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NEVER ENOUGH CHRISTMAS
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A heartwarming collection of holiday romance from USA TODAY & WALL STREET JOURNAL, AWARD-WINNING, INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHORS. These author favorites will remind you why there’s NEVER ENOUGH CHRISTMAS.
A KISS BENEATH A CHRISTMAS STAR by Tamara Ferguson, USA Today Bestselling Author: Will the magic of a Christmas kiss convince two future stars that fate has always meant for them to be together?
MY CHRISTMAS ROMANCE by Suzanne Jenkins, USA Today Bestselling Author: Life changing events during Christmas prove you never know what the next day may bring, including a chance of love.
ALL FOR LOVE by Natalie Ann, USA Today Bestselling Author: A lost purse. A forbidden love. A bond forged through the test of time.
CHRISTMAS IN WHISTLER by Kim Hornsby, USA Today Bestselling Author: Distraction never looked so handsome…
A MERRY CHRISTMAS WEDDING MYSTERY by Anna Celeste Burke, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author: When Georgie Shaw met Detective Jack Wheeler it was love and murder at first sight.
A SEASON FOR HOPE by Tammy L. Grace, USA Today Bestselling Author: A charming story about the kindness of strangers and finding hope where you never expected it.
A TANGY CHRISTMAS KISS by Allyson R. Abbott, International Bestselling Author: Finding Lemons, Language and Love. A fun Christmas getaway that turns into a tangy surprise.
BEAVER ISLAND CHRISTMAS by Joan Donaldson, Multi Award-Winning Author: When grieving widow Annie Keane meets handsome and kind Neil Beaton on Beaver Island, will she find a second chance for romance and an abiding love?
A KISS BENEATH A CHRISTMAS STAR
Daydreams & Dragonflies Rock 'N Sweet Romance 2
Author: Tamara Ferguson
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Will the magic of a Christmas kiss convince two future stars that fate has always meant for them to be together?
A Heartwarming, Award Winning Series Featuring Music & Sweet Romance.
Wounded warrior, Ben Michaelson is a former rock star who’s at Dragonfly Pointe intending to make a comeback at the town’s yearly charity event.
The adopted daughter of a music superstar and an artist herself, Rose Atkinson has suffered her own share of heartache, long ago deciding she’d never get involved with another musician.
But will the magic of a kiss beneath a Christmas star help Ben convince Rose that fate has always meant for them to be together?
Author Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Suspense
Website: TALES FROM DRAGONFLY
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Twitter: @Tammysdragonfly
E-Mail: Tammysdragonfly@gmail.com
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Author Description:
Writing steamy yet sweet compassionate stories of fate that are wonderfully romantic, Tamara Ferguson is the multi-award winning, USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR of the Tales of the Dragonfly Romance Suspense Series, the Kissed By Fate Series, the Two Hearts Wounded Warrior Romance Series, the Daydreams & Dragonflies Sweet Romance Series and the Tales From Dragonfly Pointe Short Story Series.
If you don't believe in the power of fate, you shouldn't read her stories, because Tamara always writes a happily-ever-after for her heroines and heroes, since it doesn't always work out that way in real life.
Since 2015, she has earned more than thirty awards, twenty of those for her Two Hearts Wounded Warrior romances, including five Readers' Favorite International Book Awards with Two Hearts In Accord (2019) and Two Hearts Unbroken (2018) earning the BRONZE, Two Hearts Under Fire (2019) and Two Hearts Unspoken (2016) earning the SILVER and Two Hearts Find Christmas earning the GOLD Medal in Military Fiction (2018.) Two Hearts Surrendered was also a New Apple Romance Selection for excellence in Indie Publishing and 2018 Top Shelf Finalist. Two Hearts' Christmas Wish is a 2017 IAN Book of the Year Finalist. And it's the #13 BEST INDIE BOOK of 2017.
Along with the 2015 Romance Reviews Readers' Choice Award Winner That Unforgettable Kiss, Two Hearts Surrendered and Two Hearts Unspoken were also finalists for the 2016 IAN Book of The Year. Tales of the Dragonfly In Tandem was a romance finalist in the Indie Excellence Awards, while Tales of the Dragonfly In Flight was a romance suspense winner at the Readers' Favorite International Book Awards.
A member of the RWA, the Authors' Billboard and the Authors' Independent Book Network, her stories have been included in several #1 bestselling anthologies.
Since she remains a full-time caregiver for an autistic son (along with a bunch of adopted pets!), you can usually find Tammy working at home, where she spends a lot of time not completing her numerous home improvement projects, because she's writing or helping author friends promote their books on twitter.
My Christmas Romance
A Novella
Author: Suzanne Jenkins
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Twenty-something Cindy Strapopolous accepts that she'll live a solitary life, just like her maiden aunt Eleni. So when her father dies and she leaves her job in Manhattan to return to the family home in a small Michigan town, an unexpected home improvement project introduces her to Jake, an old friend of dad's, and she has a change of heart. A few shocking surprises along the way have the power to thwart their chance at love, but Jake is determined that Cindy is going to have the best Christmas ever. A clean romance.
Author Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Suspense
Website: Suzanne Jenkins
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Twitter: @suzannejenkins3
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USA Today Bestselling Author Suzanne Jenkins writes page-turning contemporary romance, mystery, and women's fiction with passionately gripping characters that stay with readers long after they turn the last page. The Detroit Detective Stories, beginning with The Greeks of Beaubien Street are truly American with a touch of fantasy. Pam of Babylon books consistently rank in the Top 100 Best Sellers in American Drama with over 500,000 downloads.
A retired operating room nurse, Jenkins lives in Southern California.
All for Love - Prequel
The Road Series
Author: Natalie Ann
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A lost purse. A forbidden love. A bond forged through the test of time.
On a cold lonely winter night, William Harper hurried to close the bar he was working at when he heard a tap on the window. Pushing the curtain aside, he gazed into the eyes of his future. It was a dream he desperately wanted, only he knew it was just out of reach.
Isabel Carmichael had been under her father’s thumb for way too long. As an adult, it was time to take control and go after what she wanted. Roadblocks, obstacles, and a stubborn man who thought he wasn’t good enough were not going to stand in her way of happiness.
Author Genre: Contemporary Romance
Website: Natalie Ann
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Twitter: @NatalieAnn121
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Natalie Ann is a USA Today Bestselling Author that lives in Upstate NY with her husband and son. She has always had a love for books, especially romance and happy ever after. She's written more than twenty-five books including the Road Series, the All Series, the Lake Placid Series, the Fierce Five and the Love Collection, not to mention being in several boxed set collections.
CHRISTMAS IN WHISTLER
A Holiday Romance Novella (Christmas in Love Book 1
Author: Kim Hornsby
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USA Today Bestselling Author, Kim Hornsby, brings you a fun holiday romp into romance!
Daria Stark faces a lonely Christmas with her two young children promised to her recent ex-husband and his competitive girlfriend who’s out to ruin Daria’s Christmas. Hoping for distraction, she leaves Seattle for the picturesque Canadian ski resort, Whistler Mountain, where a friend has a gorgeous mountain lodge. A second house guest has Daria tempted by the attentions of the charming vintner, Pierre Charbenaud. With her ability to read auras, Daria fears this man is too good to be true. Days spent skiing the mountain with Pierre and nights in front of the fire have Daria under the mistletoe with the dashing vintner. Falling for the mysterious man who rescues dogs and speaks four languages has Daria worried it’s just a vacation fling and that it’s not.
Christmas in Whistler is a Sweet/Sensual Romance, with implied moments of intimacy. No swearing, no violence.
Author Genre: Suspense, Mystery, Romance
Website: Kim Hornsby Storyteller
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USA Today Bestselling Author, Kim Hornsby, is also an Amazon #1 Bestselling Author, having shared space on the top five bestseller list with J.D. Robb and Nicolas Sparks. Kim writes Suspense and Romance, often mixing the two genres. Her Dream Jumper Series has been optioned for film with the first book's screenplay a multi-award-winner. Kim loves Christmas and also writes Holiday Romance in both novella and screenplay form. Two of her projects are in development to film as TV movies.
In her former life, Kim taught scuba in Fiji and Hawaii, as a singer opened shows for Jay Leno and Maya Angelou, once found a boa constrictor under her bed, sang on 60 Minutes, scuba dived with dolphins, whales, and sharks and was the host of an international infommercial. These days she writes books outside Seattle, overlooking a tree-lined lake. A mother of two young adults, wife to one, Kim is a messy housekeeper, dog lover and a voracious reader.
A Merry Christmas Wedding Mystery
Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery #4
Author: Anna Celeste Burke
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The star of Marvelous Marley World's latest live-action feature film goes missing! What in the World is going on?
There’s less than a month to go before Georgie Shaw and Detective Jack Wheeler’s Christmas wedding. With Georgie’s boss “Mad Max” Marley involved, the whole affair becomes much more complicated. Determined to keep the wedding plans from being derailed, Georgie pays Max a visit on the set of Marvelous Marley World’s newest feature film, The Lonely Swan Prince. The sudden disappearance of the movie’s leading lady plunges Georgie and Jack into the middle of a mystery. Where’s the missing diva? If she didn’t vanish on her own accord whodunit and why?
Author Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Humor And Comedy
Website: Desert Cities Mystery
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Twitter: @aburke59
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Anna Celeste Burke is an award-winning, USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author!
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Life is an extravaganza! figuring out how to hang tough and make the most of the wild ride is the challenge.
On my way to Oahu to join the rock musician and high school drop-out I had met in San Diego and married in Tijuana, I was nabbed by the police as a runaway. When the police let me go and the rock band broke up, my husband and I had to find another way to survive. Our next stop: Disney World where we trained to be chefs, courtesy of the Walt Disney World University. A GED for my husband and many more years of education landed us in academia at The Ohio State University. Retired now from my role as a professor in social work and behavioral science, I have picked up a long-time interest in writing fiction. I'm still married to the same sweet guy and live with him in the Palm Springs area. In addition to reading and writing fiction, I enjoy painting, hiking, hanging out with my handsome husband and tending to my Siamese kitties.
An award-winning and bestselling author I enjoy snooping into life's mysteries with fun, fiction, & food--California style! I write books in five series: The Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery series set in the Coachella Valley near Palm Springs, the Corsario Cove Cozy Mystery series set on California's Central Coast, The Georgie Shaw Cozy Mystery series set in Orange County, California, The Seaview Cottages Cozy Mystery Series set on the American Riviera, just north of Santa Barbara, and The Calla Lily Mystery series set in Northern California's wine country.
A SEASON FOR HOP
A Christmas Novella (Christmas in Silver Falls Book 1
Author: Tammy L. Grace
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When their car breaks down, Hope and her young son, Jake, are stranded in Silver Falls as the holidays approach. A woman who runs a guesthouse offers them a place to stay while the car is repaired.
Frightened and broke, Hope finds a part-time job, thanks to the family who owns the guesthouse. Hidden beneath her strong work ethic and cheerful demeanor, Hope conceals a private mystery. A secret she can’t reveal.
As the Christmas season nears, the small town nestled beneath the snowy mountains and its annual holiday festival captivate Hope, while the family at the guesthouse suspects there’s something she’s hiding. In a moment of weakness, she divulges her secret.
Will an offer of help destroy her life and all she cherishes, or will it be the gift she needs to triumph over her past?
A Season for Hope is a charming story about the kindness of strangers and finding hope where you never expected it. Cozy up with the first in the Christmas in Silver Falls novellas for a holiday read sure to warm your heart.
Author Genre: Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery
Website: Tammy L. Grace
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Tammy L. Grace is a USA Today Bestselling and award-winning fiction author who brings readers entertaining stories that take them on an emotional journey, filled with complex relationships of friendship and family in her Hometown Harbor Series. Set in the picturesque San Juan Islands in Washington, escape with a close-knit group of friends and their interwoven lives filled with both challenges and joys that resonate with women. Each book in the series focuses on a different woman and her journey of self-discovery.
Tammy creates compelling characters who readers love or love to hate. In her Cooper Harrington Detective Novels, readers will delight in the fast-paced whodunits, featuring Coop and his loyal golden retriever, Gus. Set in Nashville, Coop, a snarky t-shirt wearing lawyer turned private detective, with the help of his dog and faithful friend and assistant, Annabelle, work to solve murder mysteries with plenty of twists.
Fans of sweet Christmas stories will love her small town Christmas novellas filled with family, friendship, and furry characters.
Tammy also writes under the pen name Casey Wilson and has released two books, A Dog's Hope and A Dog's Chance, both emotional and heartwarming stories about the bond we have with our beloved canine companions.
A TANGY CHRISTMAS KISS
Author: Allyson R. Abbott
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Confused city girl Mel responds to her mother’s request, at a drop of a hat, and flies to Spain to house sit for her aunt. With visions of lazy days on the beach, she barely considers, why her mother cannot go? And why her aunts needs a house-sitter for a bungalow on the beach?
Her journey takes forever, consequently on arrival Mel missed the organised lift from her aunt. With jetlag, the lack of the Spanish language and having no knowledge of geography of Spain, all she has is her aunt’s address, a headache and an overwhelming urge to sleep as she struggles to cope with completing the journey.
Enter the extremely handsome and chivalrous Spanish passenger who was seated next to her on her flight, help her out, even though he only speaks Spanish, so Mel has no idea what he is talking about. But hey, you can’t turn away a great looking man in your hour of need!
Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction
Website: Rachel Abbott
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Twitter: @RachelAbbott
E-Mail: rachel@rachel-abbott.com
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Rachel Abbott's debut thriller, Only the Innocent, was an international bestseller, reaching the number one position in the Amazon charts both in the UK and US. This was followed by the number one bestselling novels The Back Road, Sleep Tight and Stranger Child,Nowhere Child (a short novel based on the characters from Stranger Child), Kill Me Again, and her latest thriller, launched in 2017 - The Sixth Window.
Rachel's novels have now been translated into over 20 languages.
In 2015 Amazon celebrated the first five years of the Kindle in the UK, and announced that Rachel was the number one bestselling independent author over the five-year period. She was also placed fourteenth in the chart of all authors. Stranger Child was the most borrowed novel for the Kindle in the first half of 2015.
Rachel now lives in Alderney - a beautiful island off the coast of France - and spends a few months of each year in the Le Marche regions of Italy, where she devotes her time to her love of writing fiction.
BEAVER ISLAND CHRISTMAS
Author: Joan Donaldson
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During the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, recently widowed Annie Keane returns to her family cottage on Beaver Island, Michigan seeking refuge from her grief. She also wants to learn more about Phoebe Wright, her ancestor who was the fourth wife of James Jesse Strang, the nineteenth century self-proclaimed King of Beaver Island. When her Jeep refuses to start, Neil Beaton, the director of the local museum, offers Annie a ride home, and they learn how they share a mutual enthusiasm for the film, Princess Bride. After Annie reveals her quest to discover more details about her great-great-grandmother, Neil provides her with a diary written by Phoebe. Because of Neil’s kind deeds and encouragement, Annie releases her grief and renews her creative spirit. On Christmas Eve, with a view of Lake Michigan before them, Neil and Annie commit to a life together.
Author Genre: Historical Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's
Website: Joan Donaldson
Twitter: @sparrow3337
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I love stories and listen for them when I share meals with friends or travel to wonderful historical location such as Rugby, Tennessee. Writing is how I share those narratives with others and hopefully offer insight into various situations. When not writing, I work on the organic blueberry farm that I share with my husband, John. I love weeding in my garden, playing my Celtic harp, and sewing quilts. I live a blessed life and am thankful for editors, readers and reviewers who enjoy what I write.
My latest news is that Indie Reader chose Hearts of Mercy as a September pick, and the novel won first place in the historical romantic suspense category of the 2019 PenCraft Awards.
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This is terrific--thank you so much! What a wonderful Christmas present to my author pals and me. Thanks to Tamara Ferguson for coming up with idea of making a set of books available to readers this year at a bargain price with budgets so stretched. Happy holidays to you and to all your blog readers, James.
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