In the season of gift-giving and goodwill, there's magic in the air, and
Christmas miracles make us believers all over again...
In the enchanting novella Forgotten Kisses by Cindy Roland Anderson,
costume designer Madison Taylor has no love lost when the male lead
playing Sir Lancelot in a TV series is fired. She couldn't stand working
with him anyway. But when she discovers who his replacement is, her
heart nearly stops. Caleb Matthews is one of the hottest male actors
ever... and not to mention Madison's former boyfriend. When things got
too serious between them, everything fell apart. And now, Madison must
play nice or lose her job. She just has to forget all of the reasons
she'd fallen for him in the first place.
In The Last Christmas, a sweet romance novella by Annette Lyon,
Meredith only has to make it through the Christmas holiday pretending
that she and her husband Eric aren't on the verge of divorce. She
doesn't want to ruin the holiday for her two grown daughters and their
boyfriends. But when Eric hurries home after weeks of living in a motel
to unpack before their daughters arrive, he starts pressing Meredith
with questions about why she filed for divorce. The last thing Meredith
wants to do it give Eric a second chance, but it seems that Eric is not
willing to let her go without trying to win her back.
In Julie Coulter Bellon's captivating novella Truth of Dare, wounded
war veteran Jonah Harrison comes home for Christmas, after a year of
recovery. No longer the outgoing high school track star, he just wants
to be left alone, away from well-meaning friends and neighbors. But when
a blizzard strands him with Cami Jackson--the girl who once knew him
best--he can't hide anything from her, no matter how much he wants to.
Cami has a wounded heart of her own, though, and it might take a
Christmas miracle for them to find the healing they both long for and
the courage to reach for a chance at love.
In the charming novella Holiday Bucket List by Sarah M. Eden, Celeste
Lagorio has officially given up on Christmas. A single mother, with her
children grown and unable to return for the holiday, Celeste determines
to take a break from everything. When her single neighbor and
almost-best-friend, Mike Durham, discovers her non-plans, they discuss
things they've always wanted to do, but never had time. Mike and Celeste
put together a friendly competition of checking off the things on their
bucket list, all the while drawing closer and discovering they have more
in common than they thought.
In Christmas Every Day, a delightful novella by Heather B. Moore,
Monica is on the verge of buying her dream store, but when she tells her
boyfriend, he turns it into an embarrassing public argument.
Heartbroken, but determined to follow her dream, she goes to her
employer's Christmas party to play Mrs. Claus, only to be paired with
someone unexpected. A young Mr. Claus who is the complete opposite of
her ex-boyfriend in all the most important ways. Yet, Monica is not sure
she can risk opening her heart again.
In Jennifer Griffith's exciting novella First (and Last) Christmas
Date, pilot Juliet Law has been in a holding pattern, dating the wrong
guy, until she gets a holiday shake-up: old flame Tag McClintock e-mails
her to ask for second date--after ten years. Their first date, back in
high school, had been an unmitigated disaster culminating with Pepto
Bismol and the police. Still, Juliet would have gone out with Tag again
the next day--and the next--had he asked. So now that he's finally
popping up in her inbox again, Juliet must decide whether to say yes to
the date, even if it puts her at risk of another decade of carrying a
torch for Tag McClintock. Will their second date be their last?
