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Blame it on the Moon: The Blame Game, #2

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Miss Kane's Christmas: A Christmas Central Romantic Comedy, #1

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Konrad and the Christmas Painting: Artworld, #2

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Just Christmas: A Contemporary Short Story

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His & Hers Christmas

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A Cozy Country Christmas Anthology

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The Candy Cane Caper

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Noah Cane's Candy

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A Romance for Christmas

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Twinkling Elf

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Goodbye Valentine Cave

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The Bed and Breakfast Man: Those Flirty Forties and Nifty Fifties, #1

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Forgotten Dreams: Christmas in New England: Storms of New England

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Episode 5: Birthday Goals: The Extraordinarily Ordinary Life of Cassandra Jones: Walker Wildcats Year 2: Age 11, #5

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A Present for Christmas

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Snow on Christmas Eve

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Wish Upon a Star

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There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays

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A Very Marcello Christmas: Filthy Marcellos, #5

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Death is Coming to Town

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A Christmas Makeover

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Vanity: a Snow White story

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The Music Box: Twice Upon a Snowy Night, #1

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Holiday Wishes

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Mission of Christmas: Barrum, Ks, #0

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And Murder for Dessert

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Snow Angels

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All I Have to Give: A Christmas Love Story

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Christmas Kitten, Home at Last

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The Charm Offensive: A Novel

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Him: Him, #1

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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty: A Novel

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Orgy: A Short Story About Desire

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A Broken Blade

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Bossy: An Erotic Workplace Diary

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Chef's Kiss: A Novel

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Love and Pleasure: A Steamy Lesbian Romance

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Swap Tales: Substitute Girlfriend

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Three for Three: Friendly MMF Menage Tales

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Worth the Wait

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Summary of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: by Taylor Jenkins Reik - A Comprehensive Summary

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Am I a Lesbian? 15 Signs You Might Be Attracted to a Woman

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The Magpie Lord: A Charm of Magpies, #1

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The Thieving Threesome

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Purple Panties: An Eroticanoir.com Anthology

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Once Upon a Dream

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Blood of the Pack

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Second Chance

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Queer Atmospheres: Gay, Lesbian and Queer Romance Stories from Imogen Markwell-Tweed

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Advent Day 02: One Small Word: Thank you for joining Keys for Kids Radio's Countdown to Christmas Advent Activity! Read the story below, answer the questions on the cards, and send us a voice message with your answers! Then you could hear yourself on Keys for Kids Radio as we talk through each day's story! Send In Your Answers One Small Word   Daniel listened politely as his elderly neighbor chatted with him and his mom in the front yard. “You and my grandson Benjamin would get along so well together,” Mrs. Crane was saying. “He really enjoys skateboarding. And did I tell you that he plays basketball?” Daniel nodded. “And that he’s in my grade in school, and that he has a baseball card collection.” Mrs. Crane smiled and nodded. “I really hope the two of you get a chance to meet sometime.” After Mrs. Crane left, Daniel turned to his mom. “Mrs. Crane is always telling me about her grandson. I must know just about everything there is to know about him. He sounds like a nice guy, but I’m g

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Advent Day 3: The True Meaning of Christmas: Thank you for joining Keys for Kids Radio's Countdown to Christmas Advent Activity! Read the story below, answer the questions on the cards, and send us a voice message with your answers! Then you could hear yourself on Keys for Kids Radio as we talk through each day's story! Send In Your Answers The True Meaning of Christmas Evelyn glared out the car window as Dad pulled into the parking lot. It was Christmas Eve, and working at a soup kitchen was not how she wanted to spend the afternoon. She and Mom always baked Christmas cookies on Christmas Eve, and Dad let her help build a fire in the fireplace, and then they’d all watch a Christmas movie together. But her parents decided they needed to start a new tradition this year—serving others in need. Evelyn sighed in frustration. She still had presents to wrap! Evelyn got her serving assignment at the door and dragged her feet as she made her way over to a man stirring a big bowl of mashed pota

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Three of My Favorite Books This Year... So Far: Recently I was asked by Rachel Pedersen what my favorite books are and why. So I wanted to share three that I’m loving right now.

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Holidays, Trauma and the Santa Claus Problem

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Advent Day 11: A Fake Christmas: Thank you for joining Keys for Kids Radio's Countdown to Christmas Advent Activity! Read the story below, answer the questions on the cards, and send us a voice message with your answers! Then you could hear yourself on Keys for Kids Radio as we talk through each day's story! Send In Your Answers A Fake Christmas "It’s so pretty!” said five-year-old Jessie as she stood at the rope barricade and stared in wonder at the shiny balls, glittering stars, and sparkling snow on a Christmas tree at the mall. “Is the snow on the Christmas tree real?” “No,” said Jessie’s older sister, Dakota. “It comes in a spray can, and you just spray it on.” “It looks so real,” said Jessie, disappointed. “Who are all the presents under the tree for?” “They’re not real presents,” said Dakota. “They’re empty boxes wrapped to look like presents—just part of the decorations. They’re supposed to get people in the mood to buy Christmas presents.” Jessie could hardly believe that the

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Advent Day 7: A Wonderful Gift: Thank you for joining Keys for Kids Radio's Countdown to Christmas Advent Activity! Read the story below, answer the questions on the cards, and send us a voice message with your answers! Then you could hear yourself on Keys for Kids Radio as we talk through each day's story! Send In Your Answers A Wonderful Gift "Oh, Mom! Dad just drove in,” said Katie. “He probably brought a Christmas tree! I’ll get my coat on and help him bring it in.” But as she opened the door, Dad came in, and he didn’t have a tree. “I’m sorry, sweetie,” said Dad, giving Katie a hug. “I tried to find… ” But Katie shrugged away and hurried to her room. She didn’t feel like celebrating Christmas. Dad knows how much I want a tree, she thought, and he let me down. The sound of voices interrupted her thoughts, and she went to her door and listened. “I feel so terrible that we can’t afford a Christmas tree this year,” said Dad. He sounded very sad. “I know Katie was looking forward to on

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Ep.70 – Be Mine - This Valentine's Day They Want Your HEART!: Episode Notes On a cold Valentine's evening a young woman finds out she has a secret admirer, and they want more than just her heart... And they'll do ANYTHING to get it! Be Mine by Shane Migliavacca Buy the new "Babysitter Massacre" book!...

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Advent Day 19: When Love Is Difficult: Thank you for joining Keys for Kids Radio's Countdown to Christmas Advent Activity! Read the story below, answer the questions on the cards, and send us a voice message with your answers! Then you could hear yourself on Keys for Kids Radio as we talk through each day's story! Send In Your Answers When Love Is Difficult Mom turned from the sink when she heard a door slam and feet running quickly down the stairs. “Mom!” Alicia cried as she ran into the kitchen. “Candice is being mean to me, and she even said she hates Christmas!”  Alicia’s foster mom dried her hands. “I heard some loud voices up there and wondered what that was all about.”  “I wanted her to help me look for Christmas toys online,” Alicia explained, “but she just got mad and yelled at me.” Mom poured Alicia a glass of water as they sat at the table. “Honey, Candice just moved into our house a month ago. She’s still having a hard time adjusting to the big changes in her life. You can

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Always Showing Up: Thank you for listening to the Countdown to Christmas with Zach podcast. We'd like to introduce you to our daily devotional Keys for Kids podcast, so for this first week of 2024 we're releasing those episodes on this feed too. If you like them, you can subscribe to or follow the Keys for Kids podcast for free: https://keysforkids.net/kfkpodcast Always Showing Up "It’s so snowy,” Johnny said as he looked out the school bus window. “I wonder if my mom will make it to meet the bus.” Caden glanced at his friend. Sometimes Johnny’s mom was waiting for them when their bus got to their neighborhood, and sometimes she wasn’t. “My grandpa will be there,” said Caden. Johnny nodded. “He always is.” When their bus reached its first stop, a younger girl started crying. “I don’t see my aunt. She’s supposed to meet me.” “She’s probably having trouble walking through the deep snow.” An older girl took the younger girl’s hand. “I’ll walk with you until you find her.”Johnny watched th

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Advent Day 9: Candy Cane: Thank you for joining Keys for Kids Radio's Countdown to Christmas Advent Activity! Read the story below, answer the questions on the cards, and send us a voice message with your answers! Then you could hear yourself on Keys for Kids Radio as we talk through each day's story! Send In Your Answers Candy Cane "Can we have a candy cane?” asked Josh as he looked at the striped candy canes hanging on the Christmas tree. “Yeah, can we? Please?” echoed his sisters, Adriane and Nicole. Mom smiled. “All right,” she said, “but as you eat them, I want you to think of how they remind you of the reason we celebrate Christmas.” Each of the kids quickly selected a red and white striped candy cane from the tree. Nicole held her candy at arm’s length and stared at it. “I don’t really see what candy canes have to do with Christmas,” she said, “except that it’s the time of year when you always see lots of them. Or maybe it’s because there’s red on them—Christmas colors are red a

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Advent Day 21: The Grinch: Thank you for joining Keys for Kids Radio's Countdown to Christmas Advent Activity! Read the story below, answer the questions on the cards, and send us a voice message with your answers! Then you could hear yourself on Keys for Kids Radio as we talk through each day's story! Send In Your Answers The Grinch Isaac slammed the door and began kicking off his boots while grumbling under his breath. “Everything all right?” his mom asked. “Not according to Mr. Hanson,” Isaac spat out. “Whatever I do for him is never good enough! I mean, it took me an hour to shovel his sidewalk, and what do I get for it? ‘You missed the second step, Isaac. You didn’t get all the way to edge.’ Mr. Hanson is a total grinch! This is the last time I help him out.” Just then Isaac’s sister, Holly, came bouncing into the room. “Mom, the green popcorn is done, and the green soda for our grinch punch is cold. I can’t wait to watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas with our special treats!” “I

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Advent Day 25: A Gingerbread House: Thank you for joining Keys for Kids Radio's Countdown to Christmas Advent Activity! Read the story below, answer the questions on the cards, and send us a voice message with your answers! Then you could hear yourself on Keys for Kids Radio as we talk through each day's story! Send In Your Answers A Gingerbread House "Mom! Tell Ella to stop dipping her finger in the icing!” “Karis, you know she’s only five. You can’t expect her to make a gingerbread house without eating any of it.” “But I want it to be perfect!” It was a Christmas tradition for Karis and Ella to make a gingerbread house. Karis lined up the red and green gumdrops like little army men. The containers of colored sprinkles stood at attention like soldiers. “Mom, I think there’s more icing in Ella’s hair than on our gingerbread house.” “Don’t worry about it, honey,” said Mom. “I’ll give her a bath when you’re finished.”  Karis smiled at her sister. “If you get any more icing on your face,

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Advent Day 6: Peace and Good Will: Thank you for joining Keys for Kids Radio's Countdown to Christmas Advent Activity! Read the story below, answer the questions on the cards, and send us a voice message with your answers! Then you could hear yourself on Keys for Kids Radio as we talk through each day's story! Send In Your Answers Peace and Good Will Annistyn stomped into the kitchen when she got home from school and collapsed into a chair so hard it made a scraping noise against the floor. “Annistyn!” said Mom. “Be careful! You’re going to leave marks!” She sighed as Annistyn’s little sister started crying in the other room. “This house is like a war zone,” she muttered. “Oh, for some peace and quiet!” Annistyn was so wrapped up in her own thoughts she hadn’t heard a word her mother had said. “Who do you think got the part of Mary in the Christmas play?” she asked sarcastically. “Holly, of course! She didn’t even want it, but she’s Mary, and I’m the narrator—again!” Dad looked up. “Is

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Ep.9 – Home For Christmas - Bloody Holiday Horror: Episode Notes A frozen hell brings evil to an all girl academy on Christmas Eve... and it's very hungry. Home for Christmas by Shane Migliavacca Music by Ray Mattis http://raymattispresents.bandcamp.com Produced by Daniel Wilder Get Cool Merchandise...

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Ep.16 – Deb, Debbie, Deborah - Twisted Valentine's Day Horrors: Episode Notes A grieving and suicidal widow gets a very unexpected visitor on a snowly Valentine's Day, but nothing is quite what it seems... Deb, Debbie, Deborah by Shane Migliavacca Music by Ray Mattis http://raymattispresents.bandcamp.com Produced...

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Ep.6 – Homecoming - You're Never Alone!: Episode Notes When a new house has old secrets can the new young inhabitants survive their homecoming? Homecoming by Joe Solmo http://pennedinblood.com Music by Ray Mattis http://raymattispresents.bandcamp.com Produced by Daniel Wilder Get Cool...

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Advent Day 26: After-Christmas Sale: Thank you for joining Keys for Kids Radio's Countdown to Christmas Advent Activity! Read the story below, answer the questions on the cards, and send us a voice message with your answers! Then you could hear yourself on Keys for Kids Radio as we talk through each day's story! Send In Your Answers After-Christmas Sale "Look at my new sweater!” said Brianne, holding it up for her dad to see. “You should see all the stuff Mom and I got on sale today.” Mom sighed. “Yes, but it was such a hassle getting through the crowds at the mall and pawing through the racks of clothes that I wondered at times if it was really worth it. But we did get some really good deals.” “Yeah!” said Brianne. “It makes you wonder how the stores can afford to sell things at those prices.” “They know what they’re doing,” Dad assured her. “They’re clearing out things that are no longer profitable and making room to restock their shelves with new things people want—things that will

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Episode 119 Thousands of Memories - Childhood, Grandparents & Beyond: Published Oct 5, 2011 When you were little did you play in card table tents or forts?  I sure did. When I was wandering around the house complaining of being bored on a rainy day, my mom would pull out the old folding table used...

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Band Wives Episode 68: Kristin Colby Way: Chonny Sanchez: Reading With Friends, Kindergarten Empty Nesters + Analyzing Reality TV

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MP S01.E18: A Melrose Place Christmas

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Advent Day 18: The Story of Santa: Thank you for joining Keys for Kids Radio's Countdown to Christmas Advent Activity! Read the story below, answer the questions on the cards, and send us a voice message with your answers! Then you could hear yourself on Keys for Kids Radio as we talk through each day's story! Send In Your Answers The Story of Santa "Ho, ho, ho! And a merry Christmas to you!” bellowed a tall Santa at the entrance to Mia’s favorite toy store. Mia and her dad were doing some last-minute Christmas shopping. They needed a few more things for the shoeboxes they were filling for kids who lived in orphanages in poor countries.  “Dad, why do I see so many Santas around at Christmas instead of manger scenes?” Mia wondered aloud. “Everywhere I look I see Santa! See, there’s a gigantic stuffed Santa right over there!” “I agree, there’s a lot more of Santa than Jesus in most stores at Christmas,” said Dad. “I think the tradition of Santa has overshadowed the truth of Jesus’ birth.

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Allan Legere's Christmas Blessings

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BONUS: The Sisterhood: The Christmas Chapter: As a Christmas treat, here's the Christmas chapter from The Sisterhood by Daisy Buchanan, published by Headline and now available as an audiobook from Audible. Imagine living between the pages of Pride And Prejudice, in the Benne...

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Christmas Ghost Story #010 - The Signal-Man: By Charles Dickens

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Episode 32 - Listener Mailbox and Invite Your Ancestors to Christmas!: Listener Mailbox & Invite Your Ancestors to Christmas

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Advent Day 28: The Hidden Gift: Thank you for joining Keys for Kids Radio's Countdown to Christmas Advent Activity! Read the story below, answer the questions on the cards, and send us a voice message with your answers! Then you could hear yourself on Keys for Kids Radio as we talk through each day's story! Send In Your Answers The Hidden Gift Christmas was over, and Henry and Nevaeh helped their parents remove the ornaments, lights, and strands of garland from the Christmas  tree branches. Soon the shimmering and festive tree looked bare except for the colorful tree skirt surrounding the tree stand. “Hey,” Henry called out. “Look at that!” He pointed to a small box wrapped in green and red paper peeking out from under a fold in the tree skirt. “Where did that come from?” Mom asked as she bent down to pick up the box. “We must have missed this when we opened our gifts.” She held the box in her hands and looked for a name. “It’s for me! From Aunt Martha,” she said in surprise. “I didn’t

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Santa Claus & Saint Nicholas - Part 1

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HOW TO SPEND CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR ALL ALONE: SPENDING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR ALL ALONE?  This episode goes out to all the people who have to spend their Christmas and New Year all alone. Now, I am sure that at least some of your friends might be feeling alone these days.

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Ep.56 – The Babysitter - The Killer is Watching and You Have No Idea!: Episode Notes A babysitter is watching after some kids to make some quick cash when the phone calls start... But the killer is closer than anyone could imagine! The Babysitter by Rob Fields Music by Ray Mattis http://raymattispresents.bandcamp.com...

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Simple Christmas traditions and the pressure to make it all magical with Katie Douglas and Kylie White