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By Jude Deveraux, Judith McNaught. 2001
Four Christmas stories from Jude Deveraux and Judith McNaught. Deveraux's include "Just Curious", where, in the snow-covered hills of Virginia,…
a young widow finds that miracles really do come in the least expected packages. In McNaught's "Double Exposure", a determined young woman photographs a magnificent wedding at a reclusive tycoon's Newport estate, and manages to unlock the secrets of a man's heart. Some descriptions of sex. 2001.By Stuart McLean. 2017
Christmas has always been a special time for the Vinyl Cafe. The hilarious world of Dave and Morley was even…
more real--more vibrant--during the holidays. For many, the Christmas stories became beloved family traditions. Now they have been brought together in this special collection--including the classic "Dave Cooks the Turkey," as well as six never before published or aired on radio stories. From mishaps with the Turlingtons' and the tale of a young Dave's first holiday disaster in "Christmas in the Narrows," to the surprising "Christmas Ferret" and the touching sign off in "The Christmas Card," these stories are filled with humour (often at Dave's expense), and remind us what the holidays are all about. Bestseller. 2017.By Charles Dickens, P Lorain, J Esch. 2009
Le soir de Noël, Scrooge, vieil homme égoïste et solitaire, choisit de passer la soirée seul. Mais des fantômes de…
Noël lui apparaissent, l'entraînant tour à tour dans son passé, son présent et son futur, afin de lui montrer ce que sera son avenir s'il persiste à ignorer que le bonheur existe. Années 3-6.By Katie Flynn. 2014
Jimmy Trewin and his little sister are devastated by their mother's death and horrified to find themselves entrusted to the…
far from tender care of a hated neighbour, Mrs Huxtable. They hope their father will rescue them when his ship comes into port but this does not happen, and when Cyril Huxtable is seen by the children hiding 'a wad of notes' away, a wad which subsequently disappears, they realize they are in deep trouble. Cyril accuses them of theft and threatens a terrible revenge, so they decide to leave Liverpool and try to find their mother's family in Wales. 2014.By Wanda E Brunstetter. 2008
Will Henderson is a young man tortured by his father's abandonment, and Karen Yoder is the young Amish woman he…
is to marry in December. With Will jealous of an old boyfriend and worried about destroying his own future family, the wedding may be called off. Can Will forgive his father and marry the woman he loves - and can an old recipe for White Christmas pie contain the truth that sets him free? 2008.By Richard Paul Evans. 2017
Jason Chercher is not doing well in love or life. Just two weeks after his wife leaves him he receives…
a phone call that his estranged mother has passed away, days before Christmas--leaving her home and all her belongings to him. He would like to see everything just burned, but curiosity about his past and anxiety about his future fuels him to make the drive from Salt Lake City to her home in Oregon. Maybe cleaning out her house will be slightly less depressing than spending the holidays alone. While going through her things Jason comes upon her diary and the record of his childhood. He learns that his mother suffered from severe depression and during that time he was taken care of by a young, unwed mother who was living with his family. The only clue he has to the woman's identity is her name: Noel, which is an eerily fitting discovery on Christmas Eve. As Jason reads the diary he begins to uncover the source of his pain in relationships and understand that what he believed to be the truth of his past was actually a lie. That's when he begins a journey to find Noel, wondering if she might hold the truth he needs to bring him peace and love. Bestseller. 2017.By Richard Paul Evans. 2014
Elise Dutton dreads the arrival of another holiday season. Three years earlier, her husband cheated on her with her best…
friend, resulting in a bitter divorce that left her alone, broken, and distrustful. Then, one November day, a stranger approaches Elise in the mall food court offering her a proposition: for the next eight weeks—until the evening of December 24—he suggests that they pretend to be a couple. The lonely Elise surprises herself by agreeing to the idea. The safety of her fake relationship begins to mend her broken heart. But just as she begins to find joy again, her long-held secret threatens to unravel the emerging relationship. But she might not be the only one with secrets. 2014.By Debbie Macomber. 1998
Two novellas. In Can This Be Christmas? passengers create an impromptu celebration at a New Hampshire depot when their train…
is stranded by a blizzard on Christmas Eve. In Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy three hapless angels reform an aging man. 1998.By Debbie Macomber. 1994
Angels Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy return to Earth to answer Christmas prayers. They help twelve-year-old Karen and her bitter divorcée…
mother Maureen find love and reconciliation, lessen preacher Paul Morris's grief over his wife's death, and find Ted a girlfriend, who works at his mother's nursing home. Sequel to "Season of angels", followed by "Touched by angels". 1994.By Annie Perreault, Ann Marie Boulanger. 2021
While on vacation with her family in Valencia, Claire Halde witnesses a shocking event that becomes the catalyst for a…
protracted downward spiral and a profound personal unravelling as she struggles to come to grips with her role in the incident. This haunting novel, which unfolds across three timelines set in as many decades, takes the reader on a dark journey through the minds of three women whose pasts, presents and futures are decided by a single encounter on a scorching summer afternoon.By Debbie Macomber. 2007
Angels Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy, from "A Season of Angels", receive prayer requests at Christmastime: Harry hopes to coax his…
wife into assisted living before he dies; nine-year-old Carter begs God for a dog; and Joyce longs for her divorced daughter to find love. 2007.By David Baldacci. 2002
Journalist Tom Langdon takes a cross-country train from the East Coast to Los Angeles to spend Christmas with his girlfriend.…
On the trip he meets a host of zany characters, including one who happens to be his former lover. Sparks fly until Tom's girlfriend shows up in Chicago. Bestseller. 2002.By James Patterson. 2011
Fifty-four-year-old widow Gaby creates a video to invite her grown children and their families to her Massachusetts farm for Christmas.…
She informs them that they will also be attending her wedding, but refuses to tell them who the groom is -- right up until the ceremony. 2011. Strong language. BestsellerBy Claire Keegan. 2021
"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 to the local convent, Bill makes a discovery which forces him to confront both his past and the complicit silences of a town controlled by the church." -- Provided by publisherBy Patricia Reilly Giff, Blanche Sims. 1985
It's time to make Valentine cards in room 113. Emily Arrow can't wait to make an especially pretty one for…
Ms. Vincent, the new student teacher. But something happens to worry Emily: when she reports Sherri Dent to Ms. Rooney for leaving her seat while Emily is class monitor, mean Sherri writes Emily a note saying, "You'll be sorry." For grades 2-4By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. 2003
As Halloween approaches, Bernie Magruder, of the Bessledorf Hotel family, is determined to identify some dangerous new bats in Middleburg.…
They are roosting in the church belfry, whose annoying bells ring hourly, night and day, as requested in wealthy Mrs. Scuttlefoot's will. Sequel to "Bernie Magruder and the Parachute Peril" or "Peril at the Bessledorf Parachute Factory." For grades 4-7. Award winnerBy Craig Johnson. 2013
Sheriff Walt Longmire is reading A Christmas Carol in his office on December 24th when he's interrupted by the ghost…
of Christmas past: a young woman with a hairline scar across her forehead and more than a few questions about Walt's predecessor, Lucian Connally. Walt doesn't recognize the mystery woman, but she seems to know him and claims to have something she must return to Connally. Despite the woman's reticence to reveal her identity, he agrees to help herBy Peggy Nicholson, Leigh Michaels, Debbie Macomber, Katherine Arthur. 1991
Four Valentine's Day romances by four different authors. 1991. Contents: Listen to Your Heart by Katherine Arthur. My Funny Valentine…
by Debbie Macomber. Some Kind of Hero by Leigh Michaels. Hartz and Flowers by Peggy NicholsonBy Debra Webb. 2010
As a Colby agent, Trinity Barrett is one of the best at finding the missing and delivering justice. He hasn't…
confronted a challenge he couldn't handle with ease--until now. To locate an abducted child and bring her home safely, he must team up with Equalizer Evonne Cassidy ... his ex-wife. Launching a dangerous search in Chicago's underbelly is not Evonne's biggest obstacle--partnering with Trinity is. They'd managed to keep their history a secret, but in close quarters they can't deny the passion that still connects them. And if there's any hope for a Christmas reconciliation, they'll first have to survive their risky assignment. Forty-first book in the Colby Agency seriesBy Jeff Hopkins, Jane Naliboff. 2004
Jennifer is the only one in her class making decorations for Hanukah instead of Christmas. So she starts the "Only…
One Club" with a glitzy badge. When her friends want to join, Jennifer realizes that they are all "only one" in different ways. For grades K-3. 2004