Book excerpt: From balance sheets to blue plate specials, Heather James has a lot to learn about running a restaurant. But a business plan isn't enough to prepare her for the holiday rush—or head chef Sam Cappelletti. Is lasting love the bottom line…If I Make It Through December by Kate Austin Teddi Bayer could use some holiday magic, especially since Grandma June is making everything worse. If only there was a magical menorah Teddi could rub, and pouf! But rubbing it while humming "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" seems to have unexpected consequences. You have to wonder...Who Needs June in December, Anyway? by Stevi Mittman Growing up as a lonely child, Gwen Anderson always dreamed of a Christmas from the pages of a Currier & Ives illustration. She's long since abandoned that dream. Until her mother realizes that she didn't give her daughter enough time as a child. And she vows to now give Gwen…The Perfect Christmas by Mary Schramski