Author(s): MICHAELS & BARTON & FLUKE & JUMP

Crime and Thrillers

The Christmas Stocking, FERN MICHAELS
Amy Baran is determined to raise money for a new seniors' center by harvesting Christmas trees from the small-town Virginia farm she remembers from her childhood. Trouble is, Gus Moss has come home from California with his own ideas about saving the farm his father has neglected . . .

The Ghost of Christmas Past, BEVERLY BARTON
Wounded Special Ops officer Mack MacKinnon doesn't have any reason to look forward to the holidays-until he rescues pretty widow Katie Hadley from a raging blizzard. Now, he's falling as hard and fast as the Christmas Eve snow . . .

The Twelve Desserts of Christmas, JOANNE FLUKE
Take two lovestruck teachers.Add a dollop of conspiring kids. Place in a boarding school over Christmas break. And add a little help and eight, great recipes-from amateur sleuth Hannah Swenson. Delicious . . .

Twelve Days, SHIRLEY JUMP
Of all the luck-Natalie Harris can't believe she drew Jake Lyons as her Secret Santa pal! Will she discover something exciting under the tree?