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Alone in a new town, psychology professor Shawn Daly has resigned himself to a quiet, solitary Christmas. Then he nearly runs over a stray dog. She's not seriously injured-but it turns out she has other plans for Shawn's winter break. And that cute guy down the block with the friendly Newfoundland dog? Turns out he's a big part of those plans.Dogs may bring shedding fur and a heap of responsibilities. But they may also be just the right thing to give...
2) Joys R Us
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Reece is a practical, orderly man, a financial analyst who considers most holiday events wasteful. But his sister coerces him into standing in line overnight for this year's must-have toy. Supplies prove smaller than expected, and Reece gets trampled in the resulting stampede. Toy store manager Angel tends to Reece's wounds. When Angel discovers Reece's cynical attitude, he invites Reece to spend Christmas Eve with him. Over the course of the day,...
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Alex's traditional family Christmas Compromise means spending the holiday at a second-rate theme park, Poseidon's Planet, but Alex doesn't mind. He enjoys the rides and the company of his family, and it's a good break from his going-nowhere existence back in Indiana. Then he meets a certain sexy employee in a pirate costume, and Alex's vacation gets even better. But thrill rides last only a short time, and sooner or later everyone has to return to...
4) Get Lit
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Uri Kessler is a bit of a klutz. Recently divorced from a guy he married too quickly and yearning to have a holiday that feels special, he decides to make Hanukkah candles. The results are literally a blazing disaster. But Uri's mishap helps him get to know Oscar Cortez, his sexy new neighbor, and the two men instantly hit it off. While Uri finds himself drawn to Oscar, he's also afraid to make a mess of their budding relationship. It'll take a small...
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Miles Thorsen's adopted family is… unusual. But that's not why he fled after graduating from college. Now, after ten years of restless wandering, he returns home for the winter holiday celebration. The solstice is a time of change, and perhaps it's time for Miles to face who he is, who he loves… and who he'll become.
6) Dear Ruth
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Dear Ruth, I'm not in the mood for Christmas. After a romantic relationship went up in flames, I returned to my hometown in rural Kansas. Then my mother passed away. I'm really busy with my job as fire marshal-and now with my mother's advice column, which I reluctantly took over. There's a sexy newcomer down the street, a guy with a young daughter and an unfortunate disregard for fire safety. He seems to want to be friends, but that creates problems...
7) Chère Ruth
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Chère Ruth,
Je ne suis pas d'humeur à fêter Noël. Après une relation amoureuse partie en fumée, je suis retourné dans ma ville natale du Kansas rural. Puis ma mère est décédée. Je suis très occupé par mon travail de capitaine des pompiers, et maintenant par la chronique de conseils de ma mère, que j'ai reprise à contrecœur. Il y a un nouveau venu sexy dans la rue, un homme avec une petite fille et un malheureux mépris pour la sécurité...
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Asher Kaufman could use a miracle. But first he'll have to believe they exist.
Ash is single, strapped for cash, and burned out from his work at a nonprofit. Everyone else's holiday spirit leaves him feeling like he's in the wrong movie.
Then strange, thoughtful gifts begin appearing outside his door: a rustic basket filled with pinecones and acorns, and a beautiful handmade scarf in Hannukah colors. But the most wonderful gift of all comes...
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Very little is merry in a private dick's world.Private detective Nick Bozic works the mean streets of 1950s Portland, Oregon, shadowing unfaithful spouses and nabbing thieving employees. He may be lonely, but at least he's not crooked. Despite the festive season, Christmas simply means less dough in his pocket.With the holiday only a few days away, a regular client drops a new case on him: yet another being has come through the Rift and needs help...
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It's finals week during Tony McNeil's second year in law school, and he's struggling to keep up. Frankly, he'd rather be cooking. Then he meets first-year student Eddie Cohen-Fernandez, who's heartsick over missing his family's annual Festivus celebration. Tony can use his culinary skills to lift Eddie's spirits, but finding long-term happiness? That just might require a Festivus miracle.
11) Anyplace Else
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Grant Beaudoin should be thrilled to escape Minneapolis at Christmastime and grateful to lounge on a Hawaiian beach. Instead he is mired in self-pity and drowning in too much tequila. His twin is marrying the perfect man, while Grant is stuck in middle management with no love life in sight. A walk into the rain forest leads to a meeting with a doomed man who has a story about a holiday that predates Christmas. Grant comes to realize that difficult...
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