The tree is decorated the cookies are baked & the presents are wrapped but the biggest celebration this Christmas is Gaby Summerhills wedding. Since her husband died three years ago Gabys four children have drifted apart each consumed by the turbulence of their own lives. They havent celebrated Christmas together since their fathers death but when Gaby announces that shes getting married
- & that the groom will remain a secret until the wedding day
- she may finally be able to bring them home for the holidays. But the wedding isnt the only surprise
- there is one more unexpected gift & it could change all their lives forever. With deeply affecting characters & the emotional twists of a James Patterson thriller The Christmas Wedding" is a fresh look at family & the magic of the festive season."


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Christmas Where She Belongs Nurse-educator Clancy has always felt like an outsider
- until she receives an unexpected inheritance:
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Christmas with Dr Delicious When paramedic Nikki Page learns that the man who shattered her dreams is back in town shes horrified. Especially now that Fraser Mc Call is even more delicious than she remembers... Getting this dreamy doc under the mistletoe is one thing but Nikki wants more than just a Christmas kiss
- this time she wants for ever! One Night That Changed Everything Hannah Lassiter lost a year of her life to cancer so now shes in remission shes all about seizing the day...or a steamy hot night with her broodingly handsome workaholic boss Dr Gregory Mason! She cant get their sizzling encounter out of her mind
- especially when the pregnancy test shows positive...

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Gordon gives inspiration advice & 75 failsafe & delicious recipes for all occasions over the Christmas period. The stars of the show are 5 Christmas Feasts
- suitable for whenever you choose to have your main Christmas meal. The menus are built around a choice of 5 main course centrepieces
- turkey goose beef ham or sea bass
- & include starters accompaniments & desserts for each. To take the stress out of Christmas Gordon offers masses of advice on ordering shopping preparation & timing. Also included is a great chapter on Party Food & inspired recipes for Breakfast & Brunch Lunches & Suppers & Sweet Treats. Gordon's favourite Christmas ingredients including stilton smoked salmon turkey & ham are highlighted with suggestions for creative ways to use them over the Christmas period. Advice on wines & party drinks cheese & other festive ingredients complete this invaluable guide to the perfect Christmas.


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The Tycoons Christmas Proposal With the dreaded holidays nearing the last thing widowed businessman Dawson Burke needed was a personal shopper who wanted to get personal & had enough Christmas spirit for both of them! But Eve Hawley couldnt help wishing Dawson would give her the best Christmas present of all
- a proposal! A Bravo Christmas Reunion Months ago Hayley Bravo had walked out on Marcus Reid even though it was the hardest thing shed ever done. Because though she knew hed do the right thing by her she was holding out for the real thing. Love. Baby. Marriage. & apparently in that order... Marry-Me Christmas A rich successful journalist Flynn Mc Granger aims to write a scathing review of Samantha Barnetts little bakery. He never mixes business with pleasure. But the secrets shes clearly keeping intrigue him & her innocence has caught him off guard... Is Christmas going to his head?
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CHRISTMAS AT FAIRACRE From an unexpected visitor on Christmas Eve in The Christmas Mouse to an unwelcome change of plan in No Holly for Miss Quinn Miss Read recounts some of the traditional Christmas events where often despite the most careful planning things do not always go as expected. In his charming collection of Christmas stories Miss Read describes the seasons events with great tenderness & nostalgia. A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS From the poignant story of The White Robin & the intriguing tale of The Fairacre Ghost to the rural festivities recounted in Tales from a Village School Miss Reads wry wit & light touch is the perfect antidote to long winter evenings. ...

There was never any question that young George Mc Cray would grow up to be a man but there was a big question about the kind of man hed grow up to be. It is the winter of 1962 snow is piling higher by the day & George is called upon to endure more than most men could withst&. With the help of his grandparents & Tucker his beloved Irish setter George must navigate through lifes most difficult challenges & find the strength to walk on the road that leads to healing growing up & finding his true self. Georges journey is our shared human journey. A coming-of-age story suitable for readers of all ages; Christmas with Tucker" is a classic Christmas story about a young mans love for his dog his family & his farm." ...

In November 1929 Christopher Isherwood
- determined to become a 'permanent foreigner'
- packed a rucksack & two suitcases &

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In 1939 Christopher Isherwood & W.H. Auden emigrated together to the United States. In spare luminous prose these diaries describe Isherwoods search for a new life in California; his work as a screenwriter in Hollywood his pacifism during World War II & his friendships with such gifted artists & intellectuals as Garbo Chaplin Thomas Mann Charles Laughton Gielgud Olivier Richard Burton & Aldous Huxley. Throughout this period Isherwood continued to write novels & sustain his literary friendships
- with E.M. Forster Somerset Maugham Tennessee Williams & others. He turned to his diaries several times a week to record jokes & gossip observations about his adopted country philosophy & mystical insights. His devotion to his diary was a way of accounting for himself; he used it as both a discipline & a release.
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Line dancing is no longer just for country fans. This popular form of dance now incorporates many musical styles including pop rock jazz disco swing & Latin. Line dancing is urging from this trend; from the US to the UK line dancers dance students & dance instructors are looking for the hottest & the newest steps & that is what they will find in this latest edition. 26 new dances expand this second edition to five readers a total of 68 popular line & partner-pattern dances to choose from. Along with 60 new photographs that show the unique new moves & positions both written descriptions & suggested music now accompany the popular footwork diagrams for each dance. Lanes dances are popular will all skill levels because readers can select the dances according to their ability. Dances are presented in order from easy to more challenging making it simple to progress from one stage to the next. Lane also provides instructors with strategies they need to lead a successful class. ...