The Nanny Who Saved Christmas

This Christmas, Nicola McGillroy vows to be a great nanny to two girls whose mother has left them, to forget the fact that she should have been planning her own wedding right now, and to keep her head on straight in view of her attraction to her boss.

After Alice’s mother passes away, she journeys to France, searching for the father she knew only through photographs. But when she arrives at a luxurious mansion and is welcomed by an attractive man named Julien, she discovers that her father has recently died in an accident. She’s aware that to Julien, her appearance couldn’t have come at a more suspicious time. Now that his sister has died during childbirth, he has no ready way to verify Alice’s connection to her father. As he skeptically searches for the truth, they discover that his sister’s child has been infected with measles. When Julien isn’t sure how to handle his ailing infant nephew, Alice steps in to save the day…

Watch out Santa, Nanny Piggins is coming to town this Christmas! This is not a survival guide to Christmas. This is a guide to conquering the Yuletide season! That’s right, it is time to take a stand – don’t suffer through another year of brussels sprouts, gift-wrapped socks and slobbery kisses from great aunts who forget to put their teeth in. Take control of your Christmas and put the happy back in your holiday, using the handy hints, games and inspiring stories within this book.

The Nanny Who Saved Christmas - Michelle Douglas This Christmas, Nicola McGillroy is determined to be a great nanny to Cade Hindmarsh’s two adorable little girls – and forget her horrible ex-fiancé, along with the fact that she should have been planning her own wedding right now. Only problem is her attraction to her gorgeous, off-limits boss...surely this is just rebound, not true love – for both of them? Her Festive Doorstep Baby - Kate Hardy It should have been carol singers waking Amy Howes on Christmas Eve. Instead, when adorable baby Hope is left on her doorstep, Amy knows she must rescue her, if only for one night. Luckily, her enigmatic but gorgeous neighbour Dr Josh Farnham is able to lend a helping hand... Although Josh and Amy have demons of their own to fight, they forge a bond that is as unexpected as it is heart-stopping. This little Hope could change their lives forever! Merry Christmas, Baby Maverick! - Brenda Harlen There’s no place like home for the holidays. But Trey Strickland’s house is about to become a bit more crowded than he anticipated. The sexy Thunder Canyon rancher has no idea he will soon be a father. But just who is carrying Trey’s baby? Dear readers, the answer may shock you! Let’s just say that it is someone well known to this reporter. Our mystery mama can’t figure out how to tell Trey she is in a family way after their one night together. What will happen when the truth comes out? Will her cowboy crush race off for parts unknown, or will he deliver the perfect Christmas proposal in a tiny velvet box?

Film plays a vital role in the celebration of Christmas. For decades, it has taught audiences about what the celebration of the season looks like – from the decorations to the costumes and to the expected snowy weather – as well as mirrors our own festivities back to us. Films like It’s a Wonderful Life and Home Alone have come to play key roles in real-life domestic celebrations: watching such titles has become, for many families, every bit as important as tree-trimming and leaving cookies out for Santa. These films have exported the American take on the holiday far and wide and helped us conjure an image of the perfect holiday. Rather than settling the ‘what is a Christmas film?’ debate – indeed, Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are discussed within – Analyzing Christmas in Film: Santa to the Supernatural focuses on the how Christmas is presented on the deluge of occasions when it appears. While most Christmas films are secular, religion makes many cameos, appearing through Nativity references, storylines involving spiritual rebirth, the framing of Santa as a Christ-like figure and the all-importance of family, be it the Holy family or just those gathered around the dining table. Also explored are popular narratives involving battles with stress and melancholy, single parents and Christmas martyrs, visits from ghosts and angels, big cities and small towns, break-ups and make-ups and the ticking clock of mortality. Nearly 1000 films are analyzed in this volume to determine what the portrayal of Christmas reveals about culture, society and faith as well as sex roles, consumerism, aesthetics and aspiration.

A winter wonderland provides the perfect holiday setting—but only if they can find a way to unwrap their hearts. When event planner Kara Benton walks into her latest client’s home and is mistaken for the new nanny, she impulsively says yes. Kara’s determined to elevate her career, and saving a high profile holiday party just weeks before Christmas is the perfect solution. Suddenly she’s saddled with two adorable kids, one excited dog, and a huge dilemma: can she pull off both jobs? Widower Richard Westfield may be a whiz at designing top-of-the-line security technology, but he’s flummoxed as to how to protect his kids and his heart from taking another emotional hit. He strikes a deal with Kara: she’ll work her organizational magic if he’ll make an effort to find his footing as a father again. But as they team up to return the Christmas spirit to his Colorado mountain chateau, sparks fly and Kara realizes she needs to let go of her own pain to embrace the love she's beginning to feel in her heart. Each book in the Sweet Inspirational Christmas Romance series is standalone: *A Nanny for Christmas *The X-Mas Club

One day Phoebe escorts Tara, a girl she met in the caf? where she works, home. But when she sees Tara’s father, Phoebe gasps. Her nightmare from six years ago is revived… That long-ago Christmas night, Phoebe had gotten drunk at a party. Her awareness was clouded and she was surrounded by sneering men. Feeling helpless, she had been unable to resist Dominic. Now Dominic, the same man who called her a filthy whore back then, is standing before her eyes!