âCandy Canes and Cupidâ by Fern Michaels
All private investigator Hannah Ray wants for Christmas is a quiet day at her Florida beachfront condo. When her biggest client insists she join him on a Colorado ski trip, she has little choiceâbut what she finds on her arrival could melt the coldest heart . . .
 âWhite Hot Christmasâ by Nancy Bush
Aspiring PI Jane Kelly likes to pretend sheâs a bah-humbug kind of girl, but sheâs had mistletoe on the brain ever since she shared a kiss with her boss, Dwayne. Before she can hope for a repeat performance, Jane must solve a kidnapping thatâs as twisted as a candy caneâand not nearly as sweet.
 âSeven Days of Christmasâ by Rosanna Chiofalo
Five years ago, Bianca Simone received a wonderful early Christmas gift from her boyfriend, Markâa week amid the stunning Alpine scenery of Innsbruck, Austria. Now sheâs back under very different circumstances, but Mark has one more special gift in mind . . .
 âA Smoky Mountain Giftâ by Lin Stepp
Veda Trent is back in Townsend to fill in as temporary manager of the Crafts Co-op, but sheâs not planning to stay. Though the mountain town is small, it holds lots of unsettling memories. Yet the wind can change, bringing with it new opportunitiesâand the chance to create the kind of Christmas Veda has always longed for.Fern Michaels is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of the Sisterhood, Lost and Found, Men of the Sisterhood, and Godmothers series, as well as dozens of other novels and novellas. Her books have been translated into more than 20 languages and sold over 150 million copies in print. Fern Michaels has built and funded several large day-care centers in her hometown and is a passionate animal lover who has outfitted police dogs across the country with special bulletproof vests. She shares her home in South Carolina with her fur family of dogs and cats, as well as a resident ghost named Mary Margaret. Visit her website at FernMichaels.com.
NANCY BUSH is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Bad Things,Jealousy,Dangerous Behavior,The Killing Game, You Donât Know Me,Nowhere Safe,Nowhere to Hide,Nowhere to Run,Hush, Blind Spot, Unseen, as well as Wicked Ways, Something Wicked,Wicked Game, and Wicked Lies, in the Colony series co-written with her sister, bestselling author Lisa Jackson. She is also the co-author of Sinister and Ominous, written with Lisa Jackson and New York Times bestselling author Rosalind Noonan. Nancy lives with her family in the Pacific Northwest. Readers can visit her website at www.nancybush.net.
Rosanna Chiofalo is the author of Bella Fortuna, Carissima, Stella Mia, Rosaliaâs Bittersweet Pastry Shop, and The Sunflower Girl. An avid traveler, she enjoys setting her novels in the countries she's visited. Her novels also draw on her rich cultural background as an Italian American. When she isnât traveling or daydreaming about her characters, Rosanna keeps busy testing out new recipes in her kitchen and tending to her ever-growing collection of houseplants. She lives in New York City with her husband.
Dr. Lin Stepp is a native Tennessean, a businesswoman, and an educator. She is on faculty at both Tusculum College and King University, where she teaches psychology and research. Her business background includes over 20 years in marketing, sales, production art, and regional publishing. But closest to her heart is her beloved series of contemporary novels set in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Visit her on the web at linstepp.com.