Download or read book The Mayweather Christmas Quest written by Dana Pratola and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The forecast is for snow—but she's dreaming of more than a white Christmas. Olympia Mayweather is sure there's only one way to find a husband - through a family tradition that says she must kiss the man of her dreams in a Christmas snow. When a reporter comes to interview her for the local paper, she's afraid he's going to make a mockery of her, ruining her chance for a Christmas love. David Santina isn't sure a magical kiss will make Olympia a bride. But spending time with the charming woman and getting to know her just might make David believe in fairy tales. He'll protect her from a tabloid story, but who is going to keep him from completing The Mayweather Christmas Quest?

Download or read book A Tangled Christmas written by Susan M. Baganz and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucas Spanning's long term widowhood leaves a hollowness inside him. As Christmas draws near, helping out at the local church's toy drive gives him something to do that has meaning. Shelby has experienced her own losses yet chooses to help with the toy drive even though her own daughter will likely get little this holiday season. But that's not important. They are together, and alive. For now. Running into Lucas stirs up embers long dead, but Shelby wonders if love could put her and her daughter at serious risk. Is it worth it? Will their lives unravel, or will there be a Christmas miracle for them all?

Download or read book Once Upon a Christmas written by Clare Revell and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As settlement for her father's debts, Caitlyn Hosier is forced into a marriage with the village recluse—a man no one has seen all the years he's lived in the manor house. A man surrounded by rumors. A man with a vicious temper. A man said to be a monster. A man who hates Christmas.Hayden Shade hides his scars behind a mask, but the past never ceases to haunt him. A new life and a new start seem too much to hope for. Does he even deserve one? Surely not with a woman so wholly beautiful as Caitlyn. He longs to build a life-long relationship, but he daren't allow her to see the real him until he knows for sure she loves him.Desperate to find happiness with the man she's fated to marry, Caitlyn determines to uncover the real Hayden Shade. There must be something good behind the mask. But what if there's nothing more to him than the monster she could never love?

Download or read book Redeeming Christmas written by Carol James and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novelist Olivia St. Madeleine is intrigued by a handsome and mysterious stranger she sees when she's Christmas shopping. Who exactly is he, and what is his story? Gabriel Winter definitely has a story. One he's been running from for years. He's renovating a house next door to a friendly and persuasive grandmother, who is, unbeknownst to him, Olivia's Nana. Through Nana's insistence, Liv helps Gabe wallpaper and paint, and in return Gabe fulfills one of Liv's secret childhood dreams. But past hurts and secrets threaten to drive them apart rather than draw them together. Will they find the courage to share their secrets with each other and with God, and allow Him to redeem Christmas?

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 The Christmas List written by Dixie Jarchow and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mandy believes everything can be made better by making a list—including choosing a husband. Lists make everything clear and easy. Lists keep all the pluses and minuses of life in their own neat little columns with no room for surprises...and the key to happiness is structure and avoiding surprises. Max is a free spirit with a God-given gift for sculpture. If he’s ever made a list, it was by mistake. He insists the key to happiness is to let God take the reins of his life.When Max lands a huge project, and employs Mandy to handle his business’s accounting, she struggles to accept that God can keep all her checks in balance. This December, can Max learn that sometimes a little structure is a good thing? And can Mandy relax enough to enjoy the holidays and actually fall in love, or will she firmly stick to The Christmas List?

Download or read book A Covert Cowboy Christmas written by Carol James and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A December ice storm destroys Rebekah Kingston's Christmas plans. With the power out and the West Texas roads closed indefinitely, she's forced to spend Christmas at her brother Braden's ranch instead of at home with her parents. But Rebekah and Braden are not alone. Also stranded is an annoyingly chatty ranch hand, Dirk Sims. While Rebekah is certain she's met him before, Dirk insists she's mistaken. However, when Rebekah inadvertently eavesdrops on one of Dirk's phone conversations, she discovers his lie. Dirk is not who he seems. This Christmas just got interesting.

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 The Widow s Christmas Miracle written by Kathleen D. Bailey and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Red Dawn's world was shattered in a single vengeful act, an act that brought her to into the home of the enemy. She couldn't love a white man, not after what they did to her people. Could she? After losing a limb serving his country, Laban Jones has built a life from nothing. He's got more than he dare ask for, but what woman would accept a one-legged husband? Can he offer Red Dawn three-quarters of a man, and will she be content with that? The answer they receive on a Christmas Eve is a miracle neither will ever forget.

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 Christmas Trinkets written by LoRee Peery and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was looking for coffee and conversation. He was looking for a quiet place to write. What they found was a connection that would make this Christmas unforgettable. Hayley Wolfe shares a kinship with the lost and lonely. Growing up without a father taught her that you can't always count on people. Her strong faith in God taught her that her Heavenly Father is unshakable. When she meets Kameron Kohl at her antiques and coffee shop, she's immediately drawn to his warmth and charm. After being abandoned on the steps of a church as a baby, Kameron Kohl has spent his life rejecting God and meaningful relationships. After all, his own mother didn't care for him, so why should anyone else. But Kameron never expected to meet Hayley Wolfe. Her faith in Christ, her inner beauty and selfless openness towards strangers, has Kameron falling for her hard. When Hayley notices a connection between Kameron's keychain and the locket passed down to her from her mother, she wants to investigate further. Kameron refuses. As friendship turns to love, Hayley will have to rely on God to soften Kameron's heart. Will the connection between their Christmas Trinkets lead them to love or unanswerable questions?

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 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 Eight Cats of Christmas written by Erin Stevenson and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mia Donovan isn't interested in a relationship, she's too busy opening her cat shelter and rescuing floofy balls of fur. Being a bridesmaid is just a blip on her horizon. Bryce Murphy has no plans to change his bachelor lifestyle, but is willing to stand up as the best man for a good friend. In the chaos of plans gone awry, it's up to the bridesmaid and the best man to come up with a strategy to get it all back on track. In the midst of disaster, love strikes two hearts. Can eight cats, a feline allergy, and a photo shoot gone wrong bring Mia and Bryce together forever?

Download or read book Blue Christmas written by Clare Revell and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Morien, Cornwall at Christmastime. Beautiful. Peaceful... Deadly. Detective Inspector Aidan Urquhart has a mystery on his hands. Three young women reported missing back in the summer have been found dead; all found wearing the clothes in which they vanished; all frozen solid on the cold shore. When Jenica Zimmerman realizes her sister is missing, she heads to the Cornish coast where the police have few clues. The DI leading the case warns her not to take chances, to go home and leave the case to his team. Determined to stay, Jenica takes a room at a local inn and attempts to find her sister herself. With Christmas fast approaching, all she wants a happy ending. But when a fourth body is discovered, all tidings of comfort and joy seem far away.

Download or read book Undercover Santa written by Wendy Davy and published by Pelican Ventures Book Group. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When candy store owner Kaylea Breslin's goober of an ex boyfriend jumps bail, she believes she's the last person he'll contact for help. After all, she found his stolen stash and handed it—and him—over to the cops. Fugitive Recovery Agent Jace Talan believes Kaylea is the first person that escapee Jonathan Snead will contact. After all, what con man wouldn't try to trick his sweet, beautiful ex-girlfriend into trusting him again? When Kaylea discovers Jace watching her, can he convince her he's not the abominable creature she suspects him to be and that he's there to protect her? This Christmas, they'll have to con a con to catch a thief, save the day...and uncover a lasting romance.

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.