Lycanthropy is the theme of a special anthology of holiday tales featuring an outstanding collection of werewolf stories by Charlaine Harris, Simon R. Green, Keri Arthur, Dana Stabenow, Carrie Vaughn, Patricia Briggs, Rob Thurman, and...
Christmas stories
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Author:HARRIS, Charlaine & KELNER, Toni (eds.)Summary: -
Author:Smith, AliSummary:From the Man Booker-short-listed and Baileys Women's Prize-winning author of How to be both, the highly anticipated second novel in the acclaimed Seasonal series, which both continues the arc of the series and is also an extraordinary...
- Author:Sacristán, Pedro Pablo, Henry, O., Butler, DawsSummary:
This collection of stories with music and sound effects features holiday tales for both young and old.
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Author:Wells, K. C.Summary:Mike Davenport was 17 when he ran away from his home in London. He took the first coach available and ended up on the streets of Manchester as a rent boy. Maybe once he could have gone home, but after losing his best friend, Simon...
- Author:Evanovich, JanetSummary:
It's five days before Christmas and things are not looking merry for Fugitive Apprehension Agent Stephanie Plum. She hasn't got a tree. She hasn't bought any presents. The malls are jam-packed with staggering shoppers. There's not a...
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Author:Gilbert, EvanSummary:While home for Christmas with Ted and Edna, his foster parents, college student Austin Greenfield is surprised to meet Seth Barton, the son Edna gave up for adoption at birth. With his adoptive parents now dead, Seth desperately wants...
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Author:Lane, AmySummary:Since Hank Calder’s 4-year-old niece, Josie, came to live with him, his life has been plenty dramatic, thank you, and the last thing he needs is a swishy, flaming twinkie to complicate things. But when Justin, the daycare worker at his...
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Author:Frye, Lacey-AnneSummary:Gavin’s always loved Christmas, but his boyfriend? Malcolm would rather be staked and beheaded, and since he’s a vampire, that’s saying something! Their quarrel threatens to make the holidays less than merry, but when they spend...
- Author:Benison, C. C.Summary:
When a costumed, pike-spiked body turns up after a traditional historic reenactment of the 1645 Battle of Thornford, the Reverend Tom “Father” Christmas and the villagers of Thornford Regis find themselves in a battle of their own as...
- Author:Andrews, DonnaSummary:
The cast of Donna Andrews' New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow mystery series is back for an unforgettable holiday story in The Twelve Jays of Christmas . Meg's brother Rob and his fiancé Delaney have been engaged for...
- Author:Wiggs, SusanSummary:
In The St. James Affair, Elaine St. James has it all: a thriving career as an elite Manhattan publicist, A-list best friends, and a gorgeous, high-profile boyfriend whom her parents adore. Then the man she loved long ago reappears. Now...
- Author:Wiggs, SusanSummary:
Elaine St. James has it all--a thriving career as an elite Manhattan publicist, A-list best friends, and a gorgeous, high-profile boyfriend whom her parents adore. But when Byron breaks up with her on Christmas Eve, Elaine is faced with...
- Author:Wiggin, Kate DouglasSummary:
"My door is on the latch tonight, The hearth fire is aglow. I seem to hear swift passing feet — The Christ Child in the snow." Reba, the minister’s new wife, was spirited, vigorous, courageous, and clever. She was also invincibly,...
- Author:Paterson, KatherineSummary:
Mary's baby has arrived, and she can't contain her joy! As Joseph sleeps, she examines her newborn's tiny mouth, his wild hair, his little hands. Yet whats most wondrous is that this child is not just Mary's own but a gift that God has...
- Author:Hayes-McCoy, FelicitySummary:
As Cassie Fitzgerald is about to discover, there's more to the holidays on the west coast of Ireland than mistletoe and mince pies. But the more she's drawn into the festivities leading up to her first Irish Christmas, the...
- Author:Murphy, Dan.Summary:
From Parks and Recreation star Aubrey Plaza and creative partner Dan Murphy comes the long lost tale of the Christmas Witch, Santa Claus's much misunderstood twin sister. The perfect gift for the holiday season and beyond! Gather...
- Author:Henry, O.Summary:
Originally published in a 1905 edition of The New York Sunday World, The Gift of the Magi tells the story of a young couple at Christmas when money is tight, offering important insight into the nature of gift-giving. A well-known...
- Author:Andersen, Hans ChristianSummary:
Originally published in 1844 in one of C. A. Reitzel's New Fairy Tales collections, The Fir Tree is a moralistic tale that reveals the importance of appreciating what you have. In it, a young fir tree is so fixated on growing up that he...
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Author:Dickens, CharlesSummary:The Cricket on the Hearth is the third in Charles Dickens' series of Christmas classics that started with his beloved A Christmas Carol. In this tale the Peerybingle and Plummer families find themselves at odds with crotchety...
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Author:Garcia, S. A.Summary:In a country that has given up hope, Pastor Saul Thompson battles to keep his combination soup kitchen/homeless shelter open. Recently he has started to see Death, which he calls the Black Mantle, hovering over those about to die. Saul...
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