In J. D. Robb's Midnight in Death, Lieutenant Eve Dallas must postpone her first Christmas with her new husband, Roarke, to hunt for an escaped serial killer--but she and Roarke still manage to find ways to celebrate.

Susan Plunkett's Christmas Promises brings a woman and her ex-fiance together after four long years as they search for a missing child--and make up for the broken promises of Christmases past.

In Dee Holmes's The Unexpected Gift, Sabrina McKay and her five-year-old son are coping with the first Christmas since her divorce when her son finds a body in the yard--and unexpectedly they rediscover the true spirit of the holidays.

In Claire Cross's A Berry Merry Christmas, a mysterious nanny has a special message to deliver to a young orphan and her uncle who long to feel the joy of Christmas in their hearts once again.