Titres dans Fêtes

Pourquoi Leda interrompt-elle brusquement ses vacances ? Au bord de la mer, elle était subjuguée par une famille et en particulier une jeune femme, Nina, et sa fille Élena. Quand la petite Élena perd sa poupée, c'est toute la famille qui se mobilise pour la retrouver et ne pas gâcher ses vacances, jusqu'à mener des actions inquiétantes telle une battue organisée sur la plage. Or c'est Leda qui a pris la poupée. Pourquoi ce geste insensé ?

Lorsqu'un terrible ouragan s'abat sur Merry, dans le Connecticut, Noah Yates, maire de la ville et père célibataire, doit informer les habitants déjà dévastés qu'il n'y aura pas de festival de Noël cette année... Un désastre pour la communauté! C'était compter sans la sublime Catalina King, experte en rénovation de maisons et star de la télé-réalité, déterminée à restaurer la ville à temps.

Il est le petit-fils du père Noël… et il déteste Noël. Malheureusement pour lui, c'est littéralement une affaire de famille. Niklaus déteste Noël. Ce qui est plutôt gênant quand on est le petit-fils du père Noël et qu'on est censé lui succéder ! Contraint de respecter l'accord passé avec son grand-père, Nik débarque à New York pour une formation express afin de reprendre les rênes du célèbre traîneau. Mais à peine arrivé, il se fait assommer… par une poêle à frire. À l'origine de ce malentendu : Ivy, pâtissière accro à Noël et maman d'une petite fille devenue mutique.

Victoria Delmas, trente-cinq ans, dirige d'une main de fer son agence de publicité. Dans son quotidien réglé comme une horloge, aucune place n'est laissée à l'improvisation, et encore moins aux relations humaines qu'elle considère comme une perte de temps pure et simple. Jusqu'à un matin de décembre où sa vie bascule. Renversée par un bus, Victoria sombre dans le coma et atterrit dans un... centre de réhabilitation de Noël !

« Bienvenue au refuge du Perce-neige ! Venez découvrir la magie de notre ferme pédagogique en plein coeur du massif du Mont-Blanc. » Liia Josserand et son père sont très fiers de ce refuge, dans lequel les rennes sont élevés en liberté dans des pâturages verdoyants. Les fins de mois sont difficiles, mais jamais ils n'abandonneraient leurs animaux, et encore moins pour les vendre au chef étoilé qui voudrait les mettre à sa carte.

“Wickedly satirical . . . nothing short of brilliant.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) New York Times bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett explores the inanity of war, sexual politics, and why the best man for the job is often a woman in this acerbically funny and poignant Discworld...

AN EMOTIONAL AND UPLIFTING NOVEL FROM THE FRENCH MARIAN KEYES FOR FANS OF RUTH HOGAN, VERONICA HENRY AND SARAH MORGAN Emma and Agathe are sisters. They grew up together yet are very different. Agathe, the youngest, messy, and ardent, has always taken up all the space in the bath, in the bedroom...

Brought to you by Penguin. Ari, a free-spirited struggling comedian, likes to keep things casual, and never sleeps over after hooking up. Josh, born-and-bred Manhattanite, has ambitious plans to take the culinary world by storm, to find The One and live happily-ever-after. After a...

'Absolute joy' Sarah Winman 'The funniest of writers. . . Villa Coco is such a sunny book' Kate Atkinson 'Every sentence in this novel sings' David Sedaris 'Eccentric, funny, touching: I adored it' Nina Stibbe 'Sheer, riotous, unmitigated joy' Kiran Millwood Hargrave Broke and directionless, our...

On the tiny Scottish island of Mure, Christmas preparations are even more hectic than usual.... Especially when their motley staff includes a temperamental French chef, a spoilt Norwegian kitchen boy who can't peel a potato without mutilating his own hand and a painfully shy kitchen assistant who blushes when anyone speaks to her. Can they pull it together in time for the big opening? And can Flora help her family find happiness this Christmas?

It is 1890, and in the days before Christmas, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are visited at Baker Street by a new client. Eve Allerthorpe, eldest daughter of a grand but somewhat eccentric Yorkshire-based dynasty, is greatly distressed, as she believes she is being haunted by a demonic Christmas spirit. Her late mother told her terrifying tales of the sinister Black Thurrick, and Eve is sure that she has seen the creature from her bedroom window. What is more, she has begun to receive mysterious parcels of birch twigs, the Black Thurrick’s calling card.

A Signature Performance: Tim Curry rescues Charles Dickens from the jaws of Disney with his one-of-a-kind performance of the treasured classic. Our listeners loved this version so much that it inspired our whole line of Signature Classics.

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! Featuring dual narration by Karissa Vacker and Will Watt! “Good Spirits is an absolute knockout. A new Borison book feels like coming home in the best way. She's truly in a league of her own.” — Hannah Grace, New York Times bestselling author of...

Brought to you by Penguin. **ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD** **AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ** ** AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** ** A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK ** 'The Sanatorium will keep you checking over your shoulder. This spine-tingling, atmospheric thriller has it all: an...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Cafe comes a #1 Sunday Times bestselling grumpy x sunshine Christmas romcom! ❄️ ‘A charming break from reality’ Publishers Weekly ❄️❄️❄️❄️ Every book in the Dream Harbor series can be read as a standalone...

Le 1er décembre, Edie O'Sullivan, octogénaire acariâtre et solitaire, trouve sur le pas de sa porte un mystérieux colis. En le déballant, elle découvre une boîte de puzzle qu'elle s'empresse d'assembler. Des carreaux noirs et blancs éclaboussés de sang, un cadavre... ce n'est autre qu'une scène de crime ! Un message menaçant accompagne le colis : quatre personnes mourront à minuit, la veille de Noël, si Edie ne parvient pas à rassembler tous les indices pour arrêter l'assassin.

A charming novella in the Innkeeper Chronicles, from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ilona Andrews. Thank you for joining us at Gertrude Hunt, the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, during the Treaty Stay. As you know, we are honor-bound to accept all guests during this oldest of innkeeper holidays and we are expecting a dangerous guest. Or several. But have no fear. Your safety and comfort is our first priority. The inn and your hosts, Dina Demille and Sean Evans, will defend you at all costs. [But we hope we don’t have to.]

Ex-fashion model and successful business woman Laura Ayars' perfect world is shattered at a time which should have been the happiest of her life. On her honeymoon, her sports superstar husband goes for a swim - and never returns. But what has happened to David - can he really be dead? Whilst...

Carmen has always worked in her local department store. So, when the gorgeous old building closes its doors for good, she is more than a little lost. When her sister, Sofia, mentions an opportunity in Edinburgh - a cute little bookshop, the spare room in her house - Carmen is reluctant, she was never very good at accepting help. But, short on options, she soon finds herself pulling into the snowy city just a month before Christmas.

Christian’s fed up of being on his own every Christmas. He doesn’t mind being alone, but he hates his family’s sad eyes and soft tones as they sit around coupled up. Because he’s actually, totally, fine. So when Megan literally bumps into Christian in a Dublin pub, they come up with a pact to see them through the holiday season. They’re going to be the very best fake dates for each other, ever. Rules are drawn up, a contract is signed on a wine-stained napkin. They will sit through each other’s family gatherings and be outrageously in love until freed from their annual obligations.