Download or read book All s Fair in Love and Arson written by Sharon McGregor and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bella is back at her childhood home. When her mother took a fall in the Nuisance Grounds (garbage dump) and broke her leg, Bella came back to help her and run her shop, Izzie's. Soon Bella discovers she's also been handed Izzie's role in the town's Christmas theatre production, a musical version of a well-known mystery that threatens to become more bizarre each day. A serial arsonist is frightening the townspeople, a family feud threatens young romance, and intrigue and rumors are the order of the day. On top of everything, Bella's high school sweetheart Jake, who dumped her for a cheerleader, is now Chief of Police. Poor Bella! Christmas in St. Christopher's is not what it used to be.
Download or read book Christmas Phone Booth written by LoRee Peery and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cautious observer Nicasia is at the Wilber Hotel for a wedding. She is careful when it comes to small spaces due to an attack as a teen, but intrigued by the antique phone booth, she steps inside to investigate. A just man with a star, Logan grew up at the end of the nineteenth century in a very religious home. But his reverend father led two lives and left Logan believing there was something wrong with him. Boom! Nicasia is bowled over and knocked to the floor by a force that comes out of nowhere. Where had the man been hiding? Logan is drawn to the 21st century maiden, but will he stay in the future? Each wants to forgive those who hurt them and put the past where it belongs, but neither knows how. Will they help one another?
Download or read book Sweet Romantic Fiction Editors Choice Christmas Collection Vol 3 written by Wendy Davy and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2023-07-04 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this six-story compilation, editors have created an entertaining mix of contemporary and suspense romances. Volume Three of this Christmas Collection has something for every "Christmas Romance" enthusiast. Christmas Hideaway by Wendy Davy: Security specialist Rylan Copeland follows Mandi, a material witness to a murder, into the mountains where she is hiding, but can Ryan convince her to testify in time or will a killer go free? (romantic suspense) A Covert Cowboy Christmas by Carol James: When a storm destroys Rebekah's Christmas plans, she's forced to spend Christmas with her brother and a chatty ranch hand, Dirk. But Dirk isn't who he seems. This Christmas just got interesting. (contemporary romance) Christmas Forever by Robin Bayne: Jason hasn't seen Cami in three years. Now she's back, with the son he'd wanted to claim as his own. Can he believe her newly found faith, or will she desert him, and God, again? (contemporary romance) Step-on Bride by Mallary Mitchell: In this witty engagement-of-convenience, Wyatt didn't propose to Marley; she found the heirloom engagement ring. Marley agrees to be Wyatt's fiancÉe for Christmas because he doesn't want to break his grandmother's heart, but is he risking his own? (contemporary romance) Mistletoe Misses by Jody Day: During a pandemic, concert pianist, Evan and RisÉ, a nurse, are forced into isolation. RisÉ is working with acutely ill patients and must keep her distance from Evan. Can their relationship hold when the world is falling apart? (contemporary romance) Someone to Watch over Me by Lesa Henderson: After witnessing a violent crime, Kit just wants to hide. U.S. Marshal Cameron Grainger is intrigued by the woman who collapses in his aunt's bed and breakfast. But what is she hiding? (romantic suspense)
Download or read book Slam dunk Christmas written by Susan M. Baganz and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam “Slam-Dunk” Cherio is wounded on his last mission for the Army, so he heads to his friend's Montana ranch to recuperate through the Christmas season. The bliss of family life is hard to swallow, but when he meets Mika Slovinika, she intrigues him, and he wants to know more about her. Mika is struggling in this strange new place in America. Her boss is mean. She has nothing to call her own, and she might be sent home. Running into Slam-Dunk at the grocery store gives her hope. Slam-Dunk might be in love, but is Mika free to reciprocate? Something is holding her back. His military training might be needed again to fight a different battle. Maybe Christmas will involve the best gift of all—freedom.
Download or read book Mistletoe Movie Star written by Stacey Weeks and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mistletoe Meadows is built around the magic of Christmas. As jingling sleighs cart rosy-cheeked lovers around the Mistletoe Mile, Charlene's holiday dream is more complicated than photo-edited perfection. She proposes a compassion ministry initiative called the Gingerbread House but struggles to convince the town that their need for a homeless shelter is real. Famous for his made for T.V holiday movies, Jonas longs for a happily-ever-after that isn't as neat and tidy as his scripted films. Partnering with Char to champion her ministry invigorates him with a new purpose and provides an excuse to spend time with the girl he never forgot. But when they embrace three young sisters fighting to stay together while living on the streets, their project becomes deeply personal. Together, they must prove to a town reluctant to see anything other than holiday perfection that the greatest gift of the season isn't found under a tree.
Download or read book First Class Christmas written by Katy Eeten and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LOVE IS IN THE AIR THIS CHRISTMAS When Mandy Brockman flies home from her friend's destination wedding, her heart is on empty at the thought of spending Christmas alone. It doesn't help that her ex is on the plane, seemingly unaffected by their breakup. But the kind-hearted man seated next to her seems to have it all together—and he's handsome to boot. She knows her emotional healing won't come in the form of another guy, but will the source of this man's peace and joy help Mandy find the Christmas she's looking for? CJ Hawkins is captivated by the beautiful, feisty woman he meets on his flight. The only thing is, she's fresh out of a relationship, and he has no interest in being anyone's rebound. But the more he learns about Mandy, the more he's drawn to her unique mixture of compassion and spunk. Can he figure out how to make their relationship take off before this First Class Christmas is grounded forever?
Download or read book Merry Christmas Savannah written by C.E. Hilbert and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Savannah “Savvy” Dixon's entire life has been planned since she was in the womb. Go to college. Marry the boy next door. Have two children. And one day, sit on her front porch in a big hat yelling at her grandchildren to stop stomping on her flowers. Her life was all set, until the boy next door eloped with a beauty queen, right before Christmas. Merry Christmas, Savvy. She's prepared to draw on the strength of her southern heritage to withstand the “bless your heart's” she expects to receive at her former boyfriend's engagement celebration. But instead of enduring the demise of all her plans, Savvy has an unexpected encounter, and for the first time in her life, she is swept away by romance. Will this new man be the path to another heartbreak or the road to happily-ever-after?
Download or read book Virtually Yours at Christmas written by Clare Revell and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It All Began With A Typo... While working from home, accountant Carlyle Stevenson is told to contact a client ASAP and berate her for not filing her accounts for several months. Since the request is urgent, Carlyle fires off the email and sits and waits for the client to answer the video conference. Too bad he sent the invite to the wrong person. Being stuck at home is nothing new for Kristen Lawson. She usually works out of her garage or kitchen. She's in the middle of making a new batch of candles for her online business when she receives the email marked urgent. Even though it's not her accountancy firm, she clicks the link and begins the call. What begins as an honest mistake blossoms into something more, but can a socially distanced relationship ever get real?
Download or read book Pixie s Almost Perfect Christmas written by Susan M. Baganz and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pixie Mackowiak is thrilled to help her mom plan the Christmas gathering at her parents' home. Due to her mom's recent surgery, Pixie is fully in charge as family gather in the North Woods of Wisconsin. The perfect Christmas is well on its way until her childhood crush comes knocking on the door with a crisis in the midst of a snowstorm. Pixie has grown up, older but not taller, and Klaus Kazcka finds he is entranced by the mature, pint-sized tornado who used to annoy him when they were younger. Unfortunately, his arrival with his sister on the Mackowiak doorstep throws the holiday into confusion. Can love grow in the midst of it all? And how will Pixie get her perfect Christmas in the midst of all the chaos?
Download or read book All s Fair in Love and Scandal written by Caroline Linden and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing wagered… Douglas Bennet can't resist a good wager, especially not one that involves a beautiful woman. When a friend proposes an audacious plan to expose the most notorious woman in England, Douglas agrees at once. After all, it would be quite a coup to discover the true identity of Lady Constance, author of the infamous erotic serial scandalizing the ton, 50 Ways to Sin. Nothing won… Madeline Wilde is used to being pursued. For years she's cultivated a reputation for being unattainable and mysterious, and for good reason: her livelihood depends on discretion. When Douglas turns his legendary charm on her, she dismisses him as just another rake. But he surprises her—instead of merely trying to seduce her, he becomes her friend…her confidant…and her lover. But can it really lead to happily-ever-after…or are they about to become the biggest scandal London has ever seen?
Download or read book All s Fair in Love and War written by Virginia Heath and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first installment of a Regency romp of a series, a governess who believes in cultivating joy in her charges clashes with the children’s uncle who hired her, only to find herself falling in love. When Harry Kincaid’s flighty older sister decides to join her husband on an Egyptian expedition, Harry, a former naval captain, is left in the lurch, minding her three unruly children and giant, mad dog. But Harry has a busy career at the Admiralty that requires all his attention, and he has no clue how to manage the little rascals or when his sister is coming back. In desperation, he goes to Miss Prentice’s School for Young Ladies prepared to pay whatever it takes to hire an emergency governess quick sharp to ensure everything in his formerly ordered house is run shipshape again. Thanks to her miserable, strict upbringing, fledgling governess Georgie Rowe does not subscribe to the ethos that children should be seen and not heard. She believes childhood should be everything hers wasn’t—filled with laughter, adventure, and discovery. Thankfully, the three Pendleton children she has been tasked with looking after are already delightfully bohemian and instantly embrace her unconventional educational approach. Their staid, stickler-for-the-rules uncle, however, is another matter entirely. Georgie and Harry continue to butt heads over their differences, but with time it seems that in this case, their attraction is undeniable—and all is indeed fair in love and war.
Download or read book Step On Bride written by Mallary Mitchell and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ho Ho Humbug. So much for holiday joy... The important talk Marley Paige's long-distance boyfriend wanted to have wasn't to propose. Nope. He did want to share that he'd found his perfect match; it just wasn't her. Granted, she didn't want to marry the guy, but she had kind of oversold the fact she had a serious boyfriend to her grandmother. The word “love” may even have escaped her lips. Now, she has to own up to her oversell and ruin her family's Christmas...or does she? When Wyatt Porter took his grandmother's engagement ring to propose, he thought his girlfriend would say yes, which she did—before she moved on to someone else and lost the ring. So when his old classmate and nemesis steps onto his tour trolley wearing that heirloom ring, and his family assumes he and Marley are engaged, he does what any guy in his situation would do, he doesn't correct them. And for some unknown reason Marley plays along. Sure, he can't stand her, and she despises him, and no one would ever believe the two of them would ever get together, But that's so totally why Marley is Wyatt's perfect step-on bride.
Download or read book A Husband For Christmas written by Susan M. Baganz and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2022-10-14 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freshly out of mourning for her stepfather, Miss Adelia Donovan' s mother decides that it is time for her daughter to have a season. Addy resists the notion, but her stepfather' s heir, Lord Oliver Westcott, encourages the endeavor. Little does Addy expect to feel excitement at the prospect of gaining a husband---and disappointment when the one man she wants to court her shows more interest in setting her up with others than pursuing her himself. Addy was a thorn in Oliver's side when they were growing up, but she has blossomed into a lovely young woman who deserves to be happy. Oliver vows to do all he can to make Adelia's season a success, even enlisting the help of a friend to get her established among the Ton. Oliver thinks he's doing right by Addy, but little does he expect his own reaction to seeing her courted by other eligible bachelors. The season does not go as planned, and any dream of finding a husband for Christmas must be dashed unless both Addy and Oliver have the courage to admit the truth of their feelings for each other.
Download or read book All s Fair in Love and Lust written by Alexandra O'Hurley and published by Twisted E-Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eros's magic seems to be fading. Love and lust are failing on Earth—which could mean the end of the world. Finding love for four very different independent women might be the key. Kami has fallen for her boss, J.C., who can't bring himself to cross the employer-employee line. Until someone pushes him. When Kendall's house nearly goes up in flames, Wynne saves the day. She soon learns she needs to do some saving herself to awaken his heart. Kacey finds success in business and pays the price by losing her husband Daniel to another woman. She needs to be reawakened and reminded why she married him in the first place. Jaded Kat has been hurt too many times to let love in. It takes a double dose of love from Kaden and Rock to help her see there is hope.
Download or read book A Cup of Christmas Kindness written by LoRee Peery and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violet Steele returns to her parents' home in small-town Nebraska to pay off school loans. But her first social activity is the celebration of life for a woman she'd dreamt would someday be her mother-in-law. Heath Banfield is haunted by memories of Violet leaving him in their youth. He ended up with a woman who never wanted motherhood, and he's become bitter and hard when it comes to love and trust. Now he's dealing with his mother's death. In her absence, he needs an after-school caregiver for his daughter. When Violet offers to tend for the eight-year-old, he's not sure he can handle her act of kindness. Violet is still in love with Heath, and helping him through his grief and caring for his delightful daughter is a welcome opportunity. But Heath is wary, and she'll have to muster every ounce of kindness she has. Will Violet's deliberate holiday deeds lead to romance, or will Heath's hurt deepen his bitterness?
Download or read book Mistletoe Misses written by Jody Day and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concert pianist Evan finally receives his big break. He's on tour playing his passion and getting paid well to do it, he's in love with a beautiful woman who just finished her own degree in nursing, and he's about to propose in extravagant style. Even though their relationship has been long distance, he plans to go home and start his new life with her. But then, the virus lockdown skews all his plans. Risé is working and living at a hospital with acutely ill patients. The precautions in place preclude any interaction with her family, with her friends, and with the man she is hoping will be her husband. How can he be, when no one knows how long this pandemic will last? Health protocols, full personal protection regalia, social distancing, and video-chatting aren't enough. How can their relationship hold when the world is falling apart? With wise words from those who love them, Evan and Risé find that being apart is hard, but with God, all things are possible.
Download or read book Christmas Hideaway written by Wendy Davy and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Material witness Mandi Foster is running. And for good reason—if she testifies her family will pay the ultimate price. With no choice but to hide until the trial is over, she finds an isolated cabin to ride out Christmas alone—except she isn't alone. A mysterious stranger follows her through a treacherous winter storm into the Blue Ridge Mountains, and then saves her from a potentially fatal accident. But as coincidences pile up, Mandi suspects her handsome rescuer is harboring dangerous secrets. Security Specialist Rylan Copeland is hunting. And for good reason—he has witnessed murderers walk away unpunished. He isn't about to let that happen again—not when he can do something to stop it. But as he catches up to Mandi, danger comes in ways he hadn't anticipated. Will he convince her to testify in time? Or will another killer get away with murder?
