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The Secret Christmas Library
by Jenny Colgan
Mirren Sutherland, a book hunter who stumbled into her career, is hired by the surprisingly young and handsome Laird Jamie McPherson to find a rare book hidden within his vast, crumbling Highland castle. The book is said to be valuable enough to save the family estate. On her way, Mirren runs into her charming rival, Theo Palliser, who is clearly after the same prize. When a massive snowstorm cuts off the castle, Mirren, Jamie, and Theo are forced to work together to unpuzzle the late laird's complex clues, leading to shifting alliances and a race to uncover the house's secrets before Theo can claim the treasure.
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Good Spirits
by B. K. Borison
Ghost of Christmas Past Nolan Callahan plans to complete his holiday haunting assignment quickly, until he meets his subject, the sweet, people-pleasing Harriet York. As they examine Harriet's past, they discover unexpected threads binding them together, making Nolan long for a future he can't have. With the deadline of Christmas Eve approaching, they must decide if their spirited connection is the key to their futures, or if they are destined to remain stuck in the present.
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I'll Be Home for Christmas
by Jenny Bayliss
After a bad breakup forces Fred Hallow-Hart to return to her small hometown of Pine Bluff, she's reluctantly roped into helping with her family's Christmas Cracker business. While there, she reconnects with her old best friend Ryan and finds an unexpected spark with Warren, a charming journalist covering the local Christmas Market. As Fred navigates this love triangle, she must confront harsh truths about her past or risk ruining the holidays for everyone she loves.
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Murder at Holly House
by Denzil Meyrick
December 1952. In the remote, snowbound village of Elderby, Inspector Frank Grasby investigates the strange discovery of a dead stranger lodged up a chimney. Hoping to clear his name with a simple case, Grasby soon realizes everyone in the village is hiding something, especially after a second murder occurs. Cut off from help, Grasby must uncover the truth before the village's secrets lead to a dreadful price for the whole country.
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Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal
by Meghan Quinn
Nothing says I love you like trespassing, public humiliation, and a town-wide Christmas spectacle to win your crush back. Atlas "Max" Maxheimer did not sign up for this. One minute, he's anxiously trying to keep his family's Christmas tree farm from imploding. The next? He's passed out in the snow after getting clocked by a suspiciously strong bottle of soda. Enter Betty: new in town, full of holiday cheer, and helping her uncle open a rival tree farm next door. Max is convinced she's out to destroy everything Evergreen Farm stands for. Betty thinks Max might be one sleigh short of a winter parade. Cue the holiday chaos. Between blizzards, blown reputations, wildly misguided romantic plots, and one stolen ornament with a seriously tragic backstory, this small-town war turns into something far messier, and much more delicious, than either of them expected.
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On a Midnight Clear: A 3-In-1 Christmas Novella Collection
by Tracie Peterson
Tracie Peterson, Misty M. Beller, and Karen Witemeyer come together in this festive Christmas novella collection inspired by the nativity story. Faith, hope, and romance abound, from a stable outside a stage stop in Nebraska Territory, to a stormy shepherd's field in Wyoming, to a small university in Texas hosting three visiting wise men.
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The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year
by Ally Carter
Meet Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt. She's the new Queen of the Cozy Mystery. He's Mr. Big-Time Thriller Guy. She hates his guts. He thinks her name is Marcie (no matter how many times she's told him otherwise.) But when they both accept a cryptic invitation to attend a Christmas house party at the English estate of a reclusive fan, neither is expecting their host to be the most powerful author in the world: Eleanor Ashley, the Duchess of Death herself. That night, the weather turns, and the next morning Eleanor is gone. She vanished from a locked room, and Maggie has to wonder: is Eleanor in danger? Or is it all some kind of test? Is Ethan the competition? Or is he the only person in that snowbound mansion she can trust?
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Date Night in December
by Jaqueline Snowe
After leaving her career-focused husband, Laney Reynolds retreats to the festive small town of Cherrywood Creek for the holidays to heal her broken heart. Connor, who finally got his wake-up call, drops everything and follows her, determined to save their marriage. With only one month until Christmas, he must prove that being her husband is more important than his CEO title, or he'll lose Laney forever.
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The Christmas Stranger
by Richard Paul Evans
Following the loss of his family in a Christmas Eve accident three years prior, Paul Wanlass is consumed by grief and has given up on life. He expects nothing from his lonely existence as a computer repairman until a mysterious stranger knocks on his door with a mission far different from picking up a laptop. After a baffling first encounter, Paul challenges the stranger to give him just one reason to live. The stranger accepts, warning Paul that the path to rediscovering hope will be the one he least expects.
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The Christmas Appeal: A Novella
by Janice Hallett
The Christmas season has arrived in Lower Lockwood, and the Fairway Players are busy rehearsing their festive holiday production of Jack and the Beanstalk to raise money for a new church roof. But despite the season, goodwill is distinctly lacking among the amateur theater enthusiasts with petty rivalries, a possibly asbestos-filled beanstalk, and some perennially absent players behind the scenes. Of course, there's also the matter of the dead body onstage. Who could possibly have had the victim on their naughty list? Join lawyers Femi and Charlotte as they investigate Christmas letters, examine emails, and pore over police transcripts to identify both the victim and killer before the curtain closes on their holiday production--for good.
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The Wood at Midwinter
by Susanna Clarke
Nineteen-year-old Merowdis Scott is an unusual girl. She can talk to animals and trees—and she is only ever happy when she is walking in the woods. One snowy afternoon, out with her dogs and Apple the pig, Merowdis encounters a blackbird and a fox. As darkness falls, a strange figure enters in their midst—and the path of her life is changed forever.
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Three Holidays and a Wedding
by Uzma Jalaluddin
During a turbulent holiday flight, strangers Maryam and Anna confess their deepest secrets only for Maryam's fiancé, Saif, to hear everything from two rows back. An emergency landing then strands them, along with Maryam's entire bridal party, at the quirky Snow Falls Inn. Snowbound and facing unexpected romantic sparks—Maryam with Saif, and Anna with an actor crush—both women find the courage to open their hearts, realizing that fate has led them exactly where they need to be for the holidays.
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Holly
by Adalyn Grace
Something strange is happening at Wisteria Gardens, the magical manor that Blythe and Aris call home. All they want is a peaceful holiday season with their family, but a group of restless spirits is determined to threaten their festivities. With a new mystery to solve, Signa, Death, Blythe, and Fate must uncover what happened to Wisteria’s ghostly inhabitants and help the spirits move on before it’s too late.
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The Mistletoe Mystery: A Maid Novella
by Nita Prose
Molly Gray loves the holidays, a season filled with cherished traditions from her late Gran. This year, her festive boyfriend, Juan Manuel, is intent on making it her most joyful Christmas yet. However, a Secret Santa gift exchange at the Regency Grand Hotel unexpectedly leads Molly into a consequential mystery that forces her to question who she can truly trust. With a mounting sense of unease, Molly must solve the case to discover if the man she loves is a prince—or just another frog.
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Cowboy, It's Cold Outside
by Maisey Yates
Sheena Patrick, who sacrificed her own life to raise her sisters, finally decides to chase her dream: opening an axe-throwing bar by Christmas. To accomplish this, she calls in a long-standing favor from Denver King. Denver, who owes Sheena because of his father's illegal activities, agrees to help the "bad girl" get her bar running. As the two black sheep work together in snow-covered Four Corners, sparks fly, forcing them to confront whether they are just right for each other.
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The Christmas Ring: A Holiday Romance
by Karen Kingsbury
While searching for her family's long-lost heirloom ring, military widow Vanessa Mayfield meets handsome antique dealer Ben Miller. The two are drawn to each other and forge a friendship that soon becomes a deep and breathtaking romance. But neither are sure that what they've found can last.
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The Christmas Jigsaw Murders
by Alexandra Benedict
On December 19th, Christmas skeptic Edie O’Sullivan receives a sinister jigsaw puzzle on her doorstep depicting a crime scene, along with a threat: "Four, maybe more, people will be dead by midnight on Christmas Eve" unless she solves it. Edie contacts her nephew, DI Sean Brand-O’Sullivan, but when a victim is found holding a piece of the jigsaw, Sean fears for Edie’s safety and shuts her out. As the body count rises, Edie knows she is the only person capable of solving the killer’s deadly, personalized puzzle and saving the remaining victims—and herself.
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Once Upon a Christmas Carol: A Christmas Novella
by Melody Carlson
Carol Langstrom hates Christmas, a feeling only worsened by her design job managing holiday decor for demanding clients. She plans to escape the season by flying solo to the Bahamas, but bad weather and a twist of fate redirect her to a blustery Michigan farm. Stuck there with her aunt, Carol unexpectedly discovers a heartwarming kind of Christmas—one wrapped in love, faith, family, and sweet romance.
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Christmas with the Queen
by Hazel Gaynor
December 1952. While the young Queen Elizabeth II prepares for her first official Christmas radio broadcast, two old friends, Olive Carter and Jack Devereux, are unexpectedly reunited for the royal holiday at Sandringham. Olive, a single mother and aspiring reporter, and Jack, a grief-stricken widowed chef, find an old spark reignited amidst the festivities. Over the next five Christmas seasons, their paths keep crossing and they grow closer, until Christmas Day 1957, when a secret Olive carries threatens to tear them apart forever.
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Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife
by Martin Edwards
Six down-on-their-luck people with links to the world of crime writing have been invited to play a game this Christmas by the mysterious Midwinter Trust. The challenge seems simple but Solve the murder of a fictional crime writer in a remote but wonderfully atmospheric village in north Yorkshire to win a prize that will change your fortunes for good. Six members of staff from the shadowy Trust are there to make sure everyone plays fair. The contestants have been meticulously vetted but you can never be too careful. And with the village about to be cut off by a snow storm, everyone needs to be extra vigilant. Midwinter can play tricks on people's minds.The game is set - but playing fair isn't on everyone's Christmas list.
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Anne of Avenue A
by Audrey Bellezza
Eight years ago, Anne Elliot broke Freddie Wentworth’s heart when she chose her five-year plan over him. Now thirty and still living at home, Anne's life is upended when her family's apartment is rented out to the very man she can't forget: Freddie. He’s back in New York and shocked to find Anne is his new neighbor. Despite their desire to keep the past buried, disastrous holiday gatherings and nosey neighbors continually throw them together. As old feelings resurface, Anne and Freddie must decide if they are ready to put their hearts on the line a second time.
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A Sea View Christmas: An on Devonshire Shores Novella
by Julie Klassen
Sarah Summers promises her sister a magical Christmas at Sea View, but her plans are complicated by an upcoming trip to Scotland and the prospect of reuniting with dashing widower Callum Henshall—whose attentions she once discouraged. While Sarah is torn between duty and a second chance at love, her younger sister, seventeen-year-old Georgiana, eagerly anticipates a holiday filled with parties and is surprised by young love. Amidst the charming Devonshire coast festivities, both sisters seek a happily-ever-after that only a Sea View Christmas can deliver.
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Holly and Nick Hate Christmas
by Betsy St Amant
Christmas-hater Holly Sinclair returns home—unemployed, single, and turning thirty—after being passed over for a promotion. To make matters worse, her brother has brought along his fellow holiday-hater best friend, Nick Kinsley, as her "pity date." When Holly discovers the truth, she decides the best revenge is to pretend to embrace the season, commencing a "Naughty List" to teach Nick a lesson. Their prank is complicated by their undeniable attraction, and a family mystery: their parents have demanded all siblings return home, each carrying their own secrets, including Nick himself.
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