Fiction - Holidays

Christmases everywhere should be filled with gifts and good cheer. But in Australia, Christmas may also feature fires, snakes, droughts, injuries, epic journeys, and all kinds of challenges for children and adults alike. This is a collection of short stories by well-known Australian author,...

If you love Jill Shalvis and Lori Wilde, then you won't want to miss this new novel--and start of a new series, The Snowflake Sisters--by USA Today bestselling author Jennifer Greene, who returns with a poignantly emotional story about the joys--and frustrations--of family, sisters,...

Lizzy Chesterfield hasn't had time for love, not since a disastrous break up with her high school boyfriend left her eating ice cream out the tub. That is, until a mysterious letter arrives at the café where she works, a declaration of love from...

Author: Holly MartinISBN-10: 1910751456ISBN-13: 9781910751459Publisher: BookoutureLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/25/2015Pages: 350Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.73d

A stunning Scottish castle, a tall dark stranger, and a vow to stay single happily ever after... What could go wrong? Nora Brown is totally happy single. The men in her life have all been selfish, cheating liars and being alone is far easier...

Escape to the flower-filled fields and hedgerows of the Cotswold countryside, to a tiny cottage and a summer that could change everything.... Amelie has lived in Cornflower Cottage since she was born. She did her homework at the scrubbed kitchen table and helped her...

Lucy Clark has just bought a house with her worst enemy. From the moment Lucy - Miss 'my self-worth comes from setting myself impossible standards of perfection' - meets Zack - Mr 'I'm your infuriatingly laidback yet impossibly ripped new yoga teacher' - it's...

Thea placed her hands on the soft, aged leather of her grandmother's suitcase, the one the slight old woman never let out of her sight. The thunk of the lock sounded very loud in the stillness of the cottage and Thea froze, her eyes...

Author: Holly MartinISBN-10: 1786810719ISBN-13: 9781786810717Publisher: BookoutureLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/22/2016Pages: 324Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.68d

Four heartwarming and poignant Christmas stories: A Calico Christmas, Christmas Present, A Kiss for Christmas, and A Christmas Homecoming. (No part of this work is AI generated.)Author: Linda RettstattISBN-10: 8362912278ISBN-13: 9798362912277Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/09/2022Pages: 154Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.36d

Elizabeth's mother has lied. Now the horrible Thorpes have come for Christmas!No matter that the fib is an old one, Elizabeth Bennet's cousins are certain that she is an heiress. Is not the Bennet's prosperous estate evidence enough? There is a fortune to be...

The landmark new novel from award-winning author Claire Keegan It is 1985 in a small Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man, faces into his busiest season. Early one morning, while delivering an order...

Each holiday season is unique in the small Montana town of Timberton. New and returning guests bring their dreams, cares, and worries, and always leave with lighter hearts and renewed hope for the future. But no season has ever been as special as this...

CONTENTSA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - The Christmas Babe by Margaret E. Sangster - A Western Christmas by Mrs. W.H. Corning - Joe's Search for Santa Claus by Irving Bacheller - Angela's Christmas by Julia Schayer - The First Puritan Christmas Tree by...

CONTENTS A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - The Christmas Babe by Margaret E. Sangster - A Western Christmas by Mrs. W.H. Corning - Joe's Search for Santa Claus by Irving Bacheller - Angela's Christmas by Julia Schayer - The First Puritan Christmas Tree...

Just when you thought it was safe to head to the table for Thanksgiving feasting, the Killer Wore Cranberry series is back with a fifth course of pure chaos The Killer Wore Cranberry has been acclaimed worldwide for its wicked combination of humor and...

A Christmas Classic Your Children Will Read to Their OwnDestined to be a Christmas classic, The Last Magi is the story of Artaban, the fourth Wise Man, who leaves his betrothed, the beautiful Rasha, to follow his fellow Magi to Bethlehem. Arriving too late,...

A penniless widowed countess with trade in her blood descends upon the country manor of her sons' negligent guardian, intent on confronting him about her boys' futures. Instead, she finds his younger brother, a business-minded aristocrat with a penchant for widows and a distaste...

Can a gentleman be too charming? The ladies of Upper Upton think so. And it's almost Leap Day, when a man who refuses a lady's proposal of marriage must offer a forfeit.When the single ladies of the village conspire to teach their charmer a...

He's on a mission to make it home in time for Christmas. She's doing everything in her power to make it happen. Getting stranded together wasn't part of the plan.Dog rescuer Chloe Taggert is making her last trip to the airport before Christmas to...

A stolen Christmas present brings together two strangers who long for hearth and home at the holidays.It's mere days before Christmas when the gift Clayton intends to give to his nephew, an antique Bowie knife and hand-beaded sheath, is stolen. Clayton must track them...

"Who would have believed that a baby everyone thought such a tragedy would turn into such a blessing?" When a baby is abandoned on the loading dock of the second-largest Christmas store in the world, it kicks off a heartwarming mystery that will fill...

Her Christmas Wish . . .Maddie Wallace spent most of her youth in foster care, where she planned a bright, shiny future for herself, one far different from the dark, difficult years she experienced as a child. Now she's on the cusp of achieving...

Fall in love with the beautiful Jewel Island this summer, where the sapphire sea sparkles, the golden sun warms your skin and the islanders melt your heart. From the bestselling author of The Little Village of Happiness comes Holly Martin's most romantic novel yet.Aria...

A chemical spill spawns an outbreak of cannibalistic living corpses, and they do what zombies do-head for the nearest mall. But it's Christmas Eve, and the ravenous dead find themselves in a crowd of last-minute shoppers. M.V. Moorhead's novel offers all the gut-ripping, bone-crunching...

Can the magic of Christmas and the community of Thorndale bring two lost souls together in love? Olivia and Tom will find out when they are forced to share a house for the holidays. Olivia is a career-focused woman with a grown up daughter...

Celebrate the magic of Christmas in Haven Point with New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne, where hope, home and happily-ever-after are as close as your holiday stocking...Christmas is the last thing on Cole Barrett's mind this year. He's barely hanging on trying to...

In this romantic tale in the Escape to France collection from bestselling author Fiona Valpy, Sara has one summer to make wedding wishes come true. But can she save her own happy-ever-after?Revised edition: Previously published as The French for Always, this edition of The...

In this sexy installment of the Miles High Club series from bestselling author T L Swan, a billionaire playboy goes incognito on a backpacking trip in Europe. But how long can he hide from love?I'm wealthy, powerful, and able to get any woman I...

"I love this book--funny, perfect and wonderfully good. A not-to-be-missed delight." --New York Times bestselling author Susan MalleryWith echoes of classic Hollywood love stories like Serendipity and An Affair to Remember, Viola Shipman's latest winter charmer following the USA TODAY bestseller The Secret of...

Closing the Book on Santa Claus & Other Holiday Stories contains 12 contemporary stories about Christmas. The title story is about a father who tries to save his daughter's holiday celebration after it is cancelled at her school. He organizes a rally at city...

Jessica Fletcher meets Tim Burton in this creative and witty cozy mystery series from Liz Ireland, filled with unconventional characters, year-round Christmas cheer, and a unique heroine who's married to the real-life Santa Claus! April Claus has grown to love her new North Pole...

Christmas, a time for family, cheer and Joy getting her groove back.It's nearly Christmas and the Hart brothers and their families are getting ready for another loud, crazy and wonderful holiday. But when they show up at their mother's house with a freshly cut...

Penelope Carter has won the "wild child" award for years. Determined to bring joy instead of irritation over the holidays, she's arrived at River Rock to stay at her cousins brewery during the holidays, ready to earn her way off the naughty list. But...

Faith failed him. Ambition drove her. Serendipity brought them together. They've never met, but their paths run in the same direction--home for the holidays. Yet their reasons for leaving are as different as the reasons they return.Meeting by chance along a 1400 mile stretch...

When the Moffat High School class of 1986 holds its thirtieth reunion at Mercy Inn, the twelve former classmates get much more than an '80s-themed dance and a stroll down memory lane. Zoey Crawford is both excited and apprehensive about seeing her two former...

What's wrong with a little bit of faking it? After Josie Jewell got dumped by her ex through a note on the fridge, she hasn't let herself get close to anyone. But when she meets Cameron at a Halloween party, who turns up in...

In this romantic tale in the Escape to France collection from bestselling author Fiona Valpy, Sara has one summer to make wedding wishes come true. But can she save her own happy-ever-after?Revised edition: Previously published as The French for Always, this edition of The...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Box and the Noel Collection comes A Christmas Memory, a poignant, deeply felt novel about loss, grief, the healing power of forgiveness, and the true meaning of the holiday...

When tourism transforms a fishing village on the green and beautiful Greek island of Corfu, old hatreds, envy and greed threaten to tear the community apart. Behind the scenes, personal demons fuel division while guardian angels battle to neutralize their influence... Hotelier Jason -...

Now a Hello Sunshine/Prime feature film, from international bestselling author Melissa Hill comes an adorable holiday romance about taking chances, falling in love, and trusting destiny.New York City at Christmas and a visit to Tiffany's is a recipe to sweep a girl off her...

An uplifting and heartwarming romance about second chances with a ghostly twist and an unusual cat make this enchanting story set in the Smoky Mountains a festive treat any time of year. Fans of Debbie Macomber, Sheila Roberts, and Fern Michaels will enjoy this...

A magical tale of Christmas and cats, perfect for everyone who loves A Street Cat Named Bob and Alfie the Doorstep Cat. It's nearly Christmas, and Jessamine Pike needs a serious life overhaul. Jess moves into Enysyule, a centuries-old cottage in Cornwall, and begins...

The touching sequel to the beloved novel A Dog Named Christmas On Sunday, November 29, 2009, more than 12.5 million families fell in love with the television adaptation of the novel A Dog Named Christmas. Within forty-eight hours after the Hallmark Hall of Fame...

This humorous and heartfelt collection of Christmas tales reflects on the best of the holiday: family, tradition, binge drinking, divorce, and poop. Robert's Hill (or The Time I Pooped My Snowsuit) and Other Christmas Stories is the perfect collection for Christmas in the real...

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol tells the time-honored tale of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, whose encounters with the ghosts of Jacob Marley, Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come lead him to examine his bitter existence. Haunting steampunk illustrations by acclaimed artist...

For the first time since the war, the Christmas peal is ringing at St Paul's Cathedral. There is joy. There is new hope. It is Christmas Eve, the carol service has ended, and a woman with three small boys leaves the cathedral, the children...

Writer's block threatens Matthew Blake's career, hoping to rejuvenate his creative juices he returns to his small town roots for the holidays.Lucinda rents Matt her tiny house. Despite his self-centered ways, she enjoys his company and sharing her faith with him, but Lucinda is...

Deep in the holy season of Advent, where the little towns of Freeport, Natrona Heights, Brackenridge and Tarentum, Pennsylvania nestle along a winding river valley, comes a story that tells of the determination of Heaven to come to the assistance of God's people.One cold...

Where's that partridge in its pear tree? It's Christmas time in Caerphilly, VA, and nothing is going by the book. Meg Langslow is trying to be supportive of her husband, who's escalated his one-man show of Dickens' A Christmas Carol into a full-scale production...