Snowflake Bride And The Captain S Christmas Family

Christmas romances to warm your heart Snowflake Bride by Jillian Hart Grateful when she’s hired as a maid, Ruby Ballard vows to help save her family’s farm. There’s just one problem: the boss’s handsome son, Lorenzo. As the holidays approach, will he make both their wishes come true, when he claims her at last as his snowflake bride? The Captain’s Christmas Family by Lyn Cote Fiercely protective governess Marian Murray won’t rest until she gains permission for the daughters of Captain Gideon Radcliffe’s late cousin to stay on at Gideon’s newly inherited estate. Can Marian’s unwavering faith, and the children’s Christmas cheer, convince him he’s found safe harbor at last?

This value guide for Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments made between 1973 and 2005 is the most comprehensive guide to secondary market prices ever produced. It contains over 6,000 entries, which include Christmas Ornaments, Easter/Spring Ornaments, Special Issue Ornaments, Miniatures, and Other Special Items. Editorials cover the history of Christmas Ornaments and everything Hallmark has done to promote ornament collectability since it began producing Christmas Ornaments.

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

From USA Today bestselling author Jennifer L. Hart comes the next nail-biting adventure of the hilarious mother-daughter Mackenzie & Mackenzie PI team! Another day, another secret. Novice PI Mackenzie Taylor is going stir crazy. Deep in the throes of a classic New England winter, the endless hours of following cheating spouses have left her feeling jaded and restless. Not to mention the emotional tug of war when the father of her teenage child suddenly starts hanging around and putting a major crimp in Mackenzie’s fledgling relationship with the hot Detective Hunter Black. So when she's asked to help find a missing bride, Mackenzie jumps at the chance to do some good. Juggling the missing persons case, two headstrong men, being a new landlord of a rundown building, and a sixteen-year-old daughter/ BFF actually acting her age for once and crushing on a much older man has Mackenzie’s contemplating the upside of running away from home. Instead she throws herself into work. But the more dirt she digs up on the missing bride, the murkier the investigation becomes. Was it a simple case of post wedding jitters or did the missing woman make a fatal mistake? And is Mackenzie about to follow her footsteps right into the clutches of a killer? Mackenzie & Mackenzie PI Mysteries: Sleuthing for a Living – book#1 All Sleuth and No Play – book #2 What critics are saying about Jennifer L. Hart's Mackenzie & Mackenzie PI Mysteries: "SLEUTHING FOR A LIVING by Jennifer L. Hart will be one of my new favorite cozy mystery series! Sure to be a hot hit!" ~ Fresh Fiction "What a great start to a new series." ~ Janet's Five Star Review, HEA Fictional Bookstore "....a very enjoyable and laugh out loud read that was both engaging and entertaining, and I can’t wait to see what escapades will face Mackenzie and her friends. What a fun book." ~ Dru's Book Musings

Lady Joan Flynn needs a husband-any husband-if she's not to find scandal and mischief under her Christmas tree; Scottish wool magnate Dante "Hard-hearted" Hartwell needs an aristocratic wife to gain access to the financing that will keep his wool mills secure. Can holiday magic weave an expedient match into true love, and wary differences into trust? (ISprt)