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Andrews McMeel Publishing
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2023.
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A beautifully illustrated, interactive guide to ancient, nature-based holidays and customs. Through themed meditations, crafts, and rituals, young readers can learn about old and new ways of honoring the seasons-and create their own!
Each "spoke" in The Wheel of the Year marks an important turning point: the winter and summer solstices, the spring and fall equinoxes, and the festivals of seeding, growing, and harvesting that arrive in between. Within...
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Shay was happy to sell Christmas trees this winter. What she wasn't happy about was having to leave her home and her town.
Ryan wasn't happy to be in town. He'd just lost his father and had been saddled with a failing museum. He was adamant the only option was for it to close, and for him to return to his life.
Shay and Ryan meet and passion swiftly follows, but there's no real future for them if they're both leaving town.
When Shay discovers some...
3) Belief
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A Santa Claus Origins Tale
As town villagers, Nicholas and his wife do not know that their lives are about to change. What sparked as an idea becomes an enchanted adventure into the mystical spirit of Christmas. Their wish of bringing Christmas cheer to children is not as easy as they expected, however, and they quickly realize they need extra help before time runs out. Beyond what is thought to be possible, they discover something wonderful about...
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Thirty miles northeast of Boston, Edward Marley meets a tragic demise on Christmas Eve that leaves his law firm partner, the miserly Henry Rutherford, seemingly untouched. Rutherford's cold existence, shrouded in bitterness and frugality, unfolds against the backdrop of a dilapidated mansion and Boston's lively taverns. Exactly seven years after Marley's death, Rutherford's icy exterior is put to the test. As festivities fill the city, Rutherford's...
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When a blizzard strands grinchy pararescueman, Jensen Hartley at the festive home of Holly Conroy. He isn't prepared for the overwhelming holiday spirit the Conroy family pours on him. He doesn't do holidays, but something about the Conroys make him long for things he vowed never to want again.
Holly Conroy loves the holidays. Christmas, especially. This year, she gets more than she asked for when a handsome stranger shows up at her door in the middle...
6) Boxing Day
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A short holiday novella for lovers of music, mysterious men, and open-ended endings. Following a betrayal by her longtime bandmate and boyfriend, musician Samantha Flynn moves to a small town and takes a job as a waitress, with the aim of building a "normal" life. In the process, she cultivates an eclectic crew of friends and finds a more personal connection to her music. Then, during the holiday season, Sam makes an intriguing new acquaintance, who...
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2023
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Going into Society is Dickens's story of a man who sets up a circus in a respectable neighborhood. The main attraction is a dwarf: ""He was a un-common small man, he really was. Certainly not so small as he was made out to be, but where IS your Dwarf as is?""
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2023
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's John Inglefield's Thanksgiving describes the Thanksgiving dinner of a New England blacksmith and his family. Two chairs sit empty, one for John Inglefield's recently deceased wife, and another for daughter Prudence. Prudence's sudden and unexpected appearance causes consternation at first, then increasing joy as the family is reunited with the prodigal daughter. But what is the cause of the unspoken distance between Prudence...
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The location of Gertie's fireworks store means no sales, but that makes it possible to rescue a town's fireworks display. The rescue, in turn, helps her get the funds for better advertising for her store. Her patriotic cat Uncle Sam is pleased by it all. Suitable for ages 4 to 8 years. REVIEW:"I really love the small-town feel of this book, the old cash register with the moths, and the cat. The descriptive words/phrases and colorful illustrations...
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"I love this book-funny, perfect and wonderfully good. A not-to-be-missed delight." -New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery
With echoes of classic Hollywood love stories like Serendipity and An Affair to Remember, Viola Shipman's latest winter charmer following the USA TODAY bestseller The Secret of Snow is sure to tug on heartstrings and delight readers who love books about books, missed connections and the magic of Christmas.
Despite...
12) New Year's Eve
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For a group of five girls at Westerly High, the last dance of the year will be filled with magic, moonlight, and end-of-year romance-or will it? Midnight will mark the end of one era . . . and the beginning of another. Kip wishes she could turn back the clock. A few months ago, two boys were competing for her. Now she has no one-just four younger brothers who drive her crazy. One kiss, and Gary turned Beth Rose into a princess. But her Prince Charming...
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Sometimes, the smallest hearts show us the way back to the wonder of Christmas.Recently widowed Rae Cavanaugh faces the daunting task of celebrating the holidays with her two young children, all while the shadow of what's missing looms large. Her new neighbor Dylan, navigating the tender role of guardian to his own nephew, brings to their doorstep the possibility of laughter. Together, they discover that the most profound blessings aren't always wrapped...
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In the small town of Saguaro Hill, Arizona, there is an ongoing history-mystery as to why Santa has never visited. Children have never received a single gift for the Yuletide holidays since the town's establishment in 1888. The public librarian, Rachel George, is tasked by Mayor Higgins to research the urban legend and discover the real reason why Santa has never flown over, let alone stepped foot, in their village.Rumors abound, but are there any...
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Stop the wedding!
Dimitri Makarov's former secretary is getting married, but instead of congratulating the happy couple, the masterful oligarch plans to stop the wedding...; For he's just discovered that the blushing bride is also mother to his secret son!
Erin Turner thought her luck was changing until Dimitri dispatches her convenient groom with his signature ruthlessness. But in other ways the high-flying businessman seems completely reformed...
16) Weirdly Bland
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The sequel to the novel, China Laid Bare, which describes the author's time living in Germany."I often tried to think of words to describe the German people. The best I could come up with was weirdly bland or blandly weird. In the end, I settled for weirdly bland." Book 5 of the author's Great Escape series.
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Christmas is coming, but for ER consultant Mac Sullivan it's just another day. Sincelosing his wife two years ago, he's thrown himself into work and has no interest inserious relationships.
Enter Nurse Louisa Young, who brings warmth, sparkle and Christmas into his ER department.The question is: Can she bring it into his life, as well? Louisa's one Christmas wish isthat maybe, just maybe, she can melt the ice that surrounds the gorgeous consultant'sheart…...
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It was a miracle that he found her-freezing cold and alone in the treacheroussnow-covered terrain of the English mountains. And with nowhere else to go, MirandaHarding finds herself agreeing to spend a magical Christmas Day with her rescuer.
Gorgeous consultant Jake Blackwell doesn't want to let this beautiful woman out of hissight, yet the next morning she's gone. Only to reappear that same day as the new midwifein his OB-GYN department. That's...
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A mom…just in time for Christmas?
Beautiful, bubbly nurse Lara King just can't resist a little girl's Christmas wish-for herdaddy to be happy-so she steps in as the sexy ER consultant's new live-in nanny!
Christian Blake lost his faith in love a long time ago, but now, as Lara fills his housewith warmth and sparkle, he realizes that she's his once-in-a-lifetime chance forhappiness.
As the first snowflakes start to fall, he can only hope that...
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Carrying her Brazilian boss's baby!
For chambermaid Emma Fane, her best friend's winter wedding promises to be the perfect distraction for her troubles. Until, heart racing, she spies Lucas Marcelos-infamous lothario and father to her unborn child!
Lucas may have lost his head over innocent, spirited Emma for one glorious night, but he won't lose his heir! He lures her away from snowy Scotland back to sultry Brazil. But Emma is no man's mistress....
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