Warm, funny, and oh-so-relatable, The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss is an uplifting festive romantic comedy, for all those who loved One Day in December.
'If you need help getting into the festive spirit, this is the book for you' - Good Housekeeping
On the first day of Christmas, a dating app offered me
Twelve tailored chances for perfect harmony . . .
Kate Turner is happily single – a bit too happily, in fact. Since returning to her hometown of Blexford, a sleepy village where everybody knows each other, and between catching up with her oldest friends Laura and Matt, a flourishing career as a fabric designer, and taking care of her beloved dad, love hasn’t really had a look in.
But Kate does love Christmas. So when Laura insists she signs up to the Twelve Dates of Christmas, a brand new dating app service, she doesn’t need too much persuading. Twelve perfect festive dates with the area’s most eligible men – who could say no?
Amongst the twinkling lights and over hot chocolates and glasses of red wine, romance is easy to find. But with each date, Kate learns more about the men, and even more about herself.
As the big day approaches, Kate’s left wondering – is it really the season for true love, or will this Christmas be the coldest yet?
Welcome back to the town of Evergreen.Katie, an author struggling to write her second novel, heads to Evergreen, Vermont for a holiday retreat-only to get an assignment to write an article about the town. On the train, she meets Ben, a former big-city reporter who's now a librarian in Evergreen.Katie's initially skeptical about Evergreen's love of Christmas; the place seems too good to be true. Meanwhile, Ben's wary of Katie's intentions. He's protective of his hometown, and he knows all too well how cynical the media can be. Then a hunt for a fifty-year-old time capsule leads to a remarkable discovery. As Katie and Ben get caught up in the community's past and present, they both begin to envision new possibilities for the future.This sweet small-town romance includes a free Hallmark original recipe for Cranberry Crostini.
Izzie Jenkins never expected to find herself living in a gorgeous oasis in Tuscany, but when life gives you Villa Limoncello you say thank you and bake treats to celebrate!Izzie and debonair chef Luca Castelotti are officially setting up shop together, but when their inaugural 'Pasta and Painting' venture is sabotaged and one of their guests poisoned they're forced to turn detective. Because if they can't find the culprit, they'll be out of business before they've even begun...
If only life was a cheesy holiday movie-unfortunately for Aspen Harris, her life doesn't even come close.Finding herself unemployed just before the holidays, Aspen has no choice but to move back home into her parents' house. And that means leaving behind her best friend Gabriel and all her dreams of someday owning her own chocolate shop. So when Gabe suggests she come to Silver Bell Falls to spend the holidays with his family, it seems like the perfect distraction.What's so great about holiday movies? Don't people realize that living in an actual Christmas town is anything but magical?Every year, Gabriel Andrews goes home to Silver Bell Falls to help his father run the family Christmas tree lot. When Aspen tells him she has to move to the other side of the country after losing her job, he suggests she come home with him for the holidays. It's the perfect way to spend as much time together as possible before a whole country separates them.But this is Silver Bell Falls at Christmas time-between a mother with matchmaking tendencies, tight living quarters, and far too much chocolate, it doesn't take very long for life to start imitating art.
He wants to prove to his brothers that he's not broken. She just wants him. Will a fake marriage heal him or push her further away?
Jeremiah Walker moved to Three Rivers three years ago with one rule: No women. Period. The end.
He doesn't need to be left at the altar again, and his heart bears some deep wounds that still affect him. But he's watched three of his brothers find someone to love, and even he can admit that his love of ranching and cooking can only take him so far.
Meanwhile, Whitney Wilde will not leave him alone about shooting out at Seven Sons Ranch. The photographer has talent, sure. She also has perfectly kissable red lips that haunt Jeremiah in his quiet moments.
Whitney shoots brides to pay the bills, but what she really wants to do is an obscure type of baby photography she hasn't told anyone about. She has a website under a fake name, and she swears all of her clients to secrecy. She's as attracted to the drop-dead gorgeous cowboy as she is annoyed by his refusal to let her onto his property.
Doesn't mean she's going to give up.
And when Jeremiah calls with a favor of his own? Whitney isn't sure if she should laugh at him the way he has her so many times or jump at the chance to become his bogus bride. As they spend more time together on and off the ranch, Whitney will have to decide if she can open up to him and tell him where her true love lies. And Jeremiah will have to tell her all about those scars on his heart... Will a fake marriage be the thing to heal his heart and bring them closer together? Or will he be left at the proverbial altar again?
'Fairy tales can come true, they can happen to you.' LAX-SYD-YVR is a seniors' fairy tale complete with a big bad wolf and two Princes Charming.
Bev never believed in fairy tales. That is, until she won a huge jackpot. At first, she did the ordinary things, such as paying off her son's mortgage and setting up a trust fund for her grandson. Then she set about redeeming careless promises -- 'If ever I win lotto, I'll buy you a new car,' etc. Finally, she and her best friend Heather began planning a bucket list luxury trip to Australia. They would fly first class and explore loved locations from Bev's teenage years. What could go wrong?
They had forgotten that fairy tales also have big bad wolves and, inexplicably, nasty things begin to happen to Heather. As Bev tries her best to protect her friend, she comes to rely on Ned who gradually becomes her Prince Charming. After they manage to ensure that the bad wolf is locked up, the idyll ends. Bev flies home to Vancouver (YVR) bolstered by the Ned's promise of Paris.
Bev learned a lot in Australia, about herself and the value of money. Before winning her jackpot, she had been a senior, living on pensions and thinking hard before spending money. She had no idea that this sense of worth was deeply ingrained and that she would become uneasy with the luxury of her Australian trip and worry about the jackpot. She hadn't earned it. How could she do lasting good with it?
'I devoured LAC-SYD-YVR in 4 sittings. It was really, really fun. I especially enjoyed the slowly developing, mutually respectful relationship with Ned. I will recommend it to my friends—octogenarian or not.' KATHY TYERS, NY Times bestselling author.
First love is hard to forget, and even harder to ignore…
Evergreen Pendre wasn’t planning on going home for Yule. But when her Mom tells her the old coven is coming for a visit, she wants to see everyone. Well, almost everyone.
After four and a half years, Sawyer Collins finally has a chance to reconnect with his first love, Eeva Pendre. He might have been too shy to tell her how he felt before, but he’s changed. And he’s determined not to let her slip away this time.
As the coven prepares for Yule, they are reminded that not everyone has the holiday spirit in this contemporary Pagan holiday romance.
Rock Henderson needs a wife—and fast. His dying mother’s last wish is to leave this world knowing her son is blissfully married…and producing grandchildren. It's just a small lie to make her eternally happy, one he doesn’t think he’ll have to make good on until Zelda shows up the week before Christmas with her nurse and her twenty-pound tabby cat. With his ex-fiancée long gone and his wheelchair-bound mother sitting in the living room of his penthouse demanding to meet his wife, he’s desperate—and hard-pressed to find a stand-in on such short notice. That is, until he remembers his neighbor in 601E.
Kimberly Jo Stratton is looking forward to a hard-earned vacation the week before Christmas. Her calendar is filled with last-minute shopping, lunch dates, holiday parties and catching up on old friends. There’s just one problem—she needs to find someone ASAP to cast the tie-breaking vote to the proposed bylaws change of her condominium association, which is a total ban on all animals. If that change goes through, Kim and many of her closest neighbors will have to move. They're not going to give up their furry children!
Kim and Rock strike a deal. Kim will spend the week as Rock’s wife in return for his vote. It seems like a foolproof plan. That is, until Kim's Chihuahua tangles with Zelda’s tabby, Zelda’s health seems to take a sudden turn for the better and Zelda’s nurse does more pouting than nursing, except when she's flirting with Rock. In the midst of it all, Kim and Rock discover that there is such a thing as love under the mistletoe…
Separating from her husband left Ivy feeling heartbroken and lost. Six months later, she’s empowered and independent. So, when her soon to be ex-husband reveals his desire to get back together, her fear of losing her recently found confidence competes withthe sudden longing to be back in his arms. A trial separation was the last thing Derick expected his wife to suggest. But after six months of mulling it over, he understands why she asked him to leave. Having made the changes necessary to show he’s invested in their marriage, he’s ready to win her back. Derick tries to convince Ivy that their marriage is worth fighting for. But in a town shrouded in holiday tradition, Ivy, the town’s party planner only has time and room in her heart for twelve days of convincing —until Christmas eve. Will twelve dates be enough for her to forgive and forget his past mistakes, or for them to remember why they fell in love in the first place?
THE NEIGHBORS begins in a modern neighborhood where folks live next door to one another without knowing each other's names. Abby and Vic are an older couple who value quietness and solitude. Abby is annoyed when the boy two houses from them takes out his frustration by hitting a tennis ball against the outside wall of the next door neighbor's house.Their opinion of him is low until a chain of events begin to unfold.
In this touching Christmas story, the annoying boy takes a liking to them and begins to call them Grandma and Grandpa in replacement for the grandparents who show no interest in him. Another neighbor helps Vic unload groceries when Abby returns from shopping and is too ill to manage the task.. As the neighbors are drawn together, hearts are healed and two romances bloom. In a cascading effect, residents of the cul-de-sac not only get to know one another, but become like family.
She’s falling in love. He’s just playing a part.
When Adeline Baker was told that big-time Hollywood actor, Eli Hunt, wanted to film a movie in Starlight Ridge—and inside her small chocolate shop—she told them they were crazy. But the film crew arrived, and Eli Hunt with them, and fantasy quickly became reality. Adeline knew Eli would be charming—she’d read the magazines and seen the interviews—but she’d underestimated the pull he’d have on her. Too bad she couldn’t trust a word that came out of his mouth, because there was one thing Eli was famous for. He never stepped out of character while filming a movie—even off set.
The first time Eli Hunt had visited Starlight Ridge, he’d known he’d found the setting for his next romantic drama. The mild winter weather and small-town beach community was exactly what he was looking for. The pretty owner of the local chocolate shop hadn’t hurt either. But as filming commences, Eli realizes he has a problem. He feels more chemistry with Adeline than his co-star. To make matters worse, he can’t step out of character. And the longer he spends with her, the more he desperately wishes he could.
It will take trust and courage for Adeline and Eli to step outside their roles and discover if what they have is real, or if it is merely a Hollywood illusion.
Katie McGowan is desperate to make it home for Christmas.
Since the death of her husband in a snowmobile accident two years ago, her family has filled the void left by Josh’s passing. Returning home from a business trip on December 23rd, Katie finds herself trapped by a blizzard in Alexandria, Minnesota. Stranded travelers have filled the hotels, leaving her no choice but to take an executive suite in the same resort where Josh died.
Ryan Scott intends to spend the weekend at Lakewood Resort, riding his new snowmobile and dodging Christmas.
His parents’ sudden divorce announcement has ruined his holiday and he’s in no mood to socialize. His plan derails, however, when he meets Katie McGowan and she steals his heart.
Overwhelmed by memories of the past, neither Katie nor Ryan believes they are open to the possibilities of a new relationship. But a little bit of Christmas magic, along with a stray dog rescued from the storm, gives them a reason to unwrap their hearts. Together, they find the courage to rediscover the joy of the holiday season.
