A Christmas Surprise (Magic Kitten) (Paperback)
Molly is so excited to spend Christmas with her family. . . she can?t wait for the snow, food, and presents! But Molly just can?t seem to keep herself out of trouble. Luckily, she finds a distraction in Flame, the snow white kitten. With his magical help, it looks like Molly may get the best Christmas present ever!
About the Author
Sue Bentley lives in Northampton, England. Angela Swan lives in northeast England.
A Wallflower Christmas [BARGAIN PRICE] (Hardcover)
From Publishers Weekly
American cad Rafe Bowman goes bride shopping in London and must choose between love and money in Kleypas’s coy Christmas romance. Rafe is wealthy in his own right, but his grossly wealthy father demands he marry the uninteresting Lady Natalie. Rafe, naturally, falls in love with someone else: Natalie’s commoner cousin, Hannah. As his courtship of Natalie progresses, Rafe keeps returning to Hannah, who rejects his courtship because she thinks he is destined to marry her cousin. As Christmas draws closer, Rafe must choose between the woman he is falling in love with and his father’s fortune. Throughout, veteran romancier Kleypas gracefully balances Regency mores, light humor and a dash of Christmas magic, a (more…)
Bear Stays Up for Christmas (Hardcover)
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2–It’s the day before Christmas, and Bear’s friends have gathered in his lair to wake him up to celebrate the holiday. They get a tree, pop corn and bake fruitcake, and hang stockings and hum songs. The others doze off, but Bear keeps busy wrapping presents, baking cookies, and decorating, unaware that a certain plump, red-suited gentleman is watching from outside the cave. The rhyming text sings, shouts, whispers, and crows, and the appealing acrylic illustrations are dear. This is an exuberant tale of friendship and perseverance, and holiday storytimes will be the brighter for it.–M. A. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (more…)
A Christmas Beginning: A Novel (The Christmas Stories) (Hardcover)
From Publishers Weekly
Mystery author Perry returns to holiday fare (after last year’s A Christmas Secret) and sends rumpled London policeman Runcorn to a lonely Welsh island for Christmas, where he gets pulled into the case of the murder of Olivia Costain, the town vicar’s lively single sister. Runcorn employs his bare-knuckle investigative skills in interviewing Olivia’s family and her various suitors, to the chagrin of the local constable, Sir Alan Faraday, whose pursuit Olivia rejected. Runcorn’s modest, unflashy ways carry this moody, understated mystery. (Oct.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Review
“One of the best books to brighten the joyous season.” (more…)
A Springwater Christmas (Springwater Seasons) (Mass Market Paperback)
Review
The latest in Linda Lael Miller’s Springwater series, A Springwater Christmas introduces a boarding house spinster and a prodigal son to the mix of loveable characters in this frontier town. Miss Olivia Darling seizes her first and last opportunity for adventure when she uses her inheritance from her late aunt to buy a boarding house. Her courage starts to falter, however, when all the customers steer straight for the rival McCafferys’ hotel. When a tall, handsome stranger darkens her door, Olivia is instantly attracted to him. But Jack McLaughlin is determined to keep himself removed from Olivia and life in Springwater. Haunted by a dark past, Jack once failed those who loved him most. Now as he finds hims (more…)