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About Operation: Normal 

Ally Mills desperately wants "normal" for her half-sister Kayly,   something  she  never  had   herself  thanks   to her liberated   mom.    First   on  her  list  of  to-dos  is contacting  Kayly's  dad,  a  man  who promised he'd stay out of Kayly's life just as Ally's own dad once did. When Kat leaves the country  on  assignment,  Ally drops in on the guy to introduce  him to  his baby daughter.    But it isn't Kayly's  dad  living in that apartment,  it's  her half-brother,  Zach.    And his  shocking  offer  to  help Ally find "normal" is nothing compared to what happens next.

About The Jingle Bell Jinx

When Raquel McKnight's car is stolen from the mall parking deck on Christmas Eve, she is sure her family's jingle bell jinx has struck again.  Then she runs into her eighth-grade beau Gabriel Banks. Though his kisses say he never got over her, she can't help but wonder if he's somehow part of her seasonal bad luck.  Has the holiday hex finally come to an end?  Or will she add a broken heart to a long list of Christmas calamity?