Download or read book The All I ll Ever Want Christmas Doll written by Patricia C. McKissack and published by Schwartz & Wade. This book was released on 2011-10-26 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newbery Honor–winning author McKissack and Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator Pinkney have outdone themselves in this heart-warming picture book infused with humor and the true spirit of Christmas. Christmas always comes to Nella’s house, but Santa Claus brings gifts only once in a while. That’s because it’s the Depression and Nella’s family is poor. Even so, Nella’s hoping that this year she and her two sisters will get a beautiful Baby Betty doll. On Christmas morning, the girls are beside themselves with excitement! There is Baby Betty, in all her eyelash-fluttering magnificence. “Mine!” Nella shouts, and claims the doll for herself. But soon she discovers that Baby Betty isn’t nearly as much fun as her sisters. Would it be more fun to share this very best gift with them after all?

Download or read book The Wedding She Always Wanted written by Stacy Connelly and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2010-02-17 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily Wilson's world tilted on its axis when Javier Delgado twirled her into his arms. The jilted bride-to-be never expected to meet a man like him at the wedding that should have been hers. Still, she knew the suavely handsome playboy was wrong for her in every way. So why was she letting the dashing restaurateur sweep her off her feet? Javier didn't believe in fate. But from the moment he spun Emily onto the dance floor, the hardworking entrepreneur was captivated by the stunning society beauty. Emily had faith in Javier—and in the passion that made him long to shed his bachelor ways. What would it take to get her to say yes? To take that fateful walk down the aisle…with him?

Download or read book The Christmas She Always Wanted written by Stella Bagwell and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2008 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Single mom Angie Malone left Christmas wishes to her daughter. After all, Santa couldn't fix the broken heart Angie'd had since Jubal Jamison married another woman. She had never seen Jubal again...not even to say she was carrying his child. But now a miracle might happen for Angie and her little girl. With Jubal hired as the vet for the Sandbur Ranch, there was a chance for father and daughter to find each other. And with Christmas just around the corner, perhaps Jubal and Angie could finally forgive the past--and become the family they'd always wanted to be....

Download or read book The 12 Screams of Christmas Goosebumps Most Wanted Special Edition 2 written by R. L. Stine and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The infamous, Most Wanted Goosebumps characters are out on the loose and after you. For the first time ever, it's a Goosebumps Christmas! Kate Welles just wants the lead role in her school's Christmas play. Her annoying "friend" Courtney is constantly getting in the way of that. But Kate has to get along with her or else neither of them will be allowed to take part in the production of The 12 Screams of Christmas. Even worse, Kate and Courtney's teacher decides they need to find a special place to rehearse. A certain house with a lot of history. The kind of place that Kate would normally be pretty frightened to go into. The kind of place that gives new meaning to the term "Christmas Spirit."

Download or read book Trusting the Rancher with Christmas written by Cari Lynn Webb and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visit for the holidays Brings love for a lifetime Cattle rancher Evan Bishop is desperate for Paige Palmer’s help. The veterinarian is in Three Springs for the holidays, but the single dad hopes she has time to save his ailing livestock. Paige is up for the challenge, though not quite up to resisting the cowboy’s rugged charm and his darling devotion to his little girl. Can Paige learn to trust the rancher before the countdown to Christmas ends? USA TODAY Bestselling Author From Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories of love, compassion and belonging. Three Springs, Texas Book 1: The Texas SEAL's Surprise Book 2: Trusting the Rancher with Christmas

Download or read book Christmas in London written by Anita Hughes and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Reading Christmas in London, you’ll feel magically transported!" —Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of A Lowcountry Christmas Set during London's most festive time of year and filled with delicious food, Anita Hughes's Christmas in London reminds us that love and forgiveness are truly the greatest gifts of all. It’s a week before Christmas, and Louisa Graham is working twelve hour shifts at a bakery on Manhattan's Lower East Side. When a young cooking show assistant comes in from the rain and begs to buy all the cinnamon rolls on her tray, she doesn’t know what to do. Louisa is just the baker, and they aren't hers to sell. But the show burned the rolls they were supposed to film that day; so she agrees. The next morning, Louisa finds out that her cinnamon rolls were a hit, but the star of the show was allergic, and the whole crew is supposed to leave for London that afternoon. They want Louisa to step in for their annual Christmas Eve Dinner TV special at Claridge's. It’s a great opportunity, and Digby Bunting, Louisa’s famous baking idol, will be there. Even if he does seem more interested in her than her food. And then there’s Kate, the show's beautiful producer. On their first day in London she runs into the skinny boy she jilted at St. Andrew's in Scotland ten years ago. Now he’s a handsome, brilliant mathematician, and newly divorced. Their familiar spark is still there, but so is the scar of how they left things. Kate and Louisa are busy preparing for the show, but old and new flames are complicating their work. This enchanting novel is a delicious holiday treat!

Download or read book Christmas Secrets written by alex stone and published by Alex Stone. This book was released on 2023-12-13 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polly decides it's time to reveal a family secret she has kept hidden for many years is it too late for the truth?. And is her relationship with her mum and son Luke beyond repair?. Corey hasn't spoken to her brother Daniel in seven years but decides to make it up with him to please her family. When ex-girlfriend Amy turns up she reveals a secret that brings them closer together. Victoria has been getting to know her mum and sister Katie after being estranged from them for many years. But when their relationship breaks down she questions if she is better off without them. And when Victoria finds out she has a secret sister can she have the Christmas she always wanted?.

Download or read book A Daughter s Christmas Wish written by Victoria Cornwall and published by Choc Lit. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A soldier’s promise brings him to a small Cornish village where he discovers holiday warmth and a chance at love in this WWI-Era romance. Cornwall, 1919. It is more than a year after the Great War ends that Nicholas finally returns to England. Even now, he does so to keep a promise he made to a fallen soldier. In Cornwall for Christmas, Nicholas finds the charming teashop managed by Rose; the youngest daughter of a family whose festive spirits have been blighted by the horrors of war. Though Nicholas knows he could never replace Rose’s lost fiancé, he strives to give her the kind of Christmas she always wished to have. But as he and Rose grow closer, Nicholas begins to question whether he is there to honor a friend’s memory, or if he may have finally found a home—and a love—of his own.

Download or read book Christmas with the Mustang Man written by Stella Bagwell and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She'd come for the mustangs, Dallas Donovan told herself. Just a quick visit to Boone Barnett's Nevada ranch. Then her truck's engine seized and she stayed the night in the rugged, off-the-charts sexy Boone's home. Had pizza with his daughter, waited for the mechanic--and woke up to a snowfall keeping her in the reclusive rancher's grasp for another few days. Boone didn't believe in Christmas or miracles or a woman who understood his love for this wild untamed land. Yet now Dallas brought decorations and laughter and joy to his home. But what would happen when the snow melted and Christmas was over...'

Download or read book All I Want This Christmas written by Marion Lennox and published by Tule Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Family for Christmas by Marion Lennox Sarah’s committed to her stellar modelling career in New York, but there’s an obligation she needs to fulfill back home. Farming tycoon Max Ramsey doesn’t like Christmas and most of all, he doesn’t like Sarah. When the two clash, enough sparks ensue to light a Christmas tree. How many enemies does it take to cook one Christmas turkey? A Yorkshire Christmas by Kate Hewit Claire Lindell isn’t looking for a Christmas miracle after her nasty break-up. But when she abruptly decides to hole up at her godmother’s cottage in a little Yorkshire village for the holidays, she meets sexy stranger Noah Bradford. Has Claire accidentally found her perfect Christmas and the love she didn't know she craved? Christmas with the Laird by Scarlet Wilson It’s official – for Juliette Connolly Christmas is a bust and she’s definitely not in the spirit. She’s been dumped by her boyfriend, plus a clause in her contract means she and a mysterious colleague have to work over Christmas. But there’s much more to Andrew Campbell than meets the eye. Are Andrew and Juliette are about to be sprinkled with a little Christmas fairy dust? The Italian Christmas Bride by Joanne Walsh Ashlynne is facing a dreary holiday stuck at the airport—and she’s also run into her ex-husband. She thought she’d moved on from Lorenzo di Grechi but the sexual attraction between them is still as potent as ever, and he seems to have changed for the better... Is this just some sort of Christmas magic at work? Or a real chance to forgive and rediscover her love for Lorenzo?

Download or read book Christmas She Wrote written by Ann Hazelwood and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-10-25 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short stories from beloved quilting cozy author Ann Hazelwood Ann Hazelwood is a true lover of Christmas and a storyteller who has captured the hearts of cozy quilting fiction readers. Christmas, She Wrote is a heartwarming collection of short stories featuring all-new characters and locations sprinkled with holiday recipes and poetry. Ann uses her own stories of growing up and traveling and vivid imagination to transport you to touching tales of romance, friendship, community, and quilts. Get a good cup of coffee or hot chocolate and enjoy stories that will make you laugh or tear up. An all-new collection of characters and locations in heartwarming Christmas-themed short stories! It's always Christmastime for Ann Hazelwood and she'll be happy to take you there with a cozy book, delightful for the Christmas season and any time of year A perfect gift for Ann Hazelwood fans, quilters, and those who love the holiday season

Download or read book Sweet Awakening written by Marjorie Farrell and published by Belgrave House. This book was released on 2014-01-25 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweet, innocent Lady Clare Dysart spent her childhood summers with Sabrina and Giles Whitton, and everyone expected her to marry Giles. But Clare fell in love with Justin, Lord Rainsborough, during her first season. He was charming and passionate—too passionate, she found out to her regret after marrying him. Violence led to his death, and Clare couldn’t overcome her bitter memories—even for Giles. Regency Historical Romance by Marjorie Farrell; originally published by Topaz

Download or read book How the Movies Saved Christmas written by William D. Crump and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Santa Claus is in trouble! Who will save Christmas? This A-to-Z guide to holiday films, television movies and series specials provides cast, credits, production information and commentary for 228 cinema Christmases that were almost ruined by villains, monsters, spirits, secularism, greed, misanthropy or elf error--but were saved by helpful animals, magic snowmen, selfless children or compassionate understanding. Reviews and references are included.

Download or read book A Christmas Seduction written by Daire St. Denis and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her first real Christmas Her first real cowboy… Journalist Jolie Duval has escaped her killjoy family in order to enjoy a real down-home Christmas in Montana. Hello to mountains, snow, carols, delicious cookies and…whoa, one seriously hot hunk of a cowboy. Since Jo's experiencing the whole Christmas fantasy anyway, why can't she have a red-hot holiday fling? Thank you, Santa. Thaddeus Knight is definitely the best gift Jo has ever unwrapped. Their sexual chemistry is more intense than anything she's ever experienced. This cowboy knows when to be a gentleman—and when not to be a gentleman. But then Jo stumbles upon Thad's troubled past and his deep, dark secret. Is this man the love of her life…or the subject of the biggest story of her career?

Download or read book Fallin Up written by Taboo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A founding member of the Black Eyed Peas shares the inspiring story of his rise from the streets of East L.A. to the heights of international fame.

Download or read book America s Most Hated Woman written by Ann Rowe Seaman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-03-18 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did Life Magazine dub her "the most hated woman in America"? Did she unravel the moral fiber of America or defend the Constitution? They found her heaped in a shallow grave, sawed up, and burned. Thus ended Madalyn Murray O'Hair, the articulate "atheist bitch" whose 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case ended school prayer. Her Christian-baiting lawsuits spanned three more decades; she was on TV all over the country, foul-mouthed, witty, and passionate, launching today's culture wars over same-sex marriage and faith-based initiatives. She was a man-hater who loved sex, a bully whose heart broke for the downtrodden. She was accused of schizophrenia, alcoholism, and embezzlement, but never cowardice or sloth. She was an ideologue who spewed toxic rage even at the followers who made her a millionaire. She was a doting mother who accosted people to ask them to be sexual partners for her lonely children, and whose cannibalistic love led her children to their grave. She thrived on her fame, but just as the curtain of obscurity began to lower, the family vanished in one of the strangest of America's true crimes. This is the real story of "the most hated woman in America," by the only author to interview the killer and those close to him and to witness the family's secret burial in Austin, Texas. From the First Chapter The sky was gray and drizzling, but it had stopped at the funeral home by quarter to nine. Billy Murray hadn't spoken to his three family members for more than twenty years, but he wanted to give them a decent burial. Bill was an ordained minister, but he didn't pray over the charred, sawed-up remains. "Baptists don't pray for the dead," he said. "They either accept Christ before they died or they didn't." He had his mother cremated in accordance with her oft-expressed wish. Her urn sat at the head of the burial vault, as was appropriate, for she had ruled the other two with an iron hand. She was Madalyn Murray O'Hair, 76, founder of American Atheists, and the Most Hated Woman in America—a sobriquet she relished. The other two were his half-brother, Jon Garth Murray, 40, and his daughter, Robin Murray-O'Hair, 30. It had taken five years to find them and bring them to the cemetery for the service, which was kept secret from the public. It was their second burial. Jerry Carruth, the prosecutor who had searched for the family for nearly four years, had watched them being excavated from their shallow mass grave on a South Texas ranch some months before. He was watching the shoveling, looking for the hip replacement joint Madalyn had gotten in 1988. When they found that, he'd know he'd found Madalyn. "There it was," he said, "shining in the sun like a trailer hitch.">

Download or read book Secret Christmas Twins written by Lee Tobin McClain and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Surprise Holiday Family Christmas came early for Erica Lindholm! Suddenly a mom to adorable twin baby boys and part owner of a snowy small-town Pennsylvania farm, Erica is living her dream. Until the boys’ estranged uncle, Jason Stephanidis, comes home to celebrate the holidays. The handsome, brooding detective turns out to be a natural with the babies…and with Erica’s wounded heart. But if Jason knew the truth about their identities, her picture-perfect life could melt away. She’s finally found the warm home, the loving family and the cozy Christmas she always wanted. Will Erica’s secret cost her everything?