Christmas or Holiday
A romance set during Christmas or with holiday themes during the latter part of the year.
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Read the anthology The Partridge Christmas Collection by Patricia Kiyono @PatriciaKiyono et al. #HolidayRomance #Anthology #RLFblog
Charge your Kindle! Once you start reading these delightful sweet Regencies, you’ll be hooked! It’s the season for true love, so settle in and enjoy.
Patricia Kiyono, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about The Partridge Christmas Collection.
The Partridge Christmas Collection by Patricia Kiyono
Genre Holiday Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): G
The Partridge Christmas Collection is a compilation of six novella length historical romances whose titles are based on the traditional holiday song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Titles included are:
– The Partridge and the Peartree
– Two Tutor Doves
– Three French Inns
– Four Calling Bards
– Five Gold RingsAlso included is Love’s Refrain, a story that takes place in between the first and second titles. The Partridge and the Peartree takes place in 1812 London, and Five Gold Rings is set in Cambridge in 1840. Each consecutive story includes a character or two from the previous book.
Where to buy The Partridge Christmas Collection
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFMRQ4T4/
Patricia Kiyono Social Media
Patricia is a retired elementary teacher, a wife, a mom, grandma, and great-grandma. But despite that, she isn’t quite ready for shuffleboard and canasta – there’s still too much to see and do! She loves to travel, and she likes to infuse some of those experiences in her stories.
Patrica also likes to create things – She spends a lot of time sewing, crocheting, and scrapbooking. Unfortunately, organization is not her strong suit – her family wishes she would spend less time creating, and more time cleaning.
Her first book, The Legacy, was published by Astraea Press (now Clean Reads) in July, 2011. Since then, she has kept busy writing several other books, and has had stories appear in two Chicken Soup for the Soul books.
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Get the inside scoop on Carol Hawkins from A Reluctant Santa by Adriana Kraft @AdrianaKraft #RLFblog #Romance #MatureHeroine
Adriana Kraft’s new erotic romance release, A Reluctant Santa, features a pair of very practical fifty-year-olds who look like they might never get it together. But when they finally do, look out! You won’t want to miss their story.
Adriana, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about A Reluctant Santa.
A Reluctant Santa by Adriana Kraft
Genre: Erotic Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): Three Flames/R
Is it ever too late to find happiness?
They’re in their fifties. Grief-stricken (her) and battle scarred (him) from their previous loves, they don’t want to risk more heartbreak, ever. They’ll have to take it slow, talk it through, test the waters carefully. Can they make it happen at this speed, get it done in a short story, and reap the benefits of sizzling sex at their age? Why not?
Insider Information about Carol Hawkins
Welcome! We’d like to know more about you. Please add info you’re comfortable sharing.
Nickname: I’ve never had one
Age: fifty
Gender: female
Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota
Profession: retail store manager
Please provide a physical description of yourself.
I’m average height, about five foot four, and I work very hard to stay in shape. At fifty, I want to look forward to a future of staying active, if at all possible. I don’t especially think of myself as pretty, but I do feel good about how I look. Blue eyes. My hair used to be a soft brown, but now it’s mostly a silvery gray, not quite shoulder length. I do keep a fashionable cut – I work in the fashion industry.
What are your pronouns?
She/her. I know that lots of people my age are upset about all the options that seem to be available now, but I think people should feel free to be who they know themselves to be. Good for them.
What is your middle name?
I’ve never had one.
How well does your name fit your personality?
Interesting question. What’s funny is, even though I’m not very religious, I do have a big thing for Christmas – decorations, Santa, and especially caroling, so maybe the name “Carol” fits more than I knew. I’m part of a choral quintet, five women, and we carol at hospitals and nursing homes during the Christmas season. Oh, and when I was little, I always wanted to be one of Santa’s elves.
Do you believe in love at first sight?
No. It could happen, I suppose, but it hasn’t happened to me. I had a pretty wild time in my early college years, but ended up pregnant my second year, even though both he and I thought we’d taken all the necessary precautions. I liked him a lot, and we decided we’d rather marry and raise the baby than any other alternative. I truly did come to love him, but it wasn’t the kind of moment they write about in romance novels. Which I don’t read much of. I have to add I really miss him, a lot – he died six years ago, unexpectedly, of a heart attack. I guess I’ll add that our wild times in bed didn’t ever stop, in twenty-five years of marriage. He’ll be a hard act to follow. Oops, no pun intended!
What is your MBTI type?
I once had to take that test for a work group exercise – I think we were team building or something. Turns out I’m an ESTJ. I like to be with people, it feeds me. I’m very practical. I absolutely make decisions based on what I can observe and what I think/reason about it, and yes, once I decide something, I like to stick with it. Sometimes I find it hard to change gears if I get different information or somehow learn I’ve been wrong. I do try to be gracious when that happens, but it’s a challenge.
What is your astrological sign?
It’s funny you should ask that – I just told you how practical I am. I don’t believe in that stuff. But I do happen to know what my sign is. As a mid-January baby, I’m a Capricorn. My best friend, Sue, gave me a surprise birthday party last winter when I turned fifty, and she had something about Capricorn at the party. Apparently I’m a perfect example: think before I act, look at the practical sides of everything, very sensible. So maybe there’s something to it!
Favorites:
Smell: lilac. It’s both springtime and home for me. We had a huge hedge of them where I grew up.
Color: Gold. Not that I wear it much, I don’t think it especially flatters me, but to have gold things feels luxurious, so I use it a lot in my décor.
Taste: I’m not sure I have a favorite. I mostly avoid desserts, so I suppose chocolate or caramel would be special treats.
Sound: choral singing, voices singing in harmony.
Texture: silkCan you:
Swim? Yes
Use chopsticks? Why? My knife, fork, and spoon are quite sufficient. Practical, I might add.
Roller skate? Yes
Ski? Yes, cross country, do so lots every winter. A nearby golf course sets up trails.
Fly a plane? No, and no desire to.
Ride a horse? Have done so. Not at the top of my list.If you could choose a theme song to play when you entered a scene, which one of the following would fit best:
Uplifting and breezy
That’s not always my mood, but it’s what I aim for. Maybe that’s part of why I love the Christmas season so much. That music always lifts my mood.
Which would your author choose for you? My author knows me pretty well, I think she’d agree. Guess I have to say “they’d” agree, since my author is a husband/wife team.
What color best describes you?
A soft blue – not a baby blue, and not a somber blue, either. Hmm, I had to go look up names of blue shades, and it turns out it’s called Carolina Blue. My author’s college rival…
Who is the one person who can convince you to do something you know you shouldn’t?
Sue really is my best friend. She’s always pushing me to branch out, try new things, make sure I don’t turn into a stick in the mud. So if I ever did something I know I shouldn’t, she’d be the guilty party. But I’m so practical I suspect it’s unlikely.
Where to buy A Reluctant Santa
Publisher https://www.extasybooks.com/coming-soon/A-Reluctant-Santa
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Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLSB5DKS/Adriana Kraft Social Media
Adriana Kraft is the pen name for a married pair of retired professors writing erotic romance together. We like to think we’ve broken the mold for staid, fusty academics, and we hope lots of former profs are enjoying life as much as we are.
Having lived in many states across the Midwest, we now make our home in southern Arizona, where we enjoy hiking, golf, and travel, especially to the many Arizona Native American historical sites.
Together we have published more than fifty romance novels and novellas to outstanding reviews. Whether readers open our romantic suspense or our erotic romance, they can expect characters they care about, hot sex scenes, and a compelling story.
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Read A Christmas Conspiracy by Reet Singh @AuthorReet #RLFblog #SweetRomance #ShortStory
A chance encounter with an attractive stranger turns out to be an elaborate hoax in Reet Singh’s sweet holiday romance, A Christmas Conspiracy. Who is the evil schemer, and can Christmas be saved?
Reet, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about A Christmas Conspiracy.
A Christmas Conspiracy by Reet Singh
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): G (sweet romance)Christmas has never been more complicated!
Goldie Gill works in a recruiting firm in Toronto and has had it with his mother’s single-minded desire to see him married off to a nice girl. Goldie has no wish to find himself a nice girl – he is perfectly happy living the life and hanging out with his cat, Billy.
It takes a chance encounter with a dusky, doe-eyed, scatter-brained beauty, just before Christmas, for Goldie to seriously reconsider his plans. But then, he learns that his meeting with the girl isn’t a happy coincidence – somebody has been meddling.
What is the conspiracy and how is Goldie going to get to the bottom of it considering that the girl has disappeared?Where to buy A Christmas Conspiracy
Amazon http://mybook.to/CC2019
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I am an ophthalmologist, but make time for my other passions – reading and writing stories, watching romantic comedies, and doing creative things with wool and a crochet hook. I also love solving the Hindu crossword, and – when my muse is elusive – I enjoy pitting my wits against my husband’s at Scrabble®. When I have no other choice, I can be found in the kitchen putting together my ‘world-famous’ one-pot meals.
Writing about love and happy endings feeds my romantic soul; hearing from my readers thrills me.
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Find a spicy Santa in Single Santa by Zee Irwin @ZeeIrwinRomance #RLFblog #HolidayRomance
The pull of the stage or the heart of the home? Which one tempted him most?
Zee, 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 series.
Single Santa in the Welcome to Kissing Springs Series
Genre: Small Town Romance, Holiday Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): Steamy; rated R
A struggling singer suddenly playing sultry Santa. A mayor with hopes too high for love. A town reinventing itself. One Christmas wish will make everything right.Where to buy Single Santa
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6KJTBZL
Available in Kindle Unlimited.Zee Irwin Social Media
Zee is a bit of sunshine, living in Pennsylvania with her own grumpy alpha guy, two teenagers, and a faithful golden retriever. While writing in a cottage on her property, she believes luck is just a four-letter word for work and takes pride in building her self-publishing empire.
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Read Undercover Santa, part of the Santa’s Package Holiday Anthology by Blye Donovan #RLFblog #Holiday #RomanticSuspense
Will Tessa’s encounter with Sexy Santa change her mind about the dreaded Christmas holiday? Find out in this fast-paced, action-packed, steamy holiday romance by Blye Donovan. The best part? It’s free! Along with over 25 other stories in the Santa’s Package Holiday Anthology.
Blye, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Undercover Santa.
Undercover Santa, part of the Santa’s Package Holiday Anthology by Blye Donovan
Genre Holiday Romantic Suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): RWhen a blackout shuts down Tessa Hadley’s small town, her Christmas Eve goes from bad to worse. That is, until the man of her dreams walks into her bakery dressed in—of all things—a Santa suit. The tale he tells her is wild, but when bullets start flying, she has no choice but to trust him.
Nick Ryker didn’t plan to put Tessa in danger, but since she is, he sure as hell has to get her out of it. As an undercover DEA agent, he’s been in his share of dicey situations, but with more than his own skin on the line for a change, Nick finds himself vulnerable in a way he never would’ve expected.
Will they get to the bottom of what’s going on before red becomes associated with the holiday for a whole new reason?
Where to buy Undercover Santa
Publisher Santa’s Package Anthology
Bookfunnel https://dl.bookfunnel.com/idprmprz7e
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Blye Donovan is a military brat and a veteran who resides in the lowcountry of South Carolina with her husband and fur-child, Max. She writes books that are romantic suspense stories featuring strong heroines and sexy heroes overcoming dangerous villains. Her books are set in small towns because she loves the atmosphere associated with them, especially the historical architecture.
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Read the series: Star Light ~Star Bright Christmas romances by LA Sartor @lesannsartor #RLFblog #ChristmasRomance
Christmas is the perfect season to fall in love and find a family. Unless you’re hiding a secret.
LA, 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 series.
Be Mine This Christmas Night in the Star Light ~ Star Bright series
Genre Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG to PG16 (this book has a bit of heat, the others are warm)Annie Hamilton, author of a beloved children’s series, is about the flip the switch on her home’s annual Christmas light show when the sight of a lone boy among the crowd reminds her of what she wants most. A family of her own. But after Annie’s secret has already caused a groom to flee, she knows that wish is only a dream.
Cole Evans may be a brilliant scientist, but raising two sons as a widower is beyond his expertise. When Cole moves next door to his youngest son’s all-time-favorite author, she becomes another complication, albeit a pretty one. But the boys’ beloved uncle doesn’t like Annie and makes no attempt to hide his distaste from anyone, including them, and creating an impossible choice for Cole, as choosing Annie means cutting ties to his late wife’s brother and hurting the boys.
Can a Christmas star bring Annie and Cole a beacon of hope during this magical season?
Be Mine This Christmas Night is the first book in the Star Light ~ Star Bright series set in the charming town of Boulder, Colorado. If you like holiday romances filled with characters facing what they believe to be impossible hurdles, in a series where characters make repeat appearances, then this book is the place to start.
Which book is this in the series?
#1
How many books do you plan for the series?
4
How many books are completed?
4
What characters are the main stars in your series?
Each book has its own stars with cameo appearances by prior main characters, they build on each other.
What is the overall theme in this series?
That Christmas is a time of hope and light. The Flagstaff star (which is featured in all the books) in Boulder is real and to me that’s exactly what it means.
Please list the series titles below, in any order you prefer.
Be Mine This Christmas Night
Forever Yours This New Year’s Night
Believe In Me This Christmas Morn
Dream Of Me This Christmas EveWhat did you like best about writing this series?
Creating characters that needed love, knowing it wouldn’t happen, and I made it so. Christmas has always been magical, filled with love, family and tradition. And writing about my home town was a blast.
What other books (not in this series, have you written?)
Stone of Heaven ~ Carswell Adventure Series
Viking Gold ~ Carswell Adventure Series
Dare To Believe ~ The Kahuna Group Series
Brushed By Betrayal ~ The Kahuna Group Series
Prince Of Granola ~ The Plantation Series
The Complete Star Light Series CompilationWhere can we find links for all your books/audiobooks?
https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0091XR9VK/
Where to buy Be Mine This Christmas Night
Amazon https://amzn.to/2B9ha81
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I started writing as a child, really. A few things happened on the way to becoming a published author, specifically, a junior high school teacher who told me I couldn’t write because I didn’t want to study grammar.
That English teacher stopped my writing for years. But the muse couldn’t be denied, and eventually I wrote, a lot, some of it award winning. However, I wasn’t really making a career from any of this.
My husband told me repeatedly that independent publishing was becoming a valid way to publish a novel. I didn’t believe him, I thought indie meant vanity press.
I couldn’t have been more wrong.
I started pursuing this direction seriously, hit the keyboard, learned a litany of new things and published my first novel. My second book became a bestseller, and I’m absolutely on the right course in my life.
Please come visit me at www.lasartor.com, see my books, find my social media links, and sign up for my mailing list. I have a gift I’ve specifically created for my new email subscribers.
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