Newly single lawyer Gwen Baker is hoping that a family Christmas—countryside, a mountain of food and festive films—will salve the sting of her career hanging by a thread and her heart being trampled on. Because everyone else has their life sorted: even Dev, her boy-next-door crush, is now a tall, dark and handsome stranger with a fiancée. She can’t help wishing her future was clearer. Then Gwen wakes up to discover it’s Christmas day all over again. Like Groundhog Day but with eggnog. And family arguments. On repeat. As she figures out how to escape her own particular Christmas hell, Dev is the one bright spot. He might be all grown-up but underneath he’s just as kind and funny as she remembers. Maybe, just maybe, her heart can be mended after all. But how do you fall in love with someone who can’t remember you from one day to the next?

Knives Out gets a holiday rom-com twist in this rivals-to-lovers romance-mystery from New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter. The bridge is out. The phones are down. And the most famous mystery writer in the world just disappeared out of a locked room three days before Christmas. Meet Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt: She’s the new Queen of the Cozy Mystery. He’s Mr. Big-time Thriller Guy. She hates his guts. He thinks her name is Marcie (no matter how many times she’s told him otherwise.) But when they both accept a cryptic invitation to attend a Christmas house party at the English estate of a reclusive fan, neither is expecting their host to be the most powerful author in the world: Eleanor Ashley, the Duchess of Death herself. That night, the weather turns, and the next morning Eleanor is gone. She vanished from a locked room, and Maggie has to wonder: Is Eleanor in danger? Or is it all some kind of test? Is Ethan the competition? Or is he the only person in that snowbound mansion she can trust? As the snow gets deeper and the stakes get higher, every clue will bring Maggie and Ethan closer to the truth—and each other. Because, this Christmas, these two rivals are going to have to become allies (and maybe more) if they have any hope of saving Eleanor. Assuming they don’t kill each other first.

On Christmas Eve five years ago, Holly was visited by three ghosts who showed her how selfish and spoiled she'd become. They tried to convince her to mend her ways. She didn't. And then she died. Now she's stuck working for the top-secret company Project Scrooge--as the latest Ghost of Christmas Past. Every year, they save another miserly grouch. Every year, Holly stays frozen at seventeen while her family and friends go on living without her. So far, Holly's afterlife has been miserable. But this year, everything is about to change. . . .

A curmudgeonly but charming old woman, her estranged grandson, and a colony of penguins proves it's never too late to be the person you want to be in this rich, heartwarming story from the acclaimed author of Ellie and the Harpmaker. Eighty-five-year-old Veronica McCreedy is estranged from her family and wants to find a worthwhile cause to leave her fortune to. When she sees a documentary about penguins being studied in Antarctica, she tells the scientists she’s coming to visit—and won’t take no for an answer. Shortly after arriving, she convinces the reluctant team to rescue an orphaned baby penguin. He becomes part of life at the base, and Veronica's closed heart starts to open. Her grandson, Patrick, comes to Antarctica to make one last attempt to get to know his grandmother. Together, Veronica, Patrick, and even the scientists learn what family, love, and connection are all about.

Schnee, Glamour und ein Eine tödliche Weihnachtsreise Millie kann ihr Glück kaum Sie darf ihre Schwester Rachel zur Jungfernfahrt eines nostalgischen Luxuszuges begleiten. Und das an Weihnachten, der schönsten Zeit des Jahres! Auf der 3-tägigen Reise soll die junge Journalistin für ihre Zeitung eine Reportage über die Leute schreiben, die sich eine solche Luxusreise leisten können. Während der Fahrt durch die traumhaft schöne Winterlandschaft mehren sich jedoch die mysteriösen Zwischenfälle. Als jemand tot aufgefunden wird, wird den Schwestern Mit ihnen im Zug könnte ein Mörder unterwegs sein, dem niemand entkommen kann.  »Nächster Halt Mord – Ein Weihnachtskrimi« ist ein amüsanter, wunderbar gemütlicher und extrem spannender Krimi von Alexandra Fischer-Hunold. Perfekt für Fans von atmosphärischen Kriminalgeschichten wie aus der Feder der Queen of Crime Agatha Christie! Moderne Protagonist*innen treffen auf ein Zwanziger-Jahre-Setting im Weihnachtskrimi zum Mitraten mit vielen potentiellen VerdächtigenMord im Orient-Express trifft auf Gegenwart – zarte Lovestory inklusiveEingeschneit mit einem Mö All-Age-Krimi von der Autorin von »Ein Mörder auf der Gästeliste«  Amüsant und Ermittlungen im Stil von Agatha Christies Orient-Express   Die Jungfernfahrt des Golden Highlander durch eine atemberaubende Landschaft wollen sich viele Berühmtheiten nicht entgehen lassen. Neben den Schwestern Rachel und Millie reist eine Gruppe rund um die Starköchin Madelyn Clarkson mit sowie die Kochinfluencerin Gigi Doe. Und eine mysteriöse Person, die sich unter das Zugpersonal gemischt hat. Wer könnte hinter den Anschlägen stecken und wer die wertvolle Kette entwendet haben? Zum Glück stellen sich die Schwestern als clevere Ermittlerinnen heraus!