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Though the weather outside is frightful, the hunky men are SO delightful. And three ladies are about to get their stockings stuffed with the season's best cheer. . .

Do You Hear What I Hear, Lori Foster

Accused of stealing a donkey from the local nativity scene, pet psychic Marci Churchill is being watched by Sergeant Osbourne Decker, who can't stop thinking about frisking her. . .

Bah Humbug, Baby, Gemma Bruce

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Readers have enjoyed Melody Carlson's Christmas novels for years. Now six of these beloved stories are available in two handsome value-priced 3-in-1 editions. The Joy of Christmas includes An Irish Christmas, The Christmas Dog, and All I Have to Give. The Treasure of Christmas includes The Christmas Bus, Angels in the Snow, and The Gift of Christmas Present. Perfect as gifts, these volumes will be cherished parts of the holiday season for years to...

This new, expanded edition of Miracle and Other Christmas Stories features twelve brilliantly reimagined holiday tales, five of which are collected here for the first time.
Christmas comes but once a year, yet the stories in this dazzling collection are fun to read anytime. They put a speculative spin on the holiday, giving fans of acclaimed author Connie Willis a welcome gift and a dozen reasons to be of good cheer.
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CHRISTMAS KISSES: Starting over in a new town with a new job, Meredith thinks buying Noahś grandmotherś house will be a simple business deal. But neighborly Noah is determined to make Meredith feel at homeánd as the holiday season works its magic, heś suddenly hoping that sheĺl find a place for him in her heart. BLUE MOON HARBOR CHRISTMAS: Jillian and Michael have nothing in commonéxcept the child two reckless college students created...

An omnibus of novels by Lee Hollis, Leslie Meier and Barbara Ross. With the fireplace crackling, the tree twinkling, and the carols humming, few things in life are as picture perfect as Christmas in Maine - until murder dampens the holiday spirit. It must be something in the eggnog ...

From chained ghosts to blood-soaked Santas, the tradition of Christmas horror stretches from Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" on up to the controversial, "Silent Night, Deadly Night" and "Gremlins." "Hark! The Herald Angels Scream" dives deep into the dark side of the season with tales of commercialism and desire run amok, of hauntings and ghostly revenge, and of pure terror. Christmas, not Halloween, is horror's most fertile realm, as seen in the eighteen...

Christmas Cocoa Murder: Siobhan O'Sullivan's hopes for a quiet Irish Christmas are dashed when the local Santa turns up dead in a carnival dunk tank of hot cocoa. Now instead of hunting down holiday gifts, she's pursuing a heartless killer. Seems the dead Santa was no angel either, stealing neighborhood dogs to guide his sleigh. But was it his holiday antics--or worse--that led to his death by chocolate? Christmas Cocoa and a Corpse: When local businessman...