Christmas or Holiday

A romance set during Christmas or with holiday themes during the latter part of the year.

  • Christmas or Holiday,  Know the Heroine,  Romantic Comedy

    Know the Heroine from Perfectly Christmas by Linda O’Connor @LindaOConnor98 #RLFblog #romanticcomedy

    Know the Heroine from Perfectly Christmas by Linda O'Connor @LindaOConnor98 #RLFblog #romanticcomedyLinda O’Connor, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! We’re excited to find out more about your heroine, but first, tell us about the book.

    Perfectly Christmas by Linda O’Connor

    Genre Romantic comedy
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG-13
    On the first day of Christmas, his true love said to him, “Sorry, I have to work.”
    That’s the life of a surgeon, and Dr. Madison Hayes wouldn’t have it any other way.
    Dr. Quinn Malone has another priority. In the countdown to Christmas, he needs to convince his old flame that there’s more to life – and love – than the job itself.
    This time, his heart is in it for the long haul. Really.
    Romantic and…complicated – it’s Perfectly Christmas!

    Know the Heroine from Perfectly Christmas

    Here are some fun questions to help us know your heroine.
    It’s late, she’s bored. What does she do?
    Builds a fire in the fireplace and cozies up with the latest issue of A Bit about Drills.
    What kind of food would she impulse buy if hungry?
    Pizza from Pizza Heaven in Strathaven. If she can get out of making dinner, she’s all over it.
    Describe the kind of clothes she prefers to wear.
    In the operating room, she’s in surgical greens. At home, it’s comfy sweat pants and an oversized sweatshirt.
    Does she know how to fix things?
    She’s a master with a drill – it’s been a hobby for years. If it can be fixed with a drill, she’s your woman.
    She tried to do something and it went badly. Tell us about it.
    She’s not a huge fan of the Secret Santa gift exchange. Buying gifts that people don’t need and want even less is not exactly her cup of tea. But she’s trying to fit into small-town Strathaven so she agrees to participate. Whose name does she pull out of the hat? None other than her old flame Quinn Malone. Groan. Now she has three weeks to make a homemade gift for him. The silver lining is that she’ll be able to use her drill – soap on a rope anyone?
    How does she act around children she doesn’t know?
    She’s used to putting patients, including children, quickly at ease.
    What is she like first thing in the morning?
    She’s an early riser – all those years of 6 a.m rounds at the hospital have molded her into an early bird.
    Can she use chopsticks?
    Yes. She’s a surgeon with superior fine motor skills – chopsticks are a piece of cake.
    Does she drink coffee? If so, how does she take it? If not, what does she drink instead?
    Coffee – black. Quick and easy – and it means less grocery shopping.
    What apps would she have on her phone?
    CPS (Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties), UptoDate, Mobile Banking, Grey’s Anatomy, Fundamentals of Surgery, A Bit about Drills
    Android or iPhone?
    iPhone
    Earrings or unpierced ears?
    Earrings – discrete turquoise crystals are her fav.
    Tattoos or unadorned skin?
    Unadorned skin.
    Personal vehicle or public transport?
    Her own CRV that she can pack all her belongings in – handy when she moves from small town to small town. But in Strathaven, the car stays parked in her garage, and everything is close enough to walk.
    Recycle or toss?
    Recycle (always).
    Thanks for helping us get to know your heroine!

    Where to buy Perfectly Christmas

    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/ebook/dp/B01MYW5T7X

    Linda O’Connor Social Media

    Award-winning author Linda O’Connor started writing romantic comedies when she needed a creative outlet other than subtly rearranging the displays at a local home décor store. Her books have enjoyed bestseller status. When not writing, she’s a physician at an Urgent Care Clinic. She shares her medical knowledge in fast-paced, well-written, sexy romances – with an unexpected twist. Her favourite prescription to write? Laugh every day. Love every minute.
    Website http://www.lindaoconnor.net
    Blog https://lindaoconnorauthor.wordpress.com/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/LindaOConnor98
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LindaOConnorAuthor
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/795688.Linda_O_Connor
    Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/Linda-OConnor/e/B00S7CNLEA
    Newsletter http://www.lindaoconnor.net/contact/

     

  • Christmas or Holiday,  Is It True

    Is It True: An Ozarks Christmas by Angela Drake @AngelaDrakeA #RLFblog #SweetRomance

    Is It True: An Ozarks Christmas by Angela Drake @AngelaDrakeA #RLFblog #SweetRomanceWelcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Let’s play Is It True with today’s guest, Angela Drake, author of An Ozarks Christmas, a sweet holiday romance. This is a game with yes and no questions. Writers can elaborate on answers as much as they choose.

    An Ozarks Christmas by Angela Drake

    Genre Sweet Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
    From the moment he sees Stephanie across the crowded restaurant, Brendan Keane knows he has to have her… and does. Unaware that four years later, their lives would take different paths and Stephanie will marry someone else. After the murder of her husband, Stephanie Douglas takes her two children and moves to the Ozarks, carrying with her a secret she’s harbored for ten years. When Stephanie’s company, ‘Planned to Perfection’, is called upon to plan his daughter’s wedding, Brendan’s back in her life. And this time Stephanie fears she won’t be able to tell him good-bye.

    Is it true:

    this is your first book?
    No. My first book, Somewhere Down the Line came out with Burroughs publishing 4 years ago
    this book is part of a series?
    Yes. This is Book 1 of a 4-book series
    you lost sleep while writing this book?
    Yes
    you did research for this book?
    Yes
    some characters in this book are not human? (pets for example)
    No
    this book has more than one genre?
    no
    you speak more than one language?
    No
    you grew up where you live now?
    No. Born and raised in CO until my late teens.
    you love to read?
    Yes
    you are never late?
    No. I try not to be but doesn’t always happen.
    you love pizza?
    Yes
    you love sushi?
    No
    you have a pet?
    Yes – 3 dogs, 2 cats

    Where to buy An Ozarks Christmas

    Amazon – https://amzn.to/2pItaXG

    Angela Drake Social Media

    Angela Drake believes in happy endings, the magic of ‘what if’ and second chances. When not living vicariously through her characters, Angela spends her day working social media accounts for musicians and authors. She enjoys time with her granddaughters, gardening, journaling, and a myriad of artistic pursuits. She shares a home in the Ozarks with her husband, two dogs and three cats. She loves networking with readers and writers through her Facebook, twitter Instagram and blog.
    Blog http://angeladrake.blogspot.com
    Twitter https://twitter.com/angeladrakea
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AngelaDrake.author/
    Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/adrake0408/
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/AngelaDrake
    Amazon Author Page www.amazon.com/author/angeladrake

  • Book Release,  Christmas or Holiday,  Historical

    The Last Post (In Follow Your Star Home) by Caroline Warfield @carowarfield @bellesinblue #RLFblog #HistoricalRomance

    The Last Post (In Follow Your Star Home) by Caroline Warfield @carowarfield @bellesinblue #RLFblog #HistoricalRomanceCaroline Warfield, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about your book.

    The Last Post (novella in Follow Your Star Home) by Caroline Warfield

    Genre: Historical Holiday Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    France, 1919
    Love for Rosemarie Legrand gave Harry the will to go on during the horror of trench warfare. Now, army orders trap him in a camp awaiting repatriation. A bout of the Spanish flu lays him even lower, but he is determined not to leave without her. He’ll desert if he has to.
    Rosemarie waits for word on her cousin’s farm where she took refuge when war reached the outskirts of Amiens. She wrote to tell him. Has he forgotten her? When the slimmest of information arrives, she sets out to find him.
    Can these two lovers reunite before it is too late? How can he marry her if he can’t find her?
    Why did you write this book?
    The Last Post is a sequel to “Roses in Picardy,” which was in last year’s anthology. “Roses” ended with them happy-for-now in December 1916 with the Great War still raging around Rosemarie’s little cottage near Amiens, and my readers demanded to know how it turned out.
    What is your favorite genre to read?
    I read historical anything: romance, mystery, non-fiction, literary fiction, children’s books…as long as it is historical, I’ll read it.
    Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
    One! Dorothy Dunnett’s Crawford of Lymond, Mary Balogh’s Duke of Bewcastle, Carla Kelly’s Able Six are some of them.
    What are you working on at the moment?
    I’m writing another anthology novella, this one set in Bath and culminating in a Valentine’s Day Ball. The hero is a battered old sergeant with a heart of gold. I’m also scoping out the next book in my Children of Empire saga. This one may land in Egypt during a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire.
    What books will we see from you in coming months?
    I’ll have the first of a new set of three stories for Children of Empire by mid year. I also plan to write the middle passages between Roses in Picardy and The Last Post, and release it as a full length novel.

    Where to buy Follow Your Star Home

    Publisher https://bluestockingbelles.net/belles-joint-projects/follow-your-star-home/
    Amazon https://amzn.to/2E0WbrL
    Barnes and Noble https://bit.ly/2y0SJbd
    iBooks https://apple.co/2ObkLLj
    Kobo https://bit.ly/2E26lbw
    Smashwords https://bit.ly/2zTlesL
    Amazon UK https://amzn.to/2BY6p9t
    Amazon AU https://amzn.to/2BXHfrC
    Amazon CA https://amzn.to/2zTvJMy

    Caroline Warfield Social Media

    Award winning author Caroline Warfield has been many things: traveler, librarian, poet, raiser of children, bird watcher, Internet and Web services manager, conference speaker, indexer, tech writer, genealogist—even a nun. She reckons she is on at least her third act, happily working in an office surrounded by windows where she lets her characters lead her to adventures in England and the far-flung corners of the British Empire. She nudges them to explore the riskiest territory of all, the human heart.
    Website https://www.carolinewarfield.com/
    Blog https://www.carolinewarfield.com/authors-blog/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/CaroWarfield
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/carolinewarfield7/
    Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/warfieldcaro/
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8523742.Caroline_Warfield
    Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/Caroline-Warfield/e/B00N9PZZZS/
    Newsletter https://www.carolinewarfield.com/newsletter/

    The Bluestocking Belles Social Media

    The Bluestocking Belles (the “BellesInBlue”) are ten very different writers united by a love of history and a history of writing about love. From sweet to steamy, from light-hearted fun to dark tortured tales full of angst, from London ballrooms to country cottages to the sultan’s seraglio, one or more of us will have a tale to suit your tastes and mood.
    Website https://bluestockingbelles.net/
    Blog https://bluestockingbelles.net/category/teatime-tattler/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/BellesInBlue
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bellesinblue/
    Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/bellesinblue/
    Newsletter https://bit.ly/2zU7Fcw

     

  • Christmas or Holiday,  Is It True

    Is It True: A Prickly Christmas Kiss by Allyson R Abbott @AllysonRAbbott #RLFblog Sweet Small Town Holiday #Romance

    Welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Let’s play Is It True with today’s guest, Allyson R Abbott, author of A Prickly Christmas Kiss, a Sweet Small Town Holiday Romance. This is a game with yes and no questions. Writers can elaborate on answers as much as they choose.

    A Prickly Christmas Kiss by Allyson R Abbott

    Genre: Sweet Small Town Holiday Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
    A Prickly Christmas Kiss
    By #1 International Bestselling and Award Winning Author Allyson R Abbott
    Finalist in OKRWA ‘Contemporary Short’ Book Awards
    Christmas Kiss: Book 1
    A Sweet Holiday Romance and Small Town Romance
    Emma Louise Fallon, aka Elf, is stranded alone in a cold isolated cabin, when her girlfriend is forced to bail out on their vacation plans.
    The solo rustic life is becoming all too much for her. She’s convinced that a stray cat, who has decided to keep her company, has magical powers, that the local shop owners are secretly Mr. and Mrs. Claus, and nothing can stop her from laughing when the hot local Martian-come-cop come-veterinarian introduces himself as Rudi.
    A teen or young adult book. Humorous fiction for women. Romance with funny Christmas story. Humorous fiction bestseller. New Adult Romance with a sweet and happy ending. A Christmas Romance

    Is it true:

    this is your first book?
    no
    this book is part of a series?
    yes
    you lost sleep while writing this book?
    no
    you did research for this book?
    yes
    some characters in this book are not human? (pets for example)
    yes
    this book has more than one genre?
    yes
    you speak more than one language?
    no, but I am trying to learn Spanish
    you grew up where you live now?
    no
    you love to read?
    yes
    you are never late?
    no
    you love pizza?
    yes
    you love sushi?
    no
    you have a pet?
    no

    Where to buy A Prickly Christmas Kiss

    US http://www.amazon.com/dp/B075RVN19N
    UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075RVN19N
    CA http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B075RVN19N
    AU http://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B075RVN19N
    Also available in KindleUnlimited

    Allyson R Abbott Social Media

    #1 International Bestselling and Award-Winning Author (fiction and non-fiction) A Blooming Boomer who loves life on the road, making new friends and meeting great people. Enjoying life in the slow lane whenever possible!
    After a few full-on years of travelling, which included a year and a half checking out New Zealand, a few Pacific islands, Australia and South Africa, 15months driving around the USA in a motorhome, some quick few weeks visit to Canada, Mexico, Cuba and Spain, Allyson and her husband have now decided to pull over onto the hard shoulder for a while and have settled on the Valencian Province in Spain. Life is rich, according to Allyson, but the pocket is empty and needed time to focus on her writing. It is very easy to get distracted when you see so many beautiful places while on the road, she admitted.
    The last twelve months have seen three new nonfiction books; all helping authors write, publish and promote their books, thirteen short sexy reads penned as Cyra May, three new Sweet Christmas stories (all to be published before December 2018); and a Holiday Hunks book which will be included in an anthology with other author.
    Candy Apple Pink, a brand new short story, is also to be included in the ‘Pink’ anthology 2018, which raises fund for Breast Cancer Research.
    Living in Spain is great. Of course being locked in a room and chained to a desk, did not help top up her sun tan, but at least Allyson was very productive.
    Website http://www.AllysonRAbbott.com
    Blog http://allysonrabbott.blogspot.com/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/AllysonRAbbott
    Facebook http://www.facebook.com/AllysonRAbbott
    Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/AllysonRAbbott
    Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/Allyson-R.-Abbott/e/B00SJPD84I
    Newsletter http://www.allysonrabbott.com/contact.html
    Bookbub https://www.bookbub.com/profile/allyson-r-abbott
    Google+ http://google.com/+AllysonRAbbott

     

  • Book Release,  Christmas or Holiday

    Mistletoe by Emily Mims @EmilyMimsAuthor #RLFblog #contemporary #romance

    Mistletoe by Emily Mims @EmilyMimsAuthor #RLFblog #contemporary #romanceWelcome Emily Mims, author of Mistletoe, a new contemporary Christmas romance.
    Why did you write this book?
    I love Christmas stories and enjoy reading them year-round. Tanner and Caitlyn both appeared in earlier installments of the Smoky Blue series and cried out for a story of their own.
    What is your favorite genre to read?
    Contemporary romance and romantic suspense
    Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
    Eve Dallas, without a doubt! She’s the lead in J.D. Robb’s ‘In Death’ series.
    What are you working on at the moment?
    I just finished ‘Violet’, the sequel to ‘Mistletoe, and will begin plotting a novella to fit between ‘Violet’ and ‘Amethyst’.
    What books will we see from you in coming months?
    ‘Violet’ will be out sometime in the spring. There will probably be a novella giving Lexi Barstow and Collins Wentworth their long-awaited happily ever after before I write ‘Amethyst’, which was supposed to be the last book in the Smoky Blue series.
    Please tell us about your latest book.
    Genre Contemporary romance with a Christmas theme
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): spicy
    Aspiring songwriter Caitlyn Murphy is tired of sister’s hand-me-downs. From toys and bicycles to men, it seemed like everything in Caitlyn’s life first belonged to her late sister. Roped into doing Christmas for motherless nieces, and entering into a pretend romance with their dangerously attractive father, Caitlyn soon finds herself falling in love with the girls, and the enigmatic Tanner Dyson. She resists the temptation and Tanner’s insistence that they make their pretend relationship real. She wants her own family, not the one her sister had first.
    She Always Wanted
    Tanner Dyson doesn’t get why he is so attracted to his overweight, opinionated sister-in-law. She wants love and the whole romance thing, emotions that died with his late wife. He wants a woman who is nice to have around, and he can’t understand why that isn’t that enough for Caitlyn. Worried their pretend relationship will wither and die come the new year, Tanner is surprised to find the magic of the holiday season gives them the gift of a new love neither expected, but both need.
    Publisher Boroughs Publishing
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Mistletoe-Smoky-Blues-Book-6-ebook/dp/B077M8VV3R/
    Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mistletoe-emily-mims/1127494372
    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/mistletoe-4
    Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/759729
    CreateSpace https://www.amazon.com/Mistletoe-Smokey-Blues-Emily-Mims/dp/1979474249/

    Emily Mims Social Media

    Author of thirty four romance novels, Emily Mims combined her writing career with a career in public education until leaving the classroom to write full time. The mother of two sons and grandmother of six, she and her husband Charles live in central Texas but frequently visit grandchildren in eastern Tennessee and Georgia. She plays the piano, organ, dulcimer, and ukulele and belongs to two performing bands. She says, “I love to write romances because I believe in them. Romance happened to me and it can happen to any woman-if she’ll just let it.”
    Website http://www.EmilyMims.com
    Twitter https://twitter.com/EmilyMimsAuthor
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/EmilyMimsAuthor
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7336670.Emily_Mims

     

  • Christmas or Holiday

    Christmas Romances for the holiday spirit in all of us #Christmas #Romance #RLFblog

    Christmas Romance Month

    Love Christmas Romance? Presenting holiday romances by various authors. Be sure to bookmark the blog and come back for more great books every day. Scroll down for blurbs and buy links.

    A Real Christmas

    Christie Logan
    Christmas hasn’t been the same for Allison Voss since losing her husband, but she’s determined to make it merry for her daughters’ sake. But the odds are against her. She’s between jobs and simply managing day to day is a struggle—until a stranger’s act of kindness changes everything.
    Ward Haysgard is not a fan of Christmas. He’s seen plenty of greed and selfishness and not much good will toward men. But Allison’s plight touches him. As he gets to know her and her girls, they work their way into his heart. A heart he thought had hardened long ago.
    As the holiday approaches, an old secret threatens their growing closeness. Allison concentrates on giving her girls “a real Christmas” with gifts and treats, but she and Ward will both discover that the only thing that makes Christmas real is the love of family and friends.
    Rating: PG
    Amazon http://a.co/fimHffj

    Christmas Crush

    Mickie Sherwood
    Although Ashley Wagner feels more like Scrooge than Santa, she keeps her promise and accompanies her sister back home for a Christmas wedding. Her three-day weekend is off to a rocky start, thanks to the unexpected run-in with her womanizing ex-husband, and his very pregnant new wife. She manages to get away with her dignity intact, but later, with old wounds ripped open, the professional crisis manager ends up in the middle of her own life-altering predicament.
    Then, sports journalist Craig Johnston, wheels to her rescue.
    Will Ashley spend Christmas brooding over bitter memories? Or will Craig, a dynamic paraplegic, present the deserving divorcée with a gift she can’t resist?
    Rating G
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Crush-Bayou-Love-Romances-ebook/dp/B00QQFBW1Y/

    Christmastime on Donner’s Mountain

    Laura Strickland
    For most of her life, Becca Monroe’s been running. The urge to see what lay beyond the next horizon took her away from Donner’s Mountain and the man she loved. Now, back for what will surely be her grandfather’s last Christmas, she’s caught in a tangle of unresolved emotions that leave her torn between the impulse to flee and the desire to stay.
    Jack Donner never stopped loving Becca, even though she deserted him. Better than anyone else, he knows how cruel it would be to fetter her wild spirit, and he doubts she could ever be happy living in one place, on his mountain.
    Can memories of Christmases past remind Becca what truly matters? And can love convince Jack to give her one more chance, even if it means risking his battered heart?
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Christmastime-Donners-Mountain-Laura-Strickland-ebook/dp/B075XFHNQ8/

    Crystal Creek Christmas

    Laura Haley-McNeil
    When a blinding snowstorm shuts down the Crystal Creek Ranch’s cattle operation, the Whitlochs have one mission – save the cattle. ER doc Jake Whitloch joins in the rescue, but the form he finds in a snowdrift is no cow. It’s a woman, a woman who consumes his thoughts despite that two carat diamond sitting on her ring finger.
    Noelle Beaupré thanks the rugged doctor for rescuing her from freezing to death and the Whitlochs for taking her into their home, but now it’s time for her to leave the ranch. She longs to stay with the man who’s determined to protect her, but she doesn’t dare. Her deadly secret is in hot pursuit. Any delay and she’ll endanger the family who opened their home to her.
    Noelle leaving Crystal Creek Ranch? Jake can’t let her go, but how can he convince her he’ll to anything to keep her safe?
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Crystal-Creek-Christmas/dp/1505698561/

    Last Chance Christmas, A Fairfield Corners Novella

    LA Remenicky
    From the outside, Brent Halston and Jordan McKenna had the perfect life: the house, the dog, fulfilling careers, and their love. However, Jordan’s past refused to leave her alone, threatening to destroy all they had built together. Without explanation, Jordan pushed Brent out of her life, leaving him devastated and confused. In an attempt to start over, Brent relocated to Fairfield Corners, bought an extravagant house, and mourned the loss of his Jojo. To keep herself from drowning in her own grief, Jordan gave everything she had to her career as a doctor, running the free clinic on the rough side of town. As the holiday season approached, a frantic phone call from Jordan’s brother pulled Brent back into Jordan’s life, giving them the opportunity to reconnect. Battling the past and present, can their love survive secrets and betrayal? Would this be their last chance Christmas?
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MRZK0Z4

    Once Upon a Christmas Moon

    Christine Young, Genie Gabriel, and CL Kraemer
    Twelve Days To Love
    When Archer Steele shows up at Calanthe Durand’s failing plantation with
    an alligator over his shoulder, Cali thinks she’s never seen a more
    handsome man. Independent and self-sufficient, she vows to never marry. But Archer has different ideas. The first time Archer sees Cali in town, he feels an instant attraction. He decides he will convince the beautiful Calanthe he is worthy of her love. During the weeks before Christmas, he gives her twelve gifts in hopes she will fall in love with him.
    Boots And Blades
    An ancient evil from the old country has arrived in the high desert of
    Oregon. Gnome children are vanishing then re-appearing, showing various
    stages of traumatization. Tiamoon, warrior gnome, will put her skills to
    use alongside Killian, a handsome warrior, also in need of a cause.
    Christmas Pawsibilities
    With their world destroyed and their space ship malfunctioning, the
    dogizens of Planet Canid have little choice but to crash land on Earth.
    They face tortuous experiments at the hands of the Geeks in Green…or
    they can trust an eccentric inventor and his zany family to deliver the
    Canine Queen’s puppies and help them celebrate new lives.
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Christmas-Christine-Young/dp/1979071098/

    Reindeer Wars

    Liese Sherwood-Fabre
    Tina has a tendency to go a little overboard when decorating for the holidays, but Brian decides her skills are just what he needs to get into the Christmas spirit. Can this budding relationship survive when they find themselves in a knock-down-drag-out competition to win the office’s “most outrageous holiday sweater?”
    Rating PG
    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Reindeer-Wars-ebook/dp/B009P6HWHO

    Santa to the Rescue

    Adele Downs
    Firefighter Jamey Tucker knows three things in life to be true: an honorable man doesn’t go back on his word; never hurts a woman; and lasting love isn’t a myth. But with his recent move to a new job at Appleton Fire Station, the long hours don’t offer hope of finding the love he’s looking for.
    When Jamey meets beautiful pediatric nurse Heather Longhurst after hearing her sing “Santa Baby” in a supermarket aisle, he offers her a promise he discovers he can’t keep. Heather has been betrayed by men in the past, making it hard for Jamey to gain her trust. Determined to find a way to win her heart, Jamey uses firefighter engine-uity and Heather’s favorite song to prove he’s got Christmas spirit she can believe in all year.
    Rating PG
    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Santa-Rescue-Entangled-Bliss-Adele-ebook/dp/B00G1IM260/

    Sweet Holiday Wishes

    Melissa McClone
    Lizzy Hamilton wants to skip Christmas this year. Working as a nurse while holding her marriage to an Army Ranger together has drained her energy and joy. She’s a pro at caring for others, but she needs someone to look out for her, too. However, when her soon-to-be ex-husband, Mitch, asks if she’ll spend the holidays with him–just as friends–so he won’t be alone, she can’t say no because, other than his platoon, she’s the only family he has.
    Staff Sergeant Mitchell Hamilton wants only one Christmas gift–his wife. Frequent deployments and training exercises sent him away from home, and he had no idea how taken for granted Lizzy felt until she asked him for a divorce two months ago. Now his mission is to show his wife he’ll do anything to save their marriage. He only hopes his plan to win her back with a holiday vacation to Indigo Bay, a coastal resort town, works. He can’t–won’t–lose Lizzy forever.
    Rating G
    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0776ZDH46/

    The Unlikely Santa

    Leigh Michaels
    In the retail business, Christmas isn’t a holiday, it’s an endurance contest – and as manager of the Tyler-Royale department store in a major Chicago shopping mall, Brandi Ogilvie knows that surviving December will be a challenge. Merchandise is going astray and her staff is decimated by flu, but at least Brandi has a full roster of Santas. Then Zack Forrest shows up in her store, insisting he’s the perfect candidate to fill Santa’s red velvet suit.
    Brandi’s new Santa is too tall, too lean, too dark, and way too sexy for the role. But he’s enough to make a jaded department store manager think twice about what she’d like to find under her tree on Christmas morning – if only she wasn’t so certain that Zack is hiding something.
    The Unlikely Santa was a finalist in the Romance Writers of America RITA contest for best sweet traditional romance of the year.
    Rating G
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/The-Unlikely-Santa-ebook/dp/B00F6LL1Y2

    A Chance at Christmas

    Beppie Harrison
    A Chance at Christmas tells the story of a Christmas that very nearly never happens for Catherine and her younger brother, struggling with poverty and the boy’s serious disabilities. But an invitation does come for a splendid Christmas at a friend’s great house, and Catherine dares to form a plan that might provide a future for her brother. What she never dreams of is a future for herself as well. Can romance come as a shocking Christmas surprise?
    Rating PG13
    Amazon https://www.amzn.com/dp/B019A67PTS

    Holiday Disaster

    Vicki Batman
    The week before Christmas and all is in disarray when a librarian experiences horrible plumbing issues and a Mr. Maintenance Man who isn’t nearly as jolly as Santa Claus.
    Rating PG13
    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Season-Magic-Holiday-Box-Set-ebook/dp/B00OZ136A6/

    Court Me, Cowboy

    Barbara White Daille
    The End…Just the Beginning?
    Gabe Miller’s marriage ended so fast it had hardly begun. Which is why he couldn’t quite believe his luck—or his “ex”—when she returned a few months later with the news that legally they were still husband and wife. And that the child she was carrying was his son.
    Gabe feared Marissa would bolt again, making a custody battle his only option–unless he could turn back the clock and woo her the way he should have during their whirlwind romance. But even with his boy’s future at stake, mending fences with a woman–especially the one he loved—wasn’t something the strong, silent type found easy to do…
    Rating G
    Amazon https://www.amzn.com/dp/B00EM36HD0

    One Week to Win Her Boss

    Barbara White Daille
    Single mom Amber Barnett loves family, kids, Christmas…and unfortunately, her boss, confirmed bachelor Michael DeFranco. It’s a crush she really needs to get over. Except, when she’s temporarily forced from her apartment, her only option is to stay at Michael’s private ski lodge, where she’s the housekeeper. No problem. Her handsome boss rarely visits Snowflake Valley unexpectedly, plus he’s spending the holidays with his family. Or so she thinks…
    A stormy Christmas Eve reunion leaves Michael seeking the solitude of his lodge, where he finds Amber in residence—and in trouble. Attempting to save her from her matchmaking family, he announces they’re a couple. His good deed backfires when they’re instantly included in each and every holiday event in town. So much for solitude.
    Only the more time he spends with the beautiful, cheery brunette, the more he yearns to make things real between them. But he and Amber want different things, and Michael could never be the family man she’s looking for.
    Rating PG13
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076PJ7SNN

    Perfectly Christmas

    Linda O’Connor
    On the first day of Christmas, his true love said to him, “Sorry, I have to work.” That’s the life of a surgeon, and Dr. Madison Hayes wouldn’t have it any other way.
    Dr. Quinn Malone has another priority. In the countdown to Christmas, he needs to convince his old flame that there’s more to life – and love – than the job itself.
    This time, his heart is in it for the long haul. Really. Romantic and . . . complicated – it’s Perfectly Christmas!
    Rating PG13
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MYW5T7X

    Sami’s Christmas Wish List

    PJ Sharon

    All Samantha Owens wants for Christmas is a working car, a miraculous improvement in her grades, and a boyfriend who sees her as more than just a friend with benefits.

    But with a single mom who’s struggling to make ends meet, presents seem unlikely, and with legal troubles looming over her head, she’ll be lucky not to be spending the holiday in juvenile detention. When she’s forced to do community service at the local church, she finds that wishing her life was different won’t make it so, and that avoiding her past may be what’s standing in the way of her future.

    It doesn’t help that Travis Vance, a freshman in college and intern for a teen drug and alcohol treatment program, is hanging around and pushing her buttons at every turn. Or that her friends are all going through their own dramas—most of which seem far worse than her own.

    Can Sami bring everyone together to save the church in time for Christmas? Or is hoping for a happy ending one more wish that will never be granted?

    Rating PG13
    PJ Sharon http://www.pjsharon.com/ya-books/#toc-5

    The House-Sitter’s Christmas

    Jean Joachim

    At Christmas, Laura Fleming lived her fantasy adventure. Paid to house-sit for the fabulously wealthy financier, C.W. Banley, while he traveled, she eagerly headed for New York City. As mistress of his elegant townhouse, she baked cookies and dressed the old gent’s richly-furnished residence for the holidays.

    As December rolled around, the lonely, lovely writer eagerly anticipated soaking up the Christmas atmosphere in the grand city. With only the cat for company, she’d turn Banley’s elegant home into a wonderland of sparkling lights, fragrant garland, and shiny tinsel.

    Every year, she wished, in vain, for a happy ending. Will this be the year that Miss Fleming discovers her dreams can come true, even in a big city, like New York?

    A sweet, New York City Christmas Fairy Tale.
    Rating PG13
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075ZQ7BJS

    The Lawman’s Christmas Proposal

    Barbara White Daille
    The Lawman’s Christmas Proposal
    A husband for Christmas?
    Mitch Weston’s back in Cowboy Creek, and self-proclaimed matchmaker Jed Garland has his single granddaughter Andi on his mind. Mitch is a lawman, good with the little ones and easy on the eyes. He and Andi were high school sweethearts, for heaven’s sake! Why can’t they see they’re perfect for each other?
    Because Andi already lost one husband to a dangerous job, and now she’s all about playing it safe, for her sake and her children’s. Being a cop is everything to Mitch. After discovering Jed’s plan, Mitch and Andi come up with their own: they’ll pretend to get engaged and then break up due to irreconcilable differences. Jed’s got his work cut out for him –because this match needs a Christmas miracle!
    Rating PG13
    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Lawmans-Christmas-Proposal-Hitching-Hotel/dp/0373755961

    The Southern Comfort Christmas

    Barbara Lohr
    Mistletoe and magnolias turn to wedding mayhem when Chicago in-laws mess with the Savannah bride and groom in this sweet Christmas romance.
    Rating PG13
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MQ411ZO

    Boy Toys: Hot Off the Ice at Christmas

    Amy Wasp-Wimberger
    10 siblings, 7 fish courses, 6 hockey players, 5 cousins, 4 calling birds, 3 spouses, 2 houses and 1 night that changes everything.
    Betrayed by first his body and then his girlfriend, Liam O’Reilly, assistant coach of the Seattle Thunder, is not having a very merry Christmas. So when a smoking hot hockey player in a Santa suit offers himself up like a present begging to be opened? Well, it’s a freaking Christmas miracle.
    If only the man in question wasn’t hockey’s own bad boy, Joey ‘the Looch’ Luciano, his best friend’s little brother and the same kid who used to trail behind Liam like a loud, mouthy shadow.
    When the last present is opened and the Christmas lights go dark, will Joey and Liam’s night together be just another Christmas memory or can the holiday magic they made survive the pressures of the real world?
    Boy Toys is a heart-warming Christmas story featuring the inappropriate use of a Santa suit, sibling bribery, and ninety separate instances of the F-word.
    Joey and Liam’s story continues in Boy Next Door: Hot Off the Ice #4, releasing March 2018!
    Rating R
    Amazon (Kindle Unlimited) https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Toys-Hot-Off-Christmas-ebook/dp/B077GRJGH4/

    Champagne For Christmas

    Jean Joachim
    A contemporary holiday romance that starts in the country and travels into the glitzy glitter of New York City at Christmas. A steamy, funny, emotional story with a happy ending you’ll never see coming!
    Rating R
    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Champagne-Christmas-Jean-Joachim-ebook/dp/B00PQMB2SQ/

    The Christmas of a Countess

    Linda Rae Sande
    The Torringtons are off to Northumberland for the holidays! When the weather forces the servants to remain behind at a coaching inn, the newlyweds must fend for themselves while their valet and lady’s maid discover just how much they have misjudged one another. A sensual tale of a couple’s first holiday away from home.
    Rating R
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074PLTQHB

    The Christmas Present From My Past

    Grace Risata
    Prepared to be alone for the biggest holiday of the year, Rachel’s life takes a dramatic turn when she bumps into her old high school crush while volunteering at a charity meal on Christmas Eve.
    Once Shawn recognizes the sweet, shy girl from his sophomore year Chemistry class, he realizes she’s all grown up…but the chemistry between them is still hotter than ever.
    Is the past a faded memory in the rear view mirror…or can these two lonely souls come together for one remarkable holiday hook-up? Perhaps Rachel’s greatest Christmas present will come from her past…
    Author’s Note: This is a 15,500 word Christmas story that has a guaranteed happy ending, a steamy encounter between the main characters, and a heaping spoonful of holiday cheer.
    Rating: R
    Amazon Buy Link: https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Present-My-Past-Holiday-ebook/dp/B0776XGNKT

    Genetic Snare

    Laura Baumbach
    A Christmas story set in the far future. Betrayal, passion, adventure, primal sex, and a fight to the death. Mating a 26th century Oracan Bounty Hunter with an 18th century Earth pirate has its little glitches.
    Bounty hunter Talos bows to pressure to bring his life mate home for the completion of his strict warrior culture’s bonding ritual. Aidan, displaced 18th century Earth pirate — light- fingered, sly, charming, and understandably naive about the new world he’s been thrust into — can’t wait. Even if it turns out someone wants him dead. The 26th century looks different, but it turns out to be a lot like his old life!
    Rating R
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Genetic-Snare-Details-Book-2-ebook/dp/B077RVW2N5/

    Gray Christmas

    Lisabet Sarai
    You’re never too old for some holiday naughtiness
    Widowed author Emma Granger has reconciled herself to spending Christmas Eve in snowy Boston, with a nice bottle of Pinot Grigio and her cat Vronsky. Her daughters have their own lives on the West Coast. Emma knows she can’t expect them to visit every holiday.
    A loud crash from the apartment above her overturns her plans for a quiet evening at home. When she investigates, she meets Nick North, an energetic iconoclast with a gray ponytail, a silver earring and bright blue eyes that kindle feelings she’d thought were gone forever. Nick is her own age, maybe older, but his lean body and impish grin affect her as if she were a horny teenager.
    Although Emma makes her living writing spicy romance, sex with a stranger seems ludicrous when you’re an arthritic grandmother in your sixties. Still, the attraction she feels for her charismatic upstairs neighbor appears to be reciprocated. A Christmas fling might be just what Emma needs to brighten her holiday.
    Rating R
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N6JJIQD/

    Holiday On Ice

    Jody Wallace
    Travel Queen Survival Tip #23: If you get stuck in an ice storm, find a hot guy to melt it!
    Travel agent Darcy Burkell has a secret. Because she’s claustrophobic, she doesn’t precisely jet around the world despite what’s implied in her popular newsletter about vacation destinations. When she hires photographer James Jones, who grew up in the same town she did, to illustrate her stories, they become cyber-friends.
    James decides Darcy might be the one woman to help him settle down–or at least someone who’ll travel with him instead of expect him to stay home all the time. Right before Christmas, he shows up unannounced and suggests they take a holiday trip together.
    Darcy’s too embarrassed to admit her phobia and turns him down flat. She knows what kind of woman he wants, and she’s not it. Her resolve is tested when she and James become gridlocked near the same bridge by an ice storm. Impassable roads force them to spend hours together in his vehicle…shivering. And cuddling. It’s freezing outside, but inside it gets hot enough to melt all the ice in Alaska. The question is, can their affection remain toasty after Darcy confesses her secret?
    Rating: R
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0769SMC1N

    The Santa Bargain

    Robin Michaela
    Santa’s gifts can be both nice…and naughty.
    Coffeehouse entrepreneur, Maria Thompson, has sworn off men ever since her young son’s father walked out of their lives. But, when she literally runs into sexy carpenter, Joe Sinclair, she wonders if it’s time to rethink her plan.
    Joe Sinclair doesn’t need or want romance or a family. He was raised in the foster care system and learned long ago not to get attached to anyone. Now, if he could just remember that, he could put the sensual owner of Copper River, Colorado’s new coffee shop out of his mind.
    After Maria and Joe volunteer to work together on the town’s first Christmas festival, their attraction lights up brighter than a new a string of holiday lights. When Santa comes to town, will they finally find everything they’ve ever wished for under the tree?
    Rating: R
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077996MP2

    When We Finally Kiss Goodnight

    Staci Troilo

    Chloe Upshaw suffers from what she calls the trifecta of awful—unfulfilling job, disappointed family, bad luck with love. Just before Christmas, she travels to Pittsburgh hoping to land a job that will change her career. But not only is she in stiff competition for the position, she angers her mother by rejecting her matchmaking efforts and not going home. Worse, she runs into the guy who got away—and this time, no matter how many lies she tells to protect her heart, she leaves herself vulnerable to hurt.

    Britt Garris’ callous and careless behavior in college cost him his dream girl. When fate crosses their paths ten years later, he thinks it’s serendipity. And he launches into one deception after another to win her back, including an auspicious trip for the two archaeologists to Gettysburg. Britt plays on Chloe’s love of history to spend time with her. He doesn’t count on the local lore and legend predicting their future—a future his duplicity puts at risk.

    When their lies finally crumble, their budding relationship is threatened. Their dishonesties and disillusions may be impossible to overcome. But maybe the magic of the season can make their dreams come true.

    Rating: R

    Books 2 Read https://books2read.com/STkiss

    A Touchdown To Remember

    Seelie Kay

    It takes more than a hard knock on the head to keep running back Tim Wheezer Douglas down. When life pelts him with the proverbial lemon—a career-threatening concussion—he simply runs the other way, right into the arms of litigator Laura Adler.

    When a second concussion sidelines Milwaukee Greyhound running back Tim Douglas, the rest of his life continues full-speed ahead. A some-time law student, Tim is faced with a classic Catch 22: Whether to continue to play football and risk a third and possibly life-altering concussion or quit the game altogether to pursue a career as a sports agent. He loves the game, but his priorities change when he meets Laura Adler, a sassy, sexy young attorney and rabid Greys fan. Their sizzling romp of a romance turns serious and Laura demands that he make a decision about football before she accepts his marriage proposal. Will Tim choose football or the law, and what role will Laura play in his future?

    Rating: R

    Extasy Books http://www.extasybooks.com/978-1-4874-1504-4-a-touchdown-to-remember/

    A Romance for Christmas

    Kayelle Allen
    A sweet feel-good holiday romance that reaffirms all you love about Christmas. It’s Christmas Eve, and the end of a year in which everything Dara loves was lost. Everything but her little girl and a fierce determination to survive. When a cop brings Christmas to her door, he brings another gift she never expected to get.
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://amzn.to/1wpW8qE

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