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A must-listen holiday romance from the author of The Little Cornish House and Summer in the Scottish Highlands.

When Jenny inherits her estranged grandmother’s cottage in Sherwood Forest, she has nothing to lose - no money, no job, no friends, no family to speak of, and zero self-respect. Things can only get better.... Her grumpy but decidedly handsome new neighbour, Mack, has a habit of bestowing unsolicited good deeds on her. And when Jenny is welcomed into a rather unusual book club, life seems to finally be getting more interesting. Instead of reading, the members pledge to complete individual challenges before Christmas.

Bauchkribbeln, Chaos und Schneegestöber. Eine Auszeit und ein Neubeginn sowie jede Menge Ruhe – das ist es, was Joana Revell in dem verschlafenen Örtchen White Crossing zu finden hofft, als sie ein paar Wochen vor Weihnachten dorthin zieht. Vielleicht würde das sogar klappen, wäre da nicht ihr neuer Nachbar Hunter Robinson, der kurz nach ihrem Einzug über sie stolpert – und das ziemlich schmerzhaft. Schnell findet sie heraus, dass er nicht ist, was er zu sein behauptet, und mit der Ruhe ist es sowieso vorbei, denn die beiden ziehen sich einfach magisch an.

Weihnachtsmuffel trifft auf schottischen Liebesgott. Kann er Alison zur Besinnung bringen? "Ein Feiertagsarrangement, garantiert ohne Weihnachtszauber." Diese Facebook-Anzeige klingt für die schottische Malerin Alison zu schön, um wahr zu sein, denn sie ist der absolute Grinch. Kurzentschlossen bucht sie das Cottage und freut sich auf eine ruhige und einsame Zeit in der rauen Natur. Bloß weg aus Edinburgh mit seinem Duft nach Tannenzweigen, Bratäpfeln und Keksen.

A suspect covered in blood, without a memory of how it got there. A murder committed without setting foot inside the room where it happens. And an advent calendar. Because, you know, it's Christmas.

Als die bekannte Booktokerin Mia die Chance bekommt, Weihnachten abgeschieden und alleine in einer Buchhandlung feiern zu können, braucht sie nicht zweimal überlegen, bevor sie zusagt. Was gibt es Schöneres, als Weihnachten mit einem Bookboyfriend zu verbringen, Punsch zu trinken und inmitten von Büchern zu schlafen? So viel zum unschlagbaren Plan, der allerdings dank eines Schneesturms schnell zunichtegemacht wird. Statt alleine sitzt sie mit dem schlecht gelaunten Arzt Nick in der Buchhandlung fest.

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, does not appeal. Frankly, Sofia doesn’t exactly want her prickly sister Carmen there, either. But Sofia has yet another baby on the way, a mother desperate to see her daughters get along, and a client who needs help revitalizing his shabby old bookshop. So Carmen moves in and takes the job.

Molly and Andrew are just trying to get home to Ireland for the holidays when a freak snowstorm grounds their flight. As the snow falls over the city and over the heads of two friends who are sure they’re not meant to be together, the universe might just have a plan of its own.

Snow is falling, fires are crackling merrily, and Lockton tradition has everyone hanging a promise they’re determined to keep this Christmas on the tree in the village square... Meg Scott has promised to make a success of her first solo Christmas. She runs a year-round Christmas shop in the little Scottish village, and is a fan of all things mulled, sparkly and festive. So when her warring family shows up on her doorstep, ready to spread discord and tension, Meg is determined not to let them ruin her favourite time of the year.

It’s nearly Christmas, and it’s snowing, hard. Six people have an unexpected stay in the tiny hamlet of Figgy Hollow. Stuck inside a beautiful old inn, how long will it take before the joy of Christmas seeps into their souls and offers them all a new beginning?

Every year, Erica, Claudia, and Anna reunite for their book club holiday. They’re bonded by years of friendship and a deep love of books, but there is still so much they keep from each other. At the cosy Maple Sugar Inn, Hattie specialises in making her guests’ dreams come true, but this Christmas all she wants is to survive the festive season. Between running the inn and being a single mother, Hattie is close to breaking point. Over the course of an eventful week, Hattie sees that the friends are each carrying around unspoken truths.

Ein Praktikum in einer Konditorei in Fjarora, dem skandinavischen Königreich! Schon bei ihrer Ankunft ist Emelie von der Schneelandschaft verzaubert – bis ihr ein Hundeschlitten in wahnsinnigem Tempo den Weg abschneidet. Emelie hält dem Besitzer eine Standpauke, bevor sie merkt, dass der Unbekannte nicht nur sehr zerknirscht, sondern ebenso geheimnisvoll ist. Doch es war nicht ihre letzte Begegnung, denn Emelie soll für den Palast backen. Und der Schlittenführer ist Frederik, Prinz von Fjarora.

The Christmas Chronicles is the story of Nigel Slater's love for winter, for the scent of fir and spruce, for ghost stories read with a glass of sloe gin, and beeswax candles with shadows dancing on the ceiling. With recipes, decorations, fables and quick fireside suppers, Nigel guides you through the essential preparations for Christmas and the New Year, with everything you need to enjoy the winter months.

Carmen has always worked in her local department store. So, when the gorgeous old building closes its doors for good, she is more than a little lost. When her sister, Sofia, mentions an opportunity in Edinburgh - a cute little bookshop, the spare room in her house - Carmen is reluctant, she was never very good at accepting help. But, short on options, she soon finds herself pulling into the snowy city just a month before Christmas.

Calm Christmas and a Happy New Year offers inspiration for a new kind of holiday season - one where you radiate calm and cultivate delight. Spanning late November to early January, Calm Christmas embraces the festive build-up, the celebrations and the turn of the year in a holistic, nurturing way. Beth Kempton will whisk you away from the frenetic energy of the high street and invite you to come sit awhile by the fire, pausing to explore what a more mindful festive season could mean for you.

Nina Thompson has one Christmas wish: to avoid her brother’s obnoxiously handsome best friend, Tristan, like the plague. From the moment he humiliated her as a teenager to their escalating revenge schemes, Nina and Tristan’s relationship can only be defined as an all-out prank war! And there is yet to be a winner. But it just so happens the ghost of Christmas present has other ideas. When Tristan unexpectedly crashes her family’s Christmas, Nina’s dreams of a peaceful holiday vanish faster than Santa up a chimney.

In need of work and a change of scenery, Aussie expat Jayden Turner agrees to a short-term chef position at a bed-and-breakfast over the Christmas holidays. What he finds is a grand old house in a beautiful town, and his new boss is gorgeous, gay, and single. After his divorce, Carter “Cass” Campion bought his great-aunt’s run-down country manor in his hometown, and he’s determined to get it ready for the busy holiday period. Recently out as gay, he’s been focused solely on his business and hasn’t had time for a man. Not that many gay men come through Hartbridge...

Includes mouth-watering recipes. Rosie Hopkins, newly engaged, is looking forward to an exciting year in the little sweetshop she owns and runs. But when fate strikes Rosie and her boyfriend, Stephen, a terrible blow, threatening everything they hold dear, it's going to take all their strength and the support of their families and their Lipton friends to hold them together. After all, don't they say it takes a village to raise a child? Treat yourself and your friends to Jenny Colgan's heartwarming new novel this Christmas.

In the middle of a wonderful Christmas holiday in Dharma, Brooklyn, and Derek receive a frantic phone call from their dear friend Claire in Loch Ness, Scotland. The laird of the castle, Cameron MacKinnon, has just proposed to her! They plan to be married on New Year’s Day, and they want Derek and Brooklyn to be their witnesses. And while they’re visiting, Claire hopes that Brooklyn will be able to solve a little mystery that’s occurred in the castle library—twelve very rare, very important books have gone missing.

Thrown out of his home for being gay, he is left without money or, it seems, anywhere to go. Until a stranger shows him that some people do give a lot more than a damn. Ben Hamilton is a rookie cop in his small home town. He finds a young throwaway, fresh from the city, sleeping on a bench in the churchyard on a snowy Christmas Eve. Can he be the one to give Zachary his own Christmas miracle?