A New Life for Christmas

A New Life for Christmas
Author: Lula White
Publisher: Lula White
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2022-12-15
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

This Christmas romance is a steamy, literary spin-off of the Explore Men of the Hamptons series. Tazima Beasley Tazima runs circles around her opponents in the courtroom. On her game and highly respected, she has locked down her career path and she’s more than ready to make law partner. So, she’s astonished the day her bosses deliver her biggest disappointment. But that is the same day another window opens. A visitor enters Tazima’s office with an offer—to represent a man in prison. Tazima rejects it, because she is not a criminal attorney and that kind of case is far out of her lane. Or is this case the perfect lane that will lead her squarely to where she belongs? A lane of passion, liberation, and fiery love, not just with any prison inmate. But with Odell Jackson. Odell Jackson When he was only age fourteen, a family confrontation turned tragic. Odell was arrested, placed in a cop car and never saw his home again. Tried as an adult, he was sentenced to life in prison for manslaughter. Now more than twenty years later, he is approaching the possibility of parole with an advantage most inmates could only dream of. His older sister has high-level connections in the Black Hamptons, and she’s determined to get her brother out with the best legal representation. But one of Odell’s last memories before his arrest stokes his yearning for a particular attorney. Can Odell be freed from prison? And can his lawyer, Tazima, also be freed? In this heartwarming, toasty, snowy, stand-alone Christmas romance, can these two hearts defy the odds and carve out A New Life for Christmas? Trigger warnings: Prison, discussions of homicide, grief, domestic dispute, language, sex

Life: Christmas Around the World

Life: Christmas Around the World
Author: Editors of Life
Publisher: Life
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2004-11-02
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781932273502

More than two millennia ago, a child was born in the village of Bethlehem, and from this event grew, first, a devoted cult, then a dedicated following, then a religion that is today the worlds largest: Christianity. The celebration of Christs birth is a glorious holiday. It is beautiful, warm, festive, joyous, sweet and steeped in tradition. Life captures in words and vibrant pictures the customs of Christmas everywhere, from Sinterklass in Holland to the observance of the winter solstice at Englands Stonehenge to the origins of this great day in the Holy Land. On Christmas, the world rejoices and reflects. Here, Life does too, in this special commemorative edition Christmas Around The World.

A New Life Journal

A New Life Journal
Author: Jane Cafarella
Publisher: PartridgeIndia
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2014-01-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1482898489

Full of warm, witty and wise stories about parenting, A New Life Journal began as a weekly column by Australian journalist Jane Cafarella about her daughter's first year and ended up a life's work. First published in The Age newspaper from 1993 -1997, the column struck a chord with readers, many of whom wrote in response: "Your family life so often mirrors my own." It is that made the column so universally relevant and which led to it being picked up by Quality Time magazine from 1997 to 2002. Excerpts were also broadcast on the ABC Radio National program Life Matters over the years and further instalments were published on Jane's Older and Wider blog. Now, for the first time, the columns have been collated into a single edition for a new generation of readers to enjoy. Written over more than 20 years, A New Life Journal is both a parenting book and a memoir, covering everything from first words and potty training to choosing schools and finally letting go. A must-read for all new parents, step parents and blended families A New Life Journal is a funny, eloquent and compassionate record of one family s parenting journey and the universal issues that face parents across generations.

Hope in the Last Days

Hope in the Last Days
Author: Dave Williams
Publisher: Charisma Media
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2017
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1629989398

Understand how ancient biblical prophecies are coming to pass in our day, how coming prophetic events will impact you, and how there is hope for all followers of Christ. Today there is a tremendous interest in Bible prophecy, particularly because end-time events prophesied long ago are coming to pass in an extraordinary manner. Hope in the Last Days reveals, based on prophecy fulfilled and yet to be fulfilled, that very shortly the world will reel into its deepest hour of torment and agony. Dave Williams encourages you with the truth of how coming events will affect you and your loved ones and what God has planned as a way of escape for followers of Jesus Christ.

A New Life

A New Life
Author: Bernard Malamud
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 386
Release: 1961
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0374221286

Bearded 30-year-old with a burdensome past comes to a small town in the Pacific Northwest to live a new life as a college professor.

Christmas at Harrington's

Christmas at Harrington's
Author: Melody Carlson
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2010-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441213589

Christmas is approaching, and Lena Markham finds herself penniless, friendless, and nearly hopeless. She is trying to restart her life after false accusations landed her in prison, but job opportunities are practically nonexistent. When a secondhand red coat unexpectedly lands her a job as Mrs. Santa at a department store, Lena finally thinks her luck is changing. But can she keep her past a secret? This tender story about fresh starts will charm readers as all of Melody Carlson's Christmas offerings do. Full of redemption and true holiday spirit, Christmas at Harrington's will be readers' newest Christmas tradition.

Life's Little Treasure Book of Christmas Traditions

Life's Little Treasure Book of Christmas Traditions
Author: H. Jackson Brown
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2001-07-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1418557331

Culled from H. Jackson Brown, Jr.'s bestselling Life's Little Instruction Book and Live and Learn and Pass It On series, Life's Little Treasure Book of Christmas Traditions makes the perfect gift or stocking stuffer for a special friend or can be given in place of the traditional greeting card.

Santaland Diaries

Santaland Diaries
Author: David Sedaris
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2010-08-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0748123075

A collection of surprising, disarming and 'extremely funny' essays from the internationally bestselling author of Me Talk Pretty One Day (Sunday Times) Santaland Diaries collects six of David Sedaris's most profound Christmas stories into one slender volume perfect for use as a last-minute coaster or ice-scraper. This drinking man's companion can be enjoyed by the warmth of a raging fire, the glow of a brilliantly decorated tree, or even in the back seat of a police car. It should be read with your eyes, felt with your heart, and heard only when spoken to. It should, in short, behave much like a book. And oh, what a book it is! 'Sedaris writes with a gentle but unfailing acuity and a keen eye for the ridiculous ... extremely funny' -Sunday Times

Christmas Camp

Christmas Camp
Author: Karen Schaler
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2018-10-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062883682

NOW A HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE From the screenwriter of the Netflix Original viral hit, A Christmas Prince, comes another heartwarming holiday story about a beautiful Grinch who’s determined to get her dream job even if it means spending a week at a Christmas Camp where she discovers an unexpected love. Haley Hanson’s idea of the perfect Christmas is escaping to the Caribbean to work so she can avoid all the traditional Christmas distractions. Over the years, she’s sacrificed her personal life to climb the corporate ladder at a prestigious Boston advertising agency. Now she just needs to land a coveted Christmas toy company account to make partner. But first her boss thinks she needs a holiday attitude adjustment and ships her off to a Christmas Camp at Holly Peak Inn to help her find her Christmas spirit. Arriving at the charming mountainside inn, Haley meets the owner’s handsome son, Jeff, and feels an instant spark, but resists the attraction, refusing to be distracted from her goal of doing all the required Christmas tasks as fast as possible so she can get back to work. At first Haley struggles with all the traditional Christmas Camp activities. It’s not until she finally allows herself to slow down, live in the moment, and let Christmas back into her heart, that she begins to grow closer to Jeff. But when he finds out Haley’s come up with a plan to help his dad save the struggling inn while he’s been trying to convince his dad to sell it, their relationship takes a serious holiday hit. Now it will take the magic of the season to bring these two hearts together.

The Goodbye Bride

The Goodbye Bride
Author: Denise Hunter
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2016-03-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0718023749

Zac knows that if he follows his heart he’ll win back the love of his life—but if Lucy’s memory returns, his would-be bride might say goodbye forever. Now a Hallmark Original movie! She only remembers loving him. But he can’t forget the way she left. Lucy Lovett can’t remember the last seven months of her life. She doesn’t remember leaving her fiancé Zac Callahan weeks before their wedding or moving to Portland, Maine. And she sure doesn’t remember getting engaged to another man. All she remembers is loving Zac more than life itself. Zac was just beginning to get his life back on track after Lucy left him with no explanation. And now she’s back—vulnerable, homeless, and still in love with him. Has he been given a second chance with the only woman who stirs his passion and haunts his dreams? Lucy knows she must unlock those missing months and discover why she threw everything away. “I’ve been a longtime fan of Denise Hunter’s, and The Goodbye Bride has everything I’ve come to love about her romances: a plucky heroine with lots of backstory, a yummy hero, and a terrific setting. Highly recommended!” —Colleen Coble USA TODAY bestselling author of the Lavender Tides and Hope Beach series “Can romance be any more complicated than a bride who doesn’t remember running away from her groom? Denise Hunter’s take on a woman’s attempt to find her way back to happily ever after again is sweetly endearing. Readers will keep turning pages, wanting to know how true love ever went so wrong . . . and if The Goodbye Bride gets her chance to say “I do.” —Beth K. Vogt, 2015 RITA® Finalist and author of Crazy Little Thing Called Love “Denise Hunter has done it once again, placing herself solidly on my must-read list! The Goodbye Bride is a tender, thoughtful look at the role memories play in a romance. The clever plot kept me up way past my bedtime—and happy to be so!” —Deborah Raney, award-winning author of the Chicory Inn Novels series “The Goodbye Bride highlights the abandonment that so many have experienced. More importantly, within the context of a wonderful Summer Harbor romance, the author deftly illustrates that there is One who will never abandon us, and when we trust Him, we can in turn trust the people He places in our lives. All this packaged inside one heart-stopping, page-turning romance that will leave the pickiest romance reader delighted and asking for just a few more pages.” —Cara C. Putman, award-winning author of Where Treetops Glisten and Shadowed by Grace Full-length Contemporary Romance Includes Discussion Questions for Book Clubs Now a Hallmark Original movie: An Unforgettable Christmas Part of the Summer Harbor series Book One: Falling Like Snowflakes Book Two: The Goodbye Bride Book Three: Just a Kiss