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'Tis the season in Shenandoah Falls and the first time Willow Peterson has been home in years. But she’s determined to fulfill the wishes of her recently deceased best friend and restore Eagle Hill Manor to its former glory - all in time to host the perfect holiday wedding. She just has to get the owner of the historic inn to hire her. Unfortunately, that means dealing with Scrooge himself. After the death of his wife, David Lyndon has a bah-humbug approach to Christmas. But as the holiday nears and the wedding planning is in full swing, it's harder to stay immune to Willow's charms.

May 1875: Mary Todd Lincoln is addicted to opiates and tried in a Chicago court on charges of insanity. Entered into evidence is Ms. Lincoln’s claim that every night a Savage Indian enters her bedroom and slashes her face and scalp. She is swiftly committed to Bellevue Place Sanitarium. Her hauntings may be a reminder that in 1862, President Lincoln ordered the hanging of 38 Dakotas in the largest mass execution in United States history. No one has ever linked the two events - until now.

An indispensable guide to the revolutionary advances in pregnancy and childbirth. After decades of research into how babies develop in the womb, Susan J. Fisher, PhD, shares her expert advice to empower expecting parents. Complete with helpful illustrations, practical tips, and the essential questions to ask health-care providers, here is everything you need to take charge of your health and your baby’s.

Single mom Renee Rhodes seems like a woman who has it all together - perfect house, perfect kid, perfect yard. But now that her daughter is away at college, she doesn't know what to do next. Without weekly PTA meetings and after-school chauffeur duty, Renee isn't sure who she is anymore. What she is sure of is that she probably shouldn't be crushing on her new boss, who couldn't possibly be interested in a middle-aged mom. Sadie Landry's drowning in the stay-at-home mom life. When she learns that she's pregnant again, Sadie knows that something has to change for the sake of her family.

When a brother or sister dies, surviving siblings often receive little support or recognition of their pain. But their grief is real, and there is a way to recover from it. Through intimate, true stories and interviews with brothers and sisters who have lost a sibling, expert on grief Katherine Fair Donnelly provides valuable insight on how to survive this traumatic experience.

For Professor Laurie Wilson, planning her wedding to longtime boyfriend Brandon Kopp has been a whirlwind. But somehow, between all the cake tastings and dress fittings, she never imagined being left at the altar. In the aftermath, she does what any sensible woman would - she swigs champagne and considers keying his car. Until someone knocks on her door with a much better idea for revenge.

After a chance meeting in 1981, Lily Fialka confronts the defining time of her life: 1943-45 in Los Alamos, when her physicist husband, Peter, worked on the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project - a time of isolation, hard work, temptation, and loneliness yet exhilaration and triumph; when great breakthroughs were made but lives felt narrow; when loyalty was paramount, but the need for secrecy created unbearable tension.

Recently hired to serve in the palace stable in the great city of Alure, Dale discovers a dark secret to the fabled city and vows - even at the risk of losing his new post - to free the mystical creatures held captive inside the city's walls.

Always the savior and never the saved, a frustrated young prince longing for true love decides to reverse the roles of hero and damsel. He locks himself in a tower to await the day a princess will at long last come to his rescue and bring him true happiness. But who, or what, does this self-appointed damsel really need rescuing from?

Polly always finds refuge in painting. But when the beautiful landscapes of the Maine island where she spends her summers leave her uninspired, she questions the life she's been living for the past 30 years. Will the reappearance of an old, seemingly successful friend be the spark Polly needs to get back on track, or will it derail her even further?

Mimmi und Chris haben sich am Strand verabredet. Ondina findet die Beziehung zu einem Landmenschen zu gefährlich für eine Meerjungfrau und verfolgt die beiden auf Schritt und Tritt. Als sich Mimmi und Chris immer näher kommen, wird es Ondina zu bunt. Sie lässt eine Regenwolke über Mimmi abregnen. Mimmi stürzt panisch ins Meer, um ihr Meerjungfrauen-Geheimnis zu wahren.

Mimmi ist fest davon überzeugt, dass ihre Mutter noch lebt. Sie versucht mit Hilfe ihres Mondrings eine Vision von Nerissa heraufzubeschwören. Doch statt der Mutter erscheint der Wasserdrache. Er verfolgt Mimmi bis ans Ufer und bedroht sie. Plötzlich jedoch zieht er sich zurück. Zac und die Meerjungfrauen stehen vor einem Rätsel. Cam dagegen steht vor einer schweren Entscheidung.

Während einer Unterrichtsstunde auf Mako verschwindet eine der Schülerinnen von Ondina. Amaris will die Insel auf eigene Faust erkunden. Doch die Meerjungfrauen sind dort nicht allein. Chris und Karl sind auf die Insel gekommen, um die Schildkröten-Population zu beobachten. Sie sichten Amaris, die jedoch in den dichten Wald entkommen kann.

Zac findet eine besondere Muschelschale am Meeresgrund. Wie sich herausstellt ist sie magisch, denn Zac schickt damit die Meerjungfrauen ohne es zu wollen in die Vergangenheit. Während Zac in einer völlig veränderten Gegenwart zurecht kommen muss, treffen Mimmi, Ondina und Weilan den 11jährigen Zac in der Vergangenheit.

Weilan erzählt von einer Technik, mit der man Kräfte eines Gegners auf diesen zurücklenken kann. Zac ist begeistert. Mit dieser Fähigkeit könnte man den gefährlichen Wasserdrachen besiegen. Er überredet Weilan, ihm diese Technik heimlich beizubringen. Doch Evie bekommt Wind davon und glaubt, es wäre mehr zwischen Weilan und Zac.

Der Wasserdrache hat Evie die Meerjungfrauen-Kräfte genommen und Ondina gibt Weilan die Schuld daran. Verzweifelt überlegt Weilan, ob sie nicht besser ...

Kurz vor der Vollmondnacht erfahren Mimmi und Ondina, dass sie auf die jungen Meerjungfrauen aufpassen sollen, während der Schwarm den Kampf mit dem Drachen aufnehmen will. Die beiden erscheinen trotzdem vor der Insel Mako und warten mit den anderen Meerjungfrauen auf die Ankunft des Drachen. Weilan dagegen hat einen eigenen Plan.

Mimmi muss Karl im Meerespark helfen und hat alle Mühe, ihr Geheimnis vor ihm zu verbergen. Und Ondina und Weilan hängen nach missglückten Mondring-Übungen von Evie buchstäblich in der Luft. Ondina und Weilan erkennen, dass sie ihre Unstimmigkeiten überwinden müssen, um das Problem gemeinsam zu lösen.

Zac hat seinen Test in Biologie verhauen und überredet Weilan, einen geheimen Zaubertrick anzuwenden. Damit kann sie ihre guten Biologiekenntnisse in sein Gedächtnis übertragen. Leider funktioniert der Trick nicht so wie geplant und es kommt zu merkwürdigen Veränderungen bei Zac und Weilan. Erst sind nur ihre Frisuren vertauscht, doch die Transformation geht weiter.

If Sam Winchester was the illustrated lady in a traveling sideshow in the 1900s, he'd be Hazel Finnegan. Hazel has a power, and with that power, a responsibility. She hunts down the things that go bump in the night, and once she kills them, traps them into her skin via magical tattoo transference. Then she can call upon the monsters she's vanquished to help her take out other baddies. But she might be in over her head this time.