Laurel Laurel left Coal's Lake ten years ago as a grieving teen, now she’s moving back with a baby boy in tow. Starting from scratch, she’s hopeful she’ll be able to make her son’s first holiday season in her hometown memorable. When she runs into her childhood friend, Brennan, old feelings come rushing back and it’s as if she never left. Brennan Brennan wants to create holiday traditions of his own, but who will he share them with? As a small-town police constable, finding someone feels impossible. When he spots his oldest friend and feels what it’s like to have her in his arms, he knows she’s the one who got away. He’s determined to prove that she can count on him this Christmas and every day after. Cupid's Christmas is a small-town, second-chance romance novella.

181 years delivering toys has Santa Claus ready to call it quits. He’s burnt-out, saddled with hemorrhoids, and needs to work Christmas Eve armed with a shotgun. On top of having to face a world on edge, now his favorite reindeer is AWOL on Christmas Eve. What's a not-so-jolly Saint Nick to do on what just might be his last Christmas? CUPID'S FAREWELL CHRISTMAS is a unique “kids book for adults" that's part-satire, part-social commentary, but ultimately a universal holiday tale of love, laughter, and redemption. Illustrated in a style that evokes the nostalgia of Christmas mornings past, CUPID'S FAREWELL CHRISTMAS is a hilarious and timeless story of identity, individuality, and what it means to have real courage.

The author of Food Through the Ages presents a festive overview of Dickens-era Christmas traditions—from decorations and songs to games and recipes. Anna Selby discusses how the Victorians invented many of the Christmas traditions we enjoy today from Christmas trees and cards to carols and Father Christmas himself. Dickens and Prince Albert shaped how many people view the British Christmas, an idea explored in the opening chapter. There is an emphasis on Victorian food, including authentic wassailing recipes and an easy introduction to planning traditional Christmas foods and traditional decorations. It offers readers a chance to enjoy a traditional Christmas, one centered around the home, family, and simple decorations made from nature, a far cry from the materialistic Christmases we have today. This lovely book reminds us all just how enjoyable Christmas really is and shows us how to recreate our favorite traditions and recapture the magic of Christmas.

At Cupid's Hideaway you can celebrate the spirit of Christmas all year long! Cupid's Hideaway is an unusual bed-and-breakfast run by the equally unusual Maisie Templeton, together with her granddaughter (and chef) Meg Burton. The B and B is on an island in Lake Erie—the perfect place for Meg to hide her broken heart. It's also the perfect place for Gabe Morrison, who shows up during the Christmas-in-July celebrations with Duke the dog (really Diana) in tow. He's hiding from all the people who expect him to come up with the next brilliant advertising jingle. Except that Gabe's a little short of inspiration these days. Then he discovers that every time he touches Meg, or kisses her, he's inspired. Visions of hamburgers dance in his head and the advertising campaign starts to take shape. He also discovers that he wants Meg as more than a muse. He wants her as a lover…and a wife!

Marriage, Performance, and Politics at the Jacobean Court constitutes the first full-length study of Jacobean nuptial performance. Scripted for high-profile weddings by such writers as Jonson, Campion, Chapman, and Beaumont, these entertainments were mounted for some of the most significant political events of King James's English reign and played a key role in the development of a specifically Jacobean form of national identity.