An eccentric old man is dying of cancer, and his painfully proud daughter must ask an embittered doctor for help. In this moving story of sacrifice, sorrow, and redemption, a quiet town in the Shenandoah Valley and the powerful city of Washington D.C. become the settings for a story of personal healing and renewed faith. Written by a beloved and best-selling author, One Shenandoah Winter is a heart-touching novella that reveals the true meaning of...

On a snowy December night, 12 women meet for a cookie exchange, where they tell stories of the cookies they baked, tales that are emblematic of the year that has just passed and focus on sisterly love and conflict, yearning for grandchildren and more.

Questions haunt Rose as Christmas draws near and she learns that, despite growing up in an Amish family, she was once abandoned by Englisch parents. As her marriage approaches, Rose must decide how much of the past should determine her future.

A collection of stories written annually at Christmas includes tales of trees with magical powers, a tinsel baby that talks, flying dogs, philosophical fairies, and a haunted house.

When Andy's family goes on a Christmas vacation without his toys, Woody, Buzz, and the others decorate Andy's room and have a Christmas of their own.

For some families, a Christmas reunion is like a feel-good movie. For Beth Carlyle, it might be more of a disaster epic. Her ex-husband's new girlfriend is already pregnant. Her self-absorbed, bestselling author mother recently suffered a stroke and has summoned Beth's sisters, Freya and Trinity--neither of whom even seem to like Beth very much--back to Magnolia. Beth's so lonely and stressed that she spills her guts to a stranger, wondering why the...

This silly interactive holiday story features a grumpy dog who is not ready for Christmas. Follow the directions to clap, sing, and find the doggy cookies to try to cheer up Cocoa in time for Christmas Eve in this funny board book. It's almost Christmas, but Cocoa the pug is missing the holiday joy. It's up to the reader to bark, clap, and get silly to get Cocoa in the Christmas spirit.

It's beginning to look a lot like an American Christmas: unpleasant relatives, miserable travel, a slobbering dog-and one "harmless American of Irish origins," Jack Flanigan, who is reluctantly falling in love with a young Russian woman studying at Harvard. She's spending Christmas alone in a foreign country, so he invites the dark-eyed beauty home to Chicago for the holiday. Even though it isn't Christmas in the Russian Orthodox calendar, she accepts! What...

Angi Guilardi needs a man for Christmas--at least, according to her mother. What she really needs is to grow her fledgling catering business. Partnering with Magnolia's Wildflower Inn holds promise, but when her mother falls ill, Angi's pulled back to the responsibility of the family restaurant. While she balances work and her eight-year-old son, romance is the last thing on her mind...until Angi runs into Gabriel Carlyle. Back in town to help his...

The Disney Villains are here to spread some holiday fear! No one despises the holidays more than a Disney Villain. This Christmas, Maleficent, Hades, Captain Hook, the Queen, Ursula, and Cruella are planning to ruin the holiday season once and for all! Join these dastardly Disney characters as they cause some Christmas chaos by sending their minions to ruin Christmas dinner, stealing the Lost Boys' presents, disguising themselves as Santa Claus, and...