Card, Orson Scott
Summary: Delilah "Spunky" Spunk is invited to conduct a genome study in a small North Carolina town to discover if there is a genetic influence on one's desire to remain in a community. She unexpectedly finds herself in the cross hairs of a feud between rival Christmas pageants, and along the way discovers she is falling in love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CARMallery, Susan
Summary: A year since she was dumped by her fiancé, the last thing Reggie Somerville wants is to come back home for Christmas. But when her parents announce their plans for a lavish Christmas wedding she has no choice. She expects to face town gossip, she does not expect to run into her first love Toby or deal with the feelings he stirs in her. Dena Somerville is single and pregnant-on purpose. Wanting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MALNaigle, Nancy
Summary: Sydney Ragsdale is looking for a fresh start far away from her controlling ex-husband and the self-doubt that has plagued her since the divorce. Returning to her childhood home in Hopewell, North Carolina is just what her soul needs. Praying some Christmas magic will follow her she moves with her daughter to a farmhouse that once belonged to her grandparents. While there Sydney finds solace...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NAIWhite, Karen (Karen S.)
Summary: "The Christmas spirit is overtaking Tradd Street with a vengeance in this festive new novel in the New York Times bestselling series by Karen White. Melanie Trenholm should be anticipating Christmas with nothing but joy--after all, it's only the second Christmas she and her husband, Jack, will celebrate with their twin toddlers. But the ongoing excavation of the centuries-old cistern in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2019
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Summary: The Somerville sisters believe in love, but they've lost faith it will happen for them. Reggie hasn't been home since the end of the world's shortest engagement. When her parents decide to renew their vows, she buffs up her twinkle to help with the Christmas wedding. Unexpectedly, Toby, her first love, is back too, and the spark between them shines as brightly as ever. In the spirit of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HQN 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MALCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC MALBurton, Jeffrey
Summary: Celebrates the joy of the holiday season with glossy, foiled illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BURThayne, RaeAnne
Summary: "This New Year will bring widowed nurse Abigail Powell a fresh start in a different city. Excited about the chance to create an unforgettable Christmas for her young son in picturesque Silver Bells, Colorado, Abby has been hired to take care of her dear friend's recuperating grandmother. But sprightly senior Winnie insists she doesn't need looking after. What she does need is help decorating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HQN 2020