Fiction - Holidays

Could an unexpected letter change your life? When it rains, it pours for me.I discover I'm pregnant, with my dead fianc 's baby, on the same day I'm due to bury him.In my time of despair and need, I turn to Branson, my dead...

The magic of the holiday season comes alive with six winning Regency romance stories by a master of the genre. Originally published in separate anthologies, and out-of-print for many years, these Christmas-themed novellas by legendary Regency romance author Edith Layton are in one volume...

American Christmas Stories Book II is a continuation of the compilations of Christmas Short Stories written by Dr. Douglas Courtney. Dr. Courtney has been writing Christmas short stories for twenty years to pass out to friends and families. Each story was written when memories...

JulietteUgh. Trip Martin.He was the fly in my ointment. He was the black cloud on my sunny day.But everyone thought I was crazy.Why was I the only person who could see how insufferable he was?And why, after my parents invited him to share our...

Widowed doctor Carson Langley doesn't know what surprises him more; that his reticent six year old daughter is the star of her dance recital, that she wants a mommy for Christmas, or that the attractive dance teacher seems to have gotten through to his...

The magic of Christmas is alive in Tuscany... A little boy's impossible wish sparks the magic missing in Ryleigh's holiday, but when Logan fails to return to their villa two days before Christmas, her holiday plans take a startling turn. Ryleigh Collins isn't fond...

If you enjoy Sentimental Journey, you'll love the entire Ruby's Place Christmas Collection. This Christmas Eve, Ruby's Place is in danger.Can the ghosts of Christmases past save the old supper club, paving the way for a long-awaited love reunion? Will it take more than...

Who says that Christmas only comes once a year? Settle in for 12 tales that celebrate the true Christmas spirit. Visit a Big Sky Montana ranch or fight wildfires.Cook at the White House or bake in a TV studio.Jump into the waves or cheer...

After four years in the Alpha Centauri solar system, astrobiologist Dath Bellin is relieved to be back at ECHO-Crosspoint Space Station. His next mission: return to Earth and take a vacation. There's family to see, R&R to catch up on, and Imbolc to celebrate...

By: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Schayer, Julia Thompson von Stosch, 1840-1928; Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896; Molesworth, Mrs., 1839-1921; Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 1850-1919; Collingwood, Herbert Winslow, 1857-; Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty, 1841-1885.............. Juliana Horatia Ewing (3 August 1841 - 13 May 1885) was an English writer...

Christmas is a time of happiness and celebrations for many people, but that's not the case for 9-year old Kendall Knight. After losing his father in a car accident, at the age of seven, and struggling to adapt to his mother's new boyfriend, he...

It's Halloween, one of the busiest seasons of the year for Samantha Sweet and the crew at her pastry shop, Sweet's Sweets. After baking a zillion pumpkin cookies, ghostly cupcakes, and an all-black cake for a young witch's wedding, the gang is looking forward...

The Hope Harbor Lighthouse has drawn two people together, where a chance at love waits-if they'll take it.Looking for an escape from her busy life, Emily Cooke retreats to a quaint beachfront house to take stock of her life. As she moves into her...

Merry Friggin' Christmas: An Edgy Christmas ComedyThe perfect gift for that Bah-humbug in your life "A funny book about Christmas and a dead comedy man...""...takes the cake as the best of the holiday season. It has charisma, a fantastic voice, and it was funny...

A brilliantly authentic, well-crafted tale of naivety, betrayal and personal resolution, set against the colourful backdrop of bustling souks, Moroccan sunsets and dust-filled streets... An engrossing read. Polly CourtneyMaia is leaving London to paint in the bright sunlight and exotic setting of Morocco. Working...

He needs a holiday miracle. . . She's prepared to deliver oneClaire Baker does nothing halfway. She makes it a point to follow her heart, even when it leads her to a small Eastern Oregon town to stay with relatives. In truth, she loves...

Two broken people. One Christmas wish. A gritty holiday romance.Ryder Rossi dropped out of life. He came back from the war a broken and angry man. They gave him a Purple Heart, but it sits in the bottom of an old chest his dad...

Inside an old abandoned shoe box factory on the outer rim of a great metropolis, lies the magic Kingdom of True Believers in Imagination. Each Christmas, the Box Keepers, Crones, the Others, the elves, trolls and the many who live in the kingdom, gather...

Cambria gave this year's TV Bachelor the face-slap seen & heard across America.Can she offer him redemption too? Canyon Byer, pharmaceutical rep turned famous model, is the new eligible bachelor on Find My Fiancé. Weeks into filming the reality TV show, Canyon earns the...

Christmas is the most magical season of the year. Noel loves everything about it. From the decorating, to the music, and the baking. While visiting her parents in their farmhouse nestled in the Maine woods in preparation for the holiday, she finds herself alone...

After excelling in her career as a photographer at a fashion magazine, Sophie is granted a new assignment: a photojournalism piece highlighting Small-Town Christmases. Being a city girl, she isn't sure what to expect when she arrives in the mountain town of Stowe, Vermont....

Murder takes an explosive turn . . . Fourth of July weekend turns deadly in Cherry Hills, Washington when Kat Harper and her police detective boyfriend hear a gunshot in the midst of the neighborhood fireworks. A killer with a grudge has taken advantage...

Santa isn't the only one making deliveries this Christmas . . . Kat Harper's holiday visit with her long-lost mother turns out to be nothing like the happy family reunion she envisioned. Maybelle Harper has no qualms about flirting with Kat's police detective boyfriend,...

Thanksgiving is a time for crime in Cherry Hills, Washington. Kat Harper expects her biggest Thanksgiving challenge to be coming up with an edible vegan pumpkin pie, but that all changes when a woman is mugged outside her apartment building. Unfortunately, Sylvia Garcia isn't...

More than anything, Abby Carr wants to own the house in the forest where she spent many happy, childhood summers and she can have it if she follows the rules her grandmother laid out for owning it. Having quit her job and moved to...

He is haunted by a spirit, who is not so much a ghost as Redlaw's phantom twin and is "an awful likeness of himself...with his features, and his bright eyes, and his grizzled hair, and dressed in the gloomy shadow of his dress..." This...

[LARGE PRINT EDITION - 18 POINT FONT SIZE]Bella Tallahan has always hidden behind her twin sister, Tally. She was born with cerebral palsy and even though she has finished college, she lives vicariously through her sister's adventures.It worked, until her sister married writer Lucky...

Opposites attract and sparks fly in the delightful small town of Christmas Creek.Holly Jolly lives for Christmas. It's the only time of the year, as far as she's concerned.Gordon Gills doesn't need a reason to hate the holiday season. He doesn't see the point....

"Caleb was no sorcerer, but in the only magic art that still remains to us, the magic of devoted, deathless love, Nature had been the mistress of his study; and from her teaching, all the wonder came." The third of Charles Dickens' much-loved series...

A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens - CLASSIC LITERATURE - 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 on 19 December 1843....

It was with the sense of a, for him, very memorable something that he peered now into the immediate future, and tried, not without compunction, to take that period up where he had, prospectively, left it. But just where the deuce had he left...

Winifred Papadopoulos isn't into dating. She's into speed dating in costume even less. Forced to participate, she's looking for an out when she meets The Phantom of the Opera. The man hiding behind the mask intrigues her...until he disappears right before her eyes. Flynn...

The mountains forming the range of Alps which border on the north-eastern confines of Italy, were, in the autumn of the year 408, already furrowed in numerous directions by the tracks of the invading forces of those northern nations generally comprised under the appellation...

Juliette Martin does not ever want to celebrate Christmas again, not when it means reliving the last one after her six-year-old son, Jeremiah, passed away on Christmas Eve.She and husband, Gabe, find themselves snowed in at a mountain cabin with a pair of strays....

Savannah Hart is known as 'The Smile Maker' in Snowberry, Minnesota. She has poured blood, sweat, and tears into her flower emporium, but she uses those colorful petals to hide her secrets from the world. Noel Kiss is a successful businessman with a personal...

Charles Dickens needs no formal introduction, having been the most popular English writer of the 19th century and still one of the most popular writers in history today. Dickens' upbringing was a mixture of happy times and sad: when he recalled his father being...

A Christmas story written by Charles Dickens where he reflects about an old Christmas tree from his childhood. This version of the story features a small biography of Dickens in the beginning.Author: Russell Lee, Charles DickensISBN-10: 1500820024ISBN-13: 9781500820022Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/13/2014Pages:...

Who is Santa Claus? The answer is Wallace Davis.Each holiday season, Wallace plays the role of Santa Claus at his sister's toy store located in the heart of Village City. But after losing his full time job, struggling with a relationship that can't seem...

"You remember the eagles?" "Yes." "When baby eagles are old enough to leave the nest, what happens?" "The parents teach them to fly and hunt. Then they make the nest uncomfortable so the fledglings will leave." "That's right. Now, do the parents live that...

e-artnow presents the Christmas Specials Series. We have selected the greatest classics of world literature for this joyful and charming holiday season, for all those who want to keep the spirit of Christmas alive with a heartwarming classic. Oliver Twist, subtitled The Parish Boy's...

ZacI have my life mapped out. It's nothing fancy, but working on a cruise ship suits me just fine, for now. I get to visit exotic locations, save money, and spend my days around women in bikinis. What's not to love?Flirting with the ladies...

She dreams of becoming a famous musician, and he has the ability to make her dreams come true.When Hailey Grant loses the gig she thought would launch her music career, her hope wanes, and not even Christmas movies have the power to cheer her...

He was sent to save her life, but ended up losing his heart, memories, and clothes. Eden Credere should be in Barbados with her new husband. Instead, it was like she married Murphy and his law was ruining her life. She'd lost her dad,...

Pre-order the next emotional read in the Seabreeze Farm series, from best-selling author Jo Bartlett...but have your tissues ready!.A summer to remember...Georgia Banks knows she's living on borrowed time. So, when doctors tell her she's got one last summer to make all her dreams...

Amber Brown is a newly promoted wedding planner with an utter distaste for Christmas festivities. Haunted by her previous memories of the otherwise happy holidays, Amber swore off the most wonderful time of the year. However, when her company gets a huge contract to...

Enjoy this sweet, clean, small town romance by award winning and bestselling author, Lucinda Race. The chef and the restaurant critic are about to come face to face. After being unjustly fired from a restaurant position in Boston, Chef Dora Bennett relocates to Northern...

Dover Billings has sold his handcrafted wares at the Dickens Fair in San Francisco for over twenty years. He's not as outgoing as the other artisans at this yearly Victorian celebration and prefers to observe the festivities from the shadows. That is until a...

On H-666 the only thing more dangerous than love is hope... The All Lights Celebration isn't for me. I have nothing to celebrate. I'll spend my last night of freedom drinking my misery away. Then I'll submit to forced labor in the mines, where...

A much-loved early classic from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson, this heartwarming holiday tale is set in small-town Oregon, where a little girl's letter to Santa ends up bringing the gift of romance to a widowed mom and a single dad....

When Kendall is let down by the Santa and photographer he's booked for his garden centre, he frantically tries to find replacements. But no one is available to step in at the last minute and he's running out of time and options. Then Alfie...