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My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories

Holly Black, Ally Carter, Matt de la Pena, Gayle Forman, Jenny Han, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Myra McEntire, Rainbow Rowell, Laini Taylor, Kiersten White · back to the book

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Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances

John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle · 368 pages

In three intertwining short stories, several high school couples experience the trials and tribulations along with the joys of romance during a Christmas Eve snowstorm in a small town. Holiday tales of love and romance.

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Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan · 288 pages

Told in the alternating voices of Dash and Lily, two sixteen-year-olds carry on a wintry scavenger hunt at Christmas-time in New York, neither knowing quite what--or who--they will find.

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10 Blind Dates

Ashley Elston · 336 pages

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The Christmas Tree Farm

Laurie Gilmore · 369 pages

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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Becky Albertalli · 336 pages

Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the bo

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Isla and the Happily Ever After

Stephanie Perkins · 368 pages

Isla has had a crush on classmate Josh since their freshman year at the School of America in Paris, but after a chance encounter over the summer in Manhattan they return to France for their senior year where they are forced to confront challenges every young couple in love must face. As they begin their senior year in France, Isla and Josh are quickly forced to confront the heartbreaking reality

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Mistletoe: Four Holiday Stories

Hailey Abbott, Melissa de la Cruz, Aimee Friedman, Nina Malkin · 240 pages

Glittering white snowflakes. The handsome blond ski instructor. The sparkle on a cashmere skirt. Hot cocoa and kisses in front of a crackling fire.

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Flipped

Wendelin Van Draanen · 212 pages

The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. She says: "My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss." He says: "It's been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort." But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down. And just as he's thinking there's more to her than meets

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A Christmas to Remember

Jill Shalvis, Kristen Ashley, Hope Ramsay, Molly Cannon, Marilyn Pappano · 352 pages

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Good Spirits

B.K. Borison · 384 pages

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The Christmas Books

Charles Dickens · 237 pages

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Baby, It's Cold Outside

Jennifer Probst, Emma Chase, Kristen Proby, Melody Anne, Kate Meader · 539 pages

Searching for You Can a determined woman executive and a playboy billionaire survive being stranded together in a snowstorm? Jennifer Probst depicts an encounter almost too hot to handle... It's a Wonderful Tangled Christmas Carol Drew and Kate play an encore to Tangled in this sexy take on a "Christmas Carol" by Emma Chase. When a Christmas Eve argument condemns Drew to a troubled nig

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Simple Gifts: Just Curious / Miracles / Change of Heart / Double Exposure

Jude Deveraux, Judith McNaught · 416 pages

Bestselling authors Jude Deveraux and Judith McNaught present their most dazzling and wonderful Christmas tales -- the perfect treat for every romantic at heart... Jude Deveraux In the snow-covered hills of Virginia, a young widow finds that miracles really do come in the least expected packages, in "Just Curious," praised as "one of Deveraux's best" (Philadelphia Inquirer). "Change of Heart," se

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21 Proms

Lisa Ann Sandell, Will Leitch, Leslie Margolis, E. Lockhart, Aimee Friedman, Libba Bray, Jacqueline Woodson, Ned Vizzini, John Green, Melissa de la Cruz, Holly Black, Brent Hartinger, Rachel Cohn, Elizabeth Craft, Sarah Mlynowski, Billy Merrell, Cecily von Ziegesar, Adrienne Maria Vrettos, Daniel Eh · 298 pages

Sometimes the night of your dreams can be a total nightmare. The prom. It's supposed to be one of the best nights of your life. Or, at least, you're supposed to have a good time. But what if you'd rather be going with your best friend's date than your own? What if a sinister underground society of students has spiked the punch? What if your date turns out to be more of a frog than a prince? Or

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Ann Brashares · 310 pages

Carmen got the jeans at a thrift shop. They didn't look all that great; they were worn, dirty, and speckled with bleach. On the night before she and her friends part for the summer, Carmen decides to toss them. But Tibby says they're great. She'd love to have them. Lena and Bridget also think they're fabulous. Lena decides they should all try them on. Whoever they fit best will get them. Nobody kn

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To All the Boys I've Loved Before

Jenny Han · 384 pages

What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them… all at once? Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Covey keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she’s written. One for every boy she’s ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would nev

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A Holiday Of Love : Miracles / Change of Heart / Daniel and the Angel / Hark! The Herald

Judith McNaught, Jude Deveraux, Jill Barnett, Arnette Lamb · 355 pages

4 Novellas: Contains: “Change of Heart” (A Montgomery/Taggert Story #22) In New York City in the late 1800s, a beautiful but clumsy angel turns a lonely man's life around... In medieval Scotland, the intrigues of a Christmas Mass imperil two Highland lovers... In Regency London, a world-weary lord receives an outrageous proposal... And the pick of the bunch: In modern-day Colorado, a darin

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Under the Mistletoe

Mary Balogh · 352 pages

Old loves rekindled, new loves found, and family bonds strengthened are the themes of these stories from the beloved, multiple-award winning author Mary Balogh. The four classic stories included here are The Star of Bethlehem, The Best Gift, Playing House, and No Room at the Inn. The new story exclusive to this trade collection is A Family Christmas.

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Making Spirits Bright

Fern Michaels, Elizabeth Bass, Rosalind Noonan, Nan Rossiter · 424 pages

Four sparkling Christmas stories *"Making Spirits Bright" by Fern Michaels* Melanie McLaughlin desperately wants to adopt two orphaned siblings and give them a real home for Christmas. A just-for-the-holiday marriage to Bryce Landry fits her plan perfectly. . .until unexpected sparks have Melanie dreaming of forever by his side. . . *"Runaway Christmas" by Elizabeth Bass* A glass of wi

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The Unexpected Everything

Morgan Matson · 528 pages

Andie has a plan. And she always sticks to her plan. Future? A top-tier medical school. Dad? Avoid him as much as possible (which isn t that hard considering he s a Congressman and he s never around). Friends? Palmer, Bri, and Toby pretty much the most awesome people on the planet, who needs anyone else? Relationships? No one s worth more than three weeks.

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In a Holidaze

Christina Lauren · 307 pages

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Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories

Leigh Bardugo, Francesca Lia Block, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Brandy Colbert, Tim Federle, Lev Grossman, Nina LaCour, Veronica Roth, Jon Skovron, Jennifer E. Smith · 399 pages

Summer is the perfect time for love to bloom, and these short stories of teenagers facing the confusing maze of first love will have you dreaming of sunset strolls by the lake. The selections range from heartfelt to outlandish, as the characters find passion in some very unexpected places.

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The Twelve Dates of Christmas

Jenny Bayliss · 320 pages

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