Winter Holiday Mysteries<\/u><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n About<\/b>:San Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright and her hunky security-expert husband, Derek Stone, face a locked-room murder mystery during the holidays in Scotland.<\/i><\/p>\n In the middle of a wonderful Christmas holiday in Dharma, Brooklyn and Derek receive a frantic phone call from their dear friend Claire in Loch Ness, Scotland. The laird of the castle, Cameron MacKinnon, has just proposed to her! They plan to be married on New Year\u2019s Day, and they want Derek and Brooklyn to be their witnesses. And while they\u2019re visiting, Claire hopes that Brooklyn will be able to solve a little mystery that\u2019s occurred in the castle library\u2014twelve very rare, very important books have gone missing.<\/p>\n Once in Scotland, Brooklyn starts working on the mystery of the missing books but is soon distracted by all of the thumping and bumping noises she\u2019s been hearing in the middle of the night. You\u2019d think the Ghost of Christmas Past had taken up residence. But when one of the guests is poisoned and another is killed by an arrow through the heart, Brooklyn and Derek know this is not the work of any ghost. Now they must race to find a killer and a book thief before another murder occurs and their friends\u2019 bright and happy future turns dark and deadly.<\/p>\n About<\/b>:‘Tis the season for sleuthing in Donna Andrews’ cheery new addition to the New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow series.<\/i><\/p>\n Meg has been roped into participating in a weaponsmithing competition, a Forged in Fire wannabe organized by a blacksmith friend. Meg originally turned down an invitation to participate, but the night before the filming starts, someone attacks Faulk, her blacksmithing mentor, breaking his arm and eliminating him from the contest before it begins. Meg agrees to step in as his replacement to keep the project from failing. She’s not thrilled that the filming will take place during December \u2013 Christmas is already a crazy time for her. Since the competition is taking place on Ragnarshjem, the picturesque estate that her friend Ragnar, the retired heavy metal drummer, is turning into a Goth castle, Meg won\u2019t have to spend Christmas alone and gets to bring Michael and her twin sons with her.<\/p>\n So Meg joins the cast, to the dismay of several old-school blacksmiths who think women have no place in the profession anyway. And if the show’s producers were hoping for drama, they’re in luck. The blacksmithing world is a small one, and some of the contestants arrived already laden with grudges and feuds.<\/p>\n It’s a high-stakes, cutthroat competition between people who wield large hammers and make swords and have forges full of fire at their disposal. What could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson<\/span><\/p>\n About<\/b>: New York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson pens a spectacularly spine-chilling novella in which an American art student in London is invited to join a classmate for the holidays at Starvewood Hall, her family’s Cotswold manor house. But behind the holly and pine boughs, secrets are about to unravel, revealing this seemingly charming English village’s grim history.<\/i><\/p>\n Ashley Smith, an American art student in London for her junior year, was planning on spending Christmas alone, but a last-minute invitation from fellow student Emma Chapman brings her to Starvewood Hall, country residence of the Chapman family. The Cotswold manor house, festooned in pine boughs and crammed with guests for Christmas week, is a dream come true for Ashley. She is mesmerized by the cozy, firelit house, the large family, and the charming village of Clevemoor, but also by Adam Chapman, Emma’s aloof and handsome brother.<\/p>\n But Adam is being investigated by the local police over the recent brutal slaying of a girl from the village, and there is a mysterious stranger who haunts the woodland path between Starvewood Hall and the local pub. Ashley begins to wonder what kind of story she is actually inhabiting. Is she in a grand romance? A gothic tale? Or has she wandered into something far more sinister and terrifying than she’d ever imagined?<\/p>\n Over thirty years later the events of that horrific week are revisited, along with a diary from that time. What began in a small English village in 1989 reaches its ghostly conclusion in modern-day New York, many Christmas seasons later.<\/p>\n Winter Holiday Romance<\/u><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n About<\/b>: If you\u2019re looking for the perfect feel-good Christmas novel, then look no further than Annie England Noblin\u2019s newest novel. This book will absolutely delight any reader looking for a sweet and sassy read\u2014and not to mention enchant the fans of Annie\u2019s signature canine characters. Perfect for fans of Jill Shalvis, Sarah Morgan, Lori Wilde, and Susan Mallery. <\/i><\/p>\n Rosie Reynolds had come to lakeside Corgi Cove as a lost, lonely girl abandoned by her own mother, but there she discovered a true place to call home. She loves her Corgis, Bonnie and Clyde; loves the lakeside life; and loves her aunt and uncle most of all. But when she discovers their struggling inn is about to be bought out by some big city chain, she hatches a to win a contest naming theirs the best Christmas-themed inn in the USA. It’s a long shot, but she knows if the whole town pulls together that they can do it. But she didn\u2019t count on Everett St Claire, who emerged from his gleaming, black BMW, straightening his tie and asking himself how did a big-city guy like him find himself in a speck on the map like Corgi Cove? And how fast could he get back to the city? After all, it couldn\u2019t be that difficult to convince one elderly couple to take the money to retire. He didn\u2019t count on getting sucked into life on the lake. Sure, the people might be\u2026eccentric, and Rosie might seem like a pain in the backside, but there is something alluring about the place. And with the holidays nearing, and the deadline looming, Rosie and Everett are about to discover the magic of a Christmas at Corgi Cove.<\/p>\n About<\/b>: Perfect for fans of Alison Cochrun and Helena Greer, Talia Samuels\u2019 debut sapphic romcom is about one woman who fake dates her friend\u2026only to fall for his sister.Margot Murray is a newly single, successful businesswoman with no interest in a cutesy seasonal romance after her breakup with her long-term girlfriend. Ben Gibson is an unlucky-in-love sweetheart in need of a woman to bring home for the holidays. Together, they make a Margot gets two blissful weeks away from London in a picture-perfect manor, and Ben gets a fake girlfriend for his holiday at home with his family.Upon arriving to the manor, Margot meets Ben\u2019s sister, Ellie, who is suspicious of the supposed relationship right from the start. Ellie intends to get to the bottom of their relationship, not being able to see how the two of them work as a couple. As Ellie and Margot grow closer, will Ben and Margot be able to keep the charade up, or will Margot and Ellie risk the chance at something real?<\/i><\/p>\n About<\/b>: From bookfluencer and host of the BAD ON PAPER podcast, a riotous holiday rom-com about four friends in NYC who hold onto their unconventional Christmas tradition even when their paths diverge\u2014but the changes they fear might be exactly what they need\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n Hannah and Finn have spent every Christmas together since college. Neither has anywhere else to go\u2014Hannah\u2019s parents died, and Finn\u2019s disowned him when he came out. Their tradition of offbeat holiday adventures only grows more outrageous with time. When the pair starts their adult lives in New York City, they add stylish Priya and mysterious Theo to the group, solidifying a found family and sense of belonging they\u2019ve always craved.<\/p>\n But now, when Finn announces a move to L.A., this Christmas may be their last. Hannah is terrified of losing the family she\u2019s built for herself, even as her boyfriend nudges her toward commitment. Meanwhile, Finn struggles with the things he\u2019s about to leave behind\u2014namely, his unexpressed feelings for Theo. Does growing up mean growing apart? This Christmas the changes these friends fear may be exactly what they need….<\/p>\n source<\/a> \ud83c\udf84<\/a> \u26c4<\/a> \ud83c\udf85\ud83c\udffc<\/a> \ud83e\udd8c<\/a> \ud83c\udf81<\/a> \u2744\ufe0f<\/a><\/p>\n book post?? \/\/ what are you planning to read in December? \ud83c\udf84\u2603\ufe0f <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Twelve Books of Christmas by Kate Carlisle<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/theemii\/50582761\/1623101\/1623101_original.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
Let It Crow! Let It Crow! Let It Crow! by Donna Andrews<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/theemii\/50582761\/1621902\/1621902_original.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
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Christmas at Corgi Cove: A Novel by Annie England Noblin<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/theemii\/50582761\/1622510\/1622510_original.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
The Christmas Swap: A Novel by Talia Samuels<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/theemii\/50582761\/1622730\/1622730_original.jpg\" "\\"\\"")
The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman<\/span><\/p>\n