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At the edge of Bethlehem, the animals grumble in their stalls. The cow’s hay isn’t fresh, the lambs are loud, the donkey’s cranky, and even the little mouse and spider can’t get along. But when a tired couple arrives in the night and lays a tiny baby in Molly’s manger, the stable grows quiet and bright.

Piper Haydn’s nerves are stretched to the max. Fuming that she still hasn’t received the Steinway she ordered, the academy owner is in a panic that her student recitals will be ruined. But her relief at the piano’s last-minute delivery turns to horror when she finds the corpse of her ex-fiancé stuffed inside. Distraught that everything could go discordant so quickly, she leans on the kindness of friends as they herd the frightened kids outside only to find the cops already sniffing around.

Wisconsin, present day. Audra March’s adult life is haunted by a teenage misstep. Taking an assumed name and enjoying simple things, the thirty-something comes upon a vintage recipe box while thrift shopping and hunts down the owner’s daughter. So when a longtime adversary threatens her with blackmail, she jumps at the invitation to escape to the dead lady’s estate and avoid an old enemy.

Merry Noel is a busy woman with no time or patience to celebrate holidays. But when she's fired after going berserk at the office Christmas party, she goes back to Wisconsin to visit her mom for the first time in years.