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High school senior Rosella Midnight heads to the town Harvest Party hoping to score a free candy bar and avoid her overachieving cousin. But when the festival's clairvoyant asks for help, Rosella's unique magical talent becomes the key to unraveling a startling theft. Aided by a ragtag team of animal informants, Rosella must navigate high school drama, small-town secrets, and her own self-doubts to crack the case. But when the path to the culprit leads her a little too close to home, Rosella wonders if perhaps she should have just gone trick-or-treating.

Emmerson Ross has been a good girl all year, and Santa is sure to deliver the best gift this holiday—a promotion at her dream job. Everything is going her way until her father’s accident forces her to return home. Home is the last place she wants to be. You can’t hide from your past in a small town.

This was meant to be the picture-perfect holiday retreat: a cozy mountain lodge, a bottomless supply of peppermint mochas, and a stack of romance novels promising to sweep me off my feet—maybe even leading to my very own Prince Charming and a Happily Ever After. Then Damien Steele waltzed in. The pompous indie bookstore owner’s steely-blue stare and frosty demeanor transformed my dream retreat into an icy trap.

There's more to celebrate this Halloween when Bailey's college friend Raven prepares to walk down the aisle in spooky seasonal style. As a bridesmaid, Bailey is overwhelmed helping with wedding preparations while the annual holiday festival scares up business for her bookstore. She also finds herself playing peacekeeper between fellow bridesmaids Colby and Ivy, whose arguments add even more conflict to the already simmering tensions within the wedding party between the groom's traditional family and the bride's bohemian parents.

Some Christmas vacation! An unexpected blizzard just stranded Jennifer Glenn in the heart of the mountains, and her boots aren't made for walking. But the Jeep's buried in a snowdrift and a lonely log cabin is the only shelter for miles around. Just her luck: there's only one bed. She's not about to share it with Logan Taylor, even though the handsome rancher swept her up in his arms and carried her over the threshold. He can just take the chair by the fire like a gentleman—if he is a gentleman—and he can just stop calling her darlin'. Or she'll never fall asleep!

Merry Christmas by Stephen Leacock is a delightful and humorous holiday classic that captures the essence of Christmas with wit, charm, and heartfelt nostalgia. In this collection of tales and reflections, Leacock masterfully weaves together lighthearted humor and tender moments, offering a festive celebration of the joys and quirks of the holiday season.

A new holiday-inspired novel from the “master” (Booklist) of Christmas fiction, New York Times bestselling author Richard Paul Evans.

The world believes Kris Kringle—ex-mercenary turned Guardian of Christmas—is on a killing spree. A man of violence with a white beard and red coat, wielding Workshop technology to protect children's joy, now stands accused of slaughtering innocents. A twisted mirror image armed with bleeding-edge tech and ancient claws claims the title of Krampus Christmas's forgotten enforcer is stalking the shadows wearing his colors.

Kris Kringle isn't your average Santa. By day, he spreads Christmas cheer. By night, he's a skilled operative, battling sinister forces that threaten the innocent. When the Syndicate of Shadows threatens philanthropist Madeline Hart and businesswoman Emily Hawthorne, Kris springs into action. Armed with high-tech gear and centuries of experience, he goes after the criminal organization. But the Syndicate's reach extends further than Kris imagined.

Ivy Noelle Winter is content with being a thirty-one-year-old unbonded omega with no prospects of a pack. She adores teaching fifth grade, she has wonderful friends—and that baking show marathon isn't going to watch itself. Until a snowstorm and power outage traps Ivy in her classroom after hours… with three men. Rome, the new alpha music teacher. James, the flirtatious beta vet he's bonded to. And Logan, the town's grumpy alpha electrician. Their scents call to Ivy and her body answers, setting off her first-ever mini-heat.

Fred Hallow-Hart isn't in love with the idea of returning home to Pine Bluff. But after a bad breakup and a subsequent eviction, she's fresh out of options. God knows she loves her mum and her eccentric aunts—and who could forget their Christmas Cracker family business?—but she's always felt a little out of place in her small town. Quickly roped in by her mother to help with the cracker shop, Fred decides throwing herself into work might actually be what's best for her. Until she reconnects with her old best friend Ryan, who is suddenly making her heart flutter in ways she's never known.

When Lucy Layton leaves New York City to attend her aunt’s funeral, she has no idea where her trip back home will lead. The last thing she expects is to inherit her aunt’s dog, her house, and the attached dog grooming salon. But when she discovers that her aunt was murdered, she is compelled to stay in Shongoloo and investigate. With new dog Ollie by her side, she begins to question a cast of colorful suspects. But someone wants Lucy to disappear, and they’ll stop at nothing to make that happen. Can she solve the murder before it’s too late?

Moving back to Bunny Ridge was not part of Jemma’s plan. But being home near her family for the holidays does have perks. Like being her sister Jane’s date to the charity auction. Jemma might not have a job or unpacked her apartment yet, but she is determined to enjoy her evening. Then Kevin, her high school crush, starts flirting with her as if she’s a stranger.

After her boyfriend breaks up with her and her job is downsized, Elizabeth thinks life can’t get any worse. That is until she gets the news of her beloved grandmother’s unexpected death. Instead of spending the holidays together, Elizabeth will be planning a funeral. Heartbroken, she makes a wish on the brightest star in the night sky: I wish I could see Grandma one more time.

They say there’s no place like home for the holidays...but Poppy McGuire is done with all that! Her sisters are suffocating, and her father hasn’t done anything for himself in years. What she needs is a change—of pace, of heart, of attitude...and so she flees to an isolated Wisconsin cabin, determined to get through to a Happy Solo New Year’s.

This is a gentle Christmas story, whose message is that if we didn't already have Christmas, we'd find a way to invent it. It's hard times in Old Trail Town as the Season of Giving approaches. The factory that employs most of the town is closed and not likely to re-open, and town merchants fear that people will try to shop on credit. Unwilling to carry the debt, the merchants work out a scheme to get everybody in town to agree not to have Christmas that year. What happens next proves that Christmas can't be banned from the hearts of those who truly believe in it.

Washington Irving's Old Christmas tells of an American's travels through England during the Christmas season. Through a chance meeting with an old friend, he is able to experience Christmas in a stately manor house. Through his eyes as a houseguest, he glimpses the uniquely British customs and celebrations of Christmas as it would have been experienced during the Middle Ages, rather than in the early 19th century.

Thompson Hall, redolent of plum pudding and mince pie, green of holly, warmed by omnipotent Victorian fireplaces, awaits the arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Brown from the south of France. But they may never make it to Thompson Hall. The story opens in Paris at Le Grand Hotel, where Mr. Brown is down with "a throat condition"—he is unable to travel to England. Only Mrs. Brown is quite determined they will go on. So begins a Christmas tale complicated and simple, pathetic and farcical, embarrassing—even risque, though of course it could be read aloud to an assembled Victorian family.

Weiße Weihnacht, Liebeschaos und Glühwein mit Schuss! Das Schneegestöber, das die ganze Stadt lahmlegt, kann die Lockdown-WG kaum aus der Ruhe bringen. Durch die Quarantäne haben die Bewohner des Heidelberger Mietshauses gelernt, mit solchen Situationen umzugehen. Es sind ganz andere Dinge, die kurz vor den Feiertagen für Aufregung sorgen und die Gefühlswelt einiger Bewohner auf den Kopf stellen! Die neunjährige Emily möchte Glücksbringerin in Sachen Liebe spielen und schmiedet allerhand Pläne. Eine heimliche Liebelei kommt ans Tageslicht, während andere ihre wahren Gefühle hinterfragen.

Isleen Frost wishes her family had stayed in Dublin for Christmas, but understands it would have been folly to decline an invitation to the Duke of Montfort’s Christmastide house party. Isleen refuses to allow the opulent castle and powerful duke to impress her. But the duke’s eldest son, Lord Farleigh, is another matter entirely.