Set on the beautiful island of Islay The Christmas Secret is a gripping story filled with emotion from Karen Swan author of Christmas Under the Stars Alex Hyde is the leaders' leader An executive coach par excellence she's the person the Great & the Good turn to when the pressure gets too much; she can change the way they think how they operate she can turn around the very fortunes of their companies Her waiting list is months' long but even she can't turn down the unorthodox but highly lucrative crisis call that comes her way a few weeks before Christmas regarding the troublesome
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- head of an esteemed whisky company in Scotland Lochlan Farquhar CEO of Kentallen Distilleries is a maverick an enigma & a renegade & Alex needs to get inside his head before he brings the company to its knees It should be business as usual She can do this in her sleep Only when she gets to the remote island of Islay with the winter snows falling Alex finds herself out of her comfort zone For once she's not in control
- Lochlan though darkly charismatic is unpredictable & destructive her usual methods gaining no traction with him
- & with Christmas & her deadline fast approaching she must win his trust & find a way to close on this deal But as she pulls ever closer to him boundaries become blurred loyalties loosen & Alex finds herself faced with an impossible choice as she realizes nothing & no-one is as they first seemed ' Fun & great escapism' Tracy Rees author of The Hourglass'I devoured it like a tray of warm mince pies A delicious winter tale' Sarah Morgan bestselling author of Moonlight Over Manhattan If you're anything like us then a book by Karen Swan has become synonymous with Christmas & her latest is arguably her best yet smart plots brilliant characters & juicy romance' Heat



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A collection of three wonderfully festive stories from Eva Ibbotson the bestselling author of Journey to the River Sea With a beautiful cover by Joe Wilson & inside illustrations The Christmas Star is a wonderful gift to treasure at Christmas & all year round In the first story
- Vicky & the Christmas Angel
- a young Viennese girl discovers to her horror who really brings the children's presents at Christmas In The Christmas Star a family encounters a fortune teller at the local Christmas market who changes their lives The Great Carp Ferdinand is a story about a hero with a difference as it follows the impact that Ferdinand
- the carp intended for the Mannhaus family's Christmas dinner
- has on the household in the lead-up to Christmas



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In this heartwarming Christmas release Horace Mc Nickle (Edward Asner) is a counterfeiter who escapes from prison & decides the perfect way to hide out from the cops is to pose as Santa Claus What he didn&t count on however was becoming endeared to two young children who believe that he is the real Santa! In the process of using the childrens& trust to help him hide his counterfeit fortune Horace&s hard heart slowly melts & he learns what Christmas is really about Actors Edward Asner Fred Gwynne Susan Tyrrell Rene Auberjonois & Jim Metzler Director Alan Shapiro Certificate PGYear 1986 Languages English ...

The story is drawn from the Bible stories of the Nativity with lots of children & angels Dubravka's pastel illustrations give this picture book a delightful charm which can be shared with all little angels in the run up to Christmas Praise for Dubravka ' Pastel blues & turquoise warm orange & pistachio
- ravishing!' Carousel about Safely Through the Night ' The soft pastel illustrations convey exactly the beauty of the text' Books for Keeps about Little Grey & the Great Mystery
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Includes: mouth-watering recipes Rosie Hopkins newly engaged is looking forward to an exciting year in the little sweetshop
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Steal yourself away this winter with a collection of festive mysteries from the Queen of Suspense & international bestseller Mary Higgins Clark The Christmas Thief When someone steals a ninety-foot Christmas tree on its way to Rockefeller Center Alvirah Meehan lottery winner turned amateur sleuth must track it down He knows the tree is irreplaceable But he doesn't know that hidden in a hole in the tree's trunk is a fortune in priceless gems Dashing through the Snow The quiet town of Branscombe is famous for its annual Yuletide Festival of Joy But joy is in short supply this Christmas season when a local man is cheated out of a winning 160 million lottery ticket & then vanishes It's up to Alvirah to figure out where the missing man isand who wound up with his ticket Silent Night A little boy named Brian is the only witness to a crime a pickpocket stealing a precious family heirloom from his mother Brian takes matters into his own hands & follows the thief into New York's labyrinthine subway system determined to get the heirloom back as he believes it will cure his seriously ill father But it's not long before Brian his mother & the thief become part of an extraordinary story that will teach them the true meaning of Christmas Each of these stories is a delightful Christmassy treat perfect reading for cold winter nights ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play When teenagers Kara & Jessie strike up an unlikely friendship during a plane journey they discover that they’ve both been packed off to spend Christmas with distant family they’ve never met Deciding to have fun with the situation the girls switch places to experience life on the other side of the tracks but along the way find the families they’ve always wanted & an even bigger surprise they never expected ...

A moving tale celebrating the magic of Christmas from the Poet Laureate illustrated by David Roberts 48 pages Duffy Carol Ann ...

Despite having lived relatively close to one another their entire lives twins Tom & Thomas (both played by Aaron Johnson) have never met though they are well aware of each other's existence Coming together as people sometimes do in dire circumstances Thomas finally runs into Tom as the latter is on the run from some malevolent child smugglers As the kidnappers mistake Thomas for Tom & attempt to smuggle him out of the country via airplane the original target must take matters into his own hands if he is ever to see his brother again & bring the family together ...

The Christmasaurus is a story about a boy named William Trundle & a dinosaur the Christmasaurus It's about how they meet one Christmas Eve & have a magical adventure It's about friendship & families sleigh bells & Santa singing elves & flying reindeer music & magic It's about discovering your heart's true desire & learning that the impossible might just be possible ...