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

Enjoy this bad boy billionaire romance collection. A Christmas collection that will make you believe in love once again! This three-book boxset features a single daddy, a bad boy and a naughty billionaire. If you love fun and heartwarming love stories, then you will love each story that’s included in this bundle. Grab your copy today to enjoy all the fun! Stories Included in this wonderful Boxset: Nanny with Benefits: A Single Dad & Nanny Romance "My life was finally where I wanted it to be ... or was it?" The price was my family, my hometown, and my reputation but my musical career was finally panning out. Unfortunately, the universe had other plans for my brother and me, taking me back from LA to Alpena, Michigan. I would not have gotten far without Leila Butler, my brother Micah making no secret how he loathed me. If it wasn't for the sexy, sweet blonde and her amazing way with him, who knew where I'd be? Probably back in LA where I belonged. Loving the Don: A Bad Boy Billionaire Romance I've got a thing for sweet girls that are good with my kid ... and Daniela is just my type. ... Too bad I can't love her. Two years ago, I lost my wife. My love, my little girl's mother. My heart died that day. Daniela's wonderful: the sweetness of her body, the kindness of her soul. I want to take her to paradise every night. But she's not my wife. She's just my lover and my friend. And my child's caregiver. I wish I could love her. She deserves love. She deserves everything. Dirty Desires: Bad Boy Romance (Dirty Network Book 3) Lost love can be hard to overcome, but maybe she can help me find my way back again... Her backside is what first caught my attention. Round, firm, plump, juicy. Those are the words that ran through my mind when I first saw her bent over the table in front of me. For a couple of years, she'd filled my fantasies, and now she was filling my dreams too. But someone else had lived in my dreams for a long time. I didn't want her knocking that person out of my life forever. Pushing her away seemed impossible. No matter how hard I tried, my arms kept pulling her back to me. And just when I was able to let it all go, it all came crashing down on me again. Had I been cursed? Doomed to live life without love? Keywords: Holiday romance, Christmas Romance, Billionaire romance, bad boy, new adult, instalove, age gap romance, alpha male, new adult romance, steamy romance, age gap romance older man younger woman, sweet romance, romantic novels, love, action, adventure, sexually romantic books, hot, alpha hero, contemporary romance, guaranteed HEA, no cliffhangers, sweet romance, love books, love stories.

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!

Returning to small-town Texas was her fresh start. She never expected a ready-made family. What could be better than running a rustic wedding venue? Event planner Laney Taylor has it all laid out…except for the serious renovations her inherited property needs. Rancher Ethan McCaw will help—but only if she’ll nanny his toddler twins. Laney’s all about planning weddings for others and shielding her own heart, but Ethan, Zoe and Tori might be just the ones to change her mind… From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.

Enjoy this bad boy billionaire romance collection. Spend your holiday with these naughty boys! A billionaire, a single daddy, and an alpha male. Three bad boys and three beautiful women waiting to be tamed! Get this flaming romance collection today! This collection includes the following books: The Billionaire's Maid: A Billionaire Romance (Island of Love Book 3) My hero when I thought I'd lost it all, he wanted more than I could give... Never had any man attracted me the way he did. Immediate, primal, carnal in nature-he provoked my inner goddess. But I had a new job and a new place to live. And he was my boss. My much older boss, who had much more sexual experience than I. But-my God-how my body burned for him. And how eager my heart was to be filled with love for the man. We were a recipe for disaster: I wasn't in his league, and he didn't believe in love. And I didn't believe in living a life without it... A Baby for Christmas: A Christmas Romance I hired Daniel to have a baby. I am the only female billionaire in Louisiana. I want nothing but a child ... and the right man. Finding a good man, however, is tough. So I'll settle for a baby. At least then I'll have someone who loves me. A discreet advertisement is the solution: One million dollars for a healthy male to stay with me long enough to get me pregnant. Then he walks away, giving up all paternity rights. It's a sweet deal. Of course, I have a lot of suitors. However, charming, smoking-hot Daniel Fontaine is the only one I want. The Orphan Next Door: A Single Daddy Next Door Romance Emily is too young for me, but I can’t shake how much I want her. I want to rescue her from her isolation. I certainly want to rescue her from that gold-digging little creep James. I want to love her and be loved by her, and wake up to her face every morning. And of course, I’d love to make her mine. Even if our age difference didn’t make me hesitate, James is doing his best to get and stay in the way, even after Emily throws him out of her life. He’s stalking her; he’s stalking us. And he’s way too interested in my little girl for comfort. I’m determined to have Emily in my arms, safe from him and from the world’s other predators. And when I finally get what I want, it’s paradise. For a while, I don’t think twice about that little brat and his complaining. But James isn’t done. And as Emily and I work toward our first of what we hope is many Christmases to come, he’s going to take his revenge. I’m a patient man. But when he endangers my lover and my little girl, it is time for a reckoning. Keywords: Holiday romance, Christmas Romance, Billionaire romance, bad boy, new adult, instalove, age gap romance, alpha male, new adult romance, steamy romance, age gap romance older man younger woman, sweet romance, romantic novels, love, action, adventure, sexually romantic books, hot, alpha hero, contemporary romance, guaranteed HEA, no cliffhangers, sweet romance, love books, love stories.

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.

Christmas is a time for miracles… After a tragic traffic accident several years ago, Veronica Cearley has avoided all socializing and celebrating—especially during Christmas. Her daughter wants her mother back and finally gives her an ultimatum: this year, she’s spending Christmas with her fiancé’s family, and if Veronica doesn’t rediscover the joy in life, she won’t be involved in planning her spring wedding. When Veronica finds a flyer inviting people to attend a “Not a Christmas Club” on her daily walk, she wonders if fate has played into her hand. Cullen Murdock doesn’t want to spend Christmas alone. He’s back in Hidden Mountain, Georgia, on business, and while he and the town have a history, he’d prefer to keep it locked in the past. He puts a plan in motion to ensure he has company for the holiday, hoping that the other lonely people he’s invited are willing to accept his mysterious invitation and make a few positive life changes. Forced together with three other lonesome people, Veronica and Cullen fall hard and fast, but will Cullen’s secret steal their newfound Christmas spirit? Each book in the Sweet Inspirational Christmas Romance series is standalone: *A Nanny for Christmas *The X-Mas Club

A comprehensive Holiday look at the films that are the joyful part of the year and our lives. The story of the film people who bring you joy during the holiday season. Plus many other Christmas traditions, customs, decorative ideas, and other tales as well as facts from this festive time! Plus a Christmas Media Trivia Quiz.

Maid for Television examines race, class, and gender relations as embodied in a long history of television servants from 1950 to the turn of the millennium. Although they reside at the visual peripheries, these figures are integral to the idealized American family. Author L. S. Kim redirects viewers' gaze towards the usually overlooked interface between characters, which is drawn through race, class, and gender positioning. Maid for Television tells the stories of servants and the families they work for, in so doing it investigates how Americans have dealt with difference through television as a medium and a mediator.The book philosophically redirects the gaze of television and its projection of racial discourse.

This study to analyzes romantic fiction's depiction of women as part of the broader history of ideas about women.; Given the success of the Mills & Boon romance, their portrayal of subjects like sex, love, marriage, class, motherhood and femineity are important cultural barometers and make interesting study.; The author shows how all these themes have an historical trajectory and how these novels have come to reflect feminist concerns.; Based on a study of over 1000 Mills & Boon romances the book provides analysis of plot types and shows how these have changed in response to women's own changing position within society.