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Winter Holiday Fiction

Updated November 27, 2023
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The gift : a novel
Ahern, Cecelia
Paper Book
Step into the magical world of Cecelia Ahern in this heartwarming bestseller. If you could wish for one gift this Christmas, what would it be? Lou Suffern wishes he could be in two places at once. His constant battle with the clock is a sensitive issue with...
The Christmas train
Baldacci, David.
Paper Book
The train is the only option for Tom Langdon to get to LA for Christmas. Along the way, he encounters mechanical failure, derailments and eccentric characters, an avalanche, an unexpected romance and a rekindling of holiday spirits.
Murder most royal
Bennett, S. J.
Paper Book
Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery : a novel
Colgan, Jenny
Paper Book
Welcome back to Mount Polbearne! The new book from Top Ten bestseller Jenny Colgan is full of festive joy, warmth and the best hot chocolate you can imagine... It's Christmas in the Cornish coastal village of Mount Polbearne - a time for family, friends and feasting. Polly...
Midnight at the Christmas bookshop : a novel
Colgan, Jenny
Paper Book
Wrap up warm and watch the snowflakes fall, the Christmas bookshop welcomes you home... PRAISE FOR JENNY COLGANAn evocative, sweet treat' Jojo Moyes'Gorgeous, glorious, uplifting' Marian Keyes'A cracker - the must-read this festive season' Sun'Irresistible'...
A Christmas carol
Dickens, Charles
Paper Book
A beautiful edition of the timeless Christmas classic, illustrated by Sir Quentin Blake. Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean-spirited miser, is visited by three ghosts one Christmas Eve. The ghosts show Scrooge the true value of Christmas: charity, good humour and love for his fellow man. Quentin...
The Mitford secret
Fellowes, Jessica
Paper Book
Skipping Christmas
Grisham, John.
Paper Book
Imagine a year without the chaos and frenzy that has become part of our holiday tradition - this is just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they plan to skip Christmas and embark on a Caribbean cruise instead. But as this weary couple is about to discover - it's not as easy as that.
Hercule Poirot's silent night
Hannah, Sophie
Paper Book
Winter street : a novel
Hilderbrand, Elin
Paper Book
In bestseller Elin Hilderbrand's first Christmas novel, a family gathers on Nantucket for a holiday filled with surprises. Kelley Quinn is the owner of Nantucket's Winter Street Inn and the proud father of four - Patrick, Kevin, Ava and Bart, all of them grown and living in...
The snow child : a novel
Ivey, Eowyn.
Paper Book
A bewitching tale of heartbreak and hope set in 1920s Alaska, Eowyn Ivey's THE SNOW CHILD was a top ten bestseller in hardback and paperback, and went on to be a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Alaska, the 1920s. Jack and Mabel have staked everything on a fresh start in a...
The mistletoe murder : and other stories
James, P. D.
Paper Book
A collection of 4 short stories from P.D. James, published together for the first time in a beautiful hardback edition
A court of frost and starlight
Maas, Sarah J.
Paper Book
A gorgeously written tale as lush and romantic as it is ferocious ... Absolutely spellbinding - New York Times bestselling author Alexandra BrackenIn this companion tale to the bestselling A Court of Thorns and Roses series, Feyre, Rhys and their friends are working to rebuild the...
The Christmas spirit : a novel
Macomber, Debbie
Paper Book
The brand new festive romance from Debbie Macomber, the #1 New York Times bestselling author and the queen of Christmas fiction! Will they find their happy-ever-after this Christmas? Peter and Hank are lifelong friends, but when it comes to their jobs they...
Twelve days of Christmas : a novel
Macomber, Debbie
Paper Book
A festive story from Debbie Macomber, international bestselling author of the Cedar Cove and Rose Harbor series. Julia is infuriated by her grumpy neighbour, Cain, who can't even be pleasant when they bump into each other. So on the suggestion of her best friend,...
Snowed in for Christmas
Morgan, Sarah
Paper Book
'I love Sarah's novels because they are a burst of pure happiness' Cathy Kelly 'A gorgeous Christmas gift of a book - big-hearted, cosy and joyful' Lucy Diamond 'Unputdownable and gorgeous, I adored Snowed in for Christmas. It's the ultimate feel-good festive novel' Phillipa Ashley<...
The wake-up call
O'Leary, Beth
Paper Book
'Beth O'Leary is that rare, one-in-a-million talent who can make you laugh, swoon, cry and ache all in the same book' Emily Henry Two sworn enemies. One failing hotel. Love is the last thing they need . . . Welcome to Forest Manor Hotel...
The Christmas wedding
Patterson, James
Paper Book
The tree is decorated, the cookies are baked, and the presents are wrapped, but the biggest celebration this Christmas is Gaby Summerhill's wedding. Since her husband died three years ago, Gaby's four children have drifted apart, each consumed by the turbulence of their own lives. They haven't...
A Christmas vanishing : a novel
Perry, Anne
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry's twenty-first heart-warming Christmas novella. When Mariah Ellison arrives in the picturesque village of St Helen's to spend the festive season with her old friend Sadie Alsop, she is shocked to discover that Sadie has...
A Christmas escape : a novel
Perry, Anne.
Paper Book
Winter solstice
Pilcher, Rosamunde.
Paper Book
'This book is the literary equivalent of a warm, soft blanket, a log fire and a cup of strong, sweet tea on a snowy winter night. With the Scotland setting, it is utterly irresistible' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An endearing and poignant novel...
Festive in death
Robb, J. D.
Paper Book
The kitchen knife jammed into his cold heart pinned a cardboard sign to his well-toned chest. It read: Santa Says You've Been Bad!!! Ho, Ho, Ho! It's Christmas, but Lieutenant Eve Dallas is in no mood to celebrate. While her charismatic husband Roarke plans a huge,...
Simply irresistible
Shalvis, Jill
Paper Book
The first enchanting novel in the Lucky Harbor series from New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis, laced with her trademark gift for humour, warmth and romance. Fans of Susan Andersen, Bella Andre, Rachel Gibson, Carly Phillips, and Susan Mallery will fall head over heels for...
Mr. Dickens and his carol
Silva, Samantha
Paper Book
For Charles Dickens, each Christmas is been better than the last. His novels are literary blockbusters, avid fans litter the streets and he and his wife have five happy children and a sixth on the way. But when Dickens' latest book, Martin Chuzzlewit, is a flop, the glorious life threatens to...
One day in December : a novel
Silver, Josie
Paper Book
Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist. After all, life isn't a scene from the movies, is it? But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one.Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic...and...
A winter in New York : a novel
Silver, Josie
Paper Book
Where better to start again than New York? Iris arrives in the city of dreams, intent on restarting her culinary career, and leaving her recent heartache behind. Wandering the streets at a famous food festival, Iris feels like she's living in a movie. Then she...
The Christmas guest : a novella
Swanson, Peter
Paper Book
This year's must-read festive chiller - The Hunting Part meets The Holiday
The Father Christmas letters
Tolkien, J. R. R.
Paper Book
The first ever paperback edition of Tolkien's complete Father Christmas letters, including a new introduction and rare archive materials. Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R.Tolkien's children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery...

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