Search query: holiday ever after a christmas anthology

Product: Santa's Secret
Description: Maddie Richmond: Single, broke, jobless, lives with a cat.

It wasn’t always like that. Not long ago, she was an employee for a digital marketing firm, dedicated to her work. Today, it’s the end of October and she’s learned the company has folded. Now, she’s jobless and potentially homeless, just in time for Christmas!

Hell-bent on finding another job, she pounds the streets in search of a business — any business — that might be hiring. Thinking her dreadful luck has finally changed for the better, she discovers the job she’s interviewed for at Dimblebly’s Toy Store is as a Christmas Elf. And a temporary one at that!

Torn between protecting her dignity and needing to make rent, she accepts the job. Dressed as an Elf from sunrise to sunset, it’s the most humiliating job she’s ever done —until she meets the store’s dedicated Santa, Josh.

Handsome and attentive, there’s something about him that has Maddie utterly enthralled. However, when their working relationship takes an unexpected turn, she realizes this Santa has a secret.

Will Maddie recover from the heart-stopping embarrassment when her family turns up at the store, unaware that her new job involves pointy ears and bells on her toes? Will Josh ever feel he can share his secret with Maddie? Will they be able to pull off the big Christmas event at Dimbleby’s? What will happen to their new relationship when her contract ends at the store?

Santa’s Secret is a heart-warming, comedic read that contains some coarse language and mature themes.
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Product: Christmas boxset: Festive Holiday Reading Collection
Description: 'Perfect escapist holiday reading.' BOOKLIST
"It's beginning to look a lot like ..."
Grab a mug of hot chocolate, cosy up and enjoy a gorgeous collection of heartwarming holiday tales from the Queen of Christmas - USA Today bestselling author of festive movie favourites, A GIFT TO REMEMBER, A LITTLE CHRISTMAS CHARM & more.
You're sure to find the perfect cosy read among this compilation of escapist holiday reads - some of which are also now in development as Christmas movies!
A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS
A TIFFANY'S CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS IN PARIS
CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK
CHRISTMAS AT THE HEARTBREAK CAFE
12 DOGS OF CHRISTMAS
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Product: Viola (Angel Creek Christmas Brides Book 10)
Description: A Southern Belle looking for peace after the war - An outlaw turned rancher, determined to start over - Can two people from opposite worlds find happiness together in Angel Creek this Christmas?

Viola Destine followed her friends to Angel Creek, Montana, only to be robbed on the stage. When a hero comes along and saves her, she has no plans to allow the outlaws to get away with stealing her possessions.

When the stage is late, Simon Clayton needs to find out why. What he finds is a dead stage driver and a Southern Belle, but the box he is expecting is gone. Determined to get his property back, he never expects the belle to follow him into danger. Or, to fall in love with someone like Viola.

In the end, will it take a Christmas miracle to change the course of their paths?
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Product: Virgin River
Description: A Netflix Original Series!
Welcome back to Virgin River with the book that started it all…
Wanted: Midwife/nurse practitioner in Virgin River, population six hundred. Make a difference against a backdrop of towering California redwoods and crystal clear rivers. Rent-free cabin included.
When the recently widowed Melinda Monroe sees this ad, she quickly decides that the remote mountain town of Virgin River might be the perfect place to escape her heartache, and to reenergize the nursing career she loves. But her high hopes are dashed within an hour of arriving—the cabin is a dump, the roads are treacherous and the local doctor wants nothing to do with her. Realizing she’s made a huge mistake, Mel decides to leave town the following morning.
But a tiny baby abandoned on a front porch changes her plans…and former marine Jack Sheridan cements them into place.
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Product: Holiday for Two: A duet of Christmas romantic comedy novellas
Description: Two romantic comedy novellas where the couples are snowbound for the holiday.

All Through the Night by Maggie Robinson

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays personal assistant Carrie Moore from the swift completion of her appointed rounds. She is used to delivering for the rich and famous. Can she mend a hunky English lord’s heart and not get him deported?

While It Was Snowing by Elyssa Patrick

Felicity Evans and Harry Walsh have been best friends forever, but lately, Felicity has noticed the looks Harry has been giving her and she’s going to do something about it. Being snowbound in a Vermont cabin is the perfect opportunity to put herself out there in the most imaginative way impossible. Three words: whipped cream bikini.
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Product: Virgin River Collection Volume 1: An Anthology (A Virgin River Novel Collection)
Description: Welcome back to Virgin River! Available in a box set, the first four stories in the acclaimed series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr. Discover a remote mountain town that might be the perfect place to start fresh. Now a Netflix Original Series.
Virgin River
Nurse practitioner Melinda Monroe comes to town to escape her heartache, though nothing is what she expected. A tiny baby abandoned on a porch changes all her plans, and former marine Jack Sheridan cements them into place.
Shelter Mountain
Paige Lassiter’s sudden, desperate arrival stirs up protective instincts in John “Preacher” Middleton. She and her little boy clearly need help, and if there’s one thing Preacher has learned, it’s that some things are worth fighting for.
Whispering Rock
When wounded former LAPD officer Mike Valenzuela agrees to become the town’s first cop, he knows it’s time he settled down. He’s longing for commitment, and hopes he can help the tough Brie Sheridan to lose her fears and trust again.
A Virgin River Christmas
Marcie Sullivan has finally found Ian Buchanan, a man she owes a special debt to. Maybe in this season of wonder, Ian can look into his painful past and open his heart to the uncertain future.
Look for the complete Virgin River series by Robyn Carr!
Book # 1: Virgin River
Book # 2: Shelter Mountain
Book # 3: Whispering Rock
Book # 4: A Virgin River Christmas
Book # 5: Second Chance Pass
Book # 6: Temptation Ridge
Book # 7: Paradise Valley
Book # 9: Forbidden Falls
Book # 10: Angel’s Peak
Book # 11: Moonlight Road
Book # 13: Promise Canyon
Book # 14: Wild Man Creek
Book # 15: Harvest Moon
Book # 16: Bring Me Home for Christmas
Book # 17: Hidden Summit
Book # 18: Redwood Bend
Book # 19: Sunrise Point
Book # 20: My Kind of Christmas
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Product: An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
Description: Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and... no qualms about a little murder. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss investigations, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing all the way to the retirement home.
Ever since her darling father's untimely death when she was only eighteen, Maud has lived in the family's spacious apartment in downtown Gothenburg rent-free, thanks to a minor clause in a hastily negotiated contract. That was how Maud learned that good things can come from tragedy. Now in her late eighties, Maud contents herself with traveling the world and surfing the net from the comfort of her father's ancient armchair. It's a solitary existence, and she likes it that way.
Over the course of her adventures—or misadventures—this little bold lady will handle a crisis with a local celebrity who has her eyes on Maud's apartment, foil the engagement of her long-ago lover, and dispose of some pesky neighbors. But when the local authorities are called to investigate a dead body found in Maud's apartment, will Maud finally become a suspect?
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Product: The Mermaid and The Triton (Heroes Ever After Book 2)
Description: Navy SEAL Forbidden Romance

Aria—I teach mermaid fitness at a ritzy hotel next to the Naval Amphibious Base. I know better than to let one of those famous frogmen chase my tail. But in a moment of weakness, I submit to Erik, a tattooed badass Navy SEAL. After one night of incredible passion, I can’t stop thinking about his cocky ways and his dirty mouth.
But I am about to train to be the first female Navy SEAL.
When I show up on the first day of training, I’m horrified to realize that Erik is my BUD/S instructor. He’s the only person who stands in the way of me achieving my dream.
I’m not a quitter. He can taunt me, tease me, and run me ragged, but I’ll never ring that bell.
Erik—Aria is the most incredible woman I’ve ever met. She won the gold medal for synchronized swimming, and she looks like a little mermaid the way she moves underwater. Once I find out that the sexy redhead is teaching aquatic classes next to my base, I vow to do anything to make her mine.
After a mind-blowing month together, she tells me she needs to go away to train. I assume it’s for another synchro competition.
I’m dead wrong.
She shows up in BUD/S as a member of the first class to let in women. And I’m her instructor.
There’s no way in hell I will lower the standards of my Team to please the brass and make a political statement.
It doesn’t matter how much I want her because she’s forbidden to me now. She will obey my every command.
She can try to pass hell week, but she will fail.
I’m a Navy SEAL, a Triton, a god of the sea.
And she will never be part of my world.

TRITON is a full-length stand alone romance novel with a HEA. No cheating. No cliffhanger.
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Product: Holiday Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses: A Romance Sampler
Description: Holiday Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses: A Romance Sampler
** FREE DIGITAL SAMPLER FEATURING EXTENDED EXCERPTS FROM THIS SEASON'S BEST ROMANCE AUTHORS **
From rugged cowboysto hard-bodied Navy SEALs, there's something for every romance reader. So, curl up by thefireplace and settle in with some of the best holiday romances of the year with this freesampler featuring excerpts from ten new novels written by today's bestselling authors.
Featuring extended excerpts from:
• Sugar Pine Trail by RaeAnne Thayne
• A Snow Country Christmas by Linda Lael Miller
• Wyoming Winter by Diana Palmer
• Christmastime Cowboy by Maisey Yates
• Moonlight Over Manhattan by Sarah Morgan
• A Chesapeake Shores Christmas by Sherryl Woods
• Christmas in Icicle Falls by Sheila Roberts
• His Secret Son by Brenda Jackson
• Christmas on the Run by Shirlee McCoy
• The Cowboy Seal's Christmas Baby by Laura Altom
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Product: Holiday Ever After
Description: Baby, it’s cold outside! Come snuggle up with Holiday Ever After, a collection of 15 stories filled with love and passion sure to put you in the holiday spirit.

Get tangled up with a Regency tavern wench, your own Mr. Scrooge, or the ghosts of Christmases past and present. Open your home and your heart to visitors from far away. Is your secret Santa a Navy SEAL, a handsome jock, or an artist? Perhaps you’d like to ring in the holidays with that office party hottie, the sexy exchange student next door, or a Vegas stripper? Whether you like your holiday treats sweet or spicy, there’s something for everyone in Holiday Ever After.

Featuring stories by the Los Angeles Romance Authors (LARA), Holiday Ever After will keep you warm on a chilly winter’s night.

Belle Ami • Kate Bigel • Roxann Breazile • Cami Brite • Claire Davon • Beverly Diehl • Pamela DuMond • Susannah Erwin • Nora Flite • Mia Hopkins • Kadee McDonald • Teri McGill • Marla Murphy • Kathy O'Rourke • Jewel Quinlan
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Product: Ghost of Christmas Past (The Red Door Holiday Series Book 2)
Description: Esmerelda Tussaud was born with the ability to talk to spirits.
Jake Delassixe loved her the moment he saw her sipping chocolate milk through a straw at his grandma's bar.
Jake didn't think anything could tear them apart, especially after they endured the cruelty of high school. Esmeralda proved him wrong when she left him, on the night of their graduation after his proposal. With nothing tethering him to New Orleans, Jake moved to New York to revamp an old bar his grandma gifted to him.
Now things are starting to happen in his bar. Things that only Esmeralda can help him with. As Esmeralda helps Jake rid his bar of unwanted specters, she also raises the love that Jake thought was dead.
Can Jake forgive her?
Will she be banished from his heart like the ghosts in his bar?
This book contains humor, paranormal nuisance. romance, humor, and Christmas magic.
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Product: Sex, Snow & Mistletoe (A Short Story) A Laugh Out Loud Romantic Comedy Perfect for Chick Lit Fans
Description: 'It might be a brief read but is jam-packed full of humour, sarcasm and sex' - The Book Slayer Blog

Melinda is already having a crappy Christmas. Forced to attend some snotty bitch's wedding is not the way to start out the holidays.

But when a car crash pushes her into the path of a handsome stranger she's glad to follow his snowy, sexy and seductive path.

But is he too good to be true? And will she make it to the wedding before her best friend loses her mind with worry?
Please note this is a short story of 10k words
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Product: LuvU4Ever (A Moment in Time Book 1)
Description: LuvU4Ever. That's what was engraved on the gold heart David gave Noelle when he proposed.

Noelle's life is unraveling—she's come undone ever since she overheard part of her husband's phone conversation.

"I told you to never call me at home."

Can nine little words destroy love?

David promised to love her forever? It's only been ten years! What happened?

Noelle faces the biggest decision of her life. Will she choose payback? Will she choose love? Or will she just walk away?

LuvU4Ever is Book 1 of a 13-story series, A Moment in Time, highly sensual romance short stories by NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Joan Reeves. Each short story introduces new characters and the heroes and heroines of previous stories return.
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Product: The Martian Chronicles
Brand: Audible
Description: Mars was a distant shore, and the men spread upon it in wave.... Each wave different, and each wave stronger.

Ray Bradbury is a storyteller without peer, a poet of the possible, and, indisputably, one of America's most beloved authors. In a much-celebrated literary career that has spanned six decades, he has produced an astonishing body of work: unforgettable novels, including Fahrenheit 451 and Something Wicked This Way Comes; essays, theatrical works, screenplays and teleplays; The Illustrated Mein, Dandelion Wine, The October Country, and numerous other superb short story collections. But of all the dazzling stars in the vast Bradbury universe, none shines more luminous than these masterful chronicles of Earth's settlement of the fourth world from the sun.

Bradbury's Mars is a place of hope, dreams, and metaphor - of crystal pillars and fossil seas - where a fine dust settles on the great, empty cities of a silently destroyed civilization. It is here the invaders have come to despoil and commercialize, to grow and to learn - first a trickle, then a torrent, rushing from a world with no future toward a promise of tomorrow. The Earthman conquers Mars...and then is conquered by it, lulled by dangerous lies of comfort and familiarity, and enchanted by the lingering glamour of an ancient, mysterious native race.

Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles is a classic work of 20th-century literature whose extraordinary power and imagination remain undimmed by time's passage. In connected, chronological stories, a true grandmaster once again enthralls, delights, and challenges us with his vision and his heart - starkly and stunningly exposing in brilliant spacelight our strength, our weakness, our folly, and our poignant humanity on a strange and breathtaking world where humanity does not belong.
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Product: A Sprig of Holly: Prequel 1
Description: An accident on a lonely mountaintop.
Alone and far from help in the freezing night.
Everything depends on an enchanted sprig of holly.

Greta lives with her grandfather in a cabin in the mountains.
The winter is harsh and they must venture out into the snow for more wood, or freeze.
Their handsome neighbour Matthias would help, but he is stuck in the snowy mountain passes and cannot get home.

But then disaster strikes.

The sleigh breaks, the logs are lost, and her grandfather is badly hurt.
Greta must get him back to safety before night sets in, but how?
Temperatures are dropping fast and they are all alone in the icy darkness.

…or are they?

(Short story of approx 8k words)
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Product: Snow Angel: A Crystal Cove Holiday
Description: Crystal Cove is where all your wishes come true.

For Kris Nichols, he's hoping that's more than the tag-line on the quaint sign welcoming you to the picturesque town. He believes in romance--he has to since he writes it for a living. This holdiay, he hopes to finally find his own happily ever after outside of the pages of his romance novels.

Emma Snow might be a real life angel. Besides being sexy and sweet, something about her makes him think of devilish deeds. After a year of falling for each other, will this Christmas finally bring them the gift they both want?

Love?
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