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Gingerbread and Ghosts by Agatha Frost
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsChristmas falls on Peridale, but that does not mean café-owner and part-time sleuth, Julia South, can sit back and enjoy the festivities. When the opening night of the annual Christmas play ends with Julia's elderly gran, Dot, fatally shooting a man in front of the whole village, Julia's world is turned upside down... -
The Wicked and the Wondrous by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsTwo romantic tales of dark forces. and Christmas miracles. .. The Twilight Before Christmas. Bestselling novelist Kate Drake, one of seven sisters with amazing powers of witchcraft, wants to open a bookstore in a charming but run-down mill in her California hometown. Decorated former U. S. Army Ranger Matt Granite, now a contractor, doesn't mind helping -- and getting closer to Kate... -
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Highlander for the Holidays by Janet Chapman
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAfter a brutal attack, Jessie Pringle moved to the small mountain town of Pine Creek, Maine, to start over. But she never expected to meet Ian MacKeage, who had seemingly stepped right out of the Scottish Highlands. As drawn to Ian as he is to her, Jessie finds it more and more difficult to deny her own desires. . -
The Trouble with Angels by Debbie Macomber
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA Wing and a Prayer. When irrepressible angels Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy set out for the City of Angels to grant three rush Christmas prayer requests, they are sure they can help without resorting to, er, divine intervention. But they soon find it will take more than one miracle to teach their precious lessons of love—as well as make three special holiday dreams come true! -
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Holidays Ablaze by Lucy Limón
When an arrogant demon with a taste for the finer things meets a salty chef with an attraction to fire, sparks fly. Sofia, a talented chef whose culinary dreams have flamed out, is spending her holiday hiding away atop Mount Winter Bliss until she's disrupted by the arrival of Samite, a maddeningly pretentious demon. Sofia is no stranger to facing down big egos in the kitchen...Categorized as:
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Witching You Mistletoe and Mayhem by Jenna Collett
Two magical rivals. One marriage of inconvenience. And an enchanted key that could erase everything. Valerie Spellman believes in holiday miracles—twinkle lights, true love, and the occasional glitter bomb to get the job done. But all the festive magic ends at the feet of Grant Delaney... -
A Humbug Holiday by London Lovett
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's holiday time in Firefly Junction but not everything is sweet sugarplums and glittery tinsel. Sunni Taylor has been too busy to get into the holiday spirit, even with her mom coming to town for a visit. Her festive spirit gets a spark when Detective Brady Jackson asks her to attend the town's production of A Christmas Carol...Categorized as:
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Those Christmas Angels by Debbie Macomber
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsRediscover this heartfelt Christmas romance by #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. After losing the woman he loved and his relationship with his father in one fell swoop, Roy Fletcher has become a bitter, career-obsessed man. His mother, whose world was rocked by the same tragedy that sent Roy spiraling, has been praying for Roy to open his heart to love again... -
Never Kiss a Krampus: A Cozy Holiday Monster Romance by Honey Phillips
A desperate shop keeper. A very grumpy Krampus. A Christmas miracle? Noelle Green needs a miracle. The town of Mistletoe Hollow is being devoured by a Grinch-like developer, and her beloved Christmas shop is next to the list. Fueled by peppermint schnapps and desperation, she performs a ritual for Yuletide aid. She gets a miracle, all right—just not the kind she expected...Categorized as:
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A Very Gothic Christmas: Two Novellas (Holiday Classics) by Christine Feehan
Alternate cover edition can be found here. TWO WICKED AND WONDROUS HOLIDAY NOVELLAS. AFTER THE MUSIC by CHRISTINE FEEHAN. Terrified by mysterious threats, Jessica Fitzpatrick spirits away her twin wards, Tara and Trevor, to the remote island mansion of their estranged father, world-famous musician Dillon Wentworth...Categorized as:
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Not Over Yet by Barbara Elsborg
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me…. One pissed off Santa…. A whole heap of trouble…. The last thing Phin feels like doing is going to a New Year’s Eve party. After a day dealing with sick animals, all he wants is a glass of red wine, some food and his bed. But as he drives home down a steep, snow-covered hill, he skids and hits a guy dressed as Santa Claus... -
It Always Snows on Mistletoe Square by Ali McNamara
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 21 ratings🎧Listening Length = 8 hours and 58 minutes. From an author whose writing is “pure magic” that makes for “an enchanting escape” (Heidi Swain): In desperate need of a job, Elle — a certified grinch — musters all her fake festive cheer to work as a writer and chronicle a family’s holiday history. Could delving into the past help her navigate her future? Read by an Earphones Award–winning narrator...Categorized as:
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A Highland Wolf Christmas by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFinancial advisor Guthrie MacNeill isn’t a complete Scrooge—he just hates the enormous cost associated with the Christmas holiday season. Needless to say, when his pack hires a party planner to decorate the castle, he’s at his wit’s end. Until Calla Stewart arrives on the scene with her mistletoe in hand...Categorized as:
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Bidding on Her Orc Boss by Evangeline Priest
Zana Estrada has been living her best introverted life. As a number cruncher for one of the elite orc families in Obsidian City, she works remotely from her cushy apartment two hours away and gets compensated well for it. So long as she continues to provide the data analysis to keep Clan Urkroz profitable, her manager keeps her as far away from social interactions as possible... -
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A World Without You by Caitlin Moss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFive years ago, Olivia Baker was snowed in and stranded in a small town, unable to make it back to the city for Christmas. Five days later, she broke up with her corporate boyfriend in Seattle and made the rash decision to stay in the small town, promising to save the local paper and fall in love with the rugged country boy who knew how to sling an ax and make her weak in the knees... -
A Midwinter's Tail by Sofie Kelly
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsKathleen Paulson is snowed under running her library and caring for her extraordinary felines, Owen and Hercules. But when a fund-raiser turns deadly, she’ll have to add sleuthing to her already full schedule. .. . Winter in Mayville Heights is busy and not just because of the holidays...Categorized as:
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Eldon by Macy Blake
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYule be sorry. Eldon doesn’t care what Tatum William Bixby the third thinks, he absolutely will not allow the Snowda Shoppe to become some corporate monstrosity. Mistletoe Falls is Eldon’s home, his life’s work, and some stuck-up, irritating, rich grinch will not ruin their small town spirit—no matter how gorgeous and intriguing Eldon finds the annoying newcomer. Baby it’s cold outside... -
Where Angels Go by Debbie Macomber
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsChristmas is a time for angel. Shirley, Goodness and Mercy are back! These three irresistible angels love their assignments on Earth... -
Killian by Becca Saylor
Sarah doesn’t trust orcs. The relocation of her highland village to the underland is a choice she would not have made - not that anyone asks for her opinion. Despite being the infamous Talker of Firehead Hill, she is the very last person that should be in charge. She is a fool. When Coal’s wee wife goes with her village as they move to the orc capital for the winter, he doesn’t hesitate to follow...Categorized as:
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Wed, Read & Dead by V.M. Burns
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBookstore owner Samantha Washington sells and solves mysteries in North Harbor, Michigan--including the murder of her mother's wedding planner. .. Sam's mother can't wait to wed her wealthy beau, Harold Robertson. The big mystery is how they're going to pull off a lavish wedding in three weeks. Harold's snobby sister-in-law proposes a solution: engage flamboyant wedding planner Lydia Lighthouse...Categorized as:
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Angels at Christmas: An Anthology (Mira Romance) by Debbie Macomber
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsEvery Christmas, three lovable angels visit Earth. Once a year, Shirley, Goodness and Mercy are allowed to intervene (or, more accurately, interfere! ) in human affairs. Despite their frequent misadventures and the chaos they often cause, things always seem to turn out right . This Christmas, join Those Christmas Angels as they respond to Anne Fletcher's prayer request... -
Gingerdead House by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsChristmas Charity Contest leads to Murder! Amateur baker Poppy Wilkinson agrees to be a celebrity contestant in a charity gingerbread house competition in Bath, England. She can support a good cause while promoting the long running TV reality show in which she’s a contestant—The Great British Baking Contest... -
A Silver Wolf Christmas by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIT'S A SILVER TOWN CHRISTMAS. CJ Silver and his brothers have returned to Silver Town eager to reconnect with the pack. And with the she-wolf newcomers renovating the old Victorian Silver Town Hotel, it looks like the holidays are going to be very merry indeed. AND THE WOLVES ARE READY TO HOWL...Categorized as:
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Of Tangles and Tinsel by T.A. Lawrence
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAll she wants for Winter Solstice is revenge. There are only two things in the world that can lure me out of my hermit gingersnaps and revenge. Preferably both. Thankfully, the perfect opportunity for revenge just waltzed up to my doorstep (okay, I don't have a doorstep, because I've locked myself in a tower, but that's beside the point). Quill is my ex-rival... -
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My Christmas Spirit by K.C. Wells
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI knew I had problems when I woke up in the middle of the night to find Mike Stubbins sitting at the foot of my bed, stark naked, still as gorgeous as every one of my memories of him. So what’s the problem, I hear you cry? Gorgeous, naked man in my bedroom? Well, there’s the not-so-small, highly significant detail that he died six years ago. Yup. You read that right. And now he’s everywhere... -
Faded Memories: A Night Shift Novella by Christina C. Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDesperate to escape post-divorce melancholy, Katari Kimble joins her favorite cousins in Blackwood to become a part of the Night Shift team. The night before Christmas, a mysterious visitor sends her on a deep dive to re-examine her past, re-evaluate her present, and re-think the future she’s imagined for herself - including who gets to be part of it. Faded Memories is a novella.Categorized as:
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Freakn' Out by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe's broken in body and spirit, but she's not giving up. Leave me the hell alone. Is that so freakn' hard to grasp? Yeah, Derrick is angry, and bitter, but with good reason. His army buddies should have left him to die instead of dragging him out of the rebel camp--and he meant drag. Shrapnel to his back ensured his legs are useless hunks of meat...Categorized as:
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The Sugarplum Fairy by Dallas James, Samantha Cole
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*****Previously published under the pen name Dallas James. Now published under Samantha Cole. Jasper Sugarplum holds one of the most respected elf positions at the North Pole. He works in the Department of Naughty or Nice Affairs and takes his job seriously. After checking on the children on his list one November night, he’s heading home when disaster strikes... -
Home for Christmas by Courtney Cole
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Courtney Cole, the Magic of the Christmas Season sends a woman back in time to the 1940s where she meets her own grandmother and learns the true meaning of family and the holiday. Piper McCaulley doesn't know which way is up or down. Her gran, her last remaining family, died two weeks before Christmas, leaving Piper to reevaluate her life...Categorized as:
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The Winter Spirit by Indra Vaughn
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNathaniel O’Donnelly likes his life quiet, his guests happy, and his ghosts well-behaved. Although a boyfriend wouldn’t go amiss. Someone to share his beautiful B&B with, even if it is in the middle of nowhere and he’s long past the wrong side of thirty. Problem is, Nathaniel’s living with a ghost who thinks he’s cupid, and whose arrows fly a little too straight... -
A Walrus & A Gentleman by Emmaline Strange
Ragnar Ambrose is a simple guy with simple tastes. He enjoys the predictable solitude of his life as a lighthouse keeper, and though he's been unlucky in love, he's content with his quiet routine of collecting oceanographic data, knitting, tending the lighthouse, and of course, maintaining his reputation as the town's local cryptid...Categorized as:
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Last Chance Christmas by Hope Ramsay
Dear Reader,. I've been wishing for a miracle for my oldest boy, Stone, and this Christmas my prayers might just be answered! Her name is Lark, and she's here in Last Chance, looking into her father's past-and stirring up a whole mess of trouble without meaning to. As the chief of police, Stone sure has his hands full trying to keep up with her... -
A Siberian Werewolf in London by Caryn Moya Block
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsGrigori Solovyov goes to London to track down a Russian mobster who is stealing from the pack. Then Melisande Reule walks into his hotel, bringing his wolf howling to the surface. He knows he has found his mate. But when she is targeted by a Russian assassin, Grigori must fight to keep her safe and at his side.Categorized as:
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Allegiance Sworn by Kylie Griffin
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThere is no mercy in the demon realm. No escape. In this place of desperation and conflict, anyone who is not purebred is virtually powerless. Until a demon leader seeks to unify the races…. With the alliance of the humans and the half-blood Na’Chi forged, the demon Na’Reish prepare for war by seizing human blood-slaves... -
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My Mate's Embrace by Caryn Moya Block
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnton Volkov, Siberian lycanthrope, is following the scent of Laurel Harris, who is running away from her abusive stepfather. When Anton finds her, he is surprised to realize she is his mate, the one woman meant to be his. But the Russian mafia is also on her trail. In order to rescue Laurel, Anton must first get this troubled woman to trust him. Can love heal her wounded heart?Categorized as:
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Wolf Baited by Eliza Gayle
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFollowing a lead south to find a missing female shifter, Greer and Calder land in the middle of unfamiliar territory. Enigma, South Carolina to be exact. Everything there seems innocent enough until their questions begin to ruffle fur and their oddball waitress at the local diner has a meltdown...Categorized as:
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Flush The Twinkles by Joyee Flynn
[Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, elves, spanking, sex toys]. Twelve elves left the North Pole to be free of all things Christmas and have been living together for decades. They have gone without their mates for years, but when the first of the twelve finds his, the others have hope of finding theirs... -
Wrap It Up by Joyee Flynn
[Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, elves]. Twelve elves left the North Pole to be free of all things Christmas and have been living together for decades. They have gone without their mates for years, but when the first of the twelve finds his, the others have hope of finding theirs...Categorized as:
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An Omega for Christmas by L.C. Davis
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA stolen child, an omega who never gave up, and an Alpha who will stop at nothing to bring them together again…. Detective Dean Garza has almost everything an Alpha could ask for: a challenging career, a big, wonderful, wacky family and a comfortable place to come home to at the end of a long day... -
Wed to Krampus by Cara Wylde
Is there anyone for me? Or am I meant to live and die alone? Krampus. It could be my name, or it could be what my species is called. I don't know. During The Shift, something happened, and I lost my memory. I don't know where I come from; all I know is there's no one like me on Alia Terra. I am unique. Uniquely monstrous. I am hard to look at. I don't know how old I am, either... -
His Primal Kiss by Kota Quinn
Everyone fears orcs and their savage urges. My time with the Goblin Market has ended. I need to find my mate. So, when I hear about a small town where both humans and monsters live together, I’m determined to go. A seer once told me that my mate is human, but no one mentioned that his fiery passion would call to me on a primal level... -
The Species Within by Kimberley Clark
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIMPORTANT: This book has been revised. Version purchased/read before Mid Oct, 2014 may be old version. If you have purchased old version please contact. WARNING: This book is intended for people aged 18+... -
Bruin: An Alpha Bear Shifter MC Romance by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Alpha Bear Shifter MC Romance. My only plans were to escape…until I fell in love. PennyI escaped the Eater’s MC. My father died and I have nothing left except my stepbrother who is out to get me. I have to pass through the New Law’s territory and I think I have it made… until I don’t. When I’m discovered, I’m put under the supervision of Bruin, the Sgt. Of Arms of the New Law MC...Categorized as:
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Christmas Wolf Surprise by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRed wolf shifter Maverick Wilding is preoccupied with managing the Christmas activities that make the reindeer at his ranch so popular during the holidays, until a run-in with werewolf hunters cause the worst sort of trouble for his kind...Categorized as:
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Lily Girl's Christmas Quilt by Ann Hazelwood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn incredible gift makes this the best Christmas ever for Lily Rosenthal and her three sisters as they celebrate a festive holiday season together in snowy Green Bay,. Wisconsin...Categorized as:
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When Darkness Falls by Shannon Drake
WHEN DARKNESS FALLS. .. In a windswept Scottish cemetery, Jade MacGregor's carefree vacation abroad is marred by a seemingly random tragedy. A year later, back home on a shadowy French Quarter street, she glimpses an oddly familiar face. Coincidence--or something far more disturbing? AND TERROR TAKES HOLD. .. Surrounded by her friends and engrossed in her work, Jade should feel secure...Categorized as:
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The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street by Karen White
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Christmas spirit is overtaking Tradd Street with a vengeance in this festive new novel in the New York Times bestselling series by Karen White. Melanie Trenholm should be anticipating Christmas with nothing but joy—after all, it’s only the second Christmas she and her husband, Jack, will celebrate with their twin toddlers... -
York by Susan A. Bliler
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhat must it take for a devoted Skin Walker Sentry to find his angel? York McDonnough is willing to sacrifice everything for a mate he doesn’t have. While his fellow Walkers fear the idea of being tied to one female for life, York longs for it. Dejected and heart sick, he accepts a retrieval mission that takes him far from home and brings him face to face with his long-awaited fate...Categorized as:
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Witching You A Charmed Christmas by Jenna Collett
Delia Frost only wants two things for a promotion to agent at the enchanted miracle-granting agency, Third Wish Enterprises, and to catch the attention of her longtime office crush. But those gifts aren’t under her tree unless she can complete the case file that just landed on her desk...Categorized as:
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Season of Angels by Debbie Macomber
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFrom the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Debbie Macomber comes a beautiful repackage of the classic novel that started it all. Wishes for love bring hope from above. Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy—three willing but sometimes wayward angels—are each given someone's prayer to answer . . . Shirley: She's sent to help nine-year-old Timmy Potter, who longs for a new father...
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