected friendships . . . to warm the coldest of hearts . . . and maybe even find love.Author: Nancy ThayerISBN-10: 1643584162ISBN-13: 9781643584164Publisher: Center PointLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2019Pages: 500Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.60h...

ALL YOU NEED THIS CHRISTMAS: THE SECOND NOVEL IN THE HEART-WARMING NEW SERIES FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR KATIE FLYNN____________ Liverpool, 1940 When war comes to Britain, Jessica Wilson and her friend Ruby seize the opportunity to leave behind the orphanage they grew up in and...

What's not to love about a tender Tennessee Christmas tradition?Jillian and her twin brother, along with her parents, love to spend the holidays in their favorite little Tennessee town in the mountains. But this year when her mom booked the cabin, she invited some...

Old Christmas is a collection of five Christmas stories, portraying an idealized celebration of old-fashioned Christmas customs at a quaint English manor, and depicting harmonious warm-hearted English Christmas festivities, which author experienced while staying in Aston Hall, Birmingham. This book largely contributed to the...

The Pied Piper of Hamelin is the subject of a legend concerning the disappearance or death of a great number of kids from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany, in the Middle Ages. The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in multicolored...

The winter holiday means a hundred things in a hundred different lands. But no matter where you travel, winter is a time for storytelling. Raven Wakes the World presents a very different winter holiday tale sure to touch the heart, bringing together an ancient...

Fun Valentine's Day themed coloring book featuring cute animals and kids Color and cut out to give away 21 8x10 pages or color and cut out 32 cards on 4 pages (including a page where your child can draw the design) Fun gift for...

"I wish I could tell you that it all ends well. Unfortunately we won't know the answer until all is said and done." A hard-working Doctor, Chris James, is generally content with life but taking on extra hours at work, causing her to miss...

The Christmas tree in the town square has a history of magic. Liam hopes it's his turn to feel the power of its touch. After a chance encounter at the movie theater, Liam is certain of one thing. The woman who turned to him...

A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. A Christmas Carol recounts the story...

In this Zoe Donovan novella, Zoe is invited to Ireland to attend the wedding of one of her Irish cousins after contacting the man as part of her research into her Irish heritage. The wedding is being held at Dunphy Castle, the castle where...

Is Christmas more than twinkling lights, impressive desserts, and presents from Old Saint Nick? With all the chaos that surrounds this time of year, does it have a purpose? In beautifully crafted words, Harding weaves the true meaning of Christmas into a journey in...

I had it all. Killer job, to-die-for apartment overlooking the Hudson, and the successful, doting boyfriend.Well, he was successful, at least. Guys who dote don't break up with you via Post-It.After that, I did the one thing I swore I'd never do. I went...

Word Search for Seniors 200 Large Print Word Search Puzzles for Seniors with Solutions - Thanksgiving EditionDetails about this activity book: 100 Extra Large Print Word Searches (1 per page) Includes instructions for beginners Answers for every puzzle included in back Bigger print than...

Snow is falling, fires are crackling merrily, and Lockton tradition has everyone hanging a promise they're determined to keep this Christmas on the tree in the village square... Meg Scott has promised to make a success of her first solo Christmas. She runs a...