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Rose Cottage by Mary Stewart
The summer of 1947. Her return to her childhood home. And a web of mysterious family matters.
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Review: Secret Santa by Robert Tate Miller and Beth Polson
She’s determined to discover and expose the identity of a benevolent stranger.
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Review: All I Want for Christmas: A Peace Country Story by Talena Winters
Kids like him don’t get anything from Santa—let alone parents.
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Review: My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith
When it seems his reserved rental car in Italy doesn't exist, he's offered the next best thing. A bulldozer.
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Review: Teacher, Teacher! by Jack Sheffield
The 1970s. A small village school. And a young, inexperienced headmaster who's in for quite a year.
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Review: Fair Mountain Christmas by Heidi Eljarbo
Her winter writing retreat becomes an emotionally challenging encounter.
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Review: Christmas in Harmony by Philip Gulley
He's got a great new idea for the town’s Christmas Eve! Um, maybe?
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Review: A Christmas Promise by Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer
In the town of Cape Light, Christmas gifts this year are coming in unexpected packages.
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Review: A Christmas Party That Prevented a Split in the Church by Margaret Black
The women of a village church prepare for the arrival of a new, young minister—who happens to be single.
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Review: Home to Harmony by Philip Gulley
Welcome to the quirky world of minister Sam Gardner, here in his first year back in his hometown.
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Review: Cape Light by Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer
Step into a Thomas Kinkade painting, take a stroll around the town, and meet some of its people.
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Review: Miramar Bay by Davis Bunn
Putting his acting career on hold, he escapes to a seaside town to soul search.
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