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Redeeming Santa | by Susan C Muller Nov. 07, 2011 | $0.99 | 14417 words | Sample 20% |
| Not every Santa comes bearing gifts. | |||||
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The Ultimate Guide to Christmas on the Net 2011 edition | by Kevin Fichtner Nov. 06, 2011 | $1.99 | 21095 words | Sample 20% |
| Everything you need to get ready for Christmas so your family and you can sit back and relax! | |||||
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Joy To The Worlds | by Mimi Riser Nov. 06, 2011 | $0.99 | 3046 words | Sample 25% |
| Holiday high jinks in hyperspace... Take one small starship with an unusual crew. Add a grumpy captain, a harried doctor, and a mysterious plague that threatens to destroy the galaxy. The prospect looks bleak. But, hey, it's Christmas, and miracles do happen.... | |||||
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Ho Ho: The Dog Who Saved Christmas | by David Congalton Nov. 06, 2011 | $0.99 | 2998 words | Sample 5% |
| Pizza-eating reindeer and howling dogs are featured in this beloved Christmas story that is a perennial favorite of the author's huge radio audience. David Congalton is an award-winning nonfiction author, radio talk show host, and speaker. Now in its 20th year, The Dave Congalton Show can be heard live weekdays from 3 to 7 p.m. (PST) on News/Talk 920 AM KVEC in San Luis Obispo, California. | |||||
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Alex of Bendelow | by Allan James Grund Nov. 06, 2011 | $2.99 | 36033 words | Sample 20% |
| Winter in the open farm country of the north can be harsh and brutal. Weather patterns can change overnight. Snowflakes can turn into bullets of sleet in a matter of minutes. Blizzard conditions may occur. Suddenly, animals struggle to survive. Eleven year old Alex is out on the ‘trap lines’ with his older brother, Tom and is about to discover that things are rarely what they seem to be... | |||||
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The Holiday Collection | by Indie Eclective Nov. 06, 2011 | Free! | 47689 words | Read a sample |
| “The Holiday Collection†is the second anthology of short stories from the Indie Eclective: A group of nine authors crossing genres. These holiday-themed stories range from serious to humorous, and all express the sentiments of the season in their own “Eclective†way. | |||||
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All Wrapped Up: A Collection of Christmas Short Stories | by Jenna Jaxon Nov. 05, 2011 | $0.99 | 8049 words | Sample 20% |
| Four short stories filled with romance at Christmas time: A girl breaks the news to her sister’s boyfriend that he’s being dumped–two days before Christmas; an awkward situation develops when a guy is sent to fire a girl singer; two children discover a secret place on Christmas Day;a Christmas dinner announcement shatters a girl’s dream of a magical social season. | |||||
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The Golden Amulet: a tale of Faerie | by M. M. Fahren Nov. 05, 2011 | $0.99 | 10552 words | |
| "a ragamuffin-like Minstrel sacrifices himself to save a Princess and is shunned by a King. Years of peace and prosperity follow but eventually darkness befalls the kingdom at the hands of a Dark Wizard. The Minstrel, who proves to be an eternally youthful wonder, returns, and …." Andy Potter review | |||||
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The Cowboy's Christmas Plan | by Shanna Hatfield Nov. 05, 2011 | $2.99 | 96063 words | Sample 20% |
| When her fiance elopes with his secretary a week before their wedding, Cadence Greer doesn't know what to do. Deciding to start over fresh somewhere new, she visits her aunt in Oregon in hopes of figuring out what to do with the rest of her life. The last thing she planned on was falling in love with a cowboy. | |||||
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Magical Coat | by Carol Marlene Smith Nov. 05, 2011 | $0.99 | 2599 words | Sample 20% |
| A Short Story: Was it a Christmas Gift? Jean Bishop, out of work and down on her luck in New York City, finds a coat in a second hand shop. A wondrous change overtakes her, and she feels ready to begin her new life. Don Richards sees something special in Jean and hires her to work in his coffee shop. It was a magical Christmas all around as Don and Jean’s lives changed dramatically. | |||||
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A Smoky Mountain Christmas | by Carol DeVaney Nov. 04, 2011 | $2.99 | 64455 words | Sample 20% |
| Think Sandra Bullock meets country hunk. Wacky fresh and funny characters are stranded together in a Smoky Mountain snowstorm three days before Christmas. Until Tina Cole lands on writer Hank Gordon's doorstep, everything she thought she wanted means nothing without love. Hank Gordon has sworn off women, except the sassy Southern princess steals his heart. Rollicking, passionate, humorous, romance | |||||
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Christmas Angel (Sexy, heartwarming Christmas romance) | by Amber Carew Nov. 03, 2011 | $1.99 | 29284 words | Sample 20% |
| From award winning author, Opal Carew, writing as Amber Carew, whose books regularly appear in Amazon's Top 100 Contemporary Romance list. (Her story THREE hit 15 on Barnes&Noble bestsellers list.) Given one chance to break the curse which has held Angelique in its grip for two hundred years, she is faced with a heart-rending decision. Can she sacrifice Nick's happiness for her own freedom? | |||||
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Missing Christmas | by Lisa Scott Nov. 02, 2011 | $0.99 | 9141 words | Sample 20% |
| “Missing Christmas†Is Ginny just homesick, or did she make the mistake of her life? Ginny’s spending her first Christmas away from home, but she’s not feeling jolly. She moved south to be with her boyfriend, and now she’s having serious regrets about leaving her family and friends behind. Does new love trump twenty-three years of holiday tradition? 8,000 words | |||||
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A Christmas Card: A collection of Short Stories | by Tara Manderino Nov. 02, 2011 | $0.99 | 13706 words | Sample 15% |
| This is a collection of Christmas stories to warm the heart. | |||||
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A Thanksgiving Afternoon | by Maureen Mullis Nov. 02, 2011 | Free! | 1752 words | Read a sample |
| Ivy is lonely, and Thanksgiving is just another reminder of what is missing in her life. On an afternoon walk she encounters a family that seems to have everything she ever wanted. Is she destined to always be on the outside looking in, or can she find a way to change her life? | |||||
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Christmas Travelers | by Wally White Nov. 02, 2011 | $4.99 | 42128 words | Sample 20% |
| The first Christmas started with travelers stopping short of their intended destination, and the same can be said about this story. When six strangers that meet on a flight on December 24 stop trying to make the holiday what they think it should be and accept this one for what it is, these travelers share an experience that will define what Christmas means to them for the rest of their lives. | |||||
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The Santa Exclusive: A Christmas Novella | by Brent Boswell Nov. 01, 2011 | $2.99 | 17023 words | Sample 5% |
| Ran Anderson is a self-destructive, thirty-something journalist who believes gift giving at Christmas is a massive waste of resources and he loathes Santa for spearheading such widespread fiscal irresponsibility, especially considering the dismal state of the world’s economy. So when invited to conduct an exclusive, face-to-face interview with Claus just before the Holidays, Ran is eager to... | |||||
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Haunted Spouse | by Heather MacAllister Oct. 31, 2011 | $3.99 | 44611 words | Sample 20% |
| A girl, a guy, and a haunted house. When Frizzie Lizzie, the scream queen, and her ex, the architect, collaborate on building a haunted house, will love stand a ghost of a chance? | |||||
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Sparrow Swift Wind (personal sovereignty) | by Allan R. Wallace Oct. 31, 2011 | $2.99 | 5426 words | Sample 15% |
| Finding a new country can have highs and lows. Sparrow Swift, an expatriation consultant, knows and tells expat stories. Escape before your human rights are denied. Escape just before doom. Escape to have fun. Escape with Sparrow Swift. | |||||
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Stories of the Season | by Darragh Metzger Oct. 31, 2011 | $2.99 | 13821 words | Sample 20% |
| A collection of odd tales inspired by the Spirit of Christmas. Includes: Call of the Wild; And To All a Good Night; Long Distance; A Gift of Avalon; Merry Christmoose | |||||
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Cuentos HumorÃsticos | by Josue Rodriguez Oct. 31, 2011 | $2.99 | 24102 words | Sample 20% |
| Más de 60 páginas de diversión! Cuentos e historias graciosas. Una verdadera colección de cuentos chistosos. Con este libro puedes pasar momentos espectaculares junto a tus amigos y familia. Podrás liberar las tensiones de la rutina diaria con historias cortas que no te dejarán parar de reÃr! | |||||
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Cutter, My Christmas Gift | by Michael Smith Oct. 29, 2011 | $2.99 | 42503 words | Sample 10% |
| Every year tens of thousands of people face their first Christmas following the death of a parent. While a lucky few have no regrets about their choices and actions, many, like Peter Donnelly, are filled with self-reproach and sadness. | |||||
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Next Christmas in Girouette | by Michael Welch Oct. 28, 2011 | $2.99 | 53400 words | Sample 20% |
| Next Christmas in Girouette… is a full-length novel for people nine to ninety-nine who want to share a classic, heart-warming literary adventure at Christmastime. Set on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Montana, this is the story of a brother and sister—Autry and Oxana Quinn—who find themselves stranded in Girouette, a virtual ghost town, from Thanksgiving through Christmas. | |||||
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Christmas Cowboys, Mistletoe Diner and other Short Stories: A Collection of New Fiction for the Holidays | by Linda Shayne Oct. 27, 2011 | $2.99 | 13685 words | Sample 20% |
| Imaginative, evocative, heartwarming and entertaining, this wonderful collection of never before published short stories. This contemporary collection of new fiction will stay with you long after the holidays. Award winning writers and first time published authors contribute to making this the ultimate Christmas collection. | |||||
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Murder Trims the Tree (A Gertie Johnson Christmas Novella) | by Deb Baker Oct. 27, 2011 | $0.99 | 15112 words | Sample 20% |
| When Gertie and her cohorts decide to do their court-ordered community service at the local assisted living home during the Christmas season, they get more than they (plea) bargained for. "A hoot with a heart." Cozy Library | |||||
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Spiders: A Cautionary Halloween Tale | by Frank Provo Oct. 26, 2011 | $0.99 | 13784 words | Sample 40% |
| All Julie Swanson wants to do is go trick-or-treating with her three best friends. That proves to be no easy task when the town is invaded by spiders. They attack her at home, plague her at school, and accost her on the street. Everything goes from bad to worse when she and her friends explore an abandoned house and discover it hides a dark secret. NOVELETTE, AGES 8-14, 13,500 WORDS. | |||||
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One Year in Tibet | by Frankie Lassut Oct. 26, 2011 | $1.99 | 29939 words | Sample 30% |
| Fifteen minutes a day training the mind to work at optimum level? I fancy a bit of that. I thought, 'who are the Masters' at this? The Tibetan monks of course. I thought, I'll go there and do the job properly. Peace for twelve whole months! Just me, in a cave, no hassle! Perfect! | |||||
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C'est Noël, mon Père ! | by Jean-Basile Boutak Oct. 26, 2011 | $1.38 | 6963 words | Sample 20% |
| "C'est Noël, mon Père !" est un récit fantastique, un conte de Noël, où le prêtre Jean-Marie Kadzinski campe un Ebenezer Scrooge en soutane. | |||||
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The Hag's Handbook to the Tastiest Trick-or-Treaters | by Richard Alan Dickson Oct. 25, 2011 | $2.99 | 9347 words | Sample 10% |
| There's nothing we like better than to cap a party off with the perfect meal, but chicken fingers can only take a hag so far. What we really crave toddles around on two tiny legs. Sadly, they've been off the menu since that time with the hag in the candy house and those two brats. But with the proper care, kids don't have to be a dangerous delicacy. I'm Helgretta the Hag. I'll show you how. | |||||
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Suck it and See | by Bruce Jones Oct. 23, 2011 | $0.99 | 120231 words | Sample 20% |
| What would you do if like Nigel Hines, you were desperate to be successful at something, anything, but you were utterly useless at absolutely everything you turned your hand too? ‘Suck it and See’ is a bawdy farce about how to make your way in the world despite being rubbish and crap - which means it’s about all of us if we are honest enough to admit it! | |||||
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Tyrell Detroit's Merry Hood Crimmus | by Tyrell Detroit Oct. 22, 2011 | $0.99 | 671 words | Sample 40% |
| Tyrell shares his recollections of Christmas in his neighborhood. | |||||
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The Count's Halloween: A FREE Trick or Treat Poem by Rusty Fischer | by Rusty Fischer Oct. 22, 2011 | Free! | 876 words | Read a sample |
| Trick or treat; smell my... fangs?!?! | |||||
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Fitzwilliam Ebenezer Darcy | by Barbara Tiller Cole Oct. 21, 2011 | $4.99 | 19494 words | Sample 12% |
| 'Pride and Prejudice' meets 'A Christmas Carol' A Jane Austen/Charles Dickens crossover story, 'Fitzwilliam Ebenezer Darcy', takes the best of both classics & spins them into a delightful Holiday treat! F.E. Darcy has fallen into pitiful self-loathing and sorrowful angst-ridden despair, all of this due to his belief that he has lost, forever, the chance to marry the only woman he has ever loved. | |||||
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The Lazy Man's Guide to Life | by Fred Johns Oct. 21, 2011 | $1.99 | 43890 words | Sample 5% |
| There are how-to books, step-by-step books and who-to-copy books. There are psychology titles, self-help studies and spiritual contemplations. There are books filled with know-how, advice and guidance. There's even Chicken Soup for most everyone. However, there's not a bit of help for lazy men. Until now. | |||||
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ZOMBIES!...The begining of the END Book 2 | by Christian Jensen Oct. 21, 2011 | $2.99 | 16757 words | Sample 20% |
| The streets are filled with zombies, exhausted and starving survivors struggle to find or create a safe place, all the while the evil that hid inside of men comes bursting out. Society is nothing more that a shattered hulk rotting amongst the walking corpses that hunt for human victims. Welcome to the end of the world. While some people retain a semblance of their humanity, others don't... | |||||
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Nice & Naughty ~ a holiday trilogy with firemen! | by Cat Johnson Oct. 20, 2011 | $3.99 | 53075 words | Sample 25% |
| What’s better than a fireman? Twelve of them, naked, on the pages of your calendar. The hot firemen you loved in Opposites Attract are back with their friends, but now they're wearing a lot less clothing and heating up the holidays like never before. Be prepared for secret identities, a sizzling calendar shoot, smoldering bachelor firemen up for auction, sexy Santas and a whole lot more! | |||||
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The Christmas Star (A Christmas Novella) | by Diane Darcy Oct. 19, 2011 | $0.99 | 31415 words | Sample 30% |
| When an old woman makes a wish upon a Christmas star, miracles start to happen. A manipulative angel and a zany Christmas season are exactly what it takes to get Jason and Elise in the same vicinity again. But can they forgive each other and forget old resentments and hurts? Well, Christmas is a perfect time for miracles. | |||||
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Bah, Humbug! (A Romantic Comedy Christmas Novella) | by Heather Horrocks Oct. 19, 2011 | Free! | 26837 words | Read a sample |
| Lexi's kids love the Jared Strong novels, written by Kyle, who beheads a snowman to hide his villain’s ‘weapon’ inside. Unfortunately, the snowman was for Lexi’s TV show. Can there be more than unlikely friendship for a woman afraid to get close and a man with childhood shadows? Families join together and hearts are healed as this couple goes walking in a winter wonderland. | |||||
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Christmas Village Miracle | by Teresa Lilly Oct. 19, 2011 | $0.99 | 8855 words | Sample 10% |
| This is a novella about two lonely people who find that their Christmas prayers are answered when prayed over a very special Christmas Village. Will they find one another as part of the answer to their prayers? | |||||
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3 for Poe (Horror/Halloween Anthology) | by habu Oct. 19, 2011 | Free! | 3599 words | Read a sample |
| No author could evoke a sense of tension and horror within the space of a very short story better than could Edgar Allan Poe, one of the fathers of the contemporary short story. In this three-shorts non-erotic excerpt from the forthcoming erotic ménage anthology 13 Ways for Halloween, prolific short story writer, habu, gives tribute to the master of intense period horror to mark the . . . | |||||
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The Human Ate My Pumpkin! | by Jon Mac Oct. 18, 2011 | Free! | 3034 words | Read a sample |
| It wasn’t just any other night in the unlife of Ned The Undead, it was Halloween! But the world had changed a lot lately, and nothing seemed to turn out the way he expected. Find out why Zombies are people too, in “The Human Ate My Pumpkin!†| |||||
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Duft der Heimat | by Sigrid Wohlgemuth Oct. 18, 2011 | $3.88 | 112091 words | Sample 10% |
| Zwei Freundinnen, zwei unterschiedliche Wünsche. Beide leben in einem griechischen Bergdorf. Anna wünscht sich eines Tages mit ihrem Freund über den Kölner Weihnachtsmarkt zu gehen und Thalia möchte Kinder. Durch unvorhergesehene Ereignisse, werden ihre Wünsche unerreichbar. Oder werden sie eines Tages doch noch wahr? | |||||
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The Cad | by Robert MacLean Oct. 16, 2011 | $2.99 | 72943 words | Sample 15% |
| Lovable slacker Toby Tucker, an incompetent tour guide and guardian angel to a group of travelers in Greece, has a love affair that threatens to make a solid citizen of him. Part of the Toby series. From the reviews of Foreign Matter: “A very, very funny book"—The West Coast Review of Books. “Enormously enjoyableâ€â€”Kirkus Reviews. “Fresh and spiritedâ€â€” Publishers Weekly. | |||||
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The Magical Christmas Cookies | by Merri Hiatt Oct. 14, 2011 | $0.99 | 11834 words | |
| Loss seemed to surround the town of Maple Valley, until they were blessed by cookies, Magical Christmas Cookies. When Laura Davidson and Holly Robinson teamed up to sell the sweet treats, wondrous things began to happen. As Holly’s ten-year-old niece, Vanessa, said, “Maybe the magic of the Christmas cookies isn’t so much in the cookies themselves, but the way people act after eating them." | |||||
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Undercover Cowboy | by Lisa Harris Oct. 14, 2011 | $0.99 | 25511 words | Sample 20% |
| Pinkerton detective Cole Ramsey has been hired to investigate a rancher suspected of sabotaging his neighbor's property. But Cole's investigation might be compromised when he falls for Abigail Covington, the rancher's daughter. An inspirational Christmas novella. | |||||
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ZOMBIES!...The begining of the END | by Christian Jensen Oct. 14, 2011 | $2.99 | 17850 words | Sample 20% |
| ZOMBIES!…The beginning of the END. It’s finally happened. The apocalypse has come to ground, giving life to the dead, and sending them after the living. No one is safe as society crumbles. Local government is the first to go. Martial law is declared, but it’s already too late. Roving hordes of Zombies hunt the streets, their hunger insatiable as they seek living victims. | |||||
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Once Upon A Christmas Eve | by Mary Jane Forbes Oct. 14, 2011 | $0.99 | 4542 words | |
| Twenty-one year old Bessie Todd awoke to the sweet aroma of her mother’s blueberry pancakes--the Christmas holidays had arrived. But little did she know that when the ten-o’clock train rolled to a stop at the summit of her village’s snow-covered mountain, a handsome stranger and a magic kiss were about to change her life forever. | |||||
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Smoke Rings | by J. Daniel Sawyer Oct. 13, 2011 | $3.99 | 30388 words | Sample 30% |
| An ex-girlfriend pulls Clarke Lantham into a New Year's Eve chase for an FBI fugitive and the $50,000 price on his head. Book 3 of the Clarke Lantham Mysteries | |||||
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Hexes and Haunts: A Halloween 5-Pack | by Nancy Fulda Oct. 13, 2011 | $3.95 | 13345 words | Sample 50% |
| Award-winning author Nancy Fulda presents five stories of ghosts, witches, vanishing chocolate, and haunted pumpkins. Two of them are humorous. Two are thought-provoking. And one of them might just keep you up at night. About 13,000 words. | |||||
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Happy New Life | by Tonya Kappes Oct. 13, 2011 | $2.99 | 35491 words | |
| There is nothing cozier than winters in Grandberry Falls. Interior decorator and divorced mom, Liz Day, is living her dream by opening up The Mole Hole Interiors. Life couldn't be better with best friend Jenna Greenlee and boyfriend, Cole Michaels by her side. Until she discovers a deep secret between Jenna and Cole that will change the lives in Grandberry Falls. | |||||