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- Auster, Paul Auggie Wren's Christmas Story , illustrations by Isol
- An illustrated edition of the New York Times op-ed story that inspired the film adaptation, Smoke , relates the unsentimental holiday tale of a colorful cigar shop owner whose life is altered by a lost wallet, a blind woman, and an unconventional Christmas dinner.
- Chiaverini, Jennifer The Christmas Quilt: an Elm Creek Quilts Novel
- Engrossed in decorating Elm Creek Manor on Christmas Eve, Sarah McClure stumbles upon an incomplete Christmas quilt featuring a variety of holiday fabrics and patterns and sets out to uncover the history of the quilt with the help of Sylvia Bergstrom Compson, the Master Quilter and matriarch of Elm Creek Manor, who reveals why the quilt had never been finished.
- Crawford, Isis A Catered Christmas: a Mystery With Recipes
- Caterers Bernadette and Libby Simmons are coping with their busiest time of the year when they are recruited for a cooking show contest that pits celebrity chefs against each other, resulting in murder.
- Ferris, Monica Crewel Yule
- The owner of Crewel World, a needlework shop, amateur detective Betsy Devonshire makes preparations for the upcoming holiday season, never expecting to become caught up in the investigation into the death of a fellow shop owner, who tumbles to her death during the annual needlework convention.
- Flagg, Fannie A Redbird Christmas: a Novel
- In a tiny and remote Alabama town, an unexpected, unusual, and life-transforming event that occurs on one Christmas morning changes a family and a town forever, in a heartwarming holiday novel by the author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe.
- Guinn, Jeff How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas, illustrations by Mark Hoffer
- Remaining behind in England while her husband works to establish holiday traditions in the New World, Mrs. Claus helps to organize a protest march through the streets of Canterbury when the Puritan government makes the celebration of Christmas illegal. By the author of The Sixteenth Minute .
- Hooper, Kay, Iris Johansen and Fayrene Preston The Delaney Christmas Carol
- Three best-selling authors capture the Christmas spirit -- past, present, and future -- in the irresistible story of three generations of Delaneys who find love and passion in the revelry of the holiday season.
- Macomber, Debbie When Christmas Comes
- Deciding to spend Christmas in Boston with her daughter, widow Emily Springer, through the Internet, swaps houses with history professor Charles Brewster, but destiny intervenes and yuletide mayhem and romance ensue when this unlikely couple is forced to spend the holidays together.
- Medlicott, Joan A. A Covington Christmas
- When it is discovered that one of Covington's former pastors had never been ordained, thus rendering invalid a number of weddings performed forty years earlier, the ladies of Covington come to the rescue to organize church renovations and to plan a group wedding for several affected couples for Christmas Eve.
- Michaels, Fern Family Blessings
- A holiday novella by the author of Crown Jewel continues the story of matriarch Loretta Cisco and her three newlywed grandchildren, who in the aftermath of a freak tornado experience a range of marital problems, including an unwanted pregnancy and fears of infidelity.
- Moore, Christopher The Stupidest Angel: a Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror
- When a seven-year-old boy witnesses the murder of a portly, Scrooge-like real-estate developer, he believes the victim is Santa Claus and wishes for the man's recovery, and when the haphazard angel, Raziel, grants the wish, unexpected occurrences result.
- Parry, Owen Our Simple Gifts: Civil War Christmas Tales
- A nostalgic collection of four Civil War holiday stories by the author of the Abel Jones series features a kind Union solider from foreign soil, a kindhearted and gold-bearing general, a newly freed slave on a spiritual journey, and a wounded Confederate son returning home.
- Perry, Anne A Christmas Guest: a Novel
- During a holiday visit to the home of Charlotte Pitt's parents, Grandmama is called upon to play the role of amateur detective when a fellow guest--an outcast from her own family--is murdered.
- Roberts, Nora The Gift
- Contains two captivating stories of holiday magic and romance -- "Home for Christmas," in which a renowned reporter returns home to win the love of a woman from his past, and "All I Want for Christmas," in which two mischievous twins get the best Christmas present ever, a new mother.
- Thayer, Nancy Hot Flash Holidays
- A gathering of the members of the Hot Flash Club at The Haven, an exclusive spa, is turned upside down when Shirley announces her new financial partnership with a much younger boyfriend, news that is complicated by frayed friendships, bad decisions, and devious relatives.
- VanLiere, Donna The Christmas Hope
- Meeting a troubled five-year-old girl during the holiday season, social worker Patricia Addison and her husband, Mark, find themselves working through past sorrows and reevaluating their faith. By the author of The Christmas Blessing.
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