When Abby Murphy returns home to Cuttersville, it’s to buy back her grandmother’s house that was sold… and to meet the man she is convinced is destined to be her future husband. Being a psychic gives her that crystal ball advantage and she’s seen the face of the man she’s going to marry since she was seventeen. In the years since her first vision, she has spent many a night inserting herself into his dreams in some very sexy ways. So imagine her surprise when she discovers that her destiny lies with the man she can’t stand, the man who bought her grandmother’s house, the skeptic ghost hunter, Darius Damiano. But sometimes reality can be even better than dreams…

It all started back in 1995, shortly before Christmas. I felt inspired to write a Christmas story, so I did. In all truthfulness it tore me up to write it, because my vision was not limited to my words. It made me remember what Christmas was really all about. At that time I decided to write a story each year for Christmas and give copies out as gifts. Each year the recipients of my stories would encourage me to publish them, ten years later I now have enough stories, and lack reasons not to. So I offer a collection of what I call for lack of a better title ‘Holiday Stories’. They carry a decided Christian slant and hopefully give reason to be thankful. Hopefully they bring as much joy as sadness, and a lot of thought moments. It’s difficult, to say the least, to try to describe this mixed bag of stories, especially when you know its only through the help of the Lord that the ideas and stories came into being. There is a similar central theme to many of the stories. There is that common thread of spirituality in the message of each story. The stories all are to bring a remembrance of Jesus Christ and what he did for sinful humankind. The stories are to illustrate a higher and purer love in sacrificial action in a world that we are all too familiar with. I hope you will enjoy these stories as much as I enjoyed writing them. And I pray the Lord that my words will convey the vision that I was granted when I wrote them.

Harlequin® Heartwarming celebrates wholesome, heartfelt relationships that focus on home, family, community and love. Experience all that and more with four new novels in one collection! This Harlequin Heartwarming box set includes: A TEXAN’S CHRISTMAS BABY Texas Rebels by Linda Warren Chase Rebel and Jody Carson wed secretly after high school—then life and bitter hurts forced them apart. Now they’re back in Horseshoe, Texas, still married, but no longer sweethearts. Can past secrets leave room for second chances? A SECRET CHRISTMAS WISH Wishing Well Springs by New York Times bestselling author Cathy McDavid Cowboy Brent Hayes and single mom Maia MacKenzie are perfect for each other. Too bad they work together at the dating service Your Perfect Plus One and aren’t allowed to date! Can Christmas and some wedding magic help them take a chance on love? HER HOLIDAY REUNION Veterans’ Road by USA TODAY bestselling author Cheryl Harper Like her time in the air force, Mira Peters’s marriage is over. When she requests signed divorce papers, her husband makes a final request, too. Will a Merry Christmas together in Key West change all of Mira’s plans? TRUSTING THE RANCHER WITH CHRISTMAS Three Springs, Texas by USA TODAY bestselling author Cari Lynn Webb Veterinarian Paige Palmer learns the ropes of ranch life fast while helping widowed cowboy Evan Bishop. But making a perfect Christmas for his daughter isn’t a request she can grant…unless some special holiday time can make a happily-ever-after for three. Look for 4 compelling new stories every month from Harlequin® Heartwarming!

When Cynthia, an ardent tomboy, and her younger sister Abby, the family drama queen, return to their familial home after the death of their mother, the mysteries of the past begin to unravel as diaries are found and forgotten memories elicit tears of joy and sadness. Their very souls are encrusted in a house where rivalry and devotion coexisted all while leaving their indelible prints.

A holiday home renovation may come with a handsome new husband in the New York Times–bestselling author’s heartwarming Christmas romance. Contractor Brady Buchanon can’t wait to surprise single mom Abby Webster with his company’s Christmas home makeover prize. But the struggling waitress surprises him instead—by turning it down flat! Raised in foster care, Abby has a rule against accepting handouts. But when her dilapidated porch almost injures her daughter, she finally relents. As the hardworking bachelor pushes to finish the house in time for Christmas, he starts falling for Abby and her little girl. With the holidays in sight, Brady wonders if Abby will not only accept her beautiful new home, but also his wish to make her his wife . . .

This is the first book to comprehensively examine the development of English-Canadian cinema since 1980; previous books in English have dealt either with specific films or filmmakers, with policy, or with specific genres (avant-garde film, documentary, films by women, etc.). It deals with regional and institutional questions, with the new authors that are defining contemporary cinema in English Canada, with avant-garde work and work by Aboriginal people. Bringing together a wide variety of contributors, the book deals with an enormous amount of cinema that has helped transform North American culture of the last two decades.

USA Today Bestselling Author, Lexy Timms, shares a holiday romance that'll warm the heart and having you wishing on love—or beating it with a marshmellow! This box set includes the complete Holiday Romance Series (Books #1-3). A Holiday Romance series because every holiday is special… Colin Murphy Is the CEO of Murphy Inc and is a workaholic. Christmas, or any holiday in face, doesn't mean much to him. When his business trip travel plans get interrupted by a freak snowstorm, he's forced to find a way home by other means. Abigail Thompson can't wait for this year to be over. After losing her job, her boyfriend and apartment, she's ready to go home for a much-needed break and to regroup. But when her plane is grounded because of a snow storm, she has to find another way. She makes her way to the car rentals only to find the last car has just been given to a tall dark sexy man. Definitely not Santa, his name is Colin Murphy. When Colin finds out they're head in the same direction, he offers her a lift. It's nearly Christmas afterall. What should be an easy 8-hour drive turns into 2 days of mishaps and mayhem. She knows every Christmas song off by heart, even though she can't carry a turn. She's happy, he's a real Christmas Grinch. Will this unplanned fiasco be the start of something magical? Billionaire Holiday Romance Box Set Included: Driving Home for Christmas The Valentine Getaway Cruising Love Search Terms: holiday romance, billionaire obession, contemporary romance, Managing the Bosses, love, hot steamy, sweet romance, sexy hero, fake, suspense, action romance, romantic comedy, pepper winters, fake boss, big beautiful woman, big beautiful women, fiction, love and life, new adult, romance, hot doctors, famous actor, true l, billionaire obsession, contemporary romance and sex, romance billionaire series, free kindle romance, melody anne billionaire bachelors series, billionaire romanc, true love, coming of age, overcoming, women's fiction, drugs, fake girlfriend, billionaire, Alpha male romance, Alpha Bad Boy, bad boy, hot romance, hot and steamy, happily ever after, bbw, bad boy obsession

Dreaming of a family for Christmas The Christmas Family by Linda Goodnight Contractor Brady Buchanon can’t wait to surprise single mom Abby Webster with his company’s Christmas home-makeover prize. The struggling waitress doesn’t want to accept charity, but when her dilapidated porch almost injures her daughter, Abby agrees to Brady’s offer. As Brady works on the house, he starts falling for Abby and her little girl. And with the holidays in sight, he wonders if his own Christmas wish could come true… Her Christmas Family Wish by Lois Richer Single mother Ellie Grant’s little girl only wants one thing for Christmas: a daddy. And the five-year-old has her sights set on veterinarian Wyatt Wright, a handsome widowed father. Ellie knows that Wyatt’s heart is as closed to love as hers is. Yet when Wyatt starts working at Wranglers Ranch, Ellie can’t deny her growing feelings. Can her daughter’s Christmas wish make two families into one? New York Times Bestselling Author Linda Goodnight

Since the early 20th century, animated Christmas cartoons have brightened the holiday season around the world--first in theaters, then on television. From devotional portrayals of the Nativity to Santa battling villains and monsters, this encyclopedia catalogs more than 1,800 international Christmas-themed cartoons and others with year-end themes of Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the New Year. Explore beloved television specials such as A Charlie Brown Christmas, theatrical shorts such as Santa's Workshop, holiday episodes from animated television series like American Dad! and The Simpsons, feature films like The Nutcracker Prince and obscure productions such as The Insects' Christmas, along with numerous adaptations and parodies of such classics as A Christmas Carol and Twas the Night before Christmas.