Download or read book Christmas with Book Club written by Heather Woodhaven and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeanine's calendar alerts are out of control. The month of December brings so much stress Jeanine craves some alone time and sweet romance with her husband of twenty years. At the last book club meeting of the year, the book inspires the rest of the club to issue a Christmas service challenge. Before Jeanine can object, the ladies plan the rest of the month, filled to the brim with acts of kindness, most of which go hilariously wrong. And unbeknownst to their wives, the men have their own secret challenge brewing.
Download or read book Home for the Holidays written by Heather Vogel Frederick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becca, Megan, Emma, Cassidy, and Jess are not home for Christmas but traveling.
Download or read book Skipping Christmas written by John Grisham and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A classic tale for modern times from a beloved storyteller, John Grisham offers a hilarious look at the chaos and frenzy that have become part of our holiday tradition. Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That’s just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this once, they’ll skip the holiday altogether. Theirs will be the only house on Hemlock Street without a rooftop Frosty, they won’t be hosting their annual Christmas Eve bash, they aren’t even going to have a tree. They won’t need one, because come December 25 they’re setting sail on a Caribbean cruise. But as this weary couple is about to discover, skipping Christmas brings enormous consequences—and isn’t half as easy as they’d imagined. Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!
Download or read book A Redbird Christmas written by Fannie Flagg and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the charming town of Lost River – and an enchanting and unforgettable Christmas... When Oswald moves to the sleepy little town of Lost River he’s not expecting to make friends - but one by one the eccentric inhabitants win his heart. There’s his landlady Betty who’s a force to be reckoned with, Roy who runs the local store and secretly nurses a broken heart, Patsy the little abandoned girl he takes under his wing and, most importantly, Jack the redbird who brings the sort of miracle that can only happen at Christmas... 'A wonderful book ...oozing with goodness and charm... Absurdly satisfying' Guardian 'A born storyteller' New York Times
Download or read book One Day in December written by Josie Silver and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Get ready to be swept up in a whirlwind romance. It absolutely charmed me.”—Reese Witherspoon (A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick) “The perfect book to get lost in . . . Josie Silver’s characters sneak their way into your heart and stay.”—Jill Santopolo, author of The Light We Lost Two people. Ten chances. One unforgettable love story. Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic...and then her bus drives away. Certain they're fated to find each other again, Laurie spends a year scanning every bus stop and cafe in London for him. But she doesn't find him, not when it matters anyway. Instead they "reunite" at a Christmas party, when her best friend Sarah giddily introduces her new boyfriend to Laurie. It's Jack, the man from the bus. It would be. What follows for Laurie, Sarah and Jack is ten years of friendship, heartbreak, missed opportunities, roads not taken, and destinies reconsidered. One Day in December is a joyous, heartwarming and immensely moving love story to escape into and a reminder that fate takes inexplicable turns along the route to happiness.
Download or read book The Paper Bag Christmas written by Kevin Alan Milne and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2008-09-03 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Christopher Ringle is the last person you'd expect to find moonlighting as Santa Claus at the mall on the day after Thanksgiving. But it is there that he meets a young man named Molar Alan, who desperately needs a new perspective on the underlying value of Christmas. Dr. Ringle recruits Mo and his older brother as volunteers at a nearby children's hospital for the holiday season. At the hospital, Mo is tasked to help bring holiday cheer to the young cancer patients on the fifth floor. His biggest challenge is befriending a decidedly angry girl who is so embarrassed by her scarred appearance that she hides her face behind the safety of a paper bag. Almost in spite of himself, Mo finds that Christmas joy emanates from a source far greater than the North Pole, while the young girl learns that she is more beautiful than she had ever imagined.
Download or read book Christmas written by Judith Flanders and published by Thomas Dunne Books. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published: Great Britain: Picador, 2017.
Download or read book A Magnolia Christmas written by Anne-Marie Meyer and published by Anne-Marie Meyer. This book was released on with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ★★★★★ "I loved this series and hate to see it end!" --Amazon Reviewer Welcome to Magnolia Maggie It's Christmas time in Magnolia and I’m determined to mend the fissure between Spencer and Penny. So I come up with a plan: create a Christmas extravaganza for them to participate in. After all, who couldn’t fall in love during the Christmas holiday? Plus, focusing on someone else helps keep me from thinking about my own heartbreaks. All the women of the Red Stiletto book club join in to help. Some have found their happily ever afters. Some have hiccups of their own. Abigail I join in with Maggie’s plan and discover just what’s I’m missing at home. The women of magnolia have something I don’t have, a sisterhood and I’m left feeling determined to find a tribe of my own. Christmas holds a lot of magic, but is it enough to heal broken hearts and broken dreams? Enjoy the final book in the Red Stiletto Bookclub Series. Grab your copy today! Keywords: strong heroine, slow burn romance, contemporary romance, romance books, second chance romance, love after loss, womens fiction, clean romance, book series, small town romance, completed series, restoring inn, divorcee, starting over, new move in, grandmother, new friendships, bookclub, broken hero, forgiveness, second chance at love, wholesome romance, sweet romance, middle aged women, women over thirty, single woman fiction, best friends brother, family saga, family relationships, overcoming obstacles, cinnamon roll heroes, broken hero, older woman younger guy, grumpy sunshine, holiday romance, coming home for the holidays, christmas
Download or read book A Quilt for Christmas written by Sandra Dallas and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sandra Dallas' novel A Quilt for Christmas, it is 1864 and Eliza Spooner's husband Will has joined the Kansas volunteers to fight the Confederates, leaving her with their two children and in charge of their home and land. Eliza is confident that he will return home, and she helps pass the months making a special quilt to keep Will warm during his winter in the army. When the unthinkable happens, she takes in a woman and child who have been left alone and made vulnerable by the war, and she finds solace and camaraderie amongst the women of her quilting group. And when she is asked to help hide an escaped slave, she must decide for herself what is right, and who can she can count on to help her.
Download or read book Christmas at Harrington s written by Melody Carlson and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas is approaching, and Lena Markham finds herself penniless, friendless, and nearly hopeless. She is trying to restart her life after false accusations landed her in prison, but job opportunities are practically nonexistent. When a secondhand red coat unexpectedly lands her a job as Mrs. Santa at a department store, Lena finally thinks her luck is changing. But can she keep her past a secret? This tender story about fresh starts will charm readers as all of Melody Carlson's Christmas offerings do. Full of redemption and true holiday spirit, Christmas at Harrington's will be readers' newest Christmas tradition.
Download or read book Wishtree written by Katherine Applegate and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An oak tree and a crow help their neighbors embrace their differences in this beautiful, nuanced, New York Times-bestselling middle-grade novel from Newbery Medalist author Katherine Applegate. Trees can't tell jokes, but they can certainly tell stories. . . . Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree"—people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighborhood. You might say Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is welcoming, and Red's experience as a wishtree is more important than ever. Funny, deep, warm, and nuanced, this is Katherine Applegate at her very best—writing from the heart, and from a completely unexpected point of view. This book has Common Core connections.
Download or read book The Christmas Club written by Barbara Hinske and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Verna Lind expects Christmas of 1952 to be the best holiday she's had since the war ended. But as she's leaving the bank, a frigid wind off Lake Erie catches her hard-earned Christmas club savings, whisking the bills into the busy streets of downtown Cleveland and devastating her plans. Strangers come to her aid, though no one anticipates the power of their chance encounter or the seeds of happiness Verna's lost money will sow. From Barbara Hinske, best-selling author of the Rosemont series, comes this heartwarming Christmas tale celebrating the generosity of the human spirit and the irresistible pull of love -- an instant holiday classic for admirers of It's a Wonderful Life and The Gift of the Magi.
Download or read book A Royal Christmas Fairy Tale written by Karen Schaler and published by Hawktale Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the writer of Netflix's A Christmas Prince and "A holiday publishing darling" (Entertainment Weekly) comes a heartfelt Christmas romance about believing in yourself to find your happily ever after.
Download or read book The Santa Claus Girl written by Patricia P. Goodin and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus"Virginia grew up.Yes, THAT Virginia-who became a teacher-encouraging students through the Great Depression, World War II, and the Polio epidemic. "The Santa Claus Girl," a novel drawn from true events, imagines Virginia's far-reaching influence and her exceptional gift of inspiration. Set in New York City, December 1952, the story uncovers how a remarkable woman sparks a band of humble do-gooders to overcome the odds stacked against them-and reach for an extraordinary goal. Uplifting, inspirational story in a historical fiction book about the "Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus" girl who eventually became the principal of a New York hospital school during the Polio Epidemic in the early 50s.
Download or read book The Noel Diary written by Richard Paul Evans and published by Center Point. This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the experiences of a man who, in the wake of estrangements and losses, is given a chance to rewrite and rediscover his true past.
Download or read book The Christmas Pearl written by Dorothea Benton Frank and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Christmas treat from the bestselling author of The Hurricane Sisters Theodora is the matriarch of a family that has grown apart. While she's finally managed to get them all together in South Carolina to celebrate Christmas, this is shaping up to be nothing like the extravagant, homey holidays of her childhood. All they do is argue. What happened to the days when Christmas meant tables groaning with home-cooked goodies, over-the-top decorations, and long chats in front of the fire with Pearl, her grandmother's beloved housekeeper and closest confidante? Luckily for Theodora, a special someone who heard her plea for help arrives, with pockets full of enough magic and common sense to make Theodora's Christmas the love-filled miracle it's meant to be. Full of warmth, magic and charm, The Christmas Pearl is an uplifting tale of one family coming together to learn the true meaning of Christmas.
Download or read book Resisting Fate A Holiday Romantic Comedy Happy Endings Book Club Book 7 written by Kylie Gilmore and published by Extra Fancy Books. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is fate playing matchmaker? Missy Higgins isn’t looking for a man, yet everywhere she turns, sexy Ben Wright pops up. A harmless flirtation, nothing more, until Ben wanders into the Christmas craft bazaar just as her horrible ex appears. It’s Ben to the rescue as her fake boyfriend with a scorching kiss that leaves her breathless and weak in the knees. Mind. Blown. (Though she insists it’s a onetime thing). But when Ben shows up just as she’s getting fired and offers her a holiday job she desperately needs, she has to wonder if fate might be telling her something. Like screw professional boundaries, give in to uncontrollable lust, and let a man into her heart. How can she resist fate when Ben is irresistible?
