Download or read book Ellie and the Christmas Spirit written by Tami Franklin and published by T.M. Franklin. This book was released on 2023-12-13 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ellie hates Christmas. Well, maybe hate is the wrong word. While others are excited for the holiday season, she’d rather just skip it altogether. Then Milo moves in across the hall. He’s quirky and cute, despite his questionable fashion sense and unusual, semi-fanatical passion for the holiday. He makes her a bet－let him try to change her mind about Christmas, and if he fails, he’ll give Ellie the recipe for the most amazing hot chocolate she’s ever tasted. Cue the jingle bells, as Milo drags Ellie into a whirlwind of baking, decorating, and tree-trimming that has her rediscovering the magic of the season . . . and fa-la-la-la-la-ing for her new neighbor. It’s not all tinsel and mistletoe, though. Turns out, Milo’s got a secret up his festive sleeve that could change everything. When the clock strikes twelve on Christmas Eve, it’ll take a holiday miracle for their love story to have a happy ending. *** holiday romance, christmas romance, magical romance, sweet romance, clean & wholesome romance

Download or read book The Candy Cane Forest Adventure written by Emily Landi and published by Field Books. This book was released on with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the first snowflakes of winter begin to fall, a familiar magic fills the air. Christmas is a time for twinkling lights, heartwarming traditions, and the joy of sharing with loved ones. But for Ellie, a twelve-year-old girl grappling with her parents’ divorce, the holiday season feels muted and joyless. It's a far cry from the vibrant celebrations of her past. One snowy afternoon, while seeking solace in her neighborhood park, Ellie stumbles upon a hidden door, a secret portal leading to a world beyond imagination. The Candy Cane Forest, a realm where candy houses shimmer, gingerbread men stroll, and snowflakes dance in the air, is a place where the spirit of Christmas comes alive. But Ellie soon discovers that this magical world is in peril. The fading Christmas spirit across the globe threatens to extinguish the forest's very essence. Join Ellie on her thrilling adventure as she embarks on a quest to save the Candy Cane Forest, alongside Chip, a friendly gingerbread man, Spark, a mischievous elf, and a wise flying snow owl. Together, they must rekindle the Christmas spirit in hearts around the world before it's too late. Along their journey, they face challenges, encounter captivating characters, and discover the true meaning of Christmas, a holiday that celebrates the magic of kindness, generosity, and the power of belief.

Download or read book Her Christmas Family Wish written by Lois Richer and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Daddy for Christmas Single mother Ellie Grant’s little girl only wants one thing for Christmas: a daddy. But after adopting Gracie and losing her fiancé, Ellie made a vow to focus on motherhood—not romance. But the five-year-old has her sights set on veterinarian Wyatt Wright, a handsome widowed father whose toddler son means an instant brother. Ellie knows that Wyatt’s heart is as closed to love as hers is. Yet when Wyatt also starts working at Wranglers Ranch, Ellie can’t deny her growing feelings. Now her daughter’s fondest wish might make two families into one just in time for Christmas.

Download or read book The Christmas Dress written by Courtney Cole and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enchanted Christmas dress brings two generations of women together for the magic of the season in this delightful holiday story from New York Times bestselling author Courtney Cole. One Dress. Two Women. The Magic of the Holiday Season. When hopeful fashionista Meg Julliard must return to her hometown of Chicago to manage her late father’s apartment building, she thinks her dreams of making it in the fashion business are over. Add in her father’s eclectic roster of tenants who all need Meg’s attention (ASAP!), a host of building related disasters, and a handsome handyman she keeps embarrassing herself in front of, and this has all the makings for the worst Christmas she’s ever had. Ellie Wade, one of the building’s longtime residents, is also not feeling the Christmas Joy this year. She is preparing to move into a nursing home (reluctantly), and is in the process of sorting through her belongings to downsize. Every corner of her apartment holds memories, some good, some bad. But there’s one dress she hesitates to pack up as it represents both the best and worst night of her life. Ellie and Meg strike up an unlikely friendship and the story of Ellie’s dress comes out. Ellie gifts the gorgeous dress to Meg, hoping that it will bring her more luck, on the condition that she wear it to the building’s Christmas party. The dress magically fits, and while it eventually leads to the best night of Meg’s life, it also acts as inspiration for Meg to follow a life-long dream of her own, a dream that will help save the crumbling Parkview West, and restore it to its former glory, and keep it as a safe home for all of the current tenants. The dress and the magic of the holiday season helps both Meg and Ellie find their own happy endings.

Download or read book His Stand In Holiday Girlfriend written by Kasey Stockton and published by Golden Owl Press. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's the head of design. She's the intern nobody knows. Their goal: convince his ex that they're in love. What could be better than being asked to help head up a big project at work on her first day? Anything but being asked by her boss to pretend to be his girlfriend for the holidays. But when Ellie meets the crazy ex-girlfriend her boss is trying to avoid, she can’t help but agree to be his fake girlfriend. Brady doesn’t mind being put in charge of the big Christmas gala at work, but when he's forced to work with his ex-girlfriend, he panics. He is clearly not thinking straight when he asks the new intern to stand in as his girlfriend for the duration of the holidays—to keep his ex at bay—but is pleasantly surprised when she agrees to the scheme. Thrown together in mishaps and close encounters, Ellie and Brady keep up the ruse for family and friends. Balancing the fake relationship with real feelings, can they fool everyone around them, or are they just fooling themselves? Each book in the Christmas in the City series can be read as a stand-alone novel. No matter which book you pick up, you'll get a healthy dose of holiday themes, romance and clean & wholesome content. Book one: His Stand-In Holiday Girlfriend Book two: Snowed In on Main Street Book three: Melodies and Mistletoe

Download or read book Ellie s Rules written by Cassie O’Brien and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “We play by your rules, Ellie. Not mine.” Sporty and fiercely ambitious, Ellie McAllister has rules to protect her career. Mark Walker would like her to break them. Ellie has a deeper need to achieve success than mere ambition and that precludes any open admission that she's in a relationship with Mark, no matter that he's the man to whom no other compares, in or out of bed, until... Christmas looms on the horizon and Ellie receives a job offer that will allow her relationship with Mark to become public knowledge. Mark appears delighted when she tells him the news but Ellie's jealousy surfaces when a beautiful rival walks into the bar and claims Mark's attention. Ellie must return to her parents' village home for Christmas and face the demons that traumatized her past and Mark is in hot pursuit to prove to her that she's the one he loves.

Download or read book A Light on the Magdalena written by Junelle M. Preston and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It started on the Magdalena River, the 1960s when life had been simple and reassuring. A river and pueblos ready to absorb the gospel message her Christian missionary family would bring. A river where Ellie suddenly changed, that birthday when two books arrived: Uncle Tom’s Cabin about American slavery, and The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank with its Nazi overlay. Books full of sorrow and evil that she’d never heard of, so different to past tales of romance and happy endings. Now it became a painful time when life was no longer simple; her parents whose Bible message had always seemed purposeful and right, and her mentor the ex-priest with secrets of his own, teaching her compassion and mercy. Also Aunt Lizzie, an irreverent model of womanhood and freedom for Ellie to observe. And high on the admiration scale was Dr. Britten, that wonderful man living a wealthy secluded life behind the river. This is a coming of age story. An honest unflinching look at Ellie young and lonely, trying to hold onto innocence while at the same time struggling to define her own belief system as events begin to crash down around her. Who can she trust, and is she strong enough to succeed and run with that freedom she optimistically craves?

Download or read book The Delightful Christmas Series Books 4 6 Boxed Set written by CP Ward and published by AMMFA Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-28 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three heartwarming Christmas holiday reads from CP Ward collected together for the first time. I'm Glad I Found you This Christmas Maggie Coates is frustrated. Her longterm boyfriend, Dirk, recently moved to London to take a job she fears puts him out of her league. Despite the assurances of her best friend Renee, Maggie is convinced Dirk is slowly drifting away. All Maggie wants is to get married and settle down, but maybe Dirk has other ideas. Convinced by Renee to make one last throw of the dice, Maggie books a romantic holiday for two in the quaint Scottish village of Hollydell. But will Dirk show up? And if he doesn't, what if there is a perfect man waiting for her among the Christmas magic of Hollydell's snow-laden streets? What if Henry, the humble reindeer farmer with the kind smile, turns out to be the man of Maggie's dreams? I'm glad I found you this Christmas is a glowing sweet romance which will leave you feeling warm inside and buzzing with Christmas spirit. We'll Have a Wonderful Cornish Christmas Unlucky-in-love and long-term loner Lucy Drake can find no excuse not to join her parents on a Christmas trip to the Cornish coastal town of Tintagel, not when her father's company is sponsoring the inaugural Christmas Extravaganza. Hoping to hide an embarrassing secret and generally keep out of sight, Lucy finds herself attracted to local surfing dentist, Dan. But when his ex-girlfriend and social media starlet Elizabeth Trevellian shows up to expose all of Lucy's insecurities, Lucy will need all of the magic of Christmas to help her untangle the ensuing mess. Against a backdrop of fudge, Christmas beach parties, Brussels sprouts obsessions, reindeer rides and terrible Christmas karaoke, We'll have a Wonderful Cornish Christmas is certain to delight fans of CP Ward's Christmas debut, I'm glad I found you this Christmas, and even features a cameo from a familiar face. Coming Home to Me This Christmas Looking for someone to save Christmas. Asking for a friend. Struggling to cope with the death of the grandmother who raised her, Emily Wilson finds herself in the tiny Devonshire village of Cottonwood, hoping to escape from both her grief and her responsibilities. Cottonwood, however, is under the control of a mysterious but powerful recluse determined to prevent Christmas at any cost. Channelling her grandmother’s never-say-die attitude, Emily takes on the challenge of restoring Christmas to Cottonwood with an onslaught of mince pies, bad karaoke, and Christmas illuminations. Handsome but elusive Nathaniel Trower, however, has other ideas…

Download or read book We ll have a Wonderful Cornish Christmas written by CP Ward and published by AMMFA Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlucky-in-love and long-term loner Lucy Drake can find no excuse not to join her parents on a Christmas trip to the Cornish coastal town of Tintagel, not when her father's company is sponsoring the inaugural Christmas Extravaganza. Hoping to hide an embarrassing secret and generally keep out of sight, Lucy finds herself attracted to local surfing dentist, Dan. But when his ex-girlfriend and social media starlet Elizabeth Trevellian shows up to expose all of Lucy's insecurities, Lucy will need all of the magic of Christmas to help her untangle the ensuing mess. Against a backdrop of fudge, Christmas beach parties, Brussels sprouts obsessions, reindeer rides and terrible Christmas karaoke, We'll have a Wonderful Cornish Christmas is certain to delight fans of CP Ward's Christmas debut, I'm glad I found you this Christmas, and even features a cameo from a familiar face.

Download or read book Harlequin Love Inspired December 2016 Box Set 1 of 2 written by Lee Tobin McClain and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. THE NANNY’S TEXAS CHRISTMAS Lone Star Cowboy League: Boys Ranch Lee Tobin McClain When she agrees to be little Logan’s nanny over the holidays, teacher Lana Alvarez never imagined she’d start falling for his handsome single dad. Now it’s up to rancher Flint Rawlings and his son to convince cautious Lana that she’s on their Christmas list. HER CHRISTMAS FAMILY WISH Wranglers Ranch Lois Richer Ellie Grant has signed on as Wranglers Ranch camp nurse to provide a fresh start for herself and her daughter. But darling Gracie wants a daddy for Christmas, and she’s set on persuading Ellie that widowed dad Wyatt Wright is exactly what they both need for their happily-ever-after. REUNITED AT CHRISTMAS Alaskan Grooms Belle Calhoune Dr. Liam Prescott is shocked to learn his wife, Ruby, survived the avalanche he thought had killed her, but has lived with amnesia the past two years. With Christmas fast approaching, can he help her remember why she fell in love with him in the first place?

Download or read book A Christmas Homecoming written by Melissa McClone and published by Tule Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A kiss is just a kiss… Unless it’s under the mistletoe. Ellie Smith is determined to make up for Christmases past by spreading holiday cheer throughout the Bar V5 dude ranch, but tech “bah, humbug” billionaire, Josiah Whittaker, refuses to bask in the spirit of the season. Unwilling to let the geek-to-gorgeous Josiah win, Ellie plans to give him a Christmas he’ll never forget. But after a simple kiss under the mistletoe, Ellie and Josiah both start questioning everything. Can Christmas really bring the gift neither one of them were expecting: true love?

Download or read book Childish Spirits written by Rob Keeley and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-05-15 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The truth will set you free.” When Ellie and her family move into Inchwood Manor, Ellie quickly discovers strange things are happening. Who is the mysterious boy at the window? What secrets lie within the abandoned nursery? Who is the woman who haunts Ellie’s dreams – and why has she returned to the Manor, after more than a century? Ellie finds herself entangled in a Victorian mystery of ghosts and tunnels and secret documents – and discovers that life all those years ago isn’t so different from the world she knows today... First published in 2014, this five star-reviewed children’s novel was longlisted for the Bath and WriteMentor Children’s Novel Awards and nominated for the People’s Book Prize. This is a tenth anniversary special edition with new material and also includes four Spirits short stories never before published in book form. A must for all fans of the Spirits series and Rob Keeley’s work.

Download or read book Oklahoma Lovers Boxed Set Books 4 6 written by Callie Hutton and published by Callie Hutton LLC. This book was released on 2022-10-09 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A WIFE BY CHRISTMAS He desperately wants to marry her off and out of his life, but why does no one seem to suit? Guthrie, Oklahoma, 1906 ~ History teacher Ellie Henderson, has been a thorn in High School Principal Max Colbert’s side ever since he took over three months ago.When she’s not flying by his office, late for her class, with books and papers jumbled in her arms, she’s attending Suffragettes meetings against his orders. Because of her family connections, Max can’t fire her, but he can certainly find someone to marry her, and keep her busy in the kitchen–and far away from his school. Max soon finds that what seemed like a good idea can turn into disaster when Miss Ellie Henderson is involved. The woman is a master at getting into trouble. With the Christmas season in full swing, he has many opportunities to introduce her to prospective husbands. However, he gets the uncomfortable feeling that no one is worthy of the minx… ANYPLACE BUT HERE 1907 Guthrie, Oklahoma. What or who is Emily Cabot hiding from? Hunter Henderson is home from a ten year stint with the Texas Rangers and wants to know. The Harvey House waitress has caught his eye and possibly his heart. But he knows she’s hiding something and he won’t stop until he uncovers her secrets . . . And then she disappears. A DOGTOWN CHRISTMAS Guthrie, Oklahoma, 1912. Priscilla Cochran intends to prove to the world she is a grown up woman, able to take care of herself. She accepts a job as a teacher in Dogtown, Colorado where the man who hired her thinks she is a woman of ‘mature years.’ Mitch Beaumont is tired of young women who come to Dogtown and leave in tears because it is not a built up city with entertainment a young woman would want. He has finally secured a teacher for the town who has assured him she is a middle aged spinster, and will be able to last through the hard winters. Then twenty year old Priscilla steps off the mail coach and falls at his feet in the mud.

Download or read book Humbug written by Amanda Radley and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ellie Pearce adores Christmas so much she celebrates all year round, earning herself the nickname Christmas Girl. If only she liked her job as much as eggnog lattes and mistletoe. Stuck as a marketing analyst for London-based recruitment company Caldwell & Atkinson, Ellie is desperate for a career change but afraid to take a chance. CEO Rosalind Caldwell needs a new personal assistant after the last one quit, putting the extremely important corporate Christmas party in jeopardy. Christmas Girl is just the holiday miracle Rosalind needs, and Ellie is quickly promoted to the top floor of the Canary Wharf skyscraper. Ellie isn’t a PA, has never planned a party in her life, and is terrified of heights. If things weren’t bad enough, she then goes and develops a ridiculous crush on her totally intimidating new boss. With the festive season fast approaching, what could possibly go wrong?

Download or read book Spirit Riding Free Merry Christmas written by Jennifer Fox and published by LB Kids. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the holidays in Miradero with the PALs and their horses, Spirit, Chica Linda, and Boomerang in this leveled reader based on DreamWorks Animation's Spirit Riding Free, now streaming on Netflix! It's Christmastime in Miradero! Lucky is excited, but a snowstorm might ruin the celebration. Everything is covered in ice, and everyone's presents are stuck in the mountains! Can Lucky and her PALs save the day? Featuring a winning combination of favorite licensed characters and carefully controlled text--reading along or reading alone just got more fun with Passport to Reading! All books include a parent letter, word count, Guided Reading level, and number of sight words. Level 2: Reading out Loud: encourages developing readers to sound out loud, includes more complex stories with simple vocabulary. DreamWorks Spirit Riding Free © 2019 DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Download or read book Sparks written by Jean Stewart McLean and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty years after her death in 1963, Jean Stewart McLean's poems, short stories, and one-act plays are published for the first time, in a definitive collection, edited and with extensive photos and commentary by her son, Don McLean. The author was born in 1917 in Rahway, N.J., growing up in the rectory of the church where her father was minister. Two of the plays in this book are set in small-town parishes. She wrote poetry as a girl, and at New Jersey College for Women studied literature and edited the literary magazine. Upon graduation, she was secretary to the editor of the Book of the Month Club in New York City, reveling in the literary atmosphere. She chose domestic life after marriage, settling in Princeton, N.J., and continued writing, primarily short stories and one-act plays. One of her stories was co-authored with her mentor, Dorothy Thomas. Her work was unpublished during her short lifetime, making the appearance of this collection particularly meaningful.

Download or read book A Wife by Christmas written by Callie Hutton and published by Callie Hutton LLC. This book was released on 2022-10-03 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He desperately wants to marry her off and out of his life, but why does no one seem to suit? Guthrie, Oklahoma, 1906 ~ History teacher Ellie Henderson, has been a thorn in High School Principal Max Colbert’s side ever since he took over three months ago.When she’s not flying by his office, late for her class, with books and papers jumbled in her arms, she’s attending Suffragettes meetings against his orders. Because of her family connections, Max can’t fire her, but he can certainly find someone to marry her, and keep her busy in the kitchen–and far away from his school. Max soon finds that what seemed like a good idea can turn into disaster when Miss Ellie Henderson is involved. The woman is a master at getting into trouble. With the Christmas season in full swing, he has many opportunities to introduce her to prospective husbands. However, he gets the uncomfortable feeling that no one is worthy of the minx…