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...

One lost and found ferret may bring two broken families together this Christmas.Widower Lance Rossiter is struggling this holiday season. His young daughter is recovering after an accident. The first thing she asks for when she's able to talk again is her lost pet's whereabouts- the very same one Lance blames for the accident...Cara McLean is still dealing with her feelings about her son's recent diagnosis. The widowed mother of two very different...

They let go of their dreams, but their hearts never let go of love. When Piper Harriman got engaged fresh out of high school, her father gave her a choice-if she married her unsuitable fiancé, Juan Calderon, her family wouldn't pay for college. So, she went off to college and left Juan behind, hoping he would wait. His idealistic heart was broken, and he said goodbye. But, her love for him refused to fade. Eight years later, alone and laid off,...

What's not to love about a tender Tennessee Christmas tradition? Jillian and her twin brother, along with her parents, love to spend the holidays in their favorite little Tennessee town in the mountains. But this year when her mom booked the cabin, she invited some extra guests and Jillian's arch rival.Jax McKay. The super sexy, wanna-be cowboy is home for the holidays from Montana. When Jillian's mom invites her brothers best friend, Jax, and his...

Finding Mr. Right can be a snow lot of fun.Paul Jansen was the only one of his friends who wanted a relationship. Naturally, he's the last single man standing. No gay man within a fifty-mile radius wants more than casual sex. No one, that is, except too-young, too-twinky Kyle Parks, who sends him suggestive texts and leaves X-rated snow sculptures on his front porch.Kyle is tired of being the town's resident Peter Pan. He's twenty-five, not ten, and...

A Short Story by Ann GallagherSteve hates Christmas, and he's pretty sure everyone else is just faking it. After all, his family can't be the only one who seasons their get-togethers with fighting, judgment, and guilt.Eric-his coworker and secret crush-has tried to convince him not to go for another round of family drama this year, but to no avail. It's Christmas. Steve can't just not go home.But when Eric tells a little white lie, Steve's Christmases...

~~~'Heart-warming, funny, and completely brilliant!' Four years ago, Elodie Parker left the village of Little Heaton where she'd lived for her entire life. She hasn't been back since. Now, with her little sister's wedding looming, she's going home again. It should be a time for celebration, but there are things Elodie left behind she's not ready to face. Not least the love of her life, Tomasz. The man who, if Elodie is really honest, she still loves....

PREFACE I have a long trail of praise for the American cowboy. Leafing through tattered pages of hand-written journals and dust-covered books; and wandering museums admiring masterworks of western artists, I looked beyond their golden frames as windows into America's past, and imagined what the restless spirit of the West was like one hundred fifty years ago for cowboys and the sunbonnets on the American frontier-a land once thought to be as far...

Determined not to spend Christmas alone, Samantha reluctantly returns home for the holidays. She'd escaped her hometown by running off to college over a year ago, nursing a broken heart. But now that she's returned, she must face her regrets head on. Will she be able to find joy - and possibly love - this holiday season? A novelette. Contemporary Christian Romance

Adventure, mystery, and monsters converge in this fast-paced middle grade series perfect for fans of Goosebumps, Cirque du Freak, the Cooper Kids, and the Hardy Boys.* Includes a SNEAK PEAK from the first book in the Monster Hunters series, Alec Kerley and the Terror of Bigfoot! *It's Christmastime and Alec and his friends are off to the country for a spooky visit!When relatives of Alec's best friend Ken Gonzalez begin experiencing ghostly happenings...