Christmas is approaching, and Lena Markham finds herself penniless, friendless and nearly hopeless until a secondhand red coat lands her a job as Mrs. Claus at a department store, in a tender story about fresh starts.

"In the late 1800s, haunted by an old secret, Richard Brockwell prefers to stay away from Ivy Hill-until his mother threatens to stop funding his carefree life unless he returns for Christmas. Will Christmastime in Ivy Hill, with all of its divine hope, surprises, and romance, work its magic?"--

During the holiday season, a family of three, missing someone very dear to them, find their house filling up with unexpected guests, making Christmas memories to last a lifetime. After their mother's death on Christmas Day five years ago, Will and Ella Sullivan, and their father, Henry, come to a family agreement: Christmas is a holiday for other people. At their brownstone in Harlem, stockings go unstuffed, tinsel unstrewn, gifts unbought, mistletoe...

While working in the toy department of a family-run department store, Mrs. Miracle wreaks romantic havoc in the lives of Holly, who is searching for the perfect robot for her nephew, and Jake, the owner's son.

"Two years have passed since the terrible car accident that took the life of John Baxter's daughter, Erin, her husband and three of their four daughters. John has invited a stranger for Christmas Eve dinner - Kendra Bryant, the transplant recipient who now has Erin's heart. Ashley and her brother Luke don't think it is right; they want to protect their ten-year-old niece, Amy - the only surviving member of the accident. Kendra Bryant has been struggling...

In The Sounding Joy, finding the sets for the living Nativity feels like an insurmountable challenge for Margaret, whose already fragile Christmas spirit is dampened by the discovery that her Down syndrome daughter won't be home for the holiday. In Love's Pure Light, when Beverly discovers a battered old wreath washed up on the beach, it seems strangely familiar to her. What is that snippet of song it evokes each time she looks at it?

Follow the lives of three Amish families through the Christmas season.

Agreeing to spend one last Christmas in her home after her family tells her she can no longer safely live alone, Sophie receives help from her grandson in organizing a wonderful Christmas holiday at Cape Light and oversees his budding romance with the town's determined former mayor.

While decorating Elm Creek Manor on Christmas Eve, Sarah McClure discovers an incomplete Christmas quilt and sets out to uncover its history with the help of Sylvia Bergstrom Compson, who reveals why the quilt had never been finished.

"Robin Jones Gunn charms readers with this poignant novella about a woman searching for love, and finding so much more in the arms of a certain Father Christmas this holiday season"--Provided by the publisher.