For some holidays are the most wonderful time of the year! What better way to get in the spirit than a festive story?!
The Gift
Cecelia Ahern
In this modern-day fable, workaholic executive Lou Steffen shows an uncharacteristic burst of generosity towards Gabe, a homeless man who always seems to be in two places at once. With Lou's personal and professional fates at important crossroad
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Trick Or Treat Murder
Leslie Meier
It's October in Maine, and everyone in Tinker's Cove is preparing for the annual Halloween festival. While Lucy Stone is whipping up orange-frosted cupcakes, recycling tutus for her daughters' Halloween costumes, helping her son with h
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Terri Blackstock
As a first-year law associate, Sydney Batson knows she will be updating her resume by New Year's if she loses her current case. So when her grandmother gets inexplicably ill while Sydney is in court, she arranges for a cab to take her grandmothe
Read More View in CatalogSherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon
James Lovegrove
It is Christmas 1890, and Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson are visited by a new client. Eve Allerthorpe -- daughter of an eccentric Yorkshire dynasty -- believes she is being haunted by a demonic Christmas spirit. Her mother had told her terrifying
Read More View in CatalogThe Christmas Pearl
Dorothea Benton Frank
Theodora is the matriarch of a family that has grown into a bunch of truculent knuckleheads. While she's finally gotten them all together in South Carolina to celebrate, this Christmas looks nothing like the extravagant, homey holidays of her ch
Read More View in CatalogMrs. Claus Series, Book 2
Mrs. Claus and the Halloween Homicide
Liz Ireland
For the first time ever, Christmastown is celebrating a strange new tradition--Halloween. But not everyone is willing to watch their dependable winter wonderland get overrun by carved pumpkins and costume parties. As a series of scary happenings hit
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Christmas Shopaholic
Sophie Kinsella
The misadventures of Becky Brandon Née Bloomwood continue in a new novel full of holiday cheer and--of course--lots of shopping!
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Mrs. Claus and the Santaland Slayings
Liz Ireland
Love is full of surprises--though few compare to realizing that you're marrying the real-life Santa. April Claus dearly loves her new husband, Nick, but adjusting to life in the North Pole is not all sugarplums and candy canes. Especially when a
Read More View in CatalogLucy Stone Series, Book 25.7
Haunted House Murder
Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, Barbara Ross
HAUNTED HOUSE MURDER : Lucy Stone must determine whether the arrival of an eccentric couple and the disappearance of a local boy are linked.
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Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe
Jenny Colgan
Life is sweet for Issy Randall, owner of the Cupcake Cafe. Taught how to bake by her beloved late grandfather, she is proudly carrying on the family tradition with her London eatery. Not only is business thriving, the icing on the cupcake is that she
Read More View in CatalogA Merry Little Meet Cute
Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone
Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn't ask for more. But when Bee's favorite producer casts her to star in a Christmas movie he&#
Read More View in CatalogStephanie Plum Series, Book 8.5
Visions of Sugar Plums
Janet Evanovich
It's four days before Christmas and things are not looking merry for fugitive apprehension agent Stephanie Plum. She hasn't got a tree. She hasn't bought any presents. The malls are jam-packed with staggering shoppers. There's not
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Janet Evanovich
When Megan Murphy discovered a floppy-eared rabbit gnawing on the hem of her skirt, she meant to give its careless owner a piece of her mind, but Dr. Patrick Hunter was too attractive to stay mad at for long. Soon the two are making Thanksgiving dinn
Read More View in CatalogElm Creek Quilts Series, Book 20
The Giving Quilt
Jennifer Chiaverini
At Elm Creek Manor, the week after Thanksgiving is "Quiltsgiving," a time to commence a season of generosity. From near and far, quilters and aspiring quilters--a librarian, a teacher, a college student, and a quilt-shop clerk among them--g
Read More View in CatalogThe Santa Suit
Mary Kay Andrews
When newly-divorced Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen, she is definitely looking for a change in her life. The Four Roses, as the farmhouse is called, is a labor of love-but Ivy didn't bargain on just how much labor. The previous fa
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Knit the Season
Kate Jacobs
Dakota Walker spends the Christmas holidays with her Gran in Scotland--accompanied by her father, her grandparents, and her mother's best friend, Catherine. Join them as they share a trove of happy memories about Christmases past with Dakota
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An Irish Country Yuletide
Patrick Taylor
December 1965. 'Tis the season once again in the cozy Irish village of Ballybucklebo, which means that Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly, his young colleague Barry Laverty, and their assorted friends, neighbors, and patients are enjoying all
Read More View in CatalogAlaskan Holiday
Debbie Macomber
Before beginning her new job as sous chef at one of Seattle's finest restaurants, Josie Stewart takes on a six-month position cooking at a lodge in an Alaskan lake town. It's only temporary--or so she thinks, as she becomes a valued part of
Read More View in CatalogMeg Langslow Series, Book 32
Dashing Through the Snowbirds
Donna Andrews
Christmas in Caerphilly is wonderful! Unless you're a Canadian whose inconsiderate boss is forcing you to spend the holiday there, far from family and friends, with only a slim chance of a white Christmas. Meg already has her hands full, trying
Read More View in CatalogAndy Carpenter Series, Book 24
Best in Snow
David Rosenfelt
In this Christmas mystery, lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, are on the beat after a body turns up in the snow and a journalist is the prime suspect. Christmas has come early to the town of Paterson, New Jersey, in the form of a s
Read More View in CatalogLucy Stone Series, Book 28.5
Irish Coffee Murder
Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, Barbara Ross
Irish coffee murder by Leslie Meier: Part-time reporter Lucy Stone is writing a piece for the Courier about four Irish step dancing students from Tinker's Cove on the cusp of making it big. But the story becomes headline news for all the wrong r
Read More View in CatalogThe Christmas Bookshop
Jenny Colgan
Laid off from her department store job, Carmen has perilously little cash and few options. The prospect of spending Christmas with her perfect sister Sofia, in Sofia's perfect house with her perfect children and her perfectly ordered yuppie life
Read More View in CatalogThe Secret of Snow
Viola Shipman
When Sonny Dunes, a SoCal meteorologist whose job is all sunshine and seventy-two-degree days, is replaced by a virtual meteorologist that will never age, gain weight or renegotiate its contract, the only station willing to give the fifty-year-old an
Read More View in CatalogMure Series, Book 3
Christmas on the Island
Jenny Colgan
While a woman struggles with how to inform her ex-boss that she is carrying his baby, a doctor refugee from war-torn Syria embarks on a first Christmas season without his wife on a stark Scottish island.
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John Grisham
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
Read More View in CatalogWalt Longmire Series, Book 9.1
Spirit of Steamboat
Craig Johnson
Sheriff Walt Longmire is reading A Christmas Carol in his office on December 24th when he's interrupted by a young woman with a hairline scar across her forehead and more than a few questions about Walt's predecessor. The mystery woman, see
Read More View in CatalogIn a Holidaze
Christina Lauren
It's the most wonderful time of the year...but not for Maelyn Jones. She's living with her parents, hates her going-nowhere job, and has just made a romantic error of epic proportions. But perhaps worst of all, this is the last Christmas Ma
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Hercule Poirot's Christmas
Agatha Christie
The Holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder--and the brilliant Belgian investigator is quickly on the case On Christmas Eve at Gorston Hall, the Lee family's festivities are shattered by a deafening crash of fur
Read More View in CatalogThe Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas
James Patterson, Tad Safran
Every year at Christmastime, Will and Ella Sullivan, and their father, Henry, come to a family agreement: Christmas is a holiday for other people. At their brownstone in Harlem, stockings go unstuffed, tinsel unstrewn, gifts unbought, mistletoe unhun
Read More View in CatalogAndy Carpenter Series, Book 26
Santa's Little Yelpers
David Rosenfelt
Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his humorous investigating team return in Santa's Little Yelpers, the next Yuletide mystery in David Rosenfelt’s bestselling series. 'Tis the season in Paterson, New Jersey: Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden r
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Hogfather
Terry Pratchett
It's that time of year again. Hogswatchnight. 'Tis the season to be jolly, to hang mistletoe and holly, and other stuff ending in olly." "'Tis the season when the Hogfather himself dons his red suit and climbs in his sleigh p
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Merry Christmas, Alex Cross
James Patterson
It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross has been called out to catch someone who's robbing his church's poor box. That mission behind him, Alex returns home to celebrate with Bree, Nana, and his children. The tree decorating is bar
Read More View in CatalogHannah Swensen Series, Book 26
Christmas Cupcake Murder
Joanne Fluke
While Hannah speeds through a lengthy holiday checklist, drama in town grows like Santa's waistline on Christmas Eve. Her sister Andrea wants to stave off the blues by helping out at The Cookie Jar, Michelle's love life is becoming complica
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Debbie Macomber
It's 1967, and for young Richard it's a time of heartbreak and turmoil. Over the span of a few months, his brother, Mark, is killed in Vietnam; his father loses his job and moves the family from California to his grandmother's abandone
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Richard Paul Evans
It's 1967, and for young Richard it's a time of heartbreak and turmoil. Over the span of a few months, his brother, Mark, is killed in Vietnam; his father loses his job and moves the family from California to his grandmother's abandone
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The Bridge
Karen Kingsbury
Ryan Kelly spends plenty of time at The Bridge--the oldest bookstore in historic downtown Franklin, Tennessee--remembering the times he and Molly Allen--who moved to Portland--once spent there, and now, with the bookstore in deep financial trouble, i
Read More View in CatalogThe Deal Of A Lifetime
Fredrik Backman
A father and a son are seeing each other for the first time in years. The father has a story to share before it's too late. He tells his son about a courageous little girl lying in a hospital bed a few miles away. She's a smart kid--smart e
Read More View in CatalogWomen's Murder Club Series, Book 19
19th Christmas
James Patterson
As the holidays approach, Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends in the Women's Murder Club have much to celebrate. Crime is down. The medical examiner's office is quiet. Even the courts are showing some Christmas spirit. And the news cycl
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The Kiss Curse
Erin Sterling
Gwyn Jones is perfectly happy with her life in Graves Glen. She, her mom, and her cousin have formed a new and powerful coven; she's running a successful witchcraft shop, Something Wicked; and she's started mentoring some of the younger wit
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The Ex Hex
Erin Sterling
Nine years ago, Vivienne Jones nursed her broken heart like any young witch would: vodka, weepy music, bubble baths...and a curse on the horrible boyfriend. Sure, Vivi knows she shouldn't use her magic this way, but with only an "orchard ha
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Death of a Neighborhood Witch
Laura Levine
When Jaine Austen's beloved cat Prozac unwittingly scares to death a parakeet belonging to the neighborhood's resident curmudgeon, Jaine finds herself knee-deep in toil and trouble. The cantankerous Hollywood has-been once played Cryptessa
Read More View in CatalogMeg Langslow Series, Book 19
Lord of the Wings
Donna Andrews
It's another holiday and Mayor Randall Shiffley has turned Caerphilly, Virginia into Spooky City, USA. The residents are covering every window with cobwebs and roaming the streets in costume to entertain the tourists, and Meg's grandfather
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Royal Holiday
Jasmine Guillory
Vivian Forest has been out of the country a grand total of one time, so when she gets the chance to tag along on her daughter Maddie’s work trip to England to style a royal family member, she can’t refuse. She’s excited to spend the holidays ta
Read More View in CatalogChristmas Bells
Jennifer Chiaverini
In 1860, the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow family celebrated Christmas at Craigie House, their home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The publication of Longfellow's classic Revolutionary War poem, "Paul Revere's Ride," was less than a mo
Read More View in CatalogMordecai Tremaine Series, book 4
Murder for Christmas
Francis Duncan
When Mordecai Tremaine arrives at the country retreat of one Benedict Grame on Christmas Eve, he discovers that the revelries are in full swing in the sleepy village of Sherbroome--but so too are tensions amongst the assortment of guests. When midnig
Read More View in CatalogHercule Poirot Series
Hallowe'en Party
Agatha Christie
When a Halloween Party turns deadly, it falls to Hercule Poirots to unmask a murderer in Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery, Hallowe’en Party. At a Halloween party, Joyce—a hostile thirteen-year-old—boasts that she once witnessed a murd
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