مع اقتراب عطلة الشتاء، يمكننا أن نتخيل أنك ومستخدميك، مثلنا، يبحثون عن وسيلة الاسترخاء وإعادة الشحن بعد أسابيع من المشاريع والمهام والأوراق والمحاضرات. ربما تحلم برحلة إلى أماكن مشمسة أو وجهات جميلة أخرى، أو أنك ببساطة تتطلع إلى النوم والاستمتاع بأيام الكسل في المنزل دون ضغوط المنبهات والمهام والمواعيد النهائية.
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مجموعة الكتب الرومانسية
Title: A yuletide kiss (Sep 2021)
Authors: Hunter, Madeline; Jeffries, Sabrina; Putney, Mary Jo
Description: Three best-selling authors of Regency-era romances join forces in three interconnected holiday romances that take place while snowbound at a charming inn including a famous playwright and a vocal critic and a sea captain and his estranged wife.
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Title: Hairpin curves (Jul 2020)
Author: Winters, Elia
Description: Megan Harris had hopes of seeing the world, but at twenty-five she’s never even left Florida. Now a wedding invitation lures her to Quebec - in February. When her ex-friend Scarlett offers to be her plus-one and suggests they turn the journey into an epic road trip, Megan reluctantly agrees to the biggest adventure of her life. As the miles roll away, what starts as harmless road-trip games and rest-stop dares escalates into something like intimacy. And when a surprise snowstorm forces Megan and Scarlett to hunker down without the open road as distraction, they’ve got a bigger challenge than making it to the church on time: facing the true nature of their feelings for each other.
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Title: Secrets in the snow (Jan 2021)
Author: Heatherington, Emma
Description: As the winter snow falls on the small Irish village of Ballybray, Roisin O’Connor and her young son, Ben, are saying goodbye to their beloved neighbour Mabel Murphy. Mabel lived a bold and colourful life, but the arrival of her brooding nephew, ‘blow-in’ Aidan Murphy, just makes life more complicated for Roisin. However, in one final act of love, a message arrives from Mabel that changes everything. And as winter turns to spring and the cold snow melts, the secrets both Roisin and Aidan are hiding must be revealed at last…
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مجموعة كتب الغموض
Title: Deck the donuts (Oct 2021)
Author: Bolton, Ginger
Description: When an unexpected snowstorm strands a busload of passengers en route to an annual holiday festival, a local donut shop owner discovers the driver murdered and decides to investigate.
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Title: The secrets of winter: a Josephine Tey mystery (Oct 2020)
Author: Upson, Nicola
Description: Josephine and Archie gather with friends to celebrate the holidays on 1938 Cornwall’s stormy coast before the festivities are interrupted by two brutal deaths on St. Michael’s Mount and the arrival of a world-famous film star.
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مجموعة كتب الخيال والسحر
Description: Investigating the grisly murder of a best-selling horror author’s wife, Jessica Niemi uncovers clues implicating a circle of dark witchcraft fanatics before the case is complicated by factors from her own troubled past.
مجموعة كتب التشويق
Title: Dead of winter (May 2021)
Author: Jones, Stephen Mack
Description: Detroit ex-cop August Snow must fight for both his life and the soul of Mexicantown itself when a local business owner is targeted by an anonymous entity that is linked to a dangerous net of ruthless billionaire developers.
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Title: No fixed line (Jan 2020)
Author: Stabenow, Dana
Description: When a New Year’s Eve blizzard blocks access to the site of a plane crash in the Quilak mountains, former trooper Jim Chopin struggles to rescue two child survivors, before Kate Shugak receives an unwelcome accusation from beyond the grave.
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