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Nothing is jumping out at me this week as something I must read. but that doesn't mean there aren't a lot of choices for people with different tastes then me. If you like Christmas themed novels, Debbie Macomber has two for you.

In Trading Christmas two adults with completely opposite personalities, who met over the Internet and don't know each other, decide to swap houses for the holidays.

The first in this weird house swap is Emily Springer who decided to live in Charles Brewster's house in Boston so she can visit her daughter for the holidays. When she gets there, it turns out her daughter has gone to Florida.

Charles arrives at Emily's house, mistakenly thinking she lived in a prison town that he assumed would be void of Christmas cheer. Instead she lives in Santa's village, too bad for this grouch.

Then conveniently, (it seems no one communicates in this book) Emily's friend Faith shows up looking for her at her house and finds Charles. Then Charles' brother Ray shows up at his house looking for him, and finds Emily. Because this is a romance novel, love starts to emerge from these misunderstandings.

The second Christmas novel I found is The Perfect Christmas.

All Cassie Beaumont wants is a family. She wants to find her perfect match in a husband and have kids, but she's not having any luck. She tried blind dates and Internet sites but with no luck. For her last attempt at finding love she turn to a matchmaker. Simon is expensive and choosy with his clients, but comes highly recommended.

Lucky for Cassie he takes her as a client, but has three tasks he wants her to do before he introduces her to what he thinks is her perfect match. To her surprise they are all Christmas related: be a charity bell ringer, dress as an elf at a mall, and cook a turkey dinner for her neighbours.

When Cassie completes these tasks she finally gets to met the man, who turns out to be a big surprise.

Brenda Novak has a book named In Close.

Clair's mother, Alana, went missing 15 years ago, which was big news in their small quiet town. Now in the present, Clair's husband has died in a freak accident. The interesting point was he was investigating Alana's disappearance.

Is Alana dead or did she simply run off? Clair wants answers, and with the help of her ex boyfriend she launches her own investigation. Clair has some questions and it turns out there is someone in the town who is willing to kill to keep the answers a secret.

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