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A charming, heart-felt collection of Christmas stories and poems that will delight the entire family. Includes F. Scott Fitzgerald's "A Luckless Santa Claus", "A Christmas Dinner" by Charles Dickens, O. Henry's classic Christmas story "The Gift of the Magi", the hilarious "Reginald on Christmas Presents" by Saki (H.H. Munro), and a tender scene exerpted from Little Women.

"It's not what you think," Nicolas tries to reassure me. "I believe it's even worse!" Back then, he simply abandoned me. Yesterday at the class reunion, he wrapped me around his finger, and since today, he's my new boss... I'm Kaylee Davis. After graduating high school, I fled to London with a broken heart. My great love Nicolas Wright, the hottest football player in our class, had cheated on me with my arch-enemy Alison. Now I've landed my dream job at a law firm in New York and I'm returning to my hometown.

Marie's life is a living hell. Her parents are dead at the hands of a madman, her adopted home has burned to the ground, and her only friend is a drunken old Call Girl. When a mysterious man makes her an offer that seems too good to be true, she gladly sells her soul.

This audiobook was designed with that in mind. A child does not develop properly without food and drink. Likewise, our spiritual growth is stunted if we do not have daily fellowship with God through a daily meal of his truthful words.

She thought it was love. Rose Romanov is a mafia princess, and everything that entails. Violently over-protective parents. A giant extended family, all ready to kill anyone who looks at her wrong. Learning to run a business that isn’t exactly on the right side of the law. So, naturally, when she meets a nice guy who isn’t in the life, she falls hard...Right up until the she discovers her new boyfriend isn’t a civilian at all. But he betrayed her.

Lost, groggy, and utterly devastated, MacKenzie Harper woke in the back of a truck with a kind man giving her a ride to safety. Her memory fuzzy, her senses on high alert, and her world teetering precariously on chaos, she has no idea who to trust, but her nose says she can trust him. When her savior delivers her to Ranier, Preston, Jarret, and Anton Lejeune, Kenzie recognizes them as the sons of the most famous werewolf family in Louisiana. They have to hide her because Kenzie did the forbidden - she shifted.

Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters. Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird...

With their mother ill on Christmas, her children decide to put on a show. With the help of their nurse, they give their mom a darling Christmas gift that she will never forget.

Nothing is going to make Terry lose control like he did last night. This time, he has every detail planned to recreate an evening from their past in La Petite Mort Club style.

"Brewed to perfection.” —Rebecca Ross, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals After the jaw-dropping ending of #1 New York Times-bestseller A Tempest of Tea, Hafsah Faizal crafts a deliciously twisty and seductive sequel that will leave readers breathless. A romantic vampire...

A resident of small-town Visberg is found decapitated. A grim celebration in a cultish hilltop community after the apple harvest. As Visberg closes ranks to keep its deadly secrets, there could not be a worse time for Tuva Moodyson to arrive as deputy editor of the local newspaper. Powerful forces are at play and no one dares speak out. But Tuva senses the story of her career, unaware that perhaps she is the story.

Tuva's been living clean in southern Sweden for four months when she receives horrifying news. Her best friend Tammy Yamnim is missing. Racing back to Gavrik at the height of Midsommar, Tuva fears for Tammy's life. Who has taken her, and why? And who is sabotaging the small-town search efforts? Surrounded by dark pine forest, the sinister residents of Snake River are suspicious of outsiders. Unfortunately, they also hold all the answers. On the shortest night of the year, Tuva must fight to save her friend. The only question is who will be there to save Tuva?

Nick “Sainte” Saintero is ready to begin his new life with the Knights of Silence MC. Leaving the Vitali crime family wasn’t easy, but he knew that the MC held a part of his past he had to face. What he didn’t know was this move would be the biggest challenge of his life. Sainte isn’t a man who cowers from anything - not the death of a beloved MC brother or the woman who insists on fighting him at every opportunity.

Siri Alvarsson is thrust into an unseen war between the Light and the Dark and a world she never even knew existed. She's having strange visions, and the Dark wants to use her as an instrument to win the war. The futures of both humanity and fae depend on Siri. Will she choose the Light or the Dark? Experience Siri's struggle and triumph while she learns to follow her heart and discovers her true inner origins.

A heartwarming story of family, friendship and love as seen through the eyes of two unlikely siblings. The Adventures of Rayne & Presley is sure to bring a smile to the face of every listener young or old. See what happens in their first adventure as they create new friendships that will last a lifetime.

Octavia wanted to get away, so she applied to Emberwood Academy, leaving her cheating ex-fiancé and his new toy Rebecca. After an ill-advised night with a man she shouldn’t have even considered attractive, the notes began. She tried ignoring them, but it was hard to ignore such a persistent admirer. He was a broken man, but when he saw her that day, he knew he had to have her.

Poised with regal grace and pristine wealth, Angelette Arabella is the dutiful daughter of Valerius Arabella, a dictator who rules with an iron fist. When she stumbles upon a series of long-buried secrets that threaten to dismantle their carefully crafted lives, she faces a harrowing choice: expose the truth and risk everything or remain silent and let the lies continue. As tensions rise and loyalties shift, she must decide who to trust in a game where betrayal lurks around every corner. Will Angelette have the courage to face the darkness, or will her fear silence her forever?

Nachdem mein Ex meine Träume vom Catering-Geschäft zunichte gemacht hatte, dachte ich, mein Glücksrezept sei für immer verloren. Dann traf ich Nathan, einen Biotech-Mogul und wandelndes Aphrodisiakum. Sein verrückter Geschäftsvorschlag? Eine Vernunftehe mit einer Multimillionen-Dollar-Auszahlung. Als unsere Scheinbeziehung begann, sich zu etwas Echtem zu entwickeln, fragte ich mich, ob Nathan die geheime Zutat war, die meinem Leben noch gefehlt hatte.

Completely revised and updated! Now in paperback. An award-winning journalist and literacy advocate provides a clear, step-by-step guide to helping your child thrive as a reader and a learner Today’s children face intense pressure to meet rising academic standards and prepare for future...

Alexi Pappas is not only an Olympic runner, actress, filmmaker, she is a writer whose heartwarming and life-affirming memoir will inspire young readers, as she shares the touchstone moments in her life that helped her learn about confidence and self-reliance, compassion and forgiveness, and loss...