A Brass Anchor Inn Christmas: A Later in Life Small Town Romance


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This snowy Christmas, there’s a new matchmaker on Bluestar Island, and she’s working on Project: Mistletoe… Carol Carmichael operates the refresh décor service at Turner Home Furnishings, but business has recently dropped off, putting her job in jeopardy. Misfortune strikes the island, and Bluestar’s annual ten-day Christmas celebration is moved to the new ballroom at the Brass Anchor Inn. Carol is asked to decorate the ballroom for the festivities. Could the high visibility of this project be exactly what she needs to keep her job? There's just one catch…working at the inn will put her in direct contact with the man who broke her heart. Hotel manager Harvey Coleman is not feeling the holiday spirit. A health scare has him pulling back from life and those who care about him. But when Carol arrives at the inn, she turns his frown upside down with her sunny smiles. There’s no way she’ll give him a second chance…even if he wants one. As Christmas approaches, a bit of matchmaking keeps their lives intertwined. Will the spirit of the season heal their hearts and a sprig of mistletoe give their love a second chance? Includes a recipe for Carol’s Chai Spice Cookies! Bluestar Island series: Book 1: Love Blooms Book 2: Harvest Dance Book 3: A Lighthouse Café Christmas Book 4: Rising Star Book 5: Summer by the Beach Book 6: Brass Anchor Inn Book 7: Summer Refresh Book 8: A Seaside Bookshop Christmas Book 9: A Lighthouse Snapshot Book 10: Inheriting Her Island House Book 11: A Brass Anchor Inn Christmas Book 12: Race to the Beach




A Lighthouse Café Christmas: A Second Chance Small Town Romance


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As Bluestar Island prepares for a very special Christmas wedding, Santa’s sleigh crashes into The Lighthouse Café, reuniting Bluestar’s beloved waitress with her former fiancé. In this holiday novella, Darla Evans has carved out a quiet life for herself as a waitress at The Lighthouse Café. Up until this point, she’s conveniently avoided the one man who shattered her heart and her dreams. But when a wedding draws him back to the island, she knows their meetup is unavoidable. Tech entrepreneur William “Will” Campbell has returned to his childhood home to be the best man in his father’s wedding. But first his father has a very special task for him—to restore a sleigh in time for the wedding. However, there’s not much time until Christmas. He just might need some help. As snowflakes cover the small town of Bluestar, Will and Darla work together to make it a very special holiday wedding. With the past looming between them, will the magic of the season open their hearts and allow them to find love again? Includes a holiday recipe for Darla’s frosted sugar cookies!







Harper's Bazaar


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Los Angeles Magazine


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Los Angeles magazine is a regional magazine of national stature. Our combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design covers the people, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, and news that define Southern California. Started in the spring of 1961, Los Angeles magazine has been addressing the needs and interests of our region for 48 years. The magazine continues to be the definitive resource for an affluent population that is intensely interested in a lifestyle that is uniquely Southern Californian.







A Little History of the World


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E. H. Gombrich's Little History of the World, though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005. The Yale edition alone has now sold over half a million copies, and the book is available worldwide in almost thirty languages. Gombrich was of course the best-known art historian of his time, and his text suggests illustrations on every page. This illustrated edition of the Little History brings together the pellucid humanity of his narrative with the images that may well have been in his mind's eye as he wrote the book. The two hundred illustrations—most of them in full color—are not simple embellishments, though they are beautiful. They emerge from the text, enrich the author's intention, and deepen the pleasure of reading this remarkable work. For this edition the text is reset in a spacious format, flowing around illustrations that range from paintings to line drawings, emblems, motifs, and symbols. The book incorporates freshly drawn maps, a revised preface, and a new index. Blending high-grade design, fine paper, and classic binding, this is both a sumptuous gift book and an enhanced edition of a timeless account of human history.




Poems by Emily Dickinson


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