Bücher von Kari Lee Harmon

Being nice is safe, and being naughty is overrated, but getting McScroogy to find the joy in Christmas is beginning to sound oh so merry.Samantha Darling, Boston advertising executive, has spent her life making a list and checking it twice, but after her ex-fiancé left her at the altar, she's through being nice. One too many All Powerful Peppermintinis convinces Samantha to give naughty a try. She breaks into the shop in Redemption Massachusetts and puts her spin on the front window Christmas display. Only, the window doesn't belong to Stowe's Boutiques, it belongs to Snow's Antiques, and Nathan Snow is none too pleased. While he doesn't like Christmas, he knows winning this contest will bring in business, so he makes her a deal. Create a winning display by Christmas Eve or go to jail.Sleigh bells ring and snow is glistening, but being stuck in a winter wonderland with Scrooge McDunky is anything but happy tonight.Amber Evans, Boston advertising executive, is the maid of honor in her best friend's wedding and cocky retired NBA star Kip Covington, aka Scrooge McDunky, is the best man. A former college volleyball player, Amazon Amber is just as athletic and competitive as Caveman Kip. When Kip offers a free weekend at his couples' ski resort for the bachelor and bachelorette parties, Amber has to agree since the bride and groom are thrilled. The wedding is just days away on Christmas Eve when disaster strikes and a blizzard hits, stranding them at the beautiful romantic lodge. Forced to call a truce, Amber and Kip work together to try to pull off a miracle. Dashing through the hills, jingling bells, and laughing all the way is anything but fun with Scrooge MacGruff riding shotgun.Boston advertising exec, Ellen Patterson, has always been a devilish elf, landing herself in trouble more times than not. She can't help taking in wounded strays and trying to fix them. When she meets Detective MacKenzie Johnson, aka Scrooge MacGruff, she tries to heal Mac's wounds, but he won't let anyone get close. Doing what she does best, she gets into as much trouble as possible so he can't ignore her. If all goes according to plan, she intends to ring in the New Year and make his spirit bright, but she underestimates the street smart, tough-as-nails cop and is stunned to discover she may have finally met her match.

Anna Wilks went straight from her parents' house to her husband's. After thirteen years of trying to give him a son, she's told she's sterile. Her marriage crumbles and her husband leaves her for a younger woman who's pregnant with his child. Anna finds her deceased aunt's journal and discovers her secret. When Anna was little, she wanted to be just like her aunt, but then she grew up and forgot what it was like to be adventurous and fearless. Having no idea who she is now that she can't be a wife and mother, Anna shocks her family by setting out on a desperate search to find herself. She follows her aunt's journal to Mystic Valley, Vermont. Something about the place calls to her soul, except she doesn't have a clue how to make it on her own. She falls into old habits and the welcoming supportive town comes to her rescue, especially Officer Drew Jones who makes a living at helping others and longs to find someone to take care of, even if that's the last thing Anna needs. He is the perfect man on paper. The complete opposite of cynical, pessimist Editor-in-chief Clay Sullivan.¿Sully has no family and has been on his own since he was seventeen. He's worked all over the world, seeing war, poverty and "real" tragedy. He has no time for helpless pampered people like Anna, gravitating more toward the new tough independent police Chief Tess Fitz, who doesn't need anyone and is running from wounds of her own. Desperate to get back in the game, she helps him with a past that has haunted him for years. Yet Sully can't get Anna off his mind, refusing to coddle her and pushing her beyond her comfort zone until she surprises herself by discovering all she's capable of and just how strong she really is. She blossoms, learning a lot about herself and where her passions lie, taking care of others for a change. Sully isn't anything like what she thought she wanted yet he's exactly what she needs, and he needs her even though he doesn't know it yet. Like Mystic Valley, he calls to her soul. And like her namesake, she finds the courage to go after what she wants, only to discover a love like she never knew existed. Except in searching for the meaning of life, she uncovers a valley of secrets that will threaten the new life she fought so hard to create.