Boyfriends of Christmas Past

Boyfriends of Christmas Past
Author: Erika Marks
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2019-11-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1951190688

Now a Hallmark Channel Original Movie! A magical, modern-day Christmas Carol Digital designer Emma Wallace is finally poised for her big break: kitchenware giant Johnson Cookware is looking to rebrand – and with Christmas around the corner, Emma’s long-held philosophy of work-before-play may just give her the edge she needs to win the account. The only peppermint twist in her Scrooge-worthy plan? She’s promised her ever-patient, architect boyfriend Sam Cole that after spending the last three Christmases in her office instead of in his arms, she’ll make this holiday just about the two of them. But as Christmas Eve draws near and the deadline crunch threatens her promise to Sam, Emma finds herself visited by three boyfriend “ghosts” of Christmases past, who come bearing the gift of hindsight. Will showing Emma her past romantic failures, as well as her early courtship with Sam, help her to see the path to true happiness in time to save her future?

Ghosts Of Boyfriends Past

Ghosts Of Boyfriends Past
Author: Carly Alexander
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2004
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780758208774

Single, thirtysomething Madison Greenwood is searching for Mr. Right, but she relives her past experiences with a bunch of Mr. Wrongs in this funny, heartwarming holiday novel.

Critical Perspectives on the Hallmark Channel

Critical Perspectives on the Hallmark Channel
Author: Carlen Lavigne
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2024-03-05
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1040000320

This multinational, multidisciplinary collection of essays focuses on Hallmark Channel movies and Hallmark’s position in the changing North American media landscape. This book covers the ‘Countdown to Christmas’ offerings, year-round productions, made-for-TV mysteries and romances, Hallmark’s use of specific filming locations, and its relationship to viewer desires. Chapters examine Hallmark’s position in a changing sociopolitical context and the tensions the company must navigate in creating more “progressive” content; they discuss issues of gender, race, sexuality, and place, as well as analyzing the extensive ranges and reactions of social media participants and interrogating the nature of Hallmark’s popularity. Suitable for scholars and students of film and tv and popular culture studies, this is a multifaceted look at both Hallmark and its viewers at a particular moment of Hallmark’s market dominance.

Christmas with the Billionaire & A Tiara for Christmas

Christmas with the Billionaire & A Tiara for Christmas
Author: Niobia Bryant
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2019-10-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488034494

CHRISTMAS WITH THE BILLIONAIRE Despite her family’s billions, Samira Ansah is climbing the corporate ladder on her own. She needs to buy a lucrative property owned by bestselling author Emerson Lance Miller. The sexy recluse isn’t selling, but when he assumes she’s his new assistant, Samira plays along to get closer. There’s nothing fake about the sizzling attraction between these two opposites. But revealing the truth could close the book on their future… A TIARA FOR CHRISTMAS Kimber Reyes has been good all year—and she’s ready to be a little naughty. Back in Southwood, Georgia, to help her aunt with a beauty pageant, she’s reconnecting with former bad boy Dario Crowne. Her other mission: track down the mysterious designer of beautiful pageant tiaras. Dario is guarding secrets—and his heart. But unless he reveals both, the perfect Christmas gift might slip through his fingers…

Every Day Is Christmas

Every Day Is Christmas
Author: Karen Schaler
Publisher: HawkTale Publishing
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2023-10-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

From Karen Schaler, the Emmy Award-winning writer of the Netflix sensation A Christmas Prince and Christmas Camp, the Hallmark movie and novel, comes this new heartfelt holiday do-over story about second chances and believing anything is possible at Christmas… A shrewd money manager at the top of her game, Alexis Taylor is a proud workaholic who “humbugs” Christmas and love. The only holiday tradition Alexis embraces is always breaking up with her boyfriends right before Christmas. But this Christmas, everything changes when Alexis gets a holiday visit of a lifetime. As Alexis’s past, present, and future collide, she’s forced to risk the one thing money can’t buy…her heart. Inspired by Karen Schaler’s beloved Lifetime Christmas movie Every Day Is Christmas and the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, this heartwarming holiday tale of self-discovery, transformation, and empowerment is filled with heart and hope. A Christmas romance of redemption, family, and second chances, Every Day Is Christmas is written with Karen’s signature warmth and humor, celebrating the power of true love and Christmas miracles. Bonus Content: Includes exclusive movie photos, Christmas recipes, and holiday activities. EVERY DAY IS CHRISTMAS is an uplifting, powerful, feel good Christmas romance novel that will appeal to fans of Debbie Macomber, Susan Mallery, Shelia Roberts, and Jenny Hale. 5-STAR REVIEWS: Readers & Reviewers are Falling in Love with Karen Schaler's Christmas Romance novels! "How A Christmas Prince [Netflix] screenwriter Karen Schaler became a holiday publishing darling." -Entertainment Weekly "Karen Schaler writes stories that are bursting with Christmas charm!" - Jenny Hale, USA Today bestselling author. “Schaler’s romantic comedies are funny, uplifting, and heartwarming”—Forbes “Karen is one of the most masterful seasonal storytellers writing today with a gift for distilling warmth and magic into profoundly uplifting storylines.” —Rose Hilliard, Executive Editor, Audible Originals “Schaler’s smart, appealing protagonists will keep readers turning the pages, and the plotting is pitch-perfect, leading to an inevitable but charming happily-ever-after.”—Publishers Weekly for Finding Christmas “Karen Schaler brings the cozy to Christmas in her heartwarming tales of love and joy.”—Nancy Naigle, USA TODAY Bestselling Author “This book was everything for my Christmas loving heart…It’s a journey I’ll return to every year.”—Eric, NetGalley for Love Always, Christmas “A wonderfully festive setting… The cast is charming and the atmosphere’s enchanting.” —Publishers Weekly for Christmas Ever After

Sun-Kissed Christmas

Sun-Kissed Christmas
Author: Katherine Applegate
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2010-10-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416993975

In this companion to "Tan Lines," it's Christmas in paradise, but Summer Smith is missing Austin Reed, who now has a new girlfriend. Then suddenly the two are thrown together in a reckless plan to reunite two lost lovers.

A Christmas Romance

A Christmas Romance
Author: Nancy Holland
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2019-10-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1951190637

Just when he thought he knew everything, love taught him the ultimate lesson J.T. Guzman still blames Meredith Hart and her father for his brother’s death. Bitter and grieving, he left the beloved ranch vowing never to return. Now a successful NYC attorney, he’s forced to return home to protect his mother’s financial interests when his step-father dies and divides the ranch between J.T.’s mother and Meredith in trust for her son. Seeing Meredith again hurts more than he imagined. Meredith has loved J.T. for as long as she can remember. As teens, he barely noticed her clumsy, youthful attempts to get his attention, except to wrongly condemn her on flimsy evidence. Now that her father is dead, she’s willing to do anything including work alongside him, if it means she can hold on to her son’s heritage. Finding forgiveness is a dream she’s also not quite willing to abandon. Drawn back into an emotional entanglement he thought he’d left behind, J.T. discovers that, far from being the enemy, Meredith may become the woman he loves.

Rescued by Christmas

Rescued by Christmas
Author: Erika Marks
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2018-09-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1949068838

All pop star Jackson Wilder wants this Christmas is a few weeks out of the spotlight in a rented cabin in the Colorado mountains. But when a blizzard leaves him stranded on a country road on his way out of town—and still wearing the Santa costume from a last-minute commercial shoot—he takes shelter in a nearby horse barn to wait out the storm. Miranda O’Keefe will be lucky to get a wreath up on her door this year. Between raising her six year-old son, Ollie, running her vet practice, and getting her horse rescue project off the ground—Christmas will have to take a back seat. But when Ollie tells Miranda he’s found Santa Claus asleep in their horse barn—and has asked Santa to heal his beloved rescue horse Twisty—the self-reliant single mother finds herself asking for a stranger’s help to grant her son’s Christmas wish. But when attraction turns to affection, will love come to the rescue this holiday for Miranda and Jackson too? Each book in the Miracles of Christmas series is standalone: *Rescued by Christmas *Christmas Comes to Snowfall *Boyfriends of Christmas Past

Christmas with the Single Dad

Christmas with the Single Dad
Author: Clare Connelly
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2019-10-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1951190173

Christmas is a time for family… A mystery brings Ally Monroe to the idyllic seaside town of Cape Hope, North Carolina. On the quest to find out more about the father who abandoned her, Ally has no intention of getting too involved in the community. Only Cape Hope has a way of drawing people in and, before Ally knows it, she’s falling hard and fast in love with the whole town and its old-fashioned, charming ways – and particularly local single-dad Luke Miller and his adorable daughter Stella. Volunteer firefighter Luke has been single since his wife died in childbirth six years earlier, making Stella his sole priority. But there’s something compelling about the beautiful out-of-towner and, before long, both Luke and his daughter are welcoming Ally into their home. She came to Cape Hope looking for family and instead Ally found her way to Luke and Stella – but will they still want her when they realize she’s been lying to them about who she really is and what she’s doing in town? First published as Christmas with the Firefighter

Mrs. Morris and the Ghost of Christmas Past

Mrs. Morris and the Ghost of Christmas Past
Author: Traci Wilton
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2020-09-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496721551

Salem, Massachusetts B&B owner Charlene Morris is looking into a holiday hit-and-run, with a little help from her ghostly housemate . . . Charlene’s parents are in town for Christmas, and her mother is driving her up a tree. Her bed-and-breakfast’s resident ghost, Jack, isn’t fond of her either—and he’s showing it with some haunting high jinks. But when Charlene takes her mom and dad out for dinner, the less-than-seasonal spirits take a deadly turn. David Baldwin has just won a fortune in the lottery—and it adds a lot of drama to the charity auction he’s hosting at his restaurant. When he caps off the evening by playing Santa and handing out checks to some of the attendees, the mood shifts . . . and Charlene observes mysterious tensions between David and his flashy, bleached-blonde wife, his neglected teenage son from a previous marriage, and his hostile business partner, among others. And they’re only a few on the long list of potential suspects when David runs into the road and is mowed down by a fleeing motorist. Now it looks like it’s going to be homicide for the holidays . . .