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Alice Ann Lark remembers everything, most especially the husband and daughter she abandoned for a life on the sea. Almost four years later, having failed to achieve her adventurous dreams, she would never ask for a forgive-and-forget return to Larksong, nor deserve it. Tormented by vivid flashbacks that become more frequent every day, she sequesters herself in the Ghost Forest, a wasteland of barren trees surrounded by Washington’s mountainous beauty—the perfect metaphor for her now empty life.

All her life, Caroline Stoker has been the sensible one. She dresses sensibly, acts sensibly, and she’s certainly never believed in fairy tales. Unlike her two younger sisters, who left Evergreen Hollow to spread their wings and explore new places, Caroline has spent her entire life in the small mountain town. She’s happy with her life and content with her choices… or so she thinks, until one holiday season, her world gets shaken up like a snow globe. It starts with a small accidental fire at the Mistletoe Inn, and her introduction to the town’s newest resident: Rhett Dawkins.

Nora Stoker has her life all planned out. Her career as an event coordinator in Boston is on the rise, and she recently got engaged… but when her fiancé unceremoniously dumps her just before the holidays, she’s left reeling as her carefully laid plans come crumbling down. Hoping to clear her head, she decides to return to her hometown of Evergreen Hollow to spend Christmas with her family.

You will discover seven strategies to get through challenging times or a depression, in a natural and engaged way. You will be able to distinguish your limiting beliefs (those that block you) from your evolutionary beliefs (those that take you forward). You will learn to perceive your automatic negative programs and have specific techniques for deprogramming them. You will learn motivating strategies to help you identify and modify the lenses through which you see the events of your life. You will learn five effective ways to achieve well-being and a more peaceful inner life.

A missing princess. A magic flute. An adventure retold. Prince Tamric Madeus was expecting nothing more than a routine tour of the Spring Court. When an encounter with a dragon disrupts all of his carefully laid plans, his mysterious rescuers tell him the tale of a captive princess held by a powerful enchanter. As a second-born prince with a penchant for scholarship rather than physical prowess, Tamric leaps at the chance to become the hero that he’s always wanted to be. After running away from home, Princess Mina finds herself in a bit of a bind.

As the crown prince of the tiny, coastal island of Kysta, Frederick had many expectations surrounding his future marriage. He had expected it to be an arranged, political match with a neighboring country. When his childhood friend and playmate, Princess Eliza of Nedra was announced as his intended, it was a pleasant surprise, but not unexpected. What Freddy didn’t expect was the sudden icy temper and stone cold stares that Eliza has been gracing him with since the announcement. He also never expected to be left at the altar.

Holly is no stranger to the night. Her unique position means that the still hours in the darkest parts of the night are when most of her work gets done. It’s not completely silent—she has Parliament to thank for that—but it does get a bit lonely. Not even the letters from her faithful correspondent can completely fill the empty space, and it’s only a matter of time before she loses even those.

Since Margo and Spencer met at Christmastime, they’ve decided to have a winter themed wedding to celebrate the season that brought them together. And knowing that Spencer once worried that she wouldn’t want to stay in Evergreen Hollow, Margo is planning a special surprise to show him that she truly does see him as her forever. As the Stoker family gears up for a busy holiday, Caroline faces the fact that with a new baby to take care of, she might need to hire some extra help at the inn.

Missionary Diplomacy illuminates the crucial place of religion in nineteenth-century American diplomacy. From the 1810s through the 1920s, Protestant missionaries positioned themselves as key experts in the development of American relations in Asia, Africa, the Pacific, and the Middle East. Missionaries served as consuls, translators, and occasional trouble-makers who forced the State Department to take actions it otherwise would have avoided. Yet as decades passed, more Americans began to question the propriety of missionaries' power.

When the magazine that Margo Stoker works for downsizes and lays her off, it knocks her for a loop. She left her small hometown years ago, eager to explore the world and make a name for herself. But without a job to keep her busy, she decides to visit Evergreen Hollow for the first time in years—just in time for the holidays.

After her unexpected escape from enslavement, Martha Louis has finally found freedom in the community of Larksong in Washington Territory. When a declaration of love arrives from a most unlikely source, she dares to hope true happiness could be hers. Before she can embrace this life of her own, a child is stolen while under her care, forcing her outside Larksong’s safe haven. To see this little one safely home, she will be asked to risk everything, including her heart.

Noelle Frost only has one chance to reclaim the inheritance stolen from her after her father’s death. With her stepfamily plotting to win the prince’s heart during his bride competition to secure their own power, Noelle must infiltrate the royal ball to confront her stepmother and reclaim her birthright before time runs out. But in order to get close enough, she must compete for a crown she doesn’t want—and a prince she doesn’t love.