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"Whatever the reason, I find that with each passing Christmas the story of the Christmas box is told less and needed more. So I record it now for all future generations to accept or dismiss, as seems them good. As for me, I believe. And it is, after all, my story." So begins The Christmas Box, the touching story of a widow and the young family who moves in with her. Together they discover the first gift of Christmas and learn what Christmas is really...

Making Spirits Bright: "Melanie McLaughlin desperately wants to adopt two orphaned siblings and give them a real home for Christmas. A just-for-the-holiday marriage to Bryce Landry fits her plan perfectly, until unexpected sparks have Melanie dreaming of forever by his side." Runaway Christmas: "A glass of wine, lounging in pajamas, and catching up on movies--that's Heidi Bogue's idea of a perfect Christmas. Until her thirteen-year-old niece makes...

A collection of holiday romances features "Snow Angels" by Fern Michaels, in which handsome Olympic skier Max Jorgenson, who wants to spend Christmas alone, opens up his heart and home to stranded social worker Grace Landry.

This new, expanded edition of Miracle and Other Christmas Stories features twelve brilliantly reimagined holiday tales, five of which are collected here for the first time.
Christmas comes but once a year, yet the stories in this dazzling collection are fun to read anytime. They put a speculative spin on the holiday, giving fans of acclaimed author Connie Willis a welcome gift and a dozen reasons to be of good cheer.
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Mister Christmas. "A week before Christmas, attorney Claire O'Brien is summoned to Ireland to change her wealthy client's will--only to encounter resistance from his handsome nephew. Will Claire be forced to spend the holidays up close and personal with her irresistible Irish nemesis?"--P. [4] of cover. The Yellow Rose of Christmas. "Though Miss Velvet Tudmore wrote off romance years ago, rumor has it she has a secret admirer. And when her surprise...

Presents two novellas--"Christmas in My Heart," in which a young woman visiting her eccentric aunt rediscovers a teenage crush, and "Christmas Moon," in which a nanny finds love with her employer.