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It's time for another collection of twisted Christmas stories from your favorite dark elf, B.D. Anklevich. The stories range from strange, to creepy, to unusual, to nasty, to heartwarming, and jolly. It's holiday collection that will surely fill your holidays with cheer and unease and become a Christmas traditions that you go back to season after season. It's filled with stories, most of which have never been seen anywhere before. You don't want to miss it.

Each night brings another dying soul with a secret heavy enough to drag the dark closer: a toymaker obsessed with broken children, a woman who decided which kids never came home, a man whose holiday ledger ended in blood, and others who carried their sins far too long.

Ally Novak is perfectly happy being single – in fact, her career depends on it. As the Divorced Diva – blogger, brand ambassador and businesswoman extraordinaire – she’s spun three failed marriages into gold, building a brand that celebrates single life. So when her wealthy ex-husband Julian invites her to front his new wellness retreat, Ally jets off to his exclusive Greek island, certain it’ll be just another glamorous gig. What she doesn’t expect is to find another ex on the island – the one who got away, and the only one she can’t forget.

Jede Geschichte spielt in der Advents- und Weihnachtszeit, erzählt in einfachen, schönen Sätzen und mit viel Atmosphäre. Du spürst Nähe, Hoffnung und die leisen Wunder, die genau dann passieren, wenn man sie am meisten braucht. Dieses Buch schenkt dir vom ersten Satz an weihnachtliche Stimmung.

Es ist ruhiger geworden auf der Insel, doch Mads, Mark und Magnus stecken bis über die Ohren in winterlich-süßen Plänen, während draußen der Sturm tobt und Ida auf Schneeflocken hofft.

Ein Mann hastet am Abend des 24. Dezember durch die Straßen. Die viel zu spät bestellten Geschenke sind nicht rechtzeitig angekommen. Kein Wunder, dass Martin Harnack deswegen zu Hause Ärger hat. Denn für seine Frau ist das verpatzte Weihnachtsfest ein Symbol für den geringen Stellenwert der Familie in Martins Leben. Nun versucht er zu retten, was zu retten ist. Ein einziger verkramter alter Laden hat noch geöffnet. Dort erhält er ein seltsames Geschenk. Es ist ein mechanischer Adventskalender, der Martin an den Morgen des 1.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The House of Hope and Dreams by Trisha Ashley, read by Julia Franklin. When Carey Revell unexpectedly becomes the heir to Mossby, his family’s ancestral home, it’s rather a mixed blessing. The house is large but rundown and comes with a pair of resentful relatives who can’t be asked to leave. Still, newly dumped by his girlfriend and also from his job as a TV interior designer, Carey needs somewhere to lick his wounds. And Mossby would be perfect for a renovation show.

Sophie has been made redundant. She also has a big secret she needs to walk away from. Reluctantly she agrees to go to Tenerife with her mother, Madeline, and help run Villa Kennal for the summer. But when Madeline receives a very exciting offer back in the UK, Sophie is left to run the villa by herself. Luis has a huge chip on his shoulder. Every time Sophie sees him he is rude and unhelpful, that is, until Sophie finds out what his problem really is. Graham has retired to Tenerife and lives next door to Villa Kennal.

Holly Wilson has landed a dream job which involves her staying at five-star resorts around the world. There is however a proviso. She must travel incognito and that means telling lies. Holly hates lies. Her cover story, designed to minimize conversation on the subject, is that she is to her honeymoon destination for closure after her husband's sudden death.

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Magic under the mistletoe . . . One spectacular Christmas, Lady Perdita Selby, known to her friends and family as Poppy, met the man she thought she would love forever. The devilishly attractive Duke of Fletcher was the perfect match for the innocent, breathtakingly beautiful young Englishwoman...

Stellen wir uns nicht alle manchmal diese Fragen: die nach dem eigenen Leben und der wahren Liebe. Wir warten auf das echte Gefühl. Wir sind allein unterwegs. Wir suchen den Ort unserer Sehnsucht. So geht es den Figuren von Peter Stamm. Sie blicken zurück und staunen, dass das Leben sich so entwickelt hat und nicht anders. Oder sie haben es vergessen. Und wir mit ihnen. Nicht allein sein, Nähe herstellen, eine Liebe gelingen lassen. Oft trauen wir uns nicht. Wir denken darüber nach, ob es so, wie es ist, richtig ist, und wir träumen vom Glück.

Peace on Earth isn’t everyone’s cup of tea in Charlotte MacLeod’s “A Cozy for Christmas”. Peter Lovesey’s “The Haunted Crescent” delivers a holiday ghost story with a twist. A training session for department-store Santas turns up Saint Nicks who are anything but angels in Isaac Asimov’s “Ho, Ho, Ho”. Marcia Muller’s “Silent Night” finds a tough private investigator searching San Francisco’s Tenderloin district - and discovering something unexpected.

Es ist kurz vor Weihnachten in einer fernen Zeit weit in der Zukunft. Das Fernsehen gehört schon längst der Vergangenheit an und die Menschen möchten am Liebsten von Morgens bis Abends Hörbüchern und Geschichten zuhören. In der Firma Ohrdebil liegt es den Mitarbeitern daher sehr am Herzen, dass alle Geschichten schnell und reibungslos zu ihren Kunden finden. Doch dann geschieht es. Wenige Tage vor Heiligabend erhält die Firma einen mysteriösen Anruf, der alle in Angst und Schrecken versetzt: In vier Tagen soll die ganze Firma ruiniert werden und schließlich offline gehen.

When the Dickenson clan sits down for Thanksgiving dinner in 2016, it is the last holiday where their tight-knit family will ever be the same. Oldest brother Pete and his wife are expecting their first child. Youngest sibling Sophie is too busy running her restaurant. The Little Plum, to bother with any kind of social life. And middle child Charlie’s happy, uncomplicated life as a midwestern science professor is upended when his wife Annette is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Knowing this will be her last Thanksgiving, Annette asks Sophie to look after Charlie after she’s gone.

Richard Ainsworth is preparing for the Christmas of his dreams: quiet, no guests at his French B&B and his favourite films on the TV. None of which seems on the cards when his rural peace is shattered by the unexpected arrival of a familiar face. Valérie d’Orçay has hotfooted it from Paris with her chihuahua in tow and an invitation to a Christmas themed murder mystery game.

Now a festive feelgood movie starring Charlie Brooks available on all good streaming platforms for Christmas 2025! A name drawn from a hat Someone you barely know A Christmas you’ll never forget This December, Jolene can’t wait for the office Secret Santa moment — the festive...

It's Christmas in Lyme Regis, and DC Tina Abbott is looking forward to some well-earned time with her family. But then her mum Annie, true to form, reports a crime. The pottery shop has been broken into and the owner Peg, Annie's friend, attacked. The evidence is scant. A solitary fingerprint in blood, but nothing stolen, at least as far as the police can tell. But when Annie discovers a gaudy pottery reindeer that was left at the scene of the crime, she and her swimming club friends get drawn into the mystery.

London, 1928. Marius Quin and Lady Bella Montague are ready for a quiet Christmas when they learn that Bella’s beloved Aunt Adele has met a shocking end in her picture-perfect cottage. Immediately heading for Holly Village, the enclave of retired aristocrats and eccentric pensioners where Adele lived, they discover that her death was far from natural.

The village of Oakhaven is picture-perfect in December 1993. Holly wreaths hang on every door, fairy lights twinkle in frosted windows, and the smell of cinnamon and roasting chestnuts fills the air. For nine-year-old Megan Turner, it should be the most magical time of year. Then her mum brings down an old Christmas decoration from the loft—a vintage elf named Jingles, with a too-wide smile and glass eyes that seem to follow you across the room. It's just a harmless tradition, Mum says. A bit of festive fun to watch over them until Christmas morning.