Not all families come as planned… The Christmas that changed all three of them! After her dreams of motherhood were dashed, Felicity Hart is determined to make a fresh—baby-free—start in Lovestruck. Unfortunately, she now has to work with firefighter Wade Ericson on the town Christmas festivities! And Wade ends up at the center of all things baby-related in town—this time, a baby abandoned at the firehouse. Then Felicity finds herself moving in to Wade’s house and using her foster-care training to care for the child, all just in time for Christmas. From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness. Lovestruck, Vermont Book 1: Baby Lessons Book 2: A Firehouse Christmas Baby

A Starlight bachelor gets the gift of a lifetime . . . love. Third in the series from the USA Today–bestselling author of The Last Man She Expected. Widowed after an unhappy marriage, single mom Brynn Hale is trying to turn her life around in Starlight. She’s ready for a fresh start for her son, and what better time for it than Christmas? Still, Nick Dunlap is the one connection to her past she can’t let go of. Nick let his status-conscious parents talk him out of pursuing Brynn in high school and he’s not sure he deserves a chance with her now. But the magic of the season might make forgiveness—and love—a little bit easier for them both . . . From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness.

A Firehouse Christmas Baby - Teri Wilson Not all familiescome as planned... After her dreams of motherhood were dashed, Felicity Hart is determined to make a fresh - baby-free - start in Lovestruck. Unfortunately, she now has to work with firefighter Wade Ericson on the town Christmas festivities! And Wade ends up at the center of all things baby-related in town - this time, a baby abandoned at the firehouse. Then Felicity finds herself moving into Wade's house and using her foster-care training to care for the child, all just in time for Christmas. A Soldier Under Her Tree - Kathy Douglass Could a fake boyfriendbe her real hero this Christmas? When her ex-fiancé shows up at her shop - engaged to her sister! - dress designer Hannah Carpenter doesn't know what to do. Especially when her former fling Russell Danielson sees her plight and rides to the rescue, offering a fake relationship to foil her rude relations. The thing is, there's nothing fake about his kiss...but when things get real, will the sexy soldier once again stop short of commitment?

Could a fake boyfriend be her real hero this Christmas? When her ex-fiancé shows up at her shop — engaged to her sister! — dress designer Hannah Carpenter doesn’t know what to do. Especially when her former fling Russell Danielson sees her plight and rides to the rescue, offering a fake relationship to foil her rude relations. The thing is, there’s nothing fake about his kiss…but when things get real, will the sexy soldier once again stop short of commitment? Mills & Boon Heart — Stories of love, compassion and happiness.

A haunting tribute to the heroic pioneers who shaped the American Midwest This powerful novel by Willa Cather is considered to be one of her finest works and placed Cather in the forefront of women novelists. It tells the stories of several immigrant families who start new lives in America in rural Nebraska. This powerful tribute to the quiet heroism of those whose struggles and triumphs shaped the American Midwest highlights the role of women pioneers, in particular. Written in the style of a memoir penned by Antonia’s tutor and friend, the book depicts one of the most memorable heroines in American literature, the spirited eldest daughter of a Czech immigrant family, whose calm, quite strength and robust spirit helped her survive the hardships and loneliness of life on the Nebraska prairie. The two form an enduring bond and through his chronicle, we watch Antonia shape the land while dealing with poverty, treachery, and tragedy. “No romantic novel ever written in America...is one half so beautiful as My Ántonia.” -H. L. Mencken Willa Cather (1873–1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of the Plains and for One of Ours, a novel set in World War I, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1923. She was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1943 and received the gold medal for fiction from the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1944, an award given once a decade for an author's total accomplishments. By the time of her death she had written twelve novels, five books of short stories, and a collection of poetry.

In the style of Clement Moore's well-known poem, the firefighters from Firehouse One receive a visit from Ol' Sergeant Nick, who leaves them lots of surprises, including a shiny new pumper truck, while they are putting out a fire on Christmas Eve.

French explorers called the Ecorse River the river of bark, or Ecorces, because the Huron Indians who lived in the villages surrounding it wrapped their dead in the bark of the birch trees that grew along its banks. White pioneers settled on French ribbon farms along the Detroit River, and a small village called Grandport sprang up where the Ecorse River met the Detroit River. By 1836, Grandport, now known as Ecorse, had grown into a fishing and farming center, and, by the 1900s Ecorse had gained fame as a haven for bootleggers during Prohibition, an important shipbuilding center, and the home of several championship rowing teams.

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