The Asheville Christmas Wedding

The Asheville Christmas Wedding
Author: Hope Holloway
Publisher: Carolina Christmas Series
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-11-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781952196188

A charming, heartwarming holiday series that will whisk you away to a dreamy winter in the mountains. With sweet romance, strong family bonds, and an uplifting story of hope and joy, this is the perfect Christmas collaboration between two beloved women's fiction authors! With a grand and glorious wedding planned for the end of the year, the family faces a new and daunting challenge and the possibility of losing their beloved cabin. Angie rallies everyone for her mission, but meets so many unexpected roadblocks. As the holidays come to a close, each of the sisters stands at the precipice of a new life. Noelle has fallen in love, but the cost might be more than she's willing to pay. Eve has an idea that is wild and wonderful, but she's put her fate in the hands of a complete stranger. And Angie can't start her new life without somewhere to live, so she is moving heaven and earth to find the proof they need to keep the cabin. Can one Christmas in Asheville change everything? Join these strong, funny, and loving women as the holiday spirit lifts them as high as the Blue Ridge Mountains and promises a whole new life ahead. The Carolina Christmas Trilogy The Asheville Christmas Cabin -- book 1 The Asheville Christmas Gift -- book 2 The Asheville Christmas Wedding -- book 3

Garden Spells

Garden Spells
Author: Sarah Addison Allen
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2007
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0553805487

"Garden Spells" is a wonderful, enchanting, crafty novel of sisters--two very different women, each rooted in some way to her past--who discover that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree when family ties cast their spell.

Christmas in Illinois

Christmas in Illinois
Author: James Ballowe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-07-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780252081354

"Christmas seems to have been always with us. It is that time of year when we expect good cheer and goodwill, a moment's respite from the year's vicissitudes, solace during difficult times," writes James Ballowe in his introduction to Christmas in Illinois. This book is about the holiday as remembered by Illinoisans. Some are widely familiar--John W. Allen, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sandra Cisneros, Mike Royko, Carl Sandburg, Joseph Smith--but most are known only in their close-knit communities that together represent the very best of the Prairie State. We learn here about the customs of Christmas from Chicago to Cairo, Belleville to Danville, before statehood to the present day, through hard times and good. Tales, poems, news reports, memoirs, recipes, and images are arranged in sections on Christmas in Illinois history, living traditions, songs and symbols, Christmas outdoors, eating merrily, and memories. We see how bright an occasion Christmas has been, and sometimes amusing, raucous, or even dark. The collection's highlights include Chicago's Christmas tree ship, Peoria's Santa Parade, Rockford's Julotta service, a Victorian holiday in Bloomington, and Audubon's 1810 Christmas on the Cache River. Nature writers detail holiday bird-watching expeditions along the North Shore and in deepest southern Illinois. A letter from a member of the 130th Illinois Infantry captures Christmas Day 1863, and Jack McReynolds recalls West Frankfort's 1951 Orient Number Two mine disaster that thereafter haunted the holiday for him and many others. The holiday table is not neglected, with traditional recipes for wild game, pickled herring, and all manner of Christmas cookies. A wide array of illustrations includes images of Chicago's grand State Street parade, the Santa Lucia celebration at Bishop Hill, Belleville's Santa Claus House, Millikin University's Vespers tradition, the University of Illinois madrigal singers, Studs Terkel singing songs of good cheer, and the holiday art of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Heat up some cider, put a log on the fire, and curl up with Christmas in Illinois to share the holiday with friends both old and new.

The Wedding Veil

The Wedding Veil
Author: Kristy Woodson Harvey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2022-03-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1982180730

This “masterfully woven…literary home run” (New York Journal of Books) follows four women across generations, bound by a beautiful wedding veil and a connection to the famous Vanderbilt family from the New York Times bestselling author of the Peachtree Bluff series. Four women. One family heirloom. A secret connection that will change their lives—and history as they know it. Present Day: Julia Baxter’s wedding veil, bequeathed to her great-grandmother by a mysterious woman on a train in the 1930s, has passed through generations of her family as a symbol of a happy marriage. But on the morning of her wedding day, something tells her that even the veil’s good luck isn’t enough to make her marriage last forever. Overwhelmed, she escapes to the Virgin Islands to clear her head. Meanwhile, her grandmother, Babs, is also feeling shaken. Still grieving the death of her beloved husband, she decides to move into a retirement community. Though she hopes it’s a new beginning, she does not expect to run into an old flame, dredging up the same complicated emotions she felt a lifetime ago. 1914: Socialite Edith Vanderbilt is struggling to manage the luxurious Biltmore Estate after the death of her cherished husband. With 250 rooms to oversee and an entire village dependent on her family to stay afloat, Edith is determined to uphold the Vanderbilt legacy—and prepare her free-spirited daughter Cornelia to inherit it—despite her family’s deteriorating financial situation. But Cornelia has dreams of her own, and as she explores more of the rapidly changing world around her, she’s torn between upholding tradition and pursuing the exciting future that lies beyond Biltmore’s gilded gates. In the vein of Therese Anne Fowler’s A Well-Behaved Woman and Jennifer Robson’s The Gown, The Wedding Veil is “a sparkling, fast-paced joy of a book that celebrates love, family, and the right to shape one’s own destiny” (Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author).

A Country Christmas

A Country Christmas
Author: Lisa Carter
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2023-10-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0369740270

The rancher and the city girl have nothing in common… except the wedding that brings them together Eager to prove herself to her family, Kelsey Summerfield is on board to plan her grandfather’s upcoming wedding. But the bride’s grandson, rancher Clay McKendry, is equally determined to keep the city girl’s big ideas in check. When a series of disasters threaten to derail their grandparents’ big day, will these two opposites put aside their differences…and find their own happily-ever-after? From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.

One Christmas in Washington

One Christmas in Washington
Author: David Bercuson
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2006-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781585678464

Herwig and Bercuson grippingly recreate the dramatic days of the Washington War Conference of 1941-42, using the diaries, meeting notes and personal letters of the key characters. One Christmas in Washington is the authoritative and emotional story of two proud and accomplished men struggling to overcome their own biases, suspicion, and hubris to create what turned out to be a war-winning alliance.

A Season in the Keys

A Season in the Keys
Author: Hope Holloway
Publisher: Coconut Key Series
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-11-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781952196218

The winds of change are blowing over Coconut Key...and nothing will ever be the same. When tourist season ends, the next one begins...and hurricane season is never easy in the Keys. Especially when the winds have blown in a man who threatens everything Beck has built over the last few months in Coconut Key. The newest arrival might be the contractor Beck's been longing to find...but he's also a man from her past. With his attention on her as much as the B&B renovation, this new twist is equal parts thrilling and terrifying. Beck's son, Kenny, is working through his own personal trials, and daughter Savannah inches toward a tenuous relationship with her soon-to-be-born baby's father. But all eyes turn to the skies as a major hurricane bears down on Coconut Key, bringing everyone together for one heart-stopping night of trauma, drama, and close calls. And if they survive what Mother Nature throws at them, what will be left of the life they've all been building on the beach? The Coconut Key Series celebrates older heroines, second chance romance, entangled families, and lifelong friendships. With a cast of unforgettable characters and stories that touch every woman's heart, you'll probably want to read them all... A Secret in the Keys (Book 1) A Reunion in the Keys (Book 2) A Season in the Keys (Book 3) A Haven in the Keys (Book 4) A Return to the Keys (Book 5) A Wedding in the Keys (Book 6) A Promise in the Keys (Book 7)

Pelly the Pitching Pelican

Pelly the Pitching Pelican
Author: Jim Palmieri
Publisher:
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2020-04-13
Genre:
ISBN:

As we all know, pelicans love to play baseball. This is a true story, as Papa Billy, a baseball-playing, story-telling penguin leads us to believe. Follow Pelly's humorous journey as he follows his dream and flies to South Carolina to play baseball for the Palmetto Pelicans. You will really enjoy the very funny and colorful illustrations. If you love pelicans, baseball, or just reading funny stories, with a happy ending, this book is for you. The demo for this book is ages 5-10 and 50-100 years. This is a perfect book for a parent, or grandparent to read to their children.

The Christmas Contest

The Christmas Contest
Author: Scarlet Wilson
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2019-10-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1951190645

Now a Hallmark Channel Original Movie Will their competitive spirits ruin the spirit of Christmas? When Ben Winters and Lara Cottridge hear that a Vermont radio station is hosting a Christmas contest with a $10,000 prize for a charitable project of the winner’s choice, they seize the challenge. Although strangers, they both are obsessed with all things Christmas and each has their own worthy pet project in mind. News of the contest creates a lot of buzz, but most participants fall at the first hurdle – a timed online quirky Christmas quiz. The second, a stressful on-air quiz whittles the field down to two – Briarhill Falls residents Lara and Ben who are surprised that they have never met. As the contest heats up with five further Christmas-themed challenges, the town and state become enthralled by the battle of wits and skill. Soon Lara and Ben realize they have far more in common than a love of Christmas. And far more at stake. Will their competition stand in the way of falling in love? Each book in the Christmas Wishes series is a standalone: *The Runaway Christmas Bride *A Royal Christmas Princess *The Jingle Bell Bride *The Christmas Contest *The Christmas Clues

From Breathing to Believing

From Breathing to Believing
Author: Hope Holloway
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2021-03-29
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1664226389

This is the story of a good girl whose childhood is scarred by Alcoholism. Teenage girl meets boy and the story gets complicated. After many years of hearbreak and prayer there is a happy ending. Her faith in God grows, giving her determination to survive through hard times. This story may be an inspiration to young people of today.