{"id":336291,"date":"2025-12-09T12:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T12:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/99p-kindle-festive-reads-for-december-jills-book-cafe\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T12:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T12:44:13","slug":"99p-kindle-festive-reads-for-december-jills-book-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=336291","title":{"rendered":"99p Kindle Festive Reads for December \u2013 Jill&#8217;s Book Cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As already highlighted in my previous post, there\u2019s a change in format over my previous year\u2019s Festive Reading list\/s. However, there\u2019s still plenty of titles to choose from. Plus, if you don\u2019t read eBooks, most of these titles are also in hard copy so you\u2019re not missing out on reading choices. All the titles listed have been published this year. If you want to dig about in the archives take a look\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/christmas-reading\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just a reminder, I don\u2019t have access to a master list of bargains, and my choices are based on the cover, blurb, gut instinct and what takes my fancy at the time, as well as the fact that at the time of listing they were 99p!<\/p>\n<p>Just click on the image to link to Amazon<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9800\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/2016\/12\/17\/a-cheshirati-christmas-thecheshirati\/christmas-graphics-and-animated-gifs-elewwq-clipart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/christmas-graphics-and-animated-gifs-elewwq-clipart.gif\" data-orig-size=\"603,143\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"banner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/christmas-graphics-and-animated-gifs-elewwq-clipart.gif?w=225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/christmas-graphics-and-animated-gifs-elewwq-clipart.gif?w=225\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"603\" height=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/christmas-graphics-and-animated-gifs-elewwq-clipart.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/christmas-graphics-and-animated-gifs-elewwq-clipart.gif 603w, https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/christmas-graphics-and-animated-gifs-elewwq-clipart.gif?w=225&amp;h=53 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"more-84106\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(NB This post features <a href=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/affiliate-links\/\">Amazon and Blackwell\u2019s affiliate links<\/a> from which I earn a small commission on qualifying purchases)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"back-to-index\"><strong>Index<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"#category-crime\">Crime, Thriller and Mystery (includes Historical Crime\/Mysteries)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"#category-general\">General\/Contemporary Fiction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"#category-historical\">Historical<\/a><\/strong> (I tend to take this as pre 1960\u2019s ie not in my lifetime!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#category-romance\"><strong>Romance<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#non\">Non Fiction<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center has-blue-color has-light-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-heading\" id=\"category-crime\"><strong>Crime, Thriller &amp; Mystery <\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4pGSo4P\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/91s4RfbzfxL._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Midwinter Martyr by SJ Parris<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Giordano Bruno, heretic, philosopher and spy, is on the run from the Inquisition. He flees to Venice, but the beautiful city proves no safe haven.<\/p>\n<p>The killing of an aristocrat and the arrest of his wife and secretary for murder are causing unrest. When an anonymous letter, written in code, proclaims the woman\u2019s innocence, the city\u2019s chief of intelligence employs Bruno to find the writer.<\/p>\n<p>But the death is mired in a tangle of dangerous secrets, and Bruno soon learns there are some very powerful people who will stop at nothing to suppress the truth\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4ivkTQn\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41z4lyjz5QL._SY445_SX342_ControlCacheEqualizer_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Austen Christmas Murders by Jessica Bull<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I sincerely hope your Christmas may abound in the mysteries which the season generally brings\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The festive season is fast approaching.<\/p>\n<p>Jane Austen fears that without her lively siblings at home, there won\u2019t be much Christmas cheer in the Austen household this year.<\/p>\n<p>But when she uncovers a skeleton in the cellar of Deane Parsonage, Jane soon forgets her woes. For who needs merriment, when there\u2019s a mystery to solve?<\/p>\n<p>Jane quickly learns of a missing young bride, who after fleeing her wedding breakfast, was never seen again. Locals have long believed she haunts the woods nearby. Could Jane have found her at last?<\/p>\n<p>Or does the truth of this mystery lie closer to home?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Over the twelve days of Christmas, Jane will embark upon festive delights, making merry, and solving murders\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4q0Qe0b\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51V-bTxOYAL._SY445_SX342_ControlCacheEqualizer_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Christmas Tree Killer by Chris Frost<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the dead of winter, the Pennine Way is treacherous. As snowstorms hit, hikers have been told to stay away. But not everyone has heeded the warning: a lone walker finds a parcel in the snow, addressed to her. But there\u2019s no festive treat inside. Instead? A severed limb.<\/p>\n<p>DI Tom Stonem is called in to investigate as more gruesome packages appear under the trees. Each is wrapped like a Christmas present, with tags addressed to local residents. Are the intended recipients of these sinister gifts involved in the bloodshed? Or victims of a killer\u2019s cruel game?<\/p>\n<p>As Stonem unwraps the case, the secrets of the forest get ever darker. As December ticks down, it looks like this Christmas, murder is the gift that keeps on giving\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3M2vypQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/91d4wqAUzZL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>A Body at the Christmas Book Fair by Helen Cox<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While making merry at the York Christmas Book Fair,\u00a0<strong>Kitt Hartley<\/strong>\u00a0finds herself drawn into\u00a0<strong>a murder mystery with a festive twist<\/strong>. The victim is Leonard Bell, a festival volunteer who suddenly drops dead during his performance of\u00a0<em>A Christmas Carol<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, police identify the cause of death as an unknown toxin. Fearing for his own life, Bell\u2019s lab partner Kevin Ripley enlists Kitt\u2019s help to track down the killer \u2013 before it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n<p>As Kitt and her team begin to investigate the poisoning, they uncover a twisting web of long-held grudges and stolen antidotes. But even with surprise help from some very old friends, can Kitt unravel the truth? Or will the invisible assassin escape unpunished?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48tdw7J\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51g7z1fE9nL._SY445_SX342_ControlCacheEqualizer_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Christmas Magpie by Mark Edwards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Noel and Dani\u2019s first Christmas in their new home and they want everything to be perfect \u2013 lavish presents, a beautiful tree and outdoor decorations to join in with the festivities in this welcoming community.<\/p>\n<p>But they quickly wonder if this street is as perfect as it appears.<\/p>\n<p>First, there are the unwelcome presents left anonymously on their doorstep.<\/p>\n<p>Then they are sure someone is watching them\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And why are the neighbours all obsessed with a notorious killer who is housed at the nearby women\u2019s prison?<\/p>\n<p>After tragedy strikes at a Christmas party, Noel and Dani try to find out who is targeting them \u2013 but, in this case, it might be safer not to know . . .<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4pmufR2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81iBRBBC7nL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Murder at Midwinter by Ada Moncrieff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A SCHOOL REUNION\u2026 A CHRISTMAS PARTY TO DIE FOR.<\/p>\n<p>December 1937. Daphne King is attending the twentieth anniversary reunion at her secondary school, Midwinter Academy, a weekend that will see resurrected rivalries and alliances amidst the Christmas festivities. But a string of peculiar incidents prompts Daphne to suspect that she and her friends are being sent messages \u2013 or threats \u2013 related to the disappearance of a classmate twenty years ago.<\/p>\n<p>It was a mystery which clouded their final year at the school \u2013 and one which Daphne, as a budding eighteen-year-old sleuth, solved.<\/p>\n<p>When, the morning after the reunion, one of Daphne\u2019s old school friends is found dead, Daphne finds herself in the role of investigator once more. Are the two cases linked? And has Daphne learned from the mistakes of her past?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Mc7fWo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41etnKS5SKL._SY445_SX342_ControlCacheEqualizer_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Cat and the Christmas Kidnapper by LT Shearer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Join Lulu Lewis, a retired detective with a knack for uncovering secrets, and Conrad, her extraordinary talking cat, as Christmas cheer gives way to festive fear . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2744\u2744\u2744<\/p>\n<p>Hoping for a relaxing festive break, Lulu sets off with Conrad on her canal boat,\u00a0<em>The Lark,<\/em>\u00a0to the picturesque city of Bath to visit friends. But when the pair arrive, they learn of a ruthless kidnapping plot that is plaguing parents in the area.<\/p>\n<p>As the kidnappers fuel panic with further demands, the pair must unravel clues faster than Conrad can charm with his witty banter. That is, if they are to stand any chance of bringing the criminals to justice in time to save the holidays .<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4paUvxV\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81h+vjJtI-L._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Murder Most Haunted by Emma Mason<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A grand country estate.<\/strong><br \/>On her last day as a Detective, Midge McGowan is given the retirement present from hell: a ticket to take part in a haunted house tour. She\u2019ll have to spend the weekend before Christmas ghost-hunting in an isolated mansion with a group of misfits, including a know-it-all paranormal investigator and a has-been pop star.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An impossible crime.<\/strong><br \/>It isn\u2019t long before the tour starts to spiral out of control. Midge and the guests see an unsettling figure walking the grounds late at night. Then the unthinkable happens \u2013 someone is murdered in a room that\u2019s been locked from the inside.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Christmas they might not survive.<\/strong><br \/>Heavy snow cuts them off from help, the house\u2019s own dark secrets begin to surface, and Midge can\u2019t shake the creeping sense that they are walking into a nightmare. Could a ghost really be responsible, or is the culprit one of the guests?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48IGIZs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/917LVrCnOOL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Ring the Bells by CK McDonell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For most people, that means a time of celebration, relaxation and inebriation, but not for the staff of\u00a0<em>The Stranger Times.<\/em>\u00a0While a book club meeting ending in a triple murder isn\u2019t unprecedented, it is at least noteworthy. It quickly emerges that this is no ordinary book-club-triple-murder either, as it features a librarian possessed by a chaotic entity who has broken through from another dimension and is hellbent on vengeance. He\u2019s made a list, but he\u2019s not checking it twice as the whole of humanity is on it. Who would want to summon such a thing? And how is anyone going to be able to send it back?<\/p>\n<p>As if that wasn\u2019t enough to be dealing with, a shocking revelation about a member of\u00a0<em>The Stranger Times<\/em>\u00a0team\u2019s past brings family together, but not in a way that\u2019s ever going to make it into a Hallmark movie.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring demonically possessed Santas, blood-thirsty books and the ghost of a legendary nightclub, it\u2019s beginning to look a lot like a Christmas apocalypse . . .<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48IRTkS\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/91+VV9ef1TL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The First Snow of Winter by Morgan Greene<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>As winter closes in, a deadly game begins \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With tensions at an all-time high, the team is divided, pulled in different directions as they hunt different prey. Jamie doesn\u2019t know which way to turn, but when the killings begin, things become blindingly apparent.\u00a0<strong>They\u2019re not just dealing with a killer doing this out of necessity, but one doing it out of pleasure.<\/strong><strong>He\u2019s skilled, experienced, and he knows who is chasing him. And, seemingly, how to avoid them at every step.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Can Jamie outwit a killer who\u2019s been trained to beat her?<\/strong>\u00a0And can she keep her nerve as the stakes grow ever higher? With old friends and new enemies swarming around her, this is Jamie\u2019s toughest case yet and will push her to the breaking point. She\u2019ll need to call on all of her experience, and all of her contacts, if she hopes to win this fight.\u00a0<strong>But, even if she does, what will it cost her?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48nUGP5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/815Hzky0pBL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Dead of Winter by Rebecca Zanetti<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome to Knife\u2019s Edge, Alaska, where the four Osprey brothers return from military service with shadows in their eyes and secrets in their hearts. As danger looms, new romances ignite, and these rugged men must fight for love\u2026and survival.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brock Osprey has spent years in the rugged Alaskan wilderness, far from civilization and even farther from his past. A former Navy Seal, Brock is now the unwilling protector of Knife\u2019s Edge, a remote town with more secrets than residents. But when FBI agent Ophelia Spilazi arrives to investigate the unsolved murder of his guardian\u2014and recent unexplained deaths in the area\u2014Brock\u2019s carefully guarded world is thrown into chaos.<\/p>\n<p>Agent Ophelia Spilazi has one last chance to save her career, and Knife\u2019s Edge is her shot. The isolated town is full of secrets, and she\u2019s certain Brock knows more than he\u2019s letting on. The town\u2019s recent string of mysterious deaths only heightens her suspicion, but the more time she spends with the brooding Alaskan, the harder it becomes to ignore the dangerous chemistry between them.<\/p>\n<p>As a brutal storm traps them in the isolated wilderness, Brock and Ophelia\u2019s growing attraction ignites, even as shadows from their pasts threaten to tear them apart. But with a dangerous conspiracy and powerful enemies lurking in the shadows, their only hope is to trust each other\u2014before the wilderness consumes them both.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4ivB4x5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71HNY4Dg4HL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>How to Slay at Christmas by Sarah Bonner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>She\u2019s making a list, she\u2019s checking it twice\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jessica Williams loves Christmas: the food, the drink, the fairy lights, the opportunities to take out all the miserable people who ruin the festive season for others. And what better cover for her murderous intentions than taking a job as Mrs Claus at the Ellsbury Christmas Market grotto? After all, who would possibly think Mrs Claus could stab a man through the eye with a Phillips-head screwdriver?<\/p>\n<p>Fearne Dixon hates Christmas. As the long-suffering wife of the Ellsbury Christmas Market\u2019s manager, she\u2019s sick to the back teeth of it and it\u2019s still only November. But then the bodies start piling up, an old rival arrives back in her life, and Fearne reaches breaking point.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When the lives of the two women collide, who will end up on the Naughty List?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"#back-to-index\">Back to Index<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9801\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/2016\/12\/17\/a-cheshirati-christmas-thecheshirati\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif\" data-orig-size=\"732,145\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"christmas banner 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif?w=225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif?w=225\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"732\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif 732w, https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif?w=225&amp;h=45 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center has-blue-color has-light-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-heading\" id=\"category-general\"><strong>General\/Contemporary Fiction<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Kjw5De\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51IyBFdRzlL._SY445_SX342_ControlCacheEqualizer_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>All We Want for Christmas by Phillipa Ashley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At Ravendale Castle, nestled in the snowy heart of the Lake District, Lara is busy preparing for the Winter Spectacular \u2014 a glittering light trail that will fill the grounds with the magic of Christmas. It\u2019s the perfect distraction from her recent heartbreak until Flynn, the ruggedly handsome technical manager, arrives and sparks start to fly.<\/p>\n<p>Flynn is determined to prove he\u2019s worth taking a chance on. But just as Lara begins to believe in love again, someone from Flynn\u2019s past arrives at the castle, bringing a secret that could tear them apart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As Christmas draws closer, can Lara and Flynn take a leap of faith toward the happily ever after they\u2019ve always wanted?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4rAbL1e\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51Znc+z-j2L._SY445_SX342_ControlCacheEqualizer_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Christmas Retreat by Trisha Ashley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ginny Spain usually loves Christmas: wrapping up warm by a cosy fire, putting twinkling lights on the tree\u2026 But after breaking up with her ex, her festive spirit has deserted her. This year, she plans to hide away and spend the holiday alone.<\/p>\n<p>Her formidable mother, Evie, has other ideas. Dragging Ginny out of isolation, Evie takes her to an artist and writers retreat at Triskelion, a remote old house in the tiny coastal village of Little Star, determined to uncover the secrets of an ancestor who once lived there.<\/p>\n<p>Triskelion is now home to rugged Rhys Tarn and his ten-year-old daughter \u2013 and Ginny is in for a shock when she discovers Rhys and her share an unexpected connection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Before Twelfth Night, and with the help of Rhys, can Ginny unlock her past and bring back her Christmas cheer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4pyuIzi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/8120hLUUV8L._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Secret Mistletoe Promise by Cressida McLaughlin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Is a new beginning waiting for her this Christmas?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Imogen leaves her fianc\u00e9 at the altar and escapes to her grandmother\u2019s cottage by the sea, the only thing she wants to do is disappear.<\/p>\n<p>But in a village curious about their new arrival, Imogen finds hiding out harder than expected, especially with the charming local baker Dexter around to distract her.<\/p>\n<p>As secrets unravel and the festive season draws near, Imogen wonders if she\u2019s been running from the wrong things all along.<\/p>\n<p>Will the runaway bride find her happy ever after under the mistletoe?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4iv9xvT\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51rz6yYiyvL._SY445_SX342_ControlCacheEqualizer_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Escape to the Northern Lights by Carrie Walker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>High-powered lawyer Sara thought she had life figured out \u2013 until her whirlwind marriage ends in divorce, her dream promotion slips away and a burnout diagnosis forces her to take a break.<\/p>\n<p>Desperate for a reset, she books a four-week spa retreat in Norway, imagining a luxurious escape. Instead, she finds herself in the rugged wilderness of Firefly Forest, knee-deep in reindeer droppings and stuck with an annoyingly bohemian \u2013 and ridiculously attractive \u2013 outdoorsman, Henrik.<\/p>\n<p>What starts as a nightmare turns into a journey of self-discovery as Sara swaps designer heels for bare feet, legal briefs for tree-hugging, and fleeting flings for something far deeper\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4it3SGN\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81vDpY-84yL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>All Together for Christmas by Sarah Morgan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This Christmas, the Balfour family will have more secrets to unwrap than presents \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Becky is stranded at the airport, so when she bumps into her brother\u2019s best friend, Will, and he suggests they drive home together, Becky reluctantly agrees. For the first time, Becky is dreading Christmas, and only Will knows why. Can she trust him to keep her secret?<\/p>\n<p>Rosie married Declan after a whirlwind romance, and now the cracks are starting to appear. Rosie and Declan have agreed to hide their problems from her family, but will this Christmas bring them closer or drive them apart?<\/p>\n<p>Hayley can\u2019t wait for her first Balfour family Christmas with Jamie, but she\u2019s worried about her place in this close-knit family. Will there be room for her too? And how will they react to the secret she and Jamie have been keeping?<\/p>\n<p>All this secrecy could derail everyone\u2019s happy holidays. Can the siblings open up to each other in time to enjoy a perfect family Christmas?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48mOWFj\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/815TVNbpldL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>A Ferry Merry Christmas by Debbie Macomber<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When the holidays don\u2019t go to plan, can love chart a new course?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Avery and Reed Bond might drive each other up the wall, but as siblings, they\u2019ve always had each other\u2019s backs \u2013 through every triumph, every heartache, and every ill-advised attempt at matchmaking.<\/p>\n<p>This Christmas is their first without their beloved Gram, the woman who raised them and made the season magical. Determined to honour her memory, they plan a holiday escape together. But when their ferry breaks down mid-journey, the festive spirit is in short supply.<\/p>\n<p>Then Avery strikes up an unexpected connection with a dashing sailor who reminds her what magic really feels like. And Reed finds himself seeing his workmate in a whole new \u2013 and very unexpected \u2013 way.<\/p>\n<p>As the snow falls and the Christmas lights twinkle, the Bond siblings discover that life has a funny way of surprising you.\u00a0<strong>So, could a holiday hiccup turn into the season that changes everything?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4pNbnuF\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81jV+CW1vrL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>New Beginnings for Christmas by Sally Page<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf84\u2764\ufe0f\u2728<strong>A single Christmas can change everything\u2026<\/strong>\u2728\u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\udf84<\/p>\n<p>This Christmas, Malcolm is determined to give his dearest friend Rev Ruth the perfect festive lunch \u2013 a heartfelt thank-you for her boundless generosity.<\/p>\n<p>But when Ruth\u2019s kind spirit turns their quiet meal into a community feast, Malcolm\u2019s dreams \u2013 and nerves \u2013 begin to unravel.<\/p>\n<p>As snow begins to fall, tensions rise with the arrival of more unexpected guests\u2026<\/p>\n<p>But new beginnings often come wrapped in chaos. If Malcolm can find the courage to open his heart, he might find the most magical Christmas gift of all\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Kk8xOA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81fhc4LfmqL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Christmas Visit Box Set by Hayley Summers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Grandmother always had her secrets. But secrets don\u2019t stay hidden forever\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When the old Hamlin family matriarch passes, it\u2019s down to Heather to sort the estate. Despite life\u2019s demands causing her family to drift apart, Heather and her siblings are excited to reunite and spend Christmas as a family at their grandmother\u2019s massive house on the shores of the beautiful La Luna Bay. But there was one thing Heather didn\u2019t account for.<\/p>\n<p>After she discovers a blast from her past camping out in her grandmother\u2019s apartment, Heather is plunged back into a dizzying mix of old feelings. River Thompson never stopped loving her \u2013 even if their failed marriage ended in heartbreak. The undercover officer has his fair share of secrets\u2026but all Heather knows is that her ex has suddenly been thrust back into her life.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with a seemingly endless stream of siblings and unexpected visitors, Heather quickly begins to feel like she\u2019s at the end of her rope. She\u2019s determined to get rid of River, but their attraction never really died\u2026 and when she uncovers something while hunting for some lost Christmas ornaments, the pair are unwittingly plunged into a mystery that will change everything Heather knew about her past.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Christmas Visit<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0is a charming contemporary fiction read that\u2019s perfect for anyone who wants to lose themselves in a cozy Christmas adventure that hides surprises around every corner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4anWUk8\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81w30wIkScL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Snowy Surprises in the Highlands by Lisa Hobman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Magic happens when you least expect it\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bella Douglas is living her dream life on the Isle of Skye but misses her friends at Drumblair Castle. She has the love of her life by her side, Granny Isla just up the road and has landed a big job to renovate the interior of a gorgeous Victorian hotel for an American client. What could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n<p>When Bella\u2019s new client sends their son to project manage the hotel renovation, things take an unexpected turn for the worse. Ex-model Carlton Somers has set his sights on Bella and doesn\u2019t seem to understand the word \u2018no\u2019. But her relationship with Harris is rock solid; nothing can break that foundation \u2026 can it?<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Granny Isla\u2019s \u2018<em>friendship<\/em>\u2019 with her neighbour Tam Guthrie is going from strength to strength but when drama hits Pabay View Residential Home Bella\u2019s life is quickly sent into a tailspin.<br \/>What will it take to get her life back on track?<br \/>And can she ever find time to focus on her own happiness and future?<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"#back-to-index\">Back to Index<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9801\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/2016\/12\/17\/a-cheshirati-christmas-thecheshirati\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif\" data-orig-size=\"732,145\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"christmas banner 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif?w=225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif?w=225\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"732\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif 732w, https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif?w=225&amp;h=45 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center has-blue-color has-light-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-heading\" id=\"category-historical\"><strong>Historical<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Y1kGLm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81CpiXTZ-0L._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Three Sisters in the Snow by Annie Groves<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>It\u2019s 1942 on Victory Walk in East London, and the Harrison sisters are wishing for some winter magic\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the men fighting Hitler in Europe, and everything including good cheer in short supply, the sisters are determined to keep their spirits up.<\/p>\n<p>Daisy wants to do her bit, but will life in the Land Army be harder than she bargained for? Will nurse Rose carry on bravely while hiding a bruised heart? And can Clover keep a secret from her sisters when she is posted to a place called Bletchley Park?<\/p>\n<p>As the cold snap tightens its grip on the country, will the three sisters keep hope in their hearts for a better tomorrow?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48JqdMP\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51yAX5CLKfL._SY445_SX342_ControlCacheEqualizer_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Winter Bride by Katie Flynn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool, 1942.<\/strong><br \/>As the threat of war draws closer, Isla Donahue seeks solace in her sweetheart, Rory.<\/p>\n<p>Their love for one another has never been stronger, but Isla struggles to ignore doubts surrounding her beau\u2019s tainted past.<\/p>\n<p>So when Rory unexpectedly comes face-to-face with his first love, her world is shaken.<\/p>\n<p>Can Isla draw on her own grit and determination to build a brighter future? And can she make her dreams of a perfect white wedding come true this Christmas?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/44EkOUM\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/91g42NIyzEL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Winter Belle by Dilly Court<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>As snowflakes carpet London\u2019s cobbled streets, can Kitty protect her loved ones?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When her family falls on hard times, Kitty refuses to give in to despair. With a talent for painting, she earns a few shillings selling her portraits at the bustling Soho Bazaar.<\/p>\n<p>But danger waits in the shadows, and when her mother is swindled out of almost everything and her sister is drawn into a reckless affair, their future hangs by a thread.<\/p>\n<p>As winter tightens its icy grip, can Kitty give them hope when all seems lost?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48pgREG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51OQ0a5cRLL._SY445_SX342_ControlCacheEqualizer_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Rag Princess by Rose Goodwin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Nuneaton, 1904<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Abandoned on the steps of the workhouse shortly after her birth, little Annie never felt the love of a family. When she\u2019s taken from the only world she has known to a smart home on Swan Lane, she dares to hope her life might be changing for the better. But hope is fragile. Grieving the loss of her own child, Maggie Lilburn didn\u2019t adopt Annie out of kindness \u2013 she wants her as a servant, not a daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Maggie\u2019s coldness, Annie finds flickers of warmth elsewhere: in the bond with her adopted brothers and in the quiet kindness of Maggie\u2019s husband Levi, the local rag-and-bone man. He sees Annie\u2019s potential and takes her under his wing and into his trade. As Maggie crumbles beneath the weight of her sorrow, Annie is determined to hold the fractured family together \u2013 and carve out a place of her own.<\/p>\n<p>Through all of this one question remains for Annie: who were her parents and why did they abandon her at the workhouse all those years ago?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4rMYNxl\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81TOgtTsfcL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Palace Girls at Christmas by Emma Royal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Buckingham Palace, Christmas 1952<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When plucky young Caroline Stratton is offered a secretarial job at the Palace, she can\u2019t believe her luck. Moving upstairs from her friends in the Royal Household\u2019s staff is daunting, but she\u2019s determined to make her East End family proud.<\/p>\n<p>Then, just days later, her brother is framed for murder and arrested. Caroline is devastated. How can she help him, when she risks losing the livelihood that keeps her family afloat if the story came out?<\/p>\n<p>With the Palace preparing for the first festive season of the new Queen\u2019s reign, can Caroline find the strength to trust her friends, and prove her brother\u2019s innocence in time for Christmas?<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"#back-to-index\">Back to Index<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9801\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/2016\/12\/17\/a-cheshirati-christmas-thecheshirati\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif\" data-orig-size=\"732,145\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"christmas banner 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif?w=225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif?w=225\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"732\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif 732w, https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif?w=225&amp;h=45 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-blue-color has-light-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background\" id=\"category-romance\"><strong>Romance<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4rvyLOE\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/91fUYxJ08NL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>A Pack for Winter by Eliana Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ivy Noelle Winter is content with being a 31-year-old unbonded omega with no prospects of a pack.<br \/><\/strong><br \/>She adores teaching fifth grade, she has wonderful friends \u2014 and that baking show marathon isn\u2019t going to watch itself.<\/p>\n<p>Until a snowstorm and power outage traps Ivy in her classroom after hours\u2026with three men:<\/p>\n<p>Rome, the new alpha music teacher.<\/p>\n<p>James, the flirtatious beta vet he\u2019s bonded to.<\/p>\n<p>And Logan, the town\u2019s grumpy alpha electrician.<\/p>\n<p>Their scents call to Ivy and her body answers, setting off her first-ever mini heat. When the pheromones settle, she gets a proposition beyond her wildest dreams \u2014 a chance to be a pack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But there\u2019s no such thing as a perfect courtship, especially when the biggest roadblock to happiness might be Ivy herself.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3K8qvUe\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/813loHrwHRL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Snowed in at the Wildest Dreams Bookshop by Gracie Page<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ivy\u2019s first term at art college hasn\u2019t gone to plan. Lacking in friends and inspiration, she\u2019s looking forward to a quiet, cosy, antisocial winter holiday working at the Wildest Dreams Bookshop.<\/p>\n<p>Except, her sleepy small town is suddenly full of chirpy tourists, including Trip \u2013 her most annoyingly sunshine-y (and annoyingly handsome) new customer of all, who\u2019s desperate for Ivy to show him the sights of Fox Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Ivy doesn\u2019t think there\u2019s much of interest in her hometown, but can seeing it through Trip\u2019s eyes give her a fresh perspective? And when they both get roped in to helping save the local school show, might Trip be the unlikely inspiration Ivy needs to get her creative sparks flying again?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3XZoWLr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71uORcxmsrL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>A Knight Before Christmas by Cara Stout<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Just like Romeo, he\u2019s falling for Juliet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Juliet Ripley doesn\u2019t believe in love. She\u2019s witnessed more than her fair share of tragic endings and has sworn off the cursed thing for good. But when Beeloved, the dating app her overbearing mum runs, needs a PR boost, she agrees to help create a reality dating show.<\/p>\n<p>Garrick Walton keeps love at arm\u2019s length but when asked to take part in the dating series as the shows Knight in Shining Armour he can\u2019t say no. Flirting is his forte and the theme park his family runs could use some good press after the charity fraud fiasco.<\/p>\n<p>Except it\u2019s not the contestants that have caught his eyes, it\u2019s the brutally honest producer, Juliet, he\u2019s really drawn to.<\/p>\n<p>The more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to deny their feelings.<\/p>\n<p>Will they risk it all for their own happily-ever-after??<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4p4koiO\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81Cxpb2oAxL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Merrily Ever After : Short Stories by Catherine Walsh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Close your eyes and make a Christmas wish . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oliver\u00a0<\/strong>wants to give his best friend Lara the happy Christmas she deserves, and he hatches a plan \u2013 with disastrous consequences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zoe<\/strong>\u00a0just hopes the season will pass without a hitch for her and her almost four-year-old \u2013 but the universe seems to have other ideas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hannah\u00a0<\/strong>is determined to show her girlfriend just how much she loves her \u2013 if only she could\u00a0<em>think<\/em>\u00a0away from the chaos of the Fitzpatrick household.<\/p>\n<p>And\u00a0<strong>Sean<\/strong>\u00a0knows it will take something pretty spectacular to sweep Colleen off her feet\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Four short stories. Four Christmas wishes. But will it all end merrily ever after for the Fitzpatrick gang this holiday season?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3XuJVph\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81Xxl8ciZUL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>All You Need is Gloves by Kanitha P<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u2018Tis the season to sneak around!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When snowboarding champion Diego tries pulling off a dangerous stunt, it goes as well as you\u2019d expect. Stuck with an injury, and some very angry sponsors threatening to pull their deals, he\u2019s in the doghouse. \ud83c\udf1f<\/p>\n<p>Banished to his small town of Blue Ridge Springs, Diego must think about his actions, stay off his snowboard and clean up his image. . . by playing assistant to ski-instructor Alara, his best-friends sister. Diego should be livid, but Alara\u2019s\u00a0<em>way\u00a0<\/em>prettier than he remembers. \ud83c\udf1f<\/p>\n<p>Your brother\u2019s best friend is always off limits, Alara knows that rule better than anyone. But turns out her old teen crush on him never actually went away, and it\u2019s hard to remember the rules when Diego\u2019s smile jumpstarts her heart. Besides, he\u2019s just here for the holidays, and she can keep a secret. \ud83c\udf1f<\/p>\n<p>Secretly hooking up isn\u2019t the best idea she\u2019s ever had, but weren\u2019t rules made to be broken? \ud83c\udf1f<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4onwW3P\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71cZBMFOIJL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>House Party by Chloe Ford<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hattie has spent half her life secretly crushing on Freddie \u2013 her best friend Sam\u2019s irresistibly gorgeous older brother. But Freddie? He\u2019s barely spared a glance for Hattie, the girl Sam befriended one fateful New Years\u2019 Eve when they discovered they were birthday twins.<\/p>\n<p>Fast-forward to now: Hattie finds herself single for the first time in years \u2013 just before the holidays. Enter Sam, who, in classic best-friend fashion, whisks her away to a remote cabin in the Forest of Dean to cheer her up. Snowy woodland views?\u00a0<em>Check<\/em>. A crackling fire and a steamy hot tub?<em>\u00a0Check<\/em>. Zero cell service, ravenous wild boars, and an incoming snowstorm of apocalyptic proportions?\u00a0<em>Also check<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>And to make matters even more intense, Freddie joins them, unexpectedly. Still\u00a0<em>infuriatingly<\/em>\u00a0gorgeous, and still\u00a0<em>ridiculously<\/em>\u00a0off-limits. Except this time, he\u2019s actually noticing Hattie. But then again, maybe he\u2019s been noticing her all along.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fifteen years of longing. One night to change everything. This New Year\u2019s Eve, they\u2019re playing with fire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4akgaPt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81f4NhZSX9L._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Christmas at the Ranch by Julia Mckay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>She hasn\u2019t been in love in ten years, but she\u2019s about to get back in the saddle.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong>What better gift to curl up with this Christmas than a swoon-worthy cowboy?!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to a run-in with my ex, two flat tires, and a miracle horse to help me find love.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With the holidays around the corner and her father under arrest for financial fraud, journalist Emory Oakes doesn\u2019t know where to turn. She\u2019s only certain of one thing: she needs to get away.<\/p>\n<p>Fate takes the wheel, leaving her stranded in snow-dusted Evergreen Lake, the picturesque town where she spent her happiest Christmas as a teen \u2013 and chronicled every moment in her journal as she fell in love with handsome local, Tate Wilder, at his family\u2019s idyllic horse ranch \u2013 until it all went wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Emory isn\u2019t ready to face Tate again, but Christmas magic has other ideas. Between snowy horseback rides and Christmas cookie tastings, it isn\u2019t long before Tate Wilder and his ranch feel more like home than anywhere ever has. But Emory can\u2019t stop the betrayals that kept them apart for a decade from resurfacing, and as her family scandal reaches the small town, Emory faces an impossible choice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will Emory and Tate\u2019s alchemy fizzle, or will their Christmas wishes come true?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43Zf3AV\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51MvFscI8hL._SY445_SX342_ControlCacheEqualizer_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Holiday Ever After by Hannah Grace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clara Davenport wants to solve Fraser Falls\u2019 biggest problem.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Jack Kelly, Clara\u00a0<em>is\u00a0<\/em>Fraser Falls\u2019 biggest problem.<\/p>\n<p>All Clara Davenport has ever wanted to do is climb the ladder at Davenport Innovation Creative. Everything was going to plan until the company was accused of stealing a doll design from an independent toy maker. With a promotion dangled in front of her, Clara is tasked with charming the locals of the small town of Fraser Falls and solving the PR nightmare by any means necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Kelly would happily never hear the name Davenport ever again. So, when Clara, with her long legs and dazzling smile, prances into town hoping to convince them that her company is not the enemy, Jack is determined not to be fooled by Davenport twice.<\/p>\n<p>Clara\u2019s plan to win over the community should have been easy, but she didn\u2019t account for Jack getting in her way, and under her skin, at every turn. And when the tension between them starts to boil over, she realises that beneath his frosty demeanour lies the key to the town\u2019s heart \u2013 and maybe her own.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4opVeKo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81nC-vr7rLL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>He Knows When You\u2019re Awake by Alta Hensley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This Christmas, it\u2019s all about getting what you\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>really<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0want in this dark billionaire stalker romance sequel to\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>He Sees You When You\u2019re Sleeping.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stalking in a winter wonderland\u2026<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Jewelry designer Sloane dreams of launching her own custom line\u2014but she needs a Christmas miracle to pull it off. With traditional banks turning her down left and right, she can\u2019t resist when a mysterious stranger offers her a lifeline.<br \/><strong><em>I see what she creates in those stolen moments when she thinks no one\u2019s watching. I see everything. There\u2019s a darkness at her core and I will unravel her until I find it.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Reclusive billionaire Cole Asher offers to fly Sloane out to an ultra-luxurious Swiss resort for a meeting. Reluctantly, she agrees\u2014only to realize she\u2019s met him once before in a New York bar.<br \/><strong><em>She is crucial to my plans, and I need her close. She insists that we keep things professional, and I comply. But soon she will realize that every line is blurred when it comes to her and me.<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Cole offers to back her company\u2014but there\u2019s a cost. To secure his investment, Sloane must move into his Manhattan penthouse, where she\u2019ll complete her first round of designs for him to review before Christmas.<br \/>Sloane throws herself into her work, yet soon the attraction between her and Cole becomes undeniable. As the city sparkles with Christmas splendor from her penthouse view, Sloane wonders if she has stepped into a fairy tale\u2014until Cole\u2019s powerful enemies close in. They will stop at nothing to destroy him, including going after the woman he loves.<br \/><strong><em>I will burn down the world to get her back\u2026and it\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong>will<\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0be in time for Christmas.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4rsulrQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81RqOuqxHdL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Christmas Spirits at Honeywell House by Sharon Booth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In the beautiful Cotswold village of Rowan Vale, tourists mingle unknowingly with the ghosts of Christmas past\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Clara first arrived in the village to visit her boyfriend Jack at his family home, Honeywell House, she\u2019d no idea her life was about to change forever. Now, years later, she\u2019s struggling to cope with hormonal changes and three boisterous sons \u2013 and her and Jack\u2019s relationship has never felt more precarious.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, over at Harling Hall, tensions rise between resident ghosts, Agnes and Aubrey, over a Dickensian-themed weekend planned for the village.<\/p>\n<p>While Aubrey prepares to defy Agnes, Clara\u2019s secret is about to be revealed. She wasn\u2019t entirely honest with Jack when she first arrived in Rowan Vale, and as time passed, it seemed too late to come clean. Now she doesn\u2019t have a choice\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>With both relationships already under strain, the Christmas spirit has its work cut out, this festive season..<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4rwjCwF\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71+9f+GrzBL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>A Billionaire for Christmas by Jo Lyons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When talented chef Molly\u2019s best friend and business partner, Ava, passes away, she leaves Molly their beloved restaurant \u2013 and a wild, impossible bucket list to complete.<\/strong>\u00a0But thanks to a legal mix-up, Molly\u2019s inheritance is at risk unless she ticks off every outrageous item before the Christmas Eve deadline: just twelve days away.<\/p>\n<p>Determined to honour Ava\u2019s wishes and desperate to save her dream, Molly searches for a billionaire willing to share Champagne with her in a hot tub \u2013 one of the more extravagant challenges on the bucket list. She\u2019s in a luxurious ski resort in the French Alps, so it might just be doable.\u00a0<strong>But then she meets Levi. A devastatingly handsome billionaire<\/strong>, yes, but infuriatingly resistant to getting involved!<\/p>\n<p>As the snow falls and sparks fly, Molly is entangled in a series of increasingly embarrassing escapades.\u00a0<strong>With time running out, can she pull off the impossible \u2013 and maybe even find love along the way?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hot enough to melt the Alpine snow, this romantic comedy will sweep you off your feet<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/49ODB3p\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81vJ1yFpADL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Snowed in his Cabin for Christmas by Stella Wilkinson \u2013 pre-order due 9th December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>A grumpy recluse. A sunshine city girl. One blizzard. No escape.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>All\u00a0<strong>Georgie Winters<\/strong>\u00a0has to do is convince a mountain man to sign over land rights to help save an endangered fluff-ball species. Easy\u2014if he\u2019d answer his phone.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, she crashes her car in a snowstorm and ends up stuck in his off-grid cabin until Christmas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vince Garrett<\/strong>\u00a0wants nothing to do with Georgie, her agenda, or the holidays. But with roads closed and tempers flaring, the sparks start flying in more ways than one.<\/p>\n<p>Cue the survival lessons, sabotaged decorations, one deeply inconvenient kiss\u2026 and a Christmas neither of them saw coming.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A cozy grump-meets-sunshine holiday rom-com for fans of forced proximity, snowy slow burns, and festive chaos.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4pFUHoy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71oSygj7SWL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Growing Love by Nina Potter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>He reads Hemingway. She writes happily ever afters. This Christmas, they\u2019ll write their own.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grumpy meets sunshine in Silver Sound, Alaska.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Axel Lindstrom<\/strong>\u2014a widowed lumber baron, serious reader, and self-imposed hermit\u2014hasn\u2019t celebrated Christmas in twelve years. He believes in hard truths, not happy endings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vanessa Saunders<\/strong>\u2014a cheerful librarian, secret romance novelist, and eternal optimist\u2014decorates for Christmas in October and believes every story deserves a happily ever after.<\/p>\n<p>They couldn\u2019t be more different.<\/p>\n<p>But when matchmaker Eleanor Matthews engineers their meeting, something unexpected happens: the gruff businessman who intimidates everyone else makes the sunny librarian feel safe. And the warm, brilliant woman who lights up every room helps the isolated widower remember what living feels like.<\/p>\n<p>As December snowstorms blanket his mountain cabin and Christmas approaches, their connection deepens into something neither expected. However, Vanessa is hiding the truth about her successful writing career, terrified Axel will judge her the way her ex-husband did. When he discovers she writes the romance novels he has always dismissed as frivolous, everything shatters.<\/p>\n<p>Now Vanessa must defend not just her career, but her worth. And Axel must choose between his intellectual prejudices and the woman who has brought light back into his carefully controlled life.<\/p>\n<p>This Christmas, two wounded hearts will learn that second chances require courage\u2014and that real love means respecting all the parts of someone, even the ones you don\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4onOEUD\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81Wt3nSG-0L._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Duke Who Saved Christmas by Emma Hart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sylvie Harding once swore that the only reason she\u2019d ever return to Castleton was to plan her sister\u2019s wedding\u2026 And here she is.<br \/>After eleven months of planning, the Christmas Eve wedding of her little sister\u2019s dreams is only three weeks away, and professional wedding planner Sylvie is all hands-on deck from the moment she arrives home. Swept up in the magic that is Christmas in her hometown, the only thing that can possibly dampen her spirit is coming face to face with her childhood frenemy.<br \/>Thomas, the Duke of Castleton.<br \/>The man she spent her childhood feuding with thanks to an errant cricket ball is just as snarky, annoying, and gorgeous as she remembers. Despite running the village tree farm and his mother being the ringleader of all things Christmas in town, the past few years have turned him into a right little scrooge.<br \/>When a string of tragedies hit the wedding plans, Sylvie only has one person she can turn to:\u00a0<em>Thomas.\u00a0<\/em>Not that she has a choice\u2014he has a habit of showing up exactly when she needs him to save the day, and she can\u2019t stand it.<br \/>And when the ultimate disaster befalls the wedding just three days before the ceremony, Sylvie doesn\u2019t see how it can go ahead.<br \/>But Thomas can.<br \/>And it just might be his chance to prove to Sylvie how he truly feels about her\u2014and save Christmas at the same time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48qWtmJ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71nSQiiZYYL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Christmas Secrets Box Set by Kirsty Ferry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Book 1: A LITTLE BIT OF CHRISTMAS MAGIC<\/strong><br \/>Wedding planner Ailsa McCormack is enchanted by Carrick Park at Christmas. She\u2019s long been intrigued by its history, particularly the tragic story of the beautiful Ella Carrick, whose portrait still graces the top of the staircase. When an encounter with a tall, handsome and strangely familiar man sets off a chain of events, Ailsa\u2019s quiet Christmas is transformed into something far more extraordinary than she could ever have imagined . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>BOOK 2: WATCH FOR ME AT CHRISTMAS<\/strong><br \/>In search of some festive cheer, Emmy Berry takes a job at the Christmas Frost Fayre in Hartsford Village, where she meets Tom Howard. When a storm hits the village and Emmy is forced to stay longer than she planned at Hartsford Hall, she begins to dream of a couple from two centuries prior. But why does she feel that Tom may have a connection to these dreams . . . ?<\/p>\n<p><strong>BOOK 3: SHADOWS OF THE PAST<\/strong><br \/>It\u2019s almost Christmas at the Pencradoc estate. Tearoom owner Sorcha Davies is baking up a festive storm for the Christmas exhibition being organized by Locryn Dyer. But as Locryn and Sorcha spend more time together, they begin to uncover a story of Christmas past that played out at Pencradoc over a century before, involving a festive dinner party and an encounter with a famous author . . .<\/p>\n<p><strong>BOOK 4: MIRRORS OF THE PAST<\/strong><br \/>When Tegan Burton arrives at Pencradoc House on the edge of Bodmin Moor, she\u2019s instantly drawn to its haunting beauty and hidden past. Teaming up with the brooding Ryan, she uncovers a mystery surrounding a young woman from a century ago. As echoes of love and loss surface, Tegan feels an inexplicable bond to the house \u2014 and must confront secrets that could change her future, and that of Pencradoc, forever.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Xsuu0M\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81uiWUMbISL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Rescuing Christmas by AJ Marchant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So far, Maggie\u2019s morning has been a roller coaster. She\u2019s traversed a rooftop rescue, fended off an attempted setup by a well-meaning grandmother, been roasted by her friends about her love life and found out she has to work on Christmas Day.<br \/>As if that wasn\u2019t enough, the newbie joining the 121 firehouse crew turns out to be her ex, who left ten years ago without so much as a goodbye\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>What is she doing here? Why did she leave? And why is she back?!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Jacq\u2019s first day at her new job after recently moving back to Pierce. Walking into the station, she\u2019s distracted by the amount of Christmas decorations around the place. It takes her by surprise when she finds out who\u2019s responsible for the festive vibe, and who else is in the crew she\u2019s about to meet. Though to be fair, she\u2019s come back with a surprise of her own in tow, one that might make her homecoming a bit of a bumpy ride\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Rescuing Christmas isn\u2019t just burning fires and old flames. It\u2019s a sweet romantic comedy, with a touch of action and suspense, and all the beloved Christmas Traditions.<br \/>There\u2019s dangling damsels, house fires and even Santa stuck in a chimney. A troublesome, meddling, loveable brother. A dinosaur-hunter in the making. Even a nod to a classic Final Destination scene.<\/em><\/strong><br \/><strong><em>With a cast of tight-knit, oddball firefighters and a family filled with humor and heart, who else would you rather spend your festive holidays with?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4pCkWMD\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81bpywSfygL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Our Bright Christmas Town by Zarah Detand<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>One knows it\u2019s love. The other is just figuring it out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ashby is not in love with his best friend.<br \/>Except that he is. And has been. Since forever.<\/p>\n<p>Kieran left their tiny hometown to become a doctor in London, and Ashby\u2014well, Ashby stayed behind, running his dad\u2019s old business and doing odd jobs for everyone and their nan. The kind of guy you call when the sink leaks or the fairy lights need hanging. Reliable. Predictable.\u00a0<em>Entirely fine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But now Kieran is back for Christmas, newly curious about kissing boys, and very interested in Ashby\u2019s opinion on the matter. Ashby knows one thing: he can\u2019t be Kieran\u2019s \u201csafe\u201d experiment. Not when he\u2019s spent half his life trying to forget he wants more.<\/p>\n<p>So he offers to wingman instead. Take Kieran to a gay bar. Help him find someone else. But when Ashby\u2019s ex shows up and Kieran kisses him just to make a point\u2014everything changes. Because that kiss?<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t feel hypothetical.<br \/>It feels like home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4rwBIPc\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/713H5MHFmzL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:249px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Any Trope But You by Victoria Levine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Popular romance author Margot Bradley has a secret: she doesn\u2019t believe in Happily Ever Afters. Not for herself, not for her readers, not even for her characters. When a super-fan leaks this to the world, Margot is dropped faster than you can say \u2018enemies-to-lovers.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Her sister thinks she needs a change of scene and sends Margot off to a remote Alaskan cabin on a writing retreat that could be the perfect chance to say goodbye to romcoms and write something new \u2013 maybe swap meet-cutes for murder mysteries? But then she meets the handsome owner, Forrest:<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s a\u00a0<strong>city girl<\/strong>; he\u2019s a\u00a0<strong>lumberjack<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 of course he is.<br \/>He\u2019s\u00a0<strong>grumpy<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 wait, is she\u00a0<strong>sunshine<\/strong>? Oh no.<br \/>At least there\u2019s no f<strong>orced proximity<\/strong>.<br \/>But that snowstorm\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0heading straight for their cabin\u2026<\/p>\n<p>As one trope after another draws them together over long snowy nights, one thing is clear: Margot and Forrest have landed in a romance novel of their very own. But will they each be able to overcome their fears, or risk becoming another of Margot\u2019s Happily Never Afters themselves\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48bVqbh\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81I8XAA4qWL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Merry Christmas You Filthy Animal by Meghan Quinn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The perfect festive romance involving a\u00a0<em>very<\/em>\u00a0creative misuse of a popcorn garland, a grand Christmas romantic gesture and getting snowed in with only one bed . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are two things you should know about Atlas \u2018Max\u2019 Maxheimer. One: he has the presence of a six-foot-four lumberjack with a knack for making people smile. Two: he lives and breathes the holidays. Not only is he the reigning victor of the annual town Christmas contest, but his family have a literal Christmas tree farm. \u2018Tis\u00a0<em>his<\/em>\u00a0damn season.<\/p>\n<p>And\u00a0<em>she\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0going to ruin everything.<\/p>\n<p>Betty is new in town, full of holiday cheer and, worst of all, is helping her uncle open a rival tree farm next door. Max is convinced she\u2019s out to destroy everything he loves. Betty thinks Max might be one sleigh short of a winter parade.<\/p>\n<p>And they\u2019re having way too much fun trying to outdo each other.<\/p>\n<p>After Christmas chaos, public humiliation and booby traps that\u00a0<em>Home Alone<\/em>\u00a0would be proud of, it only takes a blizzard, a romantic cottage and only one bed for the sparks between Max and Betty to ignite . . .<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3MbR3V4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81Qs1afcfjL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>A Copenhagen Snowmance by Pernille Hughes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>She only packed for a flying visit. Now she\u2019s stuck with no flights, no hotel and no plan B.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anna Lundholm was only supposed to be in Copenhagen for a few hours. Just long enough to tie up some loose ends, grab one of the city\u2019s famous hot dogs and be on her way. No stops, no distractions, no goodbyes.<\/p>\n<p>Until a snowstorm grounds her flight.<\/p>\n<p>With the beautiful city at a snowy standstill, Anna turns to Jamie \u2013 a gorgeous Scot with an open door and a raised eyebrow.<\/p>\n<p>Could Copenhagen work its magic one more time?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4pCs2kf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/711Lt8xdOiL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>A Heart for Christmas : An Advent Romance by Sophie Jomain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fall in love this Christmas and open a chapter a day in a swoony festive romance that will open your heart. \u00a0A slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance in the snow, in a groundbreaking bestselling advent calendar format that delivers a sealed chapter each day. With stunning gilt edges, full colour artwork and ribbon marker, this is the perfect pre-Christmas gift for readers of Lynn Painter, Rachel Cohn and David Levithan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When eighteen-year-old April heads to the foothills of Mont Blanc in the Alps to spend her first Christmas at her father\u2019s chalet, she\u2019s hoping for a change. Ever since a heart operation two years ago, she\u2019s lived as carefully as possible. But she knows there\u2019s a world out there that she\u2019s missing and she\u2019s determined to experience it all. \u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When April\u2019s ski instructor turns out to be her best friend\u2019s older brother, Augustin. He\u2019s no longer annoying: he\u2019s daring and caring and . . . HOT. As he encourages her to take risks, April starts to feel her heart really heal \u2013 but is it ready for a Christmas miracle?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3XpggOj\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71Hyv2fDKyL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>A Winter Wedding Adventure by Leonie Mack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Adventure guide Kira Watling is not a natural with guest lists and flower arranging\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But the destination wedding agency she works for always goes above and beyond. And it\u2019s her job to escort an important guest from Salzburg to the venue, a gorgeous chalet nestled in the mountains. It should be simple, but an overnight delay due to heavy snowfall leaves her stuck in close quarters with her very handsome, very eccentric charge, Italian opera singer Mattia.<\/p>\n<p>Clumsy, yet sensitive, Mattia is unlike anyone Kira has ever met. Spending an evening exploring the Christmas markets and then making their way through the snow-covered mountains to the wedding the following day, Mattia gets under Kira\u2019s skin in a way no one else has. They can\u2019t ignore the very unexpected attraction, but Kira has a job to do. And whilst Mattia is open to love, bitter life experience has taught Kira to guard her heart.<\/p>\n<p>Continually thrown together by wedding disasters, Kira finds her resistance to commitment sorely challenged by growing feelings for the charming Mattia \u2013 and the determination of the bridal party to make these snowbound nuptials a success. But can there be a future for a tough outdoor guide and an opera singer when the snow is finally cleared?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4iwI6ld\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/811KcN1B1kL._SY466_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>A Cornish Winter\u2019s Kiss by Jo Bartlett<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s the most wonderful time of the year\u2026isn\u2019t it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emily Anderson adores romance\u2014both in books and in real life (though her own love life is more \u2018tragic subplot\u2019 than \u2018happily-ever-after\u2019). As an audiobook narrator, she spends her days bringing love stories to life, convinced that one day, her own perfect romance will come true.<\/p>\n<p>Jude Cavendish thinks romance is a fairy tale for fools. A crime author with a serious case of writer\u2019s block, he\u2019s horrified when his publisher asks him to add a love story to his latest novel. He knows murders, mysteries, and mayhem\u2014not grand gestures and stolen kisses.<\/p>\n<p>Desperate for help, Jude reluctantly turns to Emily, whose sunshine personality is the complete opposite of his grumpy cynicism. She\u2019s determined to show him that love is more than just fiction, and he\u2019s determined to prove her wrong. But as Christmas magic sparkles over the Cornish coast, Jude starts to wonder\u2026 what if Emily\u2019s right?<\/p>\n<p>Could the festive season bring them both the plot twist they never saw coming?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4rv4b81\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71DNd0k1gHL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Night Shift by Nancy Peach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Hearts are set to race on the night shift before Christmas\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Violet Winters is starting her first week of nights and she is petrified. She\u2019s a straight-A student, but practising medicine on real people is another matter entirely. Seems like being a straight-talker can get you in hot water when it comes to patient care\u2026 With no one special to spend Christmas with, she signs herself up for the holiday night shift. How much damage could she possibly do?<\/p>\n<p>Dr Gus Jovic, on the other hand, is universally popular, famously unflappable in a crisis and appears to charm patients with ease. But Violet can\u2019t help but wonder \u2026 how come Mr Perfect is avoiding a Christmas at home too?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4pvydHv\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81d-3dTwpFL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Mistletoe and Magic by Helene Sula <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Mulled wine, mince pies and a Yorkshire adventure\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Eva Coleman has lost her glow. She\u2019s missed a well-deserved promotion at work and been left heartbroken at what she thought was a proposal dinner. Who the hell said this was \u2018the most wonderful time of the year\u2019?<\/p>\n<p>Unable to face her family, Eva decides she needs a solo break to rediscover her passions and live life by her own rules. So, she swaps her Nashville hometown for a festive UK getaway.<\/p>\n<p>Stumbling into an antiquarian bookshop, she discovers a book that might just bring her spark back and give her the adventure she\u2019s been seeking\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>Eva knows what it\u2019s like to be left unheard, but can she be the person to finally tell this forgotten story, or is a grumpy Yorkshireman going to stand in her way?<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48uGxjk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41YoKK1hR+L._SY445_SX342_ControlCacheEqualizer_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>A Taste of Christmas Spirit by Susan Buchan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Sugar and Spice bakery sparkles with holiday spirit as Jacob serves up more mouthwatering festive treats, and Christmas spirit Lara tries to sprinkle her magic over those finding the time of year difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Ollie is at his wits\u2019 end. A debt from years ago comes back to haunt him just as he and his girlfriend are buying their dream home.<\/p>\n<p>Rose is dejected as her college sweetheart has dumped her now they\u2019re in their final year. She\u2019s not looking forward to Christmas alone, nor her twenty-first birthday on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n<p>Sacha has recently moved to Winstanton following the failure of his business. He\u2019s too embarrassed to confide in his family, but can he find the friendship he so desperately needs and begin to trust again?<\/p>\n<p>Diana tries to find her new normal after the unexpected death of her husband earlier this year. All her plans for retirement have been thrown out the window and she feels lost. She needs a renewed sense of purpose and to find her place in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Can Lara provide the answer to a joy-filled Christmas?<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"#back-to-index\">Back to Index<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9801\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/2016\/12\/17\/a-cheshirati-christmas-thecheshirati\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif\" data-orig-size=\"732,145\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"christmas banner 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif?w=225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif?w=225\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"732\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif 732w, https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/divider-christmas-divider-ljgayq-clipart.gif?w=225&amp;h=45 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-blue-color has-light-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-e86100266bab3be0be0549ba10e4d089\" id=\"non\"><strong>Non Fiction<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4rmpngi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51fA2tinqyL._SY445_SX342_ControlCacheEqualizer_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>A Little Book of Christmas and Hogmanay by Anna Marshall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From Celtic druids and Viking Yule to the outright banning of Christmas for 400 years, The Broons, first footing and the Loony Dook, this is a joyous miscellany that showcases the creative, elaborate and sometimes downright bizarre aspects of Scottish Christmas and New Year, from the ancient past to the more recent present. It includes different local traditions, from those practised in the Borders all the way to the islands of Orkney and Shetland, as well as the nationwide pastimes enjoyed by everyone.<\/p>\n<p>The book is packed with tradition, lore and legend, as well as poems, stories, carols, recipes, history, jokes and fun facts. Illustrated throughout with line drawings and black and white photographs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best enjoyed in front of an open fire with a glass of whisky and a black bun.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/49QDLr2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81vfaxkklCL._SY342_.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:250px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Charles Dickens\u2019 Christmas : A Yuletide Journey Through Christmas Past by Andrew Hubert Von Staufer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u2018I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all year.\u2019<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u2013 Charles Dickens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Between Charles Dickens\u2019 birth in 1812 and his death in 1870, Christmas had transformed from what was essentially a quiet family day to a bustling commercial celebration with cards, advertisements, pantomimes and even public decorative displays.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Through Dickens\u2019 writing, family recipes, time at the pantomime and festive tours of America,\u00a0<em>Charles Dickens\u2019 Christmas<\/em>\u00a0explores the sweeping social and technological changes of Dickens\u2019 lifetime that led to this surge of Christmas popularity \u2013 which Dickens so ably harnessed.<\/p>\n<p>This festive season, step back in time with this delightful compilation to explore the delights of a Victorian Christmas through the eyes of a literary icon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"#back-to-index\">Back to Index<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9800\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/2016\/12\/17\/a-cheshirati-christmas-thecheshirati\/christmas-graphics-and-animated-gifs-elewwq-clipart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/christmas-graphics-and-animated-gifs-elewwq-clipart.gif\" data-orig-size=\"603,143\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"banner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/christmas-graphics-and-animated-gifs-elewwq-clipart.gif?w=225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/christmas-graphics-and-animated-gifs-elewwq-clipart.gif?w=225\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"603\" height=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/christmas-graphics-and-animated-gifs-elewwq-clipart.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9800\" style=\"width:628px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/christmas-graphics-and-animated-gifs-elewwq-clipart.gif 603w, https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/christmas-graphics-and-animated-gifs-elewwq-clipart.gif?w=225&amp;h=53 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-06e5dc96aaaf72bb0ba905d2a2bd17da\" style=\"color:#f20707\"><strong>Happy Christmas Reading!<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/kindle-dbs\/hz\/bookshelf?shoppingPortalEnabled=true&amp;tag=jillsbookcafe-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"52366\" 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src=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-3-e1648815888393.png?w=729\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-3-e1648815888393.png 729w, https:\/\/jillsbookcafe.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-3-e1648815888393.png?w=225 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div id=\"jp-post-flair\" class=\"sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Shares are always appreciated.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As already highlighted in my previous post, there\u2019s a change in format over my previous year\u2019s Festive Reading list\/s. 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