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Christmas Short and Sweet
Five Holiday Romance Novellas
2022
First Published
4.42
Average Rating
509
Number of Pages

Enjoy the season's spirit as these women find lasting happiness just in time for Christmas. Each stand alone book tells the complete story from meeting to happy ever after. From cops to cowboys, doctors to journalists to billionaires, each brings that special something to the relationship. A Soldier’s Christmas After a year’s deployment, soldier Josh Marquette is back in the US. His first assignment state side—best man in a Christmas wedding. More importantly, he’s going to get his dog who was fostered while he was gone. Cassie Smith fostered a serviceman’s dog for a year while he was overseas. She should have thought that through. Now he’s back for his dog—only she hadn’t expected to fall in love with the big German Shepherd, nor her owner. Cassie begins to hope their friendship will blossom into something more. After all, Christmas is the time of hope—and love. The Cowboy’s Special Christmas Left at the altar, veterinarian Jennifer moves a thousand miles away from the heartache and embarrassment. She’ll focus on her new practice, make a few friends and forget about trusting her heart again. Cole Martin was furious when he discovered his fiancée was seeing other men. Once burned, twice shy. When Cole and Jennifer meet, it’s like at first sight. But can this relationship forge ahead with all the heartache lingering from the past? A Teaspoon of Mistletoe Annie Tolliver is happy as could be living in the small town of Lamberton, Montana. Once she had the chance to marry but it meant leaving Lamberton. Love didn’t prove strong enough. Doctors Without Borders Nick Keller’s back in the states for Christmas. When he begins to explore the small town his cousin lives in, he’s charmed with the activities, the people and one very special person. Getting involved wasn’t the plan for either Annie or Nick, but sometimes things happen for a reason. Can a stay-at-home woman give up everything to follow a foot-loose man to the ends of the earth? The Christmas Cop Tough homicide detective Jake Morgan was a bah, humbug kind of guy. Getting injured in the line of duty wasn’t the worst thing that could have happened to him—no, it was being assigned as the police department’s Christmas Cop while he recovers. He wasn’t one to deliver any feel-good feelings with kids. He had no idea what kids wanted for Christmas. And he sure to goodness didn’t want to be paired with a pink-hair, do-gooder who looked more like a kid herself than a software engineer. When Shea O’Reilly is paired up with the man most likely to win the exact-opposite-of-Christmas-spirit award, she’s thrown. It’s her favorite holiday. And her best day would be to make a bunch of kids happy. How can she manage that with the disgruntled Mr. Scrooge she’ll be working with? A Key West Christmas Shelly Alexander started a new life in Key West which she loves. When her former boss arrives unexpectedly and insists on spending time with her, she’s thrilled. Until the real reason he’s there is revealed. Embarrassed that she thought more was going on, she runs away too hurt to see him again. Billionaire Beau Charlmers left the frenetic New York society to buy a sail boat to sail around the world. While in the Caribbean he stops in Key West to see his former assistant. Getting to know her on a personal level is entirely different from the work relationship they had. Still, it should make it easier for her to agree to his newest plan. Only somewhere along the way everything changes. When Shelly refuses to see him again, he realizes what he really wants is Shelly. But to get her to fall in love now would take a Christmas miracle.

Avg Rating
4.42
Number of Ratings
24
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
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Author

Barbara McMahon
Barbara McMahon
Author · 93 books

Bestselling, award winning author Barbara McMahon has written more than 80 novels which have sold more than 16 million copies world wide in more than fifty countries in twenty-eight languages. Known for her heartwarming, emotional stories, she excels in capturing those feelings when first falling in love. She has won or been nominated for every major award in the romance genre from a double nomination in the RITA to winning the Bookseller's Best, National Readers Choice Award and the prestigious HOLT Medallion, among others. Barbara lives in a rural county in California's gold rush country. She loves the history of the place and is involved in the county's genealogy group and historic cemetery preservation in addition to volunteering one day a week at the local Animal Shelter.

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