The whole town is ready for the holidays: the Cookie Club is baking, Main Street glitters with lights, the carolers sing . . . there’s even a Christmas wedding. When bodyguard Ryder sees his best friend’s sister, Katie, at an L.A. Christmas party, he mistakes the slinky blonde for a celebrity stalker and tackles her. Then they tackle each other . . . at his place. The next morning, Katie’s gone, and Ryder tells himself it’s for the best. It isn’t. Now, one Christmas later, Ryder’s falling for the woman he’s been missing in the town he hasn’t missed at all. . . Katie Cheek’s outgrown the romantic fantasies she had about Ryder when she was fifteen. Katie’s packed their hot night away in a box labeled “fling"—or tried to. But Twilight’s bad boy is the best man in her brother’s wedding. And up-close and personal, Ryder’s impossible to ignore. So Katie can either go into hiding—or surrender to Christmas magic.

Experience the magic of the Christmas season with a holiday wedding, an exciting secret, and a life-changing gift from the bride to her family. The tree is decorated, the cookies are baked, and the packages are wrapped, but the biggest celebration this Christmas is Gaby Summerhill's wedding. Since her husband died three years ago, Gaby's four children have drifted apart, each consumed by the turbulence of their own lives. They haven't celebrated Christmas together since their father's death, but when Gaby announces that she's getting married-and that the groom will remain a secret until the wedding day-she may finally be able to bring them home for the holidays. But the wedding isn't Gaby's only surprise; she has one more gift for her children, and it could change all their lives forever. With deeply affecting characters and the emotional twists of a James Patterson thriller, The Christmas Wedding is a fresh look at family and the magic of the season.

A Christmas wedding in Aspen brings family drama, shocking secrets, and festive flirtations in the USA Today–bestselling author’s holiday romance. The White family has arrived in Aspen for the whirlwind wedding of youngest daughter Rosie. The bride’s parents, Maggie and Nick, are determined to celebrate, even as they hide a devastating secret: they are on the brink of divorce. After living apart for the last six months, the last thing they need is to be trapped together in an irresistibly romantic winter wonderland. Rosie’s older sister, Katie, is also dreading the wedding. Worried that impulsive, sweet-hearted Rosie is making a mistake, Katie is determined to save her sister from herself! If only the irritatingly good-looking best man, Jordan, would stop interfering with her plans . . . Bride-to-be Rosie loves her fiancé but is having serious second thoughts. As the big day gets closer, and emotions run even higher, this is one White family Christmas none of them will ever forget!

~*~You are invited to the Wedding of Chelsea Benson and Adam Baxter~*~ Preparations for Chelsea and Adam's nuptials are only just beginning when Chelsea's grandad is taken seriously ill. Determined to have him at the big day, a new wedding date is set at once - for just twelve weeks' time! Now, with the help of her family (including her soon-to-be in-laws), Chelsea must organise her perfect winter wedding. Fast. But as she contends with a frosty mother-in-law, family feuds, and a firework fiasco it seems that Chelsea may need more than Christmas magic to turn her dream of a proper family wedding into a reality . . . This warm-hearted, festive and funny novel from bestselling author Chrissie Manby is equal parts family drama and Christmas cheer. The perfect pick-me-up this holiday season. ~*~To confirm your attendance, click purchase~*~ Praise for Chrissie Manby: 'Deliciously funny' - Heat 'Funny and inventive' - Company 'Brilliant' - Marie Claire 'Manby's novels are made for holidays' - Glamour ONCE IN A LIFETIME, the latest novel from Chrissie Manby, is available now!

Just how committed is he? There is nothing Christina Roman loves more than being a mom. Although working as the chef at her family's inn, Ladera by the Sea, is a close second. And a quickly rising third is Shane McCallister, the local contractor. After her husband's tragic soldier's death, Cris thought she would never be able to move on. But with the way Shane bonds with her five-year-old son, she might be persuaded.... Except then her in-laws sue her for custody of Ricky. Now facing every mother's worst nightmare, she'll do anything not to lose her child, and Shane is determined to help. Could her sister's Christmas wedding be their inspiration?

One disastrous blind date might just lead to something else… After being dumped, Annie Beasley moves to New York City to create a new life for herself. When her sister gets engaged to her ex-boyfriend’s brother and decides on a Christmas wedding, Annie knows she can’t avoid her ex forever. But she’s intent on proving that she has moved on with her life. If only she had a new man in her life to bring home with her! Oliver Chesterfield has been in New York for a year and although he misses England, he’s determined to make his mark without using any family connections. The only glitch was a disastrous blind date with Annie, an experience he’d care not to repeat. But when he realizes he needs a date for his company Christmas party to impress his boss, it’s Annie who comes to the rescue. But not without conditions of her own. And before he knows it, Oliver has agreed to be Annie’s date for her sister’s wedding. It’s strictly a business arrangement. They don’t like one another. But it only takes one spark to light a fire. Each book in The Happy Holidays series is a standalone novel and therefore can be read in any order.