An inspirational Christian tale on a dying woman who convinces a busy shopkeeper in Utah to devote more time to his family because their love is God's greatest gift. This is the hardcover edition of a paperback self-published last year.

Silver bells "For years, movie star Amy Lee wondered what it would be like to leave her shallow Hollywood life and go back home to Apple Valley, Pennsylvania. This Christmas, she plans to find out. And Hank Anders, her high school boyfriend, is now ready to give her a welcome she’ll never forget . . ." -- Amazon.com. Snow angels "The only way irresistibly handsome Olympic skier Max Jorgenson wants to spend Christmas is . . . alone. But when social...

A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

Collects holiday-themed mysteries by three popular authors including "Eggnog Murder" by Leslie Meier, in which a gift-wrapped bottle of eggnog proves to be a killer concoction for a Tinker's Cove local, and Lucy Stone must seek out the murdering mixologist.

Christmas-tide -- Spirit of Christmas: Mrs. Winterson's mince pies -- The SnowMama: Ruth Rendell's red cabbage -- Dark Christmas: Kathy Acker's New York custard -- Christmas in New York: My Christmas Eve smoked salmon and champagne -- The mistletoe bride: Susie's Christmas Eve gravlax -- O'Brien's first Christmas: Dad's sherry trifle -- The second-best bed: Shakespeare and Company's Chinese dumplings -- Christmas cracker: My mulled wine (or: No more...

The wild and untamed lands of America called to the brave and determined pioneers who desired a new way of life. Faced with primitive lodgings--a cave, a dugout, a sod house, a barn--settlers face their first Christmas in a new land with both trepidation and hope. From the mountains of North Carolina to the woods of Michigan, across the plains of Oklahoma and deserts of Arizona, these settlers soon learned that wherever the heart dwells, Christmas...

These stories - like your favorite Christmas ornaments - come in all shapes and sizes. They unfold in a variety of settings, from ancient Bethlehem to rural England, from a small Texas town to the heavenly realms. Some are short. Others, many chapters long. Some offer invitations to consider. Others imagine Christmas through the eyes of a burnt-out candlemaker, a lonely businessman, or a group of angels. Yet all resonate with the wonder of the season....

Every year since 1993, Penzler, founder of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York, has asked a different genre writer to produce a short story to be published and given away as a Christmas gift to customers. The only requirements: the story must be set around the Christmas season, and it must involve the bookshop in its action. This very entertaining anthology contains all of the stories published so far, by such writers as Donald E. Westlake, Lawrence...

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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