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Four festive tales of the supernatural, apocalyptic and blood-sucking variety an antidote for anyone who occasionally finds Christmas overly sentimental or commercialised and likes to escape to somewhere darker.
In Ghosts of Christmas Past, a newly-wed couple spend every Christmas in the same remote country cottage. It's their 'thing' and they're not about to let tragedy get in the way.
In I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, a small boy creeps downstairs...
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Salem, Massachusetts B&B owner Charlene Morris is looking into a holiday hit-and-run, with a little help from her ghostly housemate . . .
Charlene's parents are in town for Christmas, and her mother is driving her up a tree. Her bed-and-breakfast's resident ghost, Jack, isn't fond of her either—and he's showing it with some haunting high jinks. But when Charlene takes her mom and dad out for dinner, the less-than-seasonal...
Charlene's parents are in town for Christmas, and her mother is driving her up a tree. Her bed-and-breakfast's resident ghost, Jack, isn't fond of her either—and he's showing it with some haunting high jinks. But when Charlene takes her mom and dad out for dinner, the less-than-seasonal...
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Eleven Christmas Eves ago, young Libby Taylor said goodbye to her newborn son. With only her music dreams to keep her going, she vowed to someday make a life he could be part of. With a recording contract on the horizon, now seems like the perfect time, but an accident on an icy road sends Libby on a strange detour. Badly injured and alone, she finds herself guided on a spiritual journey of discovery by the imagined ghosts of idolized music legends...
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Molly Murphy mysteries volume 17
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Minotaur Books
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2017
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"Semi-retired private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is suffering from depression after a miscarriage following her adventure in San Francisco during the earthquake of 1906. She and her husband, Daniel, are invited for Christmas at a mansion on the Hudson, and they gratefully accept, expecting a peaceful and relaxing holiday season. Not long after they arrive, however, they start to feel the tension in the house's atmosphere. Then they learn that...
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Christmas, 1912. The funeral of an old friend brings Dorian back to London. But when his painting is stolen, Dorian is blackmailed into committing a terrible murder. Only one man can help him: a retired consulting detective named Sherlock Holmes... the man he has to kill. Note: The Confessions of Dorian Gray contains adult material and is not suitable for younger listeners.
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In this story, readers will discover the solutions to several Sherlockian mysteries. Why are there so few cases from the middle 1880s? Why did such a ladies' man as John H. Watson wait so long to take himself a wife? What about those puzzling canonical references to a wife who can't be Mary Morstan? Travel with the Doctor to America, where you'll meet the beautiful young woman who preceded Mary, as well as Watson's "black sheep" brother Henry and...
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "An emotional historical romance! Such a great series!" Goodreads Reviewer. It's Christmas Eve 1800 and three former lovers reflect on the past, present and future of their turbulent relationship. Two months ago, Lucerne Marlinscar broke two hearts in addition to his own when he ended his scandalous relationship with Vaughan, Marquis of Pennerley and Miss Bella Rushdale. Now alone on his Yorkshire estate, he's haunted by the events...
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Julia Matthews is the biggest Scrooge around when it comes to love. She writes romance novels but thinks romance readers are ridiculously sappy and gullible. She's a writer with a major chip on her shoulder. She's all alone in her house on Christmas Eve when she gets an uninvited visitor. He has something to show her, something she doesn't want to see. He's ready to take her on a journey of self discovery. Whether she wants to go or not. There's just...
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Just in time for Christmas, "masterful" (Romantic Times Magazine) author Tracy Cooper-Posey gives us a Christmas romance story that only she could write.
Nearly twenty years ago, Dane walked away from Narelle on the eve of their wedding. To escape the humiliation, Narelle fled from outback Australia to big city New York, to focus on her career.
Now she's back home for Christmas, with every intention of burying the last of her feelings about Dane by...
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The winter holiday season is a time for gifts and music, for snow and miracles, and for family and going home. For Jessie Malone, it's a time for sorrow.
Jessie is a graduate student living in London, where she hopes to be one of the first folklorists ever to trace an urban legend back to its original source. She's also a grieving young widow unable to heal from the agony of her life-shattering loss.
In the bleak midwinter, Jessie learns of an urban...
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With the help of a Christmas spirit, a sunny lawyer and a grumpy mountain man reunite over the holidays and must decide if the undeniable spark they first had is worth giving a second chance.I've always had my future mapped out.Go to law school? Check.Get hired with a reputable law firm? Check.Pass the bar exam? Awaiting results any day now.Fall in love? Scratch that off the list.Everything's going to according to plan. Until I have a weird dream...
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Midsomer Murders volume 7
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Exactly nine years after Ferdy Villers killed himself, his entire family reunites for Christmas unaware that someone is out for revenge.
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When Aunt Butty gets an idea in her head, there is simply no stopping her. At least, Lady Rample has never found a way. And what Aunt Butty wants is a proper, old-fashioned English country Christmas. So it's no surprise when Lady Rample finds herself celebrating the holidays deep in the Cotswolds. And naturally, Aunt Butty requires everything to be perfect, from the Yule log to the wassail. Unfortunately, the two women get more than they bargain for...
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Place to Call Home volume 5
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George struggles to master his emotions following Sarah's disclosure. The Christmas holidays bring back memories of Elizabeth's youth and reveal the source of her special connection to Jack. Andrew spends the holidays at Ash Park in an attempt to win over Anna.
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Titan Books
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2023
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Hugo Award winning editor, and horror legend, Ellen Datlow presents this chilling horror anthology of original short stories exploring the endless terrors of winter solstice traditions across the globe, featuring chillers by Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu and many more. The winter solstice is celebrated as a time of joy around the world--yet the long nights also conjure a darker tradition of ghouls, hauntings, and visitations. This...
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