When mystery author D. B. Ziegler is late delivering her book, Abi Schore steps in to help. Surely she can give her favorite author moral support over the holiday break and get the manuscript to her boss at Tea & Sympathy Publishing in time for the new year. When Abi shows up on Ms. Ziegler’s doorstep bearing holiday treats, she’s met by the author’s handsome grandson Dov, who reveals a startling plot twist. His grandmother isn’t able to finish the book and Dov promised he’d complete it so fans won’t be disappointed—a task that’s harder than he ever imagined.

Two little girls stand with their heads bowed in my living room. I’m told they’re my granddaughters. Daisy is nine, and Alice seven. Daisy is the spitting image of her mother. This is the first time I’ve met them since my daughter and I fell out after she married that waste of space, Vince. They’ve come to live with me because their mother — my daughter — was murdered. In her own home while they slept close by. I think Vince killed her. But the police can’t prove it. I’ve always known he was no good. He treated my daughter like dirt. I said he’d cheat on her — but she wouldn’t listen.

There's no place like home for the holidays ... especially for Lesley Carver. Life in the big city just wasn't her jam and now she's back in Hickory Falls, working at the family diner and helping her mom after she took a tumble. Lesley longs to build a life here, working at the cafe, selling her handmade ornaments and ... er, apparently reviving her high school crush on her best friend’s older brother. Only one problem, her mom wants her to leave Hickory Falls far behind.

Tilly Farriday isn’t feeling very jolly this season. Recently divorced and broke, she’s squatting in one of her rental agency’s properties until her new home is ready. The sprinkles on top of the burnt Christmas cookie that is her life? The new owner shows up early, forcing Tilly to hide in the attic to save her job…and what remains of her dignity.

First published in 1843, it tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and unpleasant man who dislikes people generally and Christmas especially. One Christmas Eve he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come and given a glimpse of the many homes and lives which Scrooge has touched in his wretched life to date. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

Clark Griswold was onto something...at least with his annual holiday meltdown. And since the last three weeks of my life have been riddled with humbug—another breakup, a broken toe, an office promotion I deserved and didn’t get—I’m not at all in the mood to celebrate nor have the happ, happ, happiest Christmas EVER.

My fiancé brought me tea and scrambled eggs in bed that morning, and we snuggled together, talking about buying our rings, and about our perfect wedding next year. Then we headed into town. He held my hand and gazed at the ring I liked best, a smile spreading slowly over his face. Then a glass of bubbly to celebrate. I felt flushed, excited and ready for the rest of my life with the man I loved. We race to get on the train home. It screams to a halt and I run towards its open doors. Made it. I think he’s right behind me — but when I turn around, he’s gone.

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the farm in the interstellar war the Terran Federation is waging against the Arachnids. Because everyone in the Mobile Infantry fights. And if the training doesn’t kill you, the Bugs are more than ready to finish the job.

After finding out the man she dedicated the last two years of her life to was harboring a devastating secret, Kailyn vowed to never again waste her time trying to force a man to love her. The only thing she wanted to do is release all of the built up sexual frustration she had built up over the years. Unfortunate circumstances placed Kailyn and Reno in each others paths; a path that would lead them to many nights of sneakin’, freakin’ and catching feelings. Forced to spend two weeks together, they will either emerge as lovers or lifelong enemies. What happens when opposites attract and ...

What do you do when the person you would jump in front of a bullet for, is the one pulling the trigger? For the last three years, Khalil “Loon” Simmons has lived his life emotionless. But like the saying goes “to heal a wound you need to stop touching it” and the scars of his past have resurfaced. One after another, every emotion he has vowed that he would never feel again slowly but surely returns. Loon knows that if he continues to keep these feelings bottled up, he’ll eventually explode in the most dangerous way. So instead of continuing to suppress these emotions, Loon faces ...

Isyss and Desmond Reynolds are happily married and excelling at their careers. They’re more than satisfied with each other sexually, but Isyss is keeping a secret from him in fear that it will alter their relationship. Her birthday is slowly approaching and she has no idea about the lengths her man will go to make sure she’s happy. Desmond is determined to give Isyss an experience she won’t forget. But, it’s Only For One Night…

Stoney isn’t your typical woman. She knows what she wants and she’s not afraid to ask for it. That’s why she has a man for every occasion. However, Brian Todd is about to shake the room and make her rethink her approach to men. Making it out the hood of Houston has been a huge accomplishment for him and he’s more than ready to show Killa City how things are done the H-Town way, Stoney included. It’s about to be a wild ride as these two lovers learn they may have more in common than the passion between their sheets. Will Stoney throw away her carefree, love free, no strings ...

Queen’s life is wrapped in so many layers that some days she can’t even find herself. Wanting love but not knowing how to properly accept love has been her biggest downfall. Her ultimate goal in life is to love and protect others from things she’s had to endure in her past. Trauma, heartache and most definitely pain, has been hidden behind her smile and all she wants is someone to come along and be willing to patiently unravel her doubts, her fears, and all of her worries. Queen wants a man that will have her so in love and focused on him, that everything in her past is a distant ...