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For listeners who are tired of Christmas commercialism, or who feel that Santa Claus and reindeer don’t tell the whole story, these classic gems provide a winning alternative. Selected for their insightfulness, spiritual value, and literary quality (nothing moralistic here) they project the spirit of the season in a fresh, compelling manner that will resonate with listeners of all ages - from children too young to read to themselves, to parents and grandparents who enjoy listening to stories, as well.

Norma Hayes has always tried to make Christmas special for her family, but 1944 will make that more difficult with money being tight and wartime rationing making everything hard to come by. Aware of his mother's hardships and the worry from having her eldest son at war, Norma's second son, Dennis, is determined to buy his mother a special gift this Christmas: a lavender blue dress he hopes will bring her comfort.

Serena Meadows and her twin sister, Luna, are identical in appearance - but the similarity ends there. Luna always had a mean streak and, as a teenager, her selfishness culminated in an almighty betrayal from which Serena thought she’d never recover. Years later the twins are reunited by tragedy and Luna is a changed woman. The arrogance and spite of her youth are gone and, at a time when Serena really needs support, Luna sets aside her own life to come to the rescue. But her generosity is not what it seems and before long she does something devastating.

This year, Ali and Stephen are both just trying to make it through the holidays. Stephen is fresh out of a relationship and dreading the prospect of Christmas alone. Ali, on the other hand, can't celebrate with friends or family. The most important man in her life is dying - decorating cookies and hanging tinsel aren't even on her radar. When the two meet during a chance encounter, Stephen's instant attraction to Ali spurs him into action.

Getting dumped by her fiance right before the holidays was not how Meena imagined things would be. Embarrassed more than anything, she sucks it up and still visits home without her man, only to find out that her first love has been searching for her.

Christmas is a time for remembering - too bad not all memories are pleasant. Everyone in Whiskey Creek remembers Sophia DeBussi as the town's Mean Girl. Especially Ted Dixon, whose love she once scorned. But Sophia has paid the price for her youthful transgressions. The man she did marry was rich and powerful but abusive. Then he goes missing - and she soon learns that he died running from an FBI probe of his investment firm.

After being guilted to come home for the holidays, Linda decides to make the best of it and spend some quality time with her mother... and the step-father that Linda has never been close with. As soon as she steps into her childhood home, Linda is greeted with memories and nostalgia that help her prepare for a week of her mother's hovering and awkward conversations with her step-father. But just as Linda starts to feel comfortable in her childhood home again, her brothers arrive. The same brothers she hasn't talked to in three years.

Innkeeper Holly White is decking the halls this Christmas season, but someone is on the naughty list when a body is discovered in the fifth installment in the Christmas Tree Farm mystery series from bestselling author Jacqueline Frost.

Melinda Sweet loved her husband before she learned of his wealth and she loves him still, despite the fact that it’s gone. Unfortunately, while she knows the collapse of his Chicago financial services business had nothing to do with him, he believes otherwise. His upbeat adjustment to their new - and temporary - life on his grandfather’s rundown honey farm is a foil to cover the burden of failure. She wasn’t expecting to throw - in five weeks - the traditional Sweet Christmas Open House, but it’s a good earning opportunity and how hard could it be?

A witty, warmhearted novel about coming to terms with grief, taking a chance on unexpected connections, and finding family in time for the holidays For wedding singer Mel Hart, the holidays have always retained a certain magic. Her mother, Connie, always managed to pull off spectacular Santa...

The Zeleks came to America to seek their fortune. Andrzej Zelek realised the American Dream with his construction company, Zelekcon. Now under the leadership of his children, his precious company's connection to New York's crime families threatens to collapse the operation

Would you share a bed with your enemy to save Christmas? Down with a bad case of writer's block, Riven has escaped to a mountain cabin for a prolonged writing retreat. The last thing he needs this Christmas is for his family to invade his sanctuary away from LA. What he needs even less is for a family of strangers as large and boisterous as his own to also be stuck in the same house after a double-booking disaster.

Just out of pastry school, Louise Ingstrom has returned to Fortune Bay for Christmas before going to Seattle to find her dream job. Her dad is sick and she wants to help out, but she is staying at the Murphy's cabin for the month to avoid the drama at home.

A trip to the grocery store helps remind friends about what love and family truly mean.

From New York Times bestselling author Courtney Cole, the Magic of the Christmas Season sends a woman back in time to the 1940s where she meets her own grandmother and learns the true meaning of family and the holiday. Piper McCaulley doesn’t know which way is up or down. Her gran, her last...

Quinn O'Neill gave up being a professional rugby player to help his mam after his dad died, and now she's gone too. All that's left for him in Dublin? Four younger brothers, and elusive dreams to explore. Then he finds a journal revealing family secrets, and heads to Northern California wine country, where his mam grew up. That's when Quinn meets her.... Lilly Parker. She's the baker at the B&B, an amazing gazelle of a woman. Blonde. Curvy. With high cheekbones that give her the look of an old-fashioned pin-up with a naughty side. She's wearing a pink and black apron that reads "Life is Short - Lick the Bowl", and all Quinn can imagine is them: her, wearing nothing but that apron, and him, licking and savoring.

They’ll need a Christmas miracle to pull off their fake relationship in this sweet holiday romance. Della Rose desperately needs a Christmas miracle to make it back home in time for her sons’ holiday concert. It’s just that the single mom never imagined Santa would arrive in the form of...

When her flight home to London is grounded at Portland Airport by a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm on Christmas Eve, Thea is out of options. Desperate to make it back to her family after six long months away, she spends her entire bank balance on a night's stay in the luxury airport hotel. The only trouble is, when Thea reaches the hotel room, someone has beaten her to it. Logan is desperate to get home for Christmas too, so, putting aside their immediate attraction, the pair agrees to share.

Warm, humorous and completely irresistible. The perfect Christmas treat! The perfect festive treat for fans of The Archers, Carole Matthews and Veronica Henry. Cat needs to get off the ‘has-been’ heap and rescue her flagging TV career but the demands of her extended family are reaching fever...

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.