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Annie Acorn Audio is pleased to present A Christmas Kiss written by Charlotte Kent and narrated by Lara K. Crawford. Becca Tate and Jeff Stuart have lived in Captain's Point all their lives. She's an aspiring historian. He's an aspiring journalist, who is tied by circumstances to his father's landscaping firm. Now Becca must leave their small town if she is to follow her dreams. Will the magic of Christmas be enough to hold their budding relationship together?

Becca Tate and Jeff Stuart have lived in Captain's Point all their lives. She's an aspiring historian, destined to teach at a major university. He's a journalism student who is tied by circumstances to his father's landscaping firm. Will the magic of Christmas be enough to hold their budding relationship together, as their lives intertwine with Bill Adams and his wife, Millie, along with star-crossed lovers Big Dan O'Malley and Dora Jean McCarthy?

Having filed for divorce from the man of her mother’s dreams, Kate Sinclair returns to Captain’s Point in search of a new beginning, preferably in the arms of the man she met during the course of her brother Jack’s wedding and immediately recognized as the love of her life. Ill-prepared for life in the real world, she must navigate her way through its pitfalls, surrounded by support of family and new friends, as she struggles to secure both a fresh start and true love.

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Forced to return to her ancestral home in Captain’s Point, a small town on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Adrianna Montgomery receives a shock and a challenge when the terms of her great-aunt’s will are read. Faced with a haughty attorney, a crumbling old house and a clue, she must draw upon the resources found in those around her, as well as her own inner strengths, in order to solve the riddle and secure her inheritance. Accepting the challenge, she ultimately learns who she is destined to be, discovering her true love along the way.

Angelique MacDuff paused as the knot in her stomach tightened. Across the pavement of Bright Seas’ Main Street, the shop waited, but whether it beckoned or warned her to turn and run, she couldn’t have said. Sixteen months ago, her husband left the tarmac’s safety in their newly purchased delivery van and drove off a precipice northeast of town. There had been no screech of brakes before their van had headed straight for the cliff’s edge, where it had left the Earth and, for a moment, hung suspended in the air before plunging into Bright Seas Bay.

For centuries, Luna Lake and its surrounding natural beauty have been a source of comfort to those who have made their way to its shore. Now, Sean Adams and Liz Chambers have each returned to the cabins they knew as children, both seeking to escape painful memories from their pasts. Three oranges, a puzzle, and a sharing of confidences result in a bond of friendship between the two, but Christmas isn’t about friendship or escape. It’s about love and all of its promise. Together, can they find their way to the paths forward they seek? Listen to find out more.

In Bradley Holler, West Virginia, the world around where Mary Jo Bradley lives has been changing. First, the Blackdrop Mine closed, then the weather turned crazy, and, finally, her brother hadn’t even bothered to come home for Thanksgiving. Pinning her hopes on Christmas, her favorite season, she feels forced to take drastic steps in an effort to stem the downward tide of life as she’s always known it.

A stay-at-home mom, Ruth has been busy steering her family toward Christmas. All of this comes to a screeching halt, though, when she hears words she would never have thought possible coming over her phone.

The Christmas tree twinkled from a corner of the room, the cookies were all baked, and a nativity held pride of place on the credenza, but then the phone rang, and everything that had been so eagerly anticipated began a slow but steady downward spiral. A plan was hatched, and a new love volunteered for service. Would the rescuers make it back on time, safe and sound?

Betsy Seymour finds she isn’t quite up to gay chatter and a staff full of holiday cheer as Christmas approaches, but duty calls at the cemetery where she works. Then she experiences a strange sighting amongst the fog-shrouded graves, and a few minutes later, she lies injured upon the ground, alone and unsure, only a few feet away from her husband’s grave. This time, though, can love save her?

Internationally beloved From Women's Pens author Annie Acorn provides listeners with a complete collection of her famed Christmas stories, novelettes, and novellas, including her newest short story, "Snowbound for Christmas", that's set in rural post-World War II Indiana.

A chance game of hide-and-seek played the night the revival tent burned down has turned into three years of looking over their shoulders for young Marnie and Frank, who believe they witnessed a murder. Now, a Yankee stranger has come to town - flashing a big smile and a cash-filled wallet as he spends his time asking all kinds of questions. Torn between wanting to relieve the Yank of his cash and trying to stay out of Hell, the two spend a day in the employ of their enemy.

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Are you preparing to purchase a home for your family? Then here is the resource for you! No one who is even beginning to think in terms of a buying a home should be without it. News sources are full of home-purchasing horror stories. Foreclosures and short sales can turn a dream house into a nightmare. You're not the world's greatest DIYer, nor are you a financial wizard. How to Survive a Home Purchase outlines step-by-step how to walk through the potential mine fields of home ownership and come out on the other side as a real estate winner!

Annie Acorn Audio is pleased to present Time Will Tell, written by Annie Acorn and narrated by Daniel McColly. "Someone, somewhere, help me bring them back," Frank Jamison sobs into the bed pillow clutched in his arms. His wife is dead, and his teenage son lies like a vegetable in a hospital ward, but the being who answers his desperate cry for help isn't exactly what he would've expected.

Children aren't the same as kittens, as Miss Mary Mason is reminded when she volunteers to keep two orphans in her home through Christmas. Ragged and dirty, their manners leave much to be desired. Still, Mary perseveres, not willing to return them to a system that will certainly not meet their needs.

Hopeful that the back left tire on his truck will hold, Jack Branson begins the last leg of his long journey, desperate to reach his family's farm and surprise them on Christmas Eve. Nature, though, has other plans for the returning serviceman this snow-filled Christmas. Needing to find shelter, he spots the glow of lights from a small farmhouse and seeks sanctuary from those within. But then, the worn door opens, and....

Aunt Gail is magic. Carrie Louise is sure of it, and so she sets out to prove it as she hunts for shells on the beach. With the help of her aunt and a magic sand dollar, Carrie Louise solves the mystery and learns the truth about magic and the reality of love. A perfect, faith-based beach listen for children! A perfect listen anytime!

Annie Acorn Audio is pleased to present Dark Tales from Gents' Pens, an anthology of works written by the authors of From Gents' Pens and narrated by Lee Foreman.

Where can you find all the suspense, thrills, blood, and gore that reflect the dark underbelly of our world? Where do murder and voodoo curses stand alongside innocents and little children? Where do the kinder, gentler things disappear?