Gingerbread Kisses Anthology

Gingerbread Kisses Anthology
Author: Beate Boeker
Publisher: Beate Boeker
Total Pages: 223
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Laughter, romance and delicious Christmassy feelings are guaranteed when you read these sweet romance short stories by USA Today bestselling author Beate Boeker. All three feel-good Christmas short stories will entice you far away to Italy: ‘Gingerbread Kisses’ will enchant you with the snowy Dolomite Alps while ‘Unique Christmas’ and ‘Christmas with the Poker Group’ welcome you to the historic old town of Florence. Special extra: A short excerpt of “Delayed Death”, a cozy mystery set in Florence, is included at the end of the book.

Santa, Baby

Santa, Baby
Author: Jennifer Crusie
Publisher:
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2006
Genre: Christmas stories
ISBN: 9780739473702

In a compilation of three stories, Mayhem finds herself in the arms of a sexy secret agent, two dedicated co-workers must plan a Christmas party side by side, and a no-nonsense lawyer discovers a love worth celebrating.

Everlife Trilogy Complete Collection

Everlife Trilogy Complete Collection
Author: Gena Showalter
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 1104
Release: 2018-08-13
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1488038945

“Utterly unique and absolutely riveting-I couldn’t put it down! What a marvelously cool world.” —New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas on Firstlife Return to the realms with the Everlife Trilogy Complete Collection from the author of the New York Times bestselling The White Rabbit Chronicles, Gena Showalter! FIRSTLIFE Tenley “Ten” Lockwood is an average seventeen-year-old girl…who has spent the past thirteen months locked inside the Prynne Asylum. The reason? Not her obsession with numbers, but her refusal to let her parents choose where she’ll live—after she dies. There is an eternal truth most of the world has come to accept: Firstlife is merely a dress rehearsal, and real life begins after death. LIFEBLOOD Lena Wise is always looking forward to tomorrow, especially at the start of her senior year. She’s ready to pack in as much friend time as possible, to finish college applications and to maybe let her childhood best friend Sebastian know how she really feels about him. For Lena, the upcoming year is going to be epic—one of opportunities and chances. Until one choice, one moment, destroys everything. EVERLIFE When nothing goes as planned and betrayal leads to the edge of utter defeat, Ten and Killian will have to rebuild trust from the ashes of their hearts. Victory seems impossible, the odds stacked against them. In the end, how far will they be willing to go for the sake of their realms and the Everlife? Titles originally published in 2016, 2017, and 2018.

A Snowy Little Christmas

A Snowy Little Christmas
Author: Fern Michaels
Publisher: Zebra Books
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2019-10-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1420146114

Sometimes love needs a little help from Mother Nature—and what better time than the holidays to let it snow . . . and snow . . . and snow . . . STARRY NIGHT * Fern Michaels As the host of a radio program for the lovelorn, Jessie Richmond is surprisingly lonely, especially with the holidays approaching. So she decides to make the trek to her uncle’s bookstore in rural New York state and hold a speed dating event—only to find herself snowed in—with one very special single . . . MISTLETOE AND MIMOSAS * Tara Sheets After years of hard work, real estate agent Layla Gentry has her dream home on Pine Cove Island. She’s perfectly content to be on her own. Until her childhood nemesis, Sebastian, comes to town. When a snowstorm and a stranded kitten bring them together on Christmas Eve, Layla discovers he’s all grown up—and she may have one more dream left . . . MISSING CHRISTMAS * Kate Clayborn It’s all work and no play for two longtime friends-turned-business-partners Kristen and Jasper—until an unexpected kiss turns things personal. Will it mean the end of something, or the beginning? With a major contract in the balance, Christmas around the corner, and a lot of unspoken feelings, it may take an unpredictable blizzard in New England to seal the deal . . .

Missing Christmas

Missing Christmas
Author: Kate Clayborn
Publisher: Zebra Books
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2020-10-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1420153455

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE ANTHOLOGY A SNOWY LITTLE CHRISTMAS! From the acclaimed author of Love Lettering comes another unforgettable story of modern love, as Mother Nature steps in to help turn two friends into much more . . . It’s all work and no play for longtime friends-turned-business-partners Kristen and Jasper—until an unexpected kiss turns things personal. Will it mean the end of something, or the beginning? With a major contract in the balance, Christmas around the corner, and a lot of unspoken feelings, it may take an unpredictable blizzard in New England to seal the deal . . . PRAISE FOR KATE CLAYBORN “I can’t wait for the whole world to fall in love with Love Lettering!” —Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author of The Proposal “Love Lettering is . . . a novel of lush complexity, one bursting with humor, a tender melancholy, and meditations on love, friendship, and life any reader can find solace and inspiration in.” —A+, Entertainment Weekly

A Melody for Christmas

A Melody for Christmas
Author: Katie O'Connor
Publisher: Snarky Heart Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2021-11-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781989816196

Music is Clara Everett's life. At least it was until a petulant rock star sabotaged her career. Broken hearted, her gift for music has deserted her. She's retreated to Coyote Creek to run the bed and breakfast she inherited from her great aunt. She has no idea what she's doing, but she's wonderful with people. That must count for something, right? Despite her doubts, she's determined to make her new vocation work. She's never had an all-out Christmas and this year; she's determined to do it up in style for herself, and her holiday guests. Maybe focusing on Christmas will nurture her broken spirit. Opening day, she's mid-crisis when Adonis himself strides into her home and rescues her. Zane Ryder is on a self-imposed sabbatical from his life as a forensic engineer. He's tired of analyzing critical safety and equipment failures. He's yearning for something positive, like a full out Christmas in a quaint, small-town inn. He's taking time at Sweet Dreams to refuel his soul, enjoy the holiday, and to put the story burning in his mind onto paper. Love isn't on his agenda, until he rescues Clara from her watery disaster. Her strength and fragility touch his heart. Neither are looking for commitment, but Christmas is the time for love. Will they resist love's siren call or give in to their fears? Will Zane become Clara's Christmas prince and restore the music in her soul? Neither are looking for commitment, but Christmas is the time for love. Will they give in to their fears and resist love's siren call or will their friendship turn into a holiday miracle and put a melody into their hearts?

The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: Concise Volume B – Third Edition

The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: Concise Volume B – Third Edition
Author: Joseph Black et al.
Publisher: Broadview Press
Total Pages: 2000
Release: 2021-08-03
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1770488200

The two-volume Broadview Anthology of British Literature: Concise Edition provides an attractive alternative to the full six-volume anthology. Though much more compact, the Concise Edition nevertheless provides substantial choice, offering both a strong selection of canonical authors and a sampling of lesser-known works. With an unparalleled selection of illustrations and of contextual materials, accessible and engaging introductions, and full explanatory annotations, these volumes provide concise yet extraordinarily wide-ranging coverage for British Literature survey courses. New to this volume are Samuel Beckett’s Endgame and Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; new authors include Dorothy Wordsworth, John Clare, Tomson Highway, Derek Walcott, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The third edition now also offers substantially expanded representation of Irish, Scottish, and Welsh literatures, as well as contextual materials on Gothic literature, Modernism, and World War II. Material that no longer appears in the bound book may in most cases be found on the companion website; many larger works are also available in separate volumes that may at the instructor’s request be bundled together with the anthology at no extra cost to the student. Features New to the Third Edition — New longer texts including Dickens’s performance reading of “David Copperfield,” Gaskell’s The Manchester Marriage, Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Beckett’s Endgame — New short selections from longer works including Eliot’s Middlemarch, Shelley’s Frankenstein, Barrett Browning’s Aurora Leigh, and Tennyson’s In Memoriam A.H.H. — New bound-book author entries for Dorothy Wordsworth, John Clare, Emily Brontë, Thomas de Quincey, Walter Pater, Isaac Rosenberg, Tomson Highway, Derek Walcott, Jeanette Winterson, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — New selections representing “Literary Currents in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales in the Long Nineteenth Century” — New “Contexts” section on “Gothic Literature” including materials by Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, and Jane Austen — “Literature, Politics, and Cultural Identity” section includes numerous new authors and pieces, including work by Sorely MacLean, James Kelman, Gillian Clarke, Kamau Brathwaite, Kim Moore, and Warsan Shire

Debbie Macomber The Complete Alaska Collection

Debbie Macomber The Complete Alaska Collection
Author: Debbie Macomber
Publisher: MIRA
Total Pages: 1131
Release: 2017-03-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488029156

Available for the first time together in a box set, rediscover the world of the Midnight Sons in the Complete Alaska Collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. LONELY MEN IN HARD LUCK, ALASKA, LOOKING FOR WOMEN. OUR TOWN MIGHT BE COLD, BUT OUR HEARTS ARE WARM! Location: north of the Arctic Circle. Population: 150 (mostly men!). But the three O’Halloran brothers, who run a bush-plane charter service called Midnight Sons, are heading a campaign to bring women to town. While many of the town’s residents are skeptical of the scheme, they can’t deny that something seems to be in the air up there… Join the people of Hard Luck as they discover love in unexpected ways! Brides for Brothers The Marriage Risk Daddy’s Little Helper Because of the Baby Falling for Him Ending in Marriage Midnight Sons and Daughters (novella)

Life in Icicle Falls Series Books 7-9

Life in Icicle Falls Series Books 7-9
Author: Sheila Roberts
Publisher: MIRA
Total Pages: 1029
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488032556

Join bestselling author Sheila Roberts in the town of Icicle Falls, where life’s full of surprises, and happiness is just around the corner! Together for the first time in one box set, books 7-9 in her popular Life in Icicle Falls series: A Wedding on Primrose Street There’s nothing like a wedding! The joy, the fun, the memories—the stress. As a wedding planner, Anne Richardson has seen mothers of the bride turn into Momzillas, and she’s determined not to do that when it’s her daughter’s turn to get married… Roberta Gilbert, owner of Primrose Haus, has been hosting events at her charming Victorian for thirty years. She’s an expert on weddings, but not on mother-daughter relations. When her daughter, Daphne, comes home and decides to help with the business, the receptions become truly memorable—and not in a good way. Tying the knot is a business that has everyone tied up in knots! Christmas on Candy Cane Lane Everyone’s getting ready for Christmas in Icicle Falls, especially on Candy Cane Lane, where holiday decorating is taken very seriously. But this year, someone’s destroying the precious decorations! Thank goodness for the cop in their neighborhood. And while some town residents are excited to host their families for the holidays, others can sum up the holiday in two words: Bah, humbug. But despite family disasters, irritating ex-husbands and kitchen catastrophes, three women are going to find out that Christmas really is the most wonderful time of the year! Home on Apple Blossom Road Colin Wright and Mia Blair grew up in Icicle Falls, but they left years ago—and not on good terms. Now Colin’s grandmother, Justine, has died, and they’ve come home to honor this woman they both loved. That’s when they get some unexpected news. They’re about to inherit something. Jointly. They just have no idea what. It turns out that Justine’s designed a treasure hunt for them, like the ones they enjoyed when they were kids and best friends. On the trail of Justine’s treasure, they follow a series of clues that take them down memory lane—ending up at the orchard on Apple Blossom Road. What will they find there? And what did Justine know that they didn’t?

Sheila Roberts Life in Icicle Falls Series Books 4-6

Sheila Roberts Life in Icicle Falls Series Books 4-6
Author: Sheila Roberts
Publisher: MIRA
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2017-04-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488031770

Join bestselling author Sheila Roberts in the town of Icicle Falls, where life’s full of surprises, and happiness is just around the corner! Together for the first time in one box set, books 4-6 in her popular Life in Icicle Falls series: The Cottage on Juniper Ridge Muriel Sterling’s guide to plain living, Simplicity, inspires Jen Heath has left her stressful, overcommitted life and moved to Icicle Falls, where she rents a lovely little cottage on Juniper Ridge to enjoy simple pleasures—like joining the local book club—and complicated ones, like falling in love with her sexy landlord, Garrett Armstrong. Other women in town are also inspired to unload their excess stuff and some of the extra responsibilities they’ve taken on. But as they all discover, sometimes life simply happens. It doesn’t always happen simply! The Tea Shop on Lavender Lane After a fake food poisoning incident in L.A., Bailey Sterling’s dreams of becoming a caterer to the stars collapse faster than a soufflé. But the Sterling women close ranks and bring her back to Icicle Falls, where she’ll stay with her sister Cecily. All goes well between the sisters until Bailey comes up with a new business idea—a tea shop on a charming street called Lavender Lane. She’s going into partnership with Todd Black, who—it turns out—is the man Cecily’s started dating. It looks to Cecily as if there’s more than tea brewing in that cute little shop. And she’s not pleased... So now what? Should you have to choose between your sister and the man you love? The Lodge on Holly Road James Claussen has played Santa for years, but now that he’s a widower, he’s lost interest—in everything. So his daughter, Brooke, kidnaps him from the mall (in his Santa suit!) and takes him to Icicle Falls. She’s arranged a special Christmas at the lodge owned by long-widowed Olivia Wallace and her son, Eric. Brooke wants Dad to be happy, and yet…she’s not ready to see someone else’s mommy kissing Santa Claus. Single mom Missy Monroe brings her kids to the lodge, too. They’ve each got Christmas wish lists, but what Missy wants is an attractive, dependable man. A man like John Truman… But John’s girlfriend will be joining him in Icicle Falls, and he’s going to propose. Of course not everything goes as planned. But sometimes the best gifts are the ones you don’t expect!