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Heat Level: Low Laugh Level: High More than anything, India Ramone wants to give her daughter, her younger brother, and her elderly grandfather a Christmas they deserve. After the death of her mother, the last two years have been rough and money is tight. A full-time nursing student, she feels her prayers have been answered with the temporary job of personal assistant to John Laurencelli. The billionaire is rumored to be demanding and difficult but...

Mr. Fish and his friends celebrate Easter by participating in an Easter egg hunt.

Shay was happy to sell Christmas trees this winter. What she wasn't happy about was having to leave her home and her town. Ryan wasn't happy to be in town. He'd just lost his father and had been saddled with a failing museum. He was adamant the only option was for it to close, and for him to return to his life. Shay and Ryan meet and passion swiftly follows, but there's no real future for them if they're both leaving town. When Shay discovers some...

Thirty miles northeast of Boston, Edward Marley meets a tragic demise on Christmas Eve that leaves his law firm partner, the miserly Henry Rutherford, seemingly untouched. Rutherford's cold existence, shrouded in bitterness and frugality, unfolds against the backdrop of a dilapidated mansion and Boston's lively taverns. Exactly seven years after Marley's death, Rutherford's icy exterior is put to the test. As festivities fill the city, Rutherford's...

We put together a very wide variety of 112 Articles about Christmas for your enjoyment.

Clement Clarke Moore's Christmas classic meets Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice when Mr. Darcy gets his own visit from St. Nicholas. In this parody of the beloved original poem, Santa teaches Darcy the true meaning of the holiday and helps him get what he's always wanted-a wife! JULIE PETERSEN has fond memories of hiding under her covers at night with a flashlight just so she could finish whatever chapter she was on and a few more after that. When...

Stop the wedding!  Dimitri Makarov's former secretary is getting married, but instead of congratulating the happy couple, the masterful oligarch plans to stop the wedding...; For he's just discovered that the blushing bride is also mother to his secret son!  Erin Turner thought her luck was changing until Dimitri dispatches her convenient groom with his signature ruthlessness. But in other ways the high-flying businessman seems completely reformed...

Our national holidays have been trivialized by merchandising, consumerism, and long weekends. What do you know about the origins of the national holidays of the United States? Boardman Kathan presents the persons and events that each of our "holy days" commemorates. In so doing he explores the shaping of American history and identity, revealing often-misunderstood parts of our national story from a new approach. Each chapter looks at the many books...

Published in its entirety for the first time since 1852, this shining collection of Christmas tales was originally selected by Charles Dickens for his periodical Household Words. Each story varies in theme and tone, with scenes of romance, theft, justice, and heart-warming family reunions set alongside haunting tales and chilling ghost stories, while topics addressed range from the meaning of Christmas to disability and race. Contributing authors...

Christmas is coming, but for ER consultant Mac Sullivan it's just another day. Sincelosing his wife two years ago, he's thrown himself into work and has no interest inserious relationships. Enter Nurse Louisa Young, who brings warmth, sparkle and Christmas into his ER department.The question is: Can she bring it into his life, as well? Louisa's one Christmas wish isthat maybe, just maybe, she can melt the ice that surrounds the gorgeous consultant'sheart…...