Urban Christmas

It's crazy how drastically life can change in what seems like an instant. One minute you're floating on cloud nine, excited about planning your future with your soulmate, and the next you're drowning in grief at their sudden departure. For Kimori Spriggs, this became her reality when she found out she was expecting her first child, a child that she and her husband had prayed for with utmost desire, only to lose her husband on the same day due to an unfortunate tragedy. The happiest moment of her life turned into the saddest in mere hours. Months later, Kimori forces herself to return to ...

A Long-Awaited Holiday Spin-Off From Bestselling Author, Jade Jones Cameron and Jude host a festive Christmas party, hoping to bring friends and family together. The celebration takes an unexpected turn when mysterious masked guests arrive, revealing intimate knowledge about Cameron’s past. As the night unfolds, hidden agendas surface, with old acquaintances adding tension to the atmosphere. Meanwhile, Justin, fresh from prison, seeks redemption in the eyes of his wife’s skeptical father, Soul. “A Christmas with Cameron” navigates a tapestry of secrets, revelations, and personal ...

What won’t a mother do to provide for her child? That’s the loaded question. Christmas is here, and with that comes the added stress of trying to provide a very merry Christmas, while at the same time, the money is running low and the bills are running high. When it comes to 32-year-old, single mom Pressure, there’s no levels she wouldn’t stop to make sure her 15-year-old son Jay’ceon has everything he needs. The money she’s making working as a dancer at Titanium isn’t cutting it, neither is her salary working at the law firm as a file clerk. One night, Pressure is ...

Christmas in Winterspell means ice skating, hot cocoa by the barrel, and frosted gingerbread houses. I was almost looking forward to it. The merriment screeches to a halt when two elves show up, claiming to have been sent by Santa himself, on a mission to track down an ancient grimoire. A grimoire with the power of Christmas itself woven through the pages. Without it, Christmas isn't happening, and Santa himself is in grave danger. Could Winterspell hold the key to saving Christmas?

It is 1890, and in the days before Christmas, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are visited at Baker Street by a new client. Eve Allerthorpe, eldest daughter of a grand but somewhat eccentric Yorkshire-based dynasty, is greatly distressed, as she believes she is being haunted by a demonic Christmas spirit. Her late mother told her terrifying tales of the sinister Black Thurrick, and Eve is sure that she has seen the creature from her bedroom window. What is more, she has begun to receive mysterious parcels of birch twigs, the Black Thurrick’s calling card.

Aurora Hart hates everything Christmas, but how could she turn down the opportunity to serve one year of probation in Holiday Haven versus a full sentence for her crimes? Saddled with a talking squirrel roommate, Aurora is doing her best to keep a low profile as she bides her time. Everything is going fine...until Santa's sleigh gets stolen.

Loving an inmate can be hard. For Charmaine it's become her reality, ever since she fell in love with Rico on a visit to see her cousin. Faced with the reality of falling for a man that she never knew on the outside, Charmaine fights back doubt from friends and family members. Can Rico really be God sent and her soulmate? Or is he just another bad male decision to add to her two deadbeat baby fathers?

Hannah Star never had many reasons to celebrate the holidays. Orphaned in her youth, all she has known is instability. As a single mother, her tides are changing, and this Christmas seems promising until she runs into a blast from her past. One that has the ability to shake her secrets from the tree. Kane Merry made it out of the hood with no record and not on a t-shirt. All he wants to do is give back to the hood that made him rich. His revitalization project is one of his proudest achievements. All is well until he reconnects with the person who has tormented his dreams for years. Now, he...

Christmas is coming to Beechwood Harbor, but will the manor residents be ready for his magical visit? With mischief and mystery at every turn, Holly and friends have to rally to save Christmas before it's too late! A Very Beechwood Christmas includes four mini mysteries set around a wild and magical Christmas when the real Santa Claus comes to town!

Holly Daye is just a teacher who made it her duty to teach her students right from wrong and giving is way better than receiving. Her thoughts on love are the same, you have to give love in order to receive it. Holly’s heart is full of love and the idea of being loved. However, when she’s met with an unexpected proposal, it’s one that she has to refuse. Christopher Seizans Greitins has had a life that most would only dream of. As a successful hitman, he was used to everything going as planned and there wasn’t a mission he couldn’t accomplish. The only thing he has not done yet was...

This Christmas isn't so merry for Toni. Her best friend's been locked up in a mental hospital ever since she told the police she was attacked by vampires, and the only way for Toni to get her out is to prove that bloodsuckers really do exist. So she's taken a job as a bodyguard for the Undead, but she gets more than she bargained for, especially when she meets Ian MacPhie, a Scottish rascal looking for Ms. Right.

But Love Don't Change... Or does it? Those were the words Bentley Powers were battling with on an everyday basis. Bentley, being a young, thugging, trap n$gga, prided himself as being a family man to his girlfriend, Joy Cooper of eight years, and his twin daughters. Always down to get money by any means was law to Bentley, but when he finds himself in a difficult situation, he's determined to get out of it. Things in his life start to crumble, and an unexpected move to another state shakes his world up. Before long, feelings and emotions he tried to suppress come rushing back. Freedom ...

When his sister, Victoria, died in a car accident, Mark Nolan became the guardian of his six-year-old niece Holly. But it hasn’t been easy. Since that tragic night, the little girl hasn’t spoken a word. Mark isn’t sure how to help Holly. All he can do is follow his sister’s wise advice: Start by loving her. The rest will follow.

It's Christmas in Half-Moon Hollow and newly turned vampire Iris Scanlon-Calix wants to make Gigi's first visit home from college as normal and special as possible. It's taken months for Iris to work up the nerve to spend time around her baby sister after her vampire transition, so she enlists help from Jane Jameson and Company to keep her blood-thirst under control and assure Gigi's safety. Gigi, on the other hand, has problems of her own, including the demise of her relationship with high school sweetheart, Ben, and a looming job interview with Ophelia Lambert, the scariest potential employer in the Hollow.

That there is darkness at the heart of the Yuletide season should not surprise. Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is filled with scenes that are unsettling. The hideous children - Want and Ignorance - beneath the robe of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. In the finest versions of this story, the best parts are the terrifying parts. Best-selling author and editor Christopher Golden shares his love for Christmas horror stories with this anthology of all-new short fiction from some of the most talented and original writers of horror today.

Thirty-year-old Zoey Jones lost her mother and her holidays hasn’t been the same since. Which is why she hated to spend the holidays alone. She busied herself into her work. Her outreach program was one of the best programs in the state. When she needed a new sponsor that would help put another program on the map, she fished around for one. She never thought it would be her ex, Ahmad. Being around one another they had no choice but to talk about the past. Zoey knew the people in her life were meant to be there, but what happens when Ahmad gravitates his way back toward her and eventually ...

In this irreverent take on the holidays, Ian gets a new quest in a virtual reality video game: kill a monstrous villain named Sinter Klaws. (And no, he is NOT a jolly old elf.) Join Ian, his succubus Alaria, and his imp Stig as they journey through a winter wonderland full of killer reindeer, lecherous elves, and the worst mall Santa in the history of the world.

Majesty Satiana believes the world is hers for the taking, literally. After getting sucked dry by her loser boyfriend Jessup, Majesty decides to make a run back to the family who disowned her. A mean father and a passive-aggressive mother make for a disaster when it comes to Holiday cheer. The strained relationship pushed Majesty to make a decision that gets her into a predicament she didn't expect with somebody she never imagined. Bali Castillio is what some would consider a scrooge but he is misunderstood. Being alone every year for the holidays kind of has that effect on him. After ...

Experience the magic of Christmas in this heartwarming holiday tale of love, healing, and the transformative power of the season. Saiya Scott has always been a modern-day Scrooge, harboring a deep-seated resentment towards the holidays as they serve as a painful reminder of the love and lives she lost. With a heart heavy with grief, Saiya finds herself navigating the bustling city streets and her overbearing family's festive preparations, all while desperately trying to shield herself from the season's cheer. However, when a chance encounter with a mysterious man, known as "Magnificent St. ...

In this season of giving, love is in the air for the Rose and Valentine families. Because of the addition of in-laws, they both are in pursuit of new land and developments to build lasting memories with the ones they hold dear. So when they submit bids against one another, their rivalry heats to a level that will bring them to a head; until they both become outbid by a new competitor. On the heels of a love affair brewing, the need for a partnership arises that may shut down the foundation of their feud permanently, or possibly, extend it.