David E. Talbert

An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.

Two bungling, petty criminal BFFs try to rob a church, but someone from staff beat them to it. They spend the night with the church staff to get the money.

Eric comes to El Camino looking for his unknown dad. He's harassed, hit, and jailed by a drunk local cop who later shoots at a liquor mart with Eric inside. The sheriff and deputy then shoot up the place, answering each other's fire.

Pledging to keep herself from being the oldest and the only woman in her entire family never to wed, Montana embarks on a thirty-day, thirty-thousand-mile expedition to charm a potential suitor into becoming her fiancé.

A dysfunctional family gathers for their first Christmas since their mother died.

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