Bah, humbug. Christmas is not the most wonderful time of the year for Charley Dawson. After writing a column suggesting readers cancel Christmas, she's sent on assignment to St. Nicholas, Colorado, home of the Scrooge Legend. Any "Scrooge" who enters the town will end up loving Christmas as much as Santa. She'll go, she'll prove the myth wrong, she'll have a fantastic new column. Easy as mincemeat pie. Detective Jack Brody assumed the Scrooge Legend...

"Home for the holidays, widow Lainie Michaels never would have thought to ask old love Jackson Wade to help her troubled child. But when her still-grieving son forms a bond with the handsome rancher, ignoring Jackson goes from challenging to impossible. Jackson let his first love go once before, but this Christmas, he'll hold on to Lainie with all his heart" -- Amazon.com.

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"It's been nine years since Jake Hamilton broke Allison Buchanon's heart and left town. But she's never been able to forget the high school boy she secretly loved. Now Jake's come home to care for his ailing grandmother, and Allison's family will do anything to prevent a rekindled romance. Unfortunately, the connection between Allison and the green-eyed cowboy is undeniable. She believes that forgiveness is possible, especially at Christmas. But Jake...

"It's Tessa and Weston's first Christmas together, and Tessa is determined to make it the best holiday ever. But when her estranged mother shows up with a suitcase and plans to stay for two weeks, Tessa's hopes are shattered. Bitter from the past and still holding a grudge, Tessa is in no mood to give her mother a second chance. The holiday season may be a time of reconciliation with family, but Tessa believes her mother will never change. Why get...

Washington Tree, Washington. The Somerville sisters believe in love, but they've lost faith it will happen for them. Reggie hasn't been home since the end of the world's shortest engagement. When her parents decide to renew their vows, she buffs up her twinkle to help with the Christmas wedding. Unexpectedly, Toby, her first love, is back too, and the spark between them shines as brightly as ever. In the spirit of the season, will they let go of past...

"Clapp's (Under the Lights) modern-day Hosea and Gomer retelling replaces the Biblical couple with rural, white North Carolina teenagers. Brady finds his first love in Sarah, a beautiful and troubled young woman in an abusive relationship. Brady's friends tell him to leave her alone, but he follows his religious convictions and tries to help Sarah by folding her into his church youth group. As the high schoolers are pulled in different directions,...

Growing up on Hope Island, Eden Lancaster always believed that if you wished hard enough for something, dreams really could come true. But Eden's greatest wish is also her biggest secret: she has been completely in love with her childhood friend, the charming and attractive Dougie Harrison, for as long as she can remember. And he has no idea. When Dougie leaves his successful life in New York to return home to Hope Island for good, Eden can't escape...