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Christmas Romances
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DB/RC65427
Title: Comfort and Joy: Four Novellas by Four Authors
Author: Michaels, Fern
Annotation: Four Christmas novellas. In the title story, romance blossoms when former rivals unite to save a department store owned by a New Jersey family. In "A High-Kicking Christmas" by Marie Bostwick, a Rockette retreats to Vermont with a broken ankle and finds unexpected love. Also includes "Suzanna's Stockings" by Cathy Lamb and "Family Blessings" by Deborah J. Wolf. Bestseller. 2007.
DB/RC65327
Title: A NASCAR Holiday: Ladies, Start Your Engines, 'Tis the Silly Season, Unbreakable
Author: Raye, Kimberly
Annotation: Three short stories by three authors involving romance and NASCAR drivers. In "Ladies, Start Your Engines..." by Kimberly Raye, Savannah wants to be a racecar mechanic. In "'Tis the Silly Season" by Roxanne St. Claire, Clay Slater hires Lisa Mahoney and her kids to be his family. In "Unbreakable" by Debra Webb, Dr. Maxine Gray studies drivers as athletes. Rita Award. 2006.
DB/RC65630
Title: A NASCAR Holiday 2: Season of Dreams, the Natural, Taking Control, Miracle Season
Author: Raye, Kimberly
Annotation: Four holiday tales of romance and race-car driving by four authors. In "Season of Dreams," NASCAR champ Tom Wyatt's career threatens his relationship. In "The Natural," veterinarian Madison Beale finds a new favorite NASCAR driver when racer Danny Cruise brings an injured dog into her clinic. 2007. Contents: Miracle Season by Pamela Britton. Season of Dreams by Gina Wilkins. Taking Control by Ken Casper. The Natural by Abby Gaines.
DB/RC70106
Title: Snow Angels: Snow Angels, The Presents of Angels, Decorations, and, Miracle on Main Street
Author: Michaels, Fern
Annotation: Four Christmas novellas by four authors centered on finding unexpected love. In "Snow Angels" by Fern Michaels, Olympic skier Max plans to spend the holiday alone, until a social worker and her two charges need help during a snowstorm. Contents: The Presents of Angels by Marie Bostwick. Decorations by Janna McMahan. Miracle on Main Street by Rosalind Noonan. 2009.
DB/RC38018
Title: Christmas Angel
Author: Beverley, Jo
Annotation: At twenty-five, the earl Leander Knollis wants to settle down and start a family, but he admits that he seems to lack the faculty for romantic love. His search for a woman who desires something other than romance from marriage leads to Judith Rossiter, a widowed mother of two. But their growing attraction to each other must be put on hold as a series of family secrets come to light for both of them. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1993. Third book in the Company of Rogues series. No earlier series titles transcribed. Followed by "Forbidden."
RC53530
Title: A Capital Holiday
Author: Dailey, Janet
Annotation: Beautiful Jocelyn Wakefield, the president's daughter, disguises herself for an early morning walk without security. She runs into reporter Grady Tucker, his dog, and elderly Obediah Melchior, who looks suspiciously like Santa Claus. Grady fakes an injury in order to become better acquainted. Bestseller. 2001.
DB/RC63606
Title: Eve's Christmas, or with a Little Luck
Author: Dailey, Janet
Annotation: At twenty-six, Eve "plain Jane" Rowland wonders if she will ever find love in the small town of Cable, Wisconsin. Then she and Luck McClure have several "accidental" meetings that change their lives forever. Some descriptions of sex. 1981. Americana series, set in Wisconsin. Originally published as "With a Little Luck," republished in 2006 as "Eve's Christmas."
LT9159, DB/RC69973
Title: Home In Time For Christmas
Author: Graham, Heather
Annotation: Driving from New York to her parents' house for Christmas, Melody Tarleton almost runs over a man in Revolutionary War garb. Jake Mallory swears he's a Patriot soldier fighting the British. Melody takes Jake home to her family -- and falls in love. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Commercial audiobook. 2009.
BR9314, RC36789
Title: The Christmas Bride
Author: Hill, Grace Livingston
Annotation: Gregory Sterling had left town ten years ago, vowing to come back a rich man. Now he is returning, but it doesn't seem like home anymore -- his mother is dead, and his girlfriend has married someone else. On the trip he meets Rhoderick Steele, a minister, who begins to cause changes for Gregory. And shortly after he arrives home, Gregory rescues a young girl who is destined to become an important part of his life. 1934.
BR8393, LT5951, RC32111
Title: Stranger Within the Gates
Author: Hill, Grace Livingston
Annotation: There is just one week left to Christmas, and Mary Garland and three of her children, Sylvia, Stan, and Fae are impatiently awaiting the arrival from college of the children's brothers, Paul and Rex. And then the letter arrives that changes everything. Rex is married! When Rex and his new bride arrive, the entire family, their friends, and especially Rex are thrown into turmoil as it becomes evident that Rex has made a terrible mistake. 1939.
RCO14312
Title: The Substitute Guest
Author: Hill, Grace Livingston
Annotation: Alan Monteith was doing an errand of mercy as a favor for a friend during a heavy snowstorm on Christmas Eve when he became stranded at a farm-house with a Christian family celebrating an old-fashioned Christmas and fell in love with Daryl Deveraux.
LT7837, DB/RC64817
Title: A Christmas Promise
Author: Kinkade, Thomas
Annotation: The Reverend James Cameron is in New England for Christmas when he has a minor car accident involving pregnant out-of-towner Leigh Baxter. Leigh becomes stranded and the two fall in love, but Leigh hides a painful secret that could compromise their relationship. Fifth book in the Cape Light series. Sequel to "A New Leaf." 2004.
DB/RC67766
Title: A Wallflower Christmas
Author: Kleypas, Lisa
Annotation: London, 1845. Wallflowers Daisy and Lillian Bowman's brother Rafe arrives from America intending to marry heiress Lady Natalie Blandford. Rafe, however, falls in love at first sight with Natalie's impoverished cousin Hannah Appleton. At Christmas, Rafe has to choose between romance and fortune. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2008. Sequel to "Scandal in Spring." Wallflowers, book 5.
BR14348
Title: Buffalo Valley
Author: Macomber, Debbie
Annotation: Vaughn Kyle, visiting his parents in North Dakota, is investigating Buffalo Valley as a site for his retail conglomerate employer. He falls for a local girl and for small-town life, dumping the firm, which threatens local industry, and his engagement to a high-powered company executive. Sequel to "Always Dakota." Fourth book in the Dakota series. 2001.
RC56364
Title: The Christmas Basket
Author: Macomber, Debbie
Annotation: Noelle McDowell hasn't been home for the holidays in Rose, Oregon, in ten years because she didn't want to risk running into Thom Sutton. Once she had planned to elope with him, but Thom jilted her. Now she is home, it's Christmas, and miracles do happen. 2002.
BR17218
Title: Christmas Letters
Author: Macomber, Debbie
Annotation: Seattle medical transcriptionist and ghostwriter Katherine "K.O." O'Connor meets prominent child psychologist Wynn Jeffries, whose parenting principles her sister has adopted. K.O. disagrees with Wynn's theories that she claims have turned her twin nieces into little monsters, but falls in love with the attractive doctor. 2006. Fourth book in the Blossom Street series. Sequel to "Susannah's Garden."
DB/RC69414
Title: Fairy Tale Weddings: Cindy and the Prince, and, Some Kind of Wonderful
Author: Macomber, Debbie
Annotation: Two romance novellas which feature unlikely couples. In "Cindy and the Prince" janitor Cindy Territo crashes a Christmas ball sponsored by Thorndike Prince's company. In "Some Kind of Wonderful" bankrupt socialite Judy Lovin agrees to join business rival John McFarland on vacation. Commercial audiobook. 2009.
DB/RC63563
Title: Glad Tidings: Here Comes Trouble and There's Something about Christmas
Author: Macomber, Debbie
Annotation: Two tales of Christmas. In "Here Comes Trouble," Maryanne and Nolan Adams spend Christmas Eve telling their children how they met as reporters on rival Seattle newspapers. In "There's Something about Christmas," columnist Emma Collins falls for the pilot hired to fly her to cover a fruitcake contest. Bestseller. 1991.
DB/RC70101
Title: Mrs. Miracle
Author: Macomber, Debbie
Annotation: Seth Webster struggles to raise his boisterous twin boys after his wife dies. Housekeepers come and go before Mrs. Merkle arrives and takes control. "Mrs. Miracle," as the children call her, encourages romance between Seth and travel-agency owner Reba Maxwell. Commercial audiobook. 1996. Seventh book in the Angelic Intervention series. Sequel to "Where Angels Go."
BR15868, DB/RC59692
Title: When Christmas Comes
Author: Macomber, Debbie
Annotation: Emily Springer wants to be near her daughter in Boston for Christmas, while Charles Brewster seeks a quiet place to work on his book. The two strangers swap homes over the Internet, and surprises follow at their respective houses as unsuspecting holiday visitors arrive. 2004.
BR17625, LT9166, DB/RC65939
Title: Where Angels Go
Author: Macomber, Debbie
Annotation: Angels Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy, receive prayer requests at Christmastime: Harry hopes to coax his wife into assisted living before he dies; nine-year-old Carter begs God for a dog; and Joyce longs for her divorced daughter to find love. 2007. Sixth book in the Angelic Intervention series. Sequel to "Those Christmas Angels."
RC40335
Title: A Christmas Embrace
Author: Marsh, Ellen Tanner
Annotation: Alex and Rose Boyer have been married for about ten years, and they have settled into a routine life. Rose is always busy at the animal clinic that she owns with an older doctor. Alex, a stockbroker, seems to have trouble leaving his work behind at the office. But Rose has planned a special Christmas present for Alex that she hopes will help put some romance back in their lives. Unfortunately, her plan almost backfires. 1994.
LT8036, DB/RC55943
Title: No Place Like Home
Author: Michaels, Fern
Annotation: Trouble and romance come in threes when the spirited Cisco triplets discover that their father has placed their beloved Granny Cisco in an assisted-living facility. For Christmas, the triplets hope to get Granny the medical care she needs and to bring the entire family home for the holidays. 2002. First of the Cisco family series. Followed by "Family Blessings."
DB/RC68594
Title: A McKettrick Christmas
Author: Miller, Linda Lael
Annotation: Christmastime, 1896. Nineteen-year-old Lizzie McKettrick and her beau Whitley Carson are traveling from San Francisco to Lizzie's family ranch in Arizona when an avalanche strands their train. Lizzie falls in love with Dr. Morgan Shane while helping the injured. 2008. McKettrick Cowboys series, book 10. Sequel to "The McKettrick Way."
DB/RC70049
Title: A Stone Creek Christmas
Author: Miller, Linda Lael
Annotation: Stone Creek's veterinarian Olivia O'Ballivan has a magical rapport with animals but no special man in her life -- until she meets widowed Tanner Quinn. Globetrotting Tanner, who is in town overseeing the construction of Olivia's new clinic, needs a nudge to provide more of a family environment for his daughter. 2008. Fourth book in the Stone Creek series. Sequel to "The Rustler."
RCO12190
Title: Roses for Christmas
Author: Neels, Betty
Annotation: Eleanor remembered the forceful Dutchman, Fulk van Hensum, from her childhood, and how she had disliked him. Now Eleanor was grown up and a qualified nurse, and suddenly Fulk, an eminent consultant, was back in her life. He clearly hadn't changed a bit -- still dictatorial and overbearing -- which was a problem because in the circumstances she couldn't avoid him! It also shouldn't matter that he was engaged to pretty little Imogen -- but somehow, it did.
BR15767, DB/RC59402
Title: Silver Bells: A Holiday Tale
Author: Rice, Luanne
Annotation: Widowed Canadian farmer Christopher Byrne journeys to New York City every December to sell Christmas trees. Last year his teenaged son stayed on to pursue a photography career. Manhattan librarian Catherine Tierney buys her trees from Chris and looks out for the boy. Love is soon in the air. 2004.
DB/RC59472
Title: The Gift: Home for Christmas, And, All I Want for Christmas
Author: Roberts, Nora
Annotation: Holiday stories of love and romance. In "Home for Christmas" Jason returns after ten years to his hometown, his old love Faith and a surprise -- Faith's daughter Claire. In "All I Want for Christmas" twin boys ask Santa for a mom. Includes three holiday recipes. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1986.
LT5873, RC49104
Title: A Walk to Remember
Author: Sparks, Nicholas
Annotation: Fifty-seven-year-old Landon thinks back to 1958, the year that changed his life. Pious, Bible-carrying Jamie Sullivan asks seventeen-year-old Landon to costar with her in the Christmas play written by her preacher father. As they spend time together, Landon is shocked to realize he's falling in love. Bestseller 1999.
DB/RC68858
Title: Welcome to Serenity
Author: Woods, Sherryl
Annotation: Spa services manager Jeanette Brioche has a secret reason to turn down her boss Dana Sue's suggestion that Jeanette serve on Serenity's Christmas festival committee. Tom McDonald, the new town manager, is also reluctant to get involved in the holiday planning. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2008. The Sweet Magnolias, book 4. Sequel to "Feels Like Family."
(Updated by Rachel Bussan on 12/2/2010)