Sunday, November 23, 2014

Holiday Fiction

Check out some of this year's Christmas fiction new releases. These are sure to put you in the holiday spirit!

Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand
A family reunion at Kelley Quinn's Nantucket inn is thrown into turmoil by his four adult children's personal dramas and the discovery of his second wife's infidelity.

The Nightingale Before Christmas: a Meg Langslow Christmas Mystery by Donna Andrews
As the holidays draw near in Caerphilly, Mother volunteers to take part in in a big Christmas-themed decorator show house, insisting on Meg's help. Then the rooms start to be sabotaged, and an unfortunate designer turns up dead--making Mother a prime suspect. Can Meg catch the real killer in time to save Mother the indignity of arrest?

Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas: a Jane Austen Mystery by Stephanie Barron
Invited to spend the Christmas holiday season of 1814 at the ancestral home of the wealthy Chute family, Jane investigates the suspicious death of a Yuletide reveler whose killer is among the snowbound guests.

A Crafty Christmas by Molly Cox Bryan
While on a 10-day scrapbook-themed cruise in the Caribbean, Sheila finds her dreams of rest and relaxation shattered when a famous crafter is murdered aboard the ship and she becomes the number one suspect, forcing her to catch a killer before her own freedom goes overboard.

A Quilt for Christmas by Sandra Dallas
Sewing a special quilt during the months she waits for her soldier husband to return from the Civil War, Eliza Spooner bonds with other women in the face of a terrible loss and makes a difficult choice when she is asked to help an escaped slave.

Ho-Ho Homicide: a Liss MacCrimmon Scottish Mystery by Kaitlyn Dunnett
While spending a week at her friend's Christmas tree farm, Liss MacCrimmon Ruskin is drawn into a mystery involving a dead body in a shipment of Scotch pine, a series of "accidents," and a strange maze of trees.

The Mistletoe Promise by Richard Paul Evans
Lonely divorcee Elise Dutton accepts a man's proposition to pretend for eight weeks--until the evening of December 24-- to be a couple. As the charade progresses, the safety of her fake relationship begins to mend her badly broken heart. But just as she begins to find joy again, her long-held secret threatens to unravel the emerging relationship. But she might not be the only one with secrets.

Death of a Christmas Caterer by Lee Hollis
Hayley Powell finds her search for a cook to cater the office Christmas party turning into a murder investigation when the greedy gourmet who refused the job is found dead on his kitchen floor

Mr. Miracle: a Christmas Novel by Debbie Macomber
Assigned to help young college student Addie Folsom get her life back on track, guardian angel Harry Mills poses as a teacher and oversees her relationship with contrary neighbor, Erich Simmons, with whom Addie is forced to spend Christmas.

Nora Bonesteel's Christmas Past: a Ballad Novella by Sharyn McCrumb
When the new owners of the old Honeycutt house decide to stay through Christmas, they discover something hidden in the walls of the house.

The Heart of Christmas by Brenda Novak
Single Eve Harmon feels down during the Christmas season when all of her friends are married, but her attitude suddenly changes when a handsome stranger comes to town.

A New York Christmas by Anne Perry
December, 1904. Jemima Pitt agrees to act as a "suitable companion" to her friend Delphinia, who is traveling to New York to be married to Brent Albright, toast of New York high society. Jemima is excited about the prospect of a Christmas adventure in a strange big city, but little does she expect to be enlisted on a top secret mission by Brent's brother Harley, to track down Delphinia's estranged mother.

Festive in Death by J.D. Robb
Personal trainer Trey Ziegler was in peak physical condition. If you didn’t count the kitchen knife in his well-toned chest. Lieutenant Eve Dallas soon discovers a lineup of women who’d been loved and left by the narcissistic gym rat. While Dallas sorts through the list of Ziegler’s enemies, she’s also dealing with her Christmas shopping list—plus the guest list for her and her billionaire husband’s upcoming holiday bash. Feeling less than festive, Dallas tries to put aside her distaste for the victim and solve the mystery of his death. There are just a few investigating days left before Christmas, and as New Year’s 2061 approaches, this homicide cop is resolved to stop a cold-blooded killer.

Christmas at Tiffany's by Karen Swan
In the wake of a heartbreaking betrayal, Cassie leaves the Scottish countryside to find her destiny in three of the most exciting cities in the world -- New York, Paris, and London -- in this funny and triumphant tale of fulfillment, friendship, and love.

An Island Christmas by Nancy Thayer
As the calendar counts down to Christmas, Felicia heads to Nantucket to marry the love of her life, Archie. The twinkling lights that beckon from every window, the snow dusting the beautiful streets, the gorgeous red and white satin dress -- every detail is picture-perfect for a dream wedding. The only problem is, this is not Felicia's dream. Happier hiking in shorts than tending to hearth and home like her more traditional sister Lauren, Felicia has only agreed to a lavish winter wedding to make her mother Jilly happy. Just when it seems like this family is fated to wake up on Christmas morning to stockings full of coal, a holiday surprise brings them together for a very merry celebration.

Shadows on a Maine Christmas: an Antique Print Mystery by Lea Wait
After Maggie Summers, celebrating Christmas in Maine with her aunt, learns of a suspicious murder she receives a note containing a blackmail threat and, as she looks into the crime, discovers a dark secret from the past.

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