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A romance set during Christmas or with holiday themes during the latter part of the year.
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Read Wanted: Mistletoe by Yvette Hines @sasseYvetteH #RLFblog #HolidayRomance
20 of your favorite contemporary authors have gathered around the Wintery hearth to bring you scintillating holiday romances.
Yvette Hines, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Wanted: Mistletoe.
Wanted: Mistletoe by Yvette Hines
Genre Contemporary Holiday Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Dear Santa,
Before I explain, how much have the elves told you?
Who’s ready for a little naughty & nice? With some mistletoe and holiday cheer, anything can–and does–happen during Christmas.
20 of your favorite contemporary authors have gathered around the Wintery hearth to bring you scintillating holiday romances. These sexy stories will deck your halls with filthy balls. If you’re not on the naughty list yet, you will be after indulging in these steamy reads. Whether you’re naughty or nice or you’re on Santa’s watchlist, these romances will put you in a celebratory mood and warm your heart.
Get this steamy holiday collection today.
Where to buy Wanted: Mistletoe
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USA Today Bestselling Author Yasmine Hyde is the alter ego of Yvette Hines. Hmm, how does that work? Well, as an author I have to stretch myself. So, when I’m in the mood for a little bit of dirty writing in the late 19th century of Mid-Western America, or maybe feeling a little 1800’s hotness on the streets of England, or just want to write a down and dirty straight erotic story, it will be located under th Yasmine Hyde pen name. So, join me on this journey of writing stories my muse SHE creates, as I obey by tapping away at my laptop keys. I still want to bring readers stories that they will love, I hope, as much as I enjoy writing. Let’s dive in, naughty ones!
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Read Christmas Promises the new #AspenGold Series by Cheryl StJohn, Bernadette Jones and *Lizzie Starr @gold_aspen #RLFblog #AmReadingRomance #Anthology
This three-story anthology is packed with all the feels, the Spencer atmosphere, and the holiday cheer you’ve come to expect from the Aspen Gold authors. The stories will have you in the mood for Christmas as quickly as you can say Saint Nick.
Cheryl, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Christmas Promises.
Christmas Promises by Cheryl StJohn, Bernadette Jones & *lizzie starr
The Baby Contract~~Cheryl St.John
She thought she knew what she was looking for…until what she was looking for found her
She wants a baby. Piper Newport has made up her mind. It has always been only her and her Grandad, and she’s determined to have a family like others she sees in Pearl’s Café where she works. One little problem. There’s no man in the picture. She’s determined to find one, and it becomes increasingly clear—her closest friend is the best choice.
Kipp Hudson is an outdoor guy. A good son and brother. A fun-loving uncle to his niece and nephew. He owns and operates Hudson Outdoor Gear and is an avid camper and hunter. Kipp won’t damage his friendship with the petite blond waitress so he doesn’t wear his heart on his plaid flannel sleeve…but it beats for her.
Eve Before Christmas~~Bernadette Jones
Dreams can come true, on the eve before Christmas.After taking a permanent position in Spencer, successful doctor Mitch Smith realizes there’s something missing. But with long hours in the ER, there’s no time left in his day to go looking. Frozen pipes in his new home, combined with a town crowded by the Christmas Festival, lead him to the last available motel room. He discovers his destiny waiting behind the reception desk.
Unwanted since the day she was born, Norma Brown is rejected once again. Pregnant, she vows her baby will never feel unloved. Trying to make ends meet in Spencer leaves her exhausted and struggling. Until the holiday season brings more than a snowstorm. The support of a good man could change her life forever.
Can she trust her emotions and allow the kindness of a stranger turn into an everlasting love?
The Perfect Snow Globe Christmas~~*lizzie starr
Is there such a thing as a perfect Christmas?To avoid a bleak holiday, Priscilla Van arrives at Spencer ready to start her new job. Little did she know, she’d end up helping with the Barlow triplets. Or that she’d find meaning and acceptance in a snowy Colorado town.
A successful author and nanny (don’t you dare call him a manny) to three adorable babies, Oakley Fifer has promised his fans a Christmas story. But he has no inspiration. Until the new Stick Pony Camp chef arrives early. The reserved woman ignites a wealth of ideas, and not just for his stories.
Alone, neither expects much from the holiday, but together? It may just turn out to be perfect.
Why did you write this book?
We enjoy writing stories set in the community of Spencer with interacting characters, and we thought Christmas stories were in order for the season. Who doesn’t love a Christmas story?
What are you working on at the moment?
All the Aspen Gold authors are working up new stories right now that will be released in 2023.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
Cheryl has a story about the youngest Cavanaugh brother, Crosby, and his relationship with traveling nurse, Stella Novak. Sparks fly, but Stella is known to be a heartbreaker.
MA Jewell is hard at work on a heartfelt tale about a rodeo champion taking time from his busy schedule to help out a boy in need of medical treatment and the family that reminds him of his own.
You can watch our Facebook page for announcements about works in progress and new releases: https://www.facebook.com/AspenGoldSeries
Where to buy Christmas Promises
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Cheryl is the author of more than fifty historical and contemporary romances. Her stories have earned numerous awards and are published in over a dozen languages. In describing her stories of second chances and redemption, readers and reviewers use words like, “emotional punch, hometown feel, core values, believable characters and real-life situations.” Her bestselling non-fiction books, Writing With Emotion, Tension & Conflict and Write Smart, Write Happy by Writers Digest Books are available in print and digital.
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Read Christmas Promises the new #HolidayRomance by *lizzie starr, Bernadette Jones, Cheryl StJohn @lizziestarr #RLFblog #SmallTownRomance
This three-story anthology is packed with all the feels, the Spencer atmosphere, and the holiday cheer you’ve come to expect from the Aspen Gold authors. The stories will have you in the mood for Christmas as quickly as you can say Saint Nick.
*lizzie, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Christmas Promises.
Christmas Promises by *lizzie starr, Bernadette Jones, Cheryl StJohn
Genre Romance Short Stories
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PGThe Aspen Gold Series continues with book 21~ Christmas Promises.
The Baby Contract ~ Cheryl St.John
She thought she knew what she was looking for… until what she was looking for found her
Eve Before Christmas~Bernadette Jones
Dreams can come true, on the eve before Christmas.
The Perfect Snow Globe Christmas ~*lizzie starr
Is there such a thing as a perfect Christmas?Why did you write this book?
When a series is set if a small town, there are so many people, and so a wealth of story possibilities. Some stories need longer to tell while others are more suited to shorter tales. Cheryl, Bernadette, and *lizzie had short holiday stories to tell, so this collection was born.
What is your favorite genre to read?
Adding the reading habits of all three authors together, we come up with a list that covers a wide variety of genres. None of us have only one favorite. Reading faves depend on our moods, what we’re writing at the time, and just pure pleasure reading.
What are you working on at the moment?
Along with other projects (Bernadette and *lizzie have other pen names to manage, too) all three of us are working on our Next Aspen Gold books. There’s also rereleases of old favorites and new tales outside of Spencer in the works.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
Our next Aspen Gold books are:
How To Be A Heartbreaker~Cheryl St.John
Right Here Waiting~Bernadette Jones
Anything For Love`*lizzie starrWhere to buy Christmas Promises
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BBYP7XPY
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*lizzie always made up games and stories to keep her company. So, a cunning witch lived in Grampa’s weather research station and was only held at bay by waving a certain weed. An ancient road grader morphed into a boat carrying wild adventurers to islands filled with fierce lions and dangerous cannibals, which really looked a lot like sheep.
Now filled with fantasy, love, and romance with a sparkling twist, the stories of her imagination swirl their way into the mundane world.
*lizzie recently retired from her more routine life of being *the Lunch Lady* at a private school. According to the kids, she was ‘the best cooker!’ Yes, she misses the students and teachers, but is delighted now to start her days by telling stories rather than opening cases of chicken nuggets and counting milk cartons.
Her tagline of Author and lunch lady~~what a combination! no longer holds true (which makes her sad because she really liked that one).
Now you’ll know *lizzie by her tales of~~Romance with a sparkling twist~~
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Start a series: 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.
Which book is this in the series?
First book
How many books do you plan for the series?
27
How many books are completed?
9 books this holiday season, 2022, but there will be a total of 27 books in the series by Fall of 2023.
What characters are the main stars in your series?
Dillon and Meadow start off the romance in book 1, Single Santa. Dillon is a struggling musician, leaving Nashville for good. His brother sends him to do some business in Kissing Springs, and has to deliver bad news to the mayor. It turns out Meadow, his old high school flame, is now the mayor. The news he’s delivering is going to ruin all her plans for the town. All kinds of conflict ensues, but will Dillon help her succeed in the end?
What is the overall theme in this series?
Single fathers, struggling, and eventually finding what they need, getting what they want.
Please list the series titles below, in any order you prefer.
Santa Season:
Single Santa, by Zee Irwin
Secret Santa, by Kristin Lee
Silver Santa, by Joi Jackson
Salty Santa, by Annie Rae
Shy Santa, by M. R. Becker
Scoring Santa, by Britney Bell
Shameless Santa, by Tracy Broemmer
Snappy Santa, by Grace Grahme
Scorching Santa, by Ellen BrooksWhat did you like best about writing this series?
Working with the 9 authors involved. We collaborated great together, writing this series in the same small town of Kissing Springs. We have continued our closeness talking bout marketing our books and encouraging each other to succeed. And we are continuing the series. Welcome to Kissing Springs will have two more seasons, and when finished will be 27 books total from 9 authors.
What other books (not in this series, have you written?)
Zee Irwin has a few other books. The Fated Loves series is complete and involves billionaires in Boston. The Steele Valley Billionaires series takes place in a small mountain resort dedicated to the rich and famous. The Return to Glendale Falls series is just starting and is about friends and lovers in a small town outside of Boston where some of the billionaires have lived. Off-Duty Holiday is a new series coming out involving military men meeting the loves of their lives while off-duty or just out of the military.
Where can we find links for all your books?
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Where to buy Single Santa
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6KJTBZL
Available in Kindle Unlimited.
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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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Meet Nan Reinhardt @NanReinhardt Author of The Fireman’s Christmas Wish #RLFblog #SmallTownRomance #ChristmasRomance
A nursery school teacher is determined to help her former crush, a grumpy fireman, rediscover his holiday joy in Nan Reinhardt’s new small town romance, The Fireman’s Christmas Wish, book 3 in the Lange Brothers trilogy.
Nan, 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 Fireman’s Christmas Wish.
The Fireman’s Christmas Wish by Nan Reinhardt
Genre Contemporary romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
Her heart is wide open, but he’s nailed his shut.
Preschool teacher Harley Cole has always viewed life through rose-colored glasses. With a career she loves, friends she enjoys, and a home that is her haven, there’s only one thing missing—finding her soul mate. As the holidays approach, Harley is inspired to help her former high school crush rediscover his holiday joy. It’s just a good deed…until the feelings she thought were gone come rushing back.
Fire Chief Becker Lange returns home to River’s Edge with a heavy heart. His divorce has emotionally ravaged him, leaving him more confused than ever about what women want. So to protect himself from another failure, he closes his heart. And then Harley Cole makes him a flirty dare that she can help him overcome the holiday blues. Beck’s not sure he wants to, but Harley’s a hard woman to tell no.
Can the magic of Christmas and a sweet stray kitten bring these two lonely souls together?
Tell us about yourself as a person.
What is your personality type?
I’m pretty laid back and easy, but I’ll fight for those I love. I’m whatever is between an extrovert and introvert—I can step up if I need to, but I’m happier in the background.
What is your favorite subject to talk about?
Besides my darling Grandboy? France or writing—either one. I loved, loved Paris when I went there several years ago and would go back in a heartbeat. And getting together with other writers to talk craft is one of my very favorite things to do.
What is your favorite book?
Whatever one I’m currently reading—I have way too many favorites to pick just one.
What is your favorite meal?
Warm French bread and a charcuterie board that contains meats, cheeses, fruit, and fresh veggies. Maybe chocolate. Oh and wine… ;-)
Tell us about yourself as a writer.
What are your favorite books for writing advice?
Stephen King’s On Writing is excellent, and Lani Diane Rich’s How Story Works is absolutely fabulous!
What are your favorite reference books?
I love Angela Ackerman’s One Stop for Writers website and all her books—she’s an amazing resource. I’m also a freelance copy editor, so I’m devoted to the Chicago Manual of Style for all things grammar, spelling, and style related.
What’s your best advice for a new writer?
Read, read, read and then read some more in the genre you’ve chosen to write in. Know what the expectations are for contemporary romance or Regency or whatever you’ve chosen. And then write every day, even if all you get in are 100 words, write every day. Don’t be afraid of criticism. It’s how you grow as a writer.
What are your writing goals for the next year or so?
To write the last book in the Weaver Sisters trilogy for Tule Publishing and then to start the new series that I’m contracted for with Tule. I want to grow the town of River’s Edge—my little fictional town on the Ohio River and to keep working on editing gigs because they are my bread and butter.
Where to buy The Fireman’s Christmas Wish
Publisher https://tulepublishing.com/books/the-firemans-christmas-wish/#order
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YFH87XD
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Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-fireman-s-christmas-wishNan Reinhardt Social Media
Nan Reinhardt is a USA Today bestselling author of sweet, small-town romantic fiction for Tule Publishing. Her day job is working as a freelance copyeditor and proofreader, however, writing is Nan’s first and most enduring passion. She can’t remember a time in her life when she wasn’t writing—she wrote her first romance novel at the age of ten and is still writing, but now from the viewpoint of a wiser, slightly rumpled, woman in her prime. Nan lives in the Midwest with her husband of 49 years, where they split their time between a house in the city and a cottage on a lake.
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Pick up cool tips from Jan Selbourne and Anne Krist authors of Finding a Christmas Miracle by @DeeSKnight @JanSelbourne #RLFblog #HolidayRomance #PNR
Jan Selbourne and Anne Krist write of two men in Hell, wishing for a Christmas miracle with little hope of getting it.
Anne, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Thanks for sharing two tips with us today, but first, please tell us about Finding a Christmas Miracle.
Finding a Christmas Miracle by Jan Selbourne and Anne Krist
Genre Historical romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Two exceptional novellas featuring two men engulfed in a war no one understands or wants—Vietnam. They’re both hoping for a miracle with little expectation of finding it.
Jan Selbourne lends her award-winning writing talent to A Miracle in the Outback. Nick Saunders is in a hurry to escape a family argument and also to return to his Army base in Wagga Wagga. He doesn’t need another complication. Rachel Garth is a woman with a broken down car, a small girl, a deadly snake, and a baby on the way. She needs Nick’s help. He doesn’t know it, but he needs hers, too.
In award-winning author Anne Krist’s The Miracle of Coming Home, Army PFC Tom Stabler wins a trip to his parents’ Nebraska farm for Christmas. He needs the time away from the war. Lately, he’s been feeling lost and too alone. Trouble is, being home is almost as bad. Then Susan Swensen arrives, just as sweet and pretty as he remembers. Can Susan help him find himself again, or will it take a miracle?
Two Tips for Writing
Since Jan and I wrote this book as a team, I’d like to address writing with a partner.
Taking a partner in writing is not an easy thing. So my first tip is to work with someone you respect as a writer and with whom you know a little something of their personality. Writing is not only (sometimes) an isolated endeavor, it’s also a possessive kind of task. For a team to work, you need to be able to take editing and critiquing from your partner. This is why you need someone you respect—you have to trust them with your work and their comments. The goal is to make a really good book readers will love. The partnership won’t work if you don’t respect both your partner’s writing skill and their judgment in helping you make your work better.
Be sure you’re both on the same page. As individual writers, we can change a story line mid-way if we want to. Turn that heroine on the train from New York to Chicago to an astronaut riding the trail of a comet to the outer galaxies. But with a partner you need to agree ahead of time to a genre, time period, length, and deadline, at a minimum. Any later changes must be discussed and agreed to or else you could have a disjointed book on your hands. Jan and I came to a decision on our book from an off-the-cuff email discussion. She said she had in mind a novella story line that involved the Vietnam War. I asked if she would be interested in a duet book if I also wrote a Vietnam War novella. And here was another consideration: Jan doesn’t write erotic romance as Dee S Knight does. So I agreed to write my portion as Anne Krist, Dee’s sweet little sister. It wouldn’t do for Jan’s fans to turn the page and suddenly find a hot sex scene in a Dee novella. Agreement and joint decision making, that’s my second tip for writing with a partner.
Jan and I wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a New Year looked forward to with anticipation!
Where to buy Finding a Christmas Miracle
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Jan Selbourne was born and educated in Melbourne, Australia and her love of literature and history began as soon as she learned to read and hold a pen. After graduating from a Melbourne Business College her career began in the dusty world of ledgers and accounting, working in Victoria, Queensland and the United Kingdom. On the point of retiring, she changed course to work as secretary of a large NSW historical society. Now retired Jan is enjoying her love of travelling and literature. She has two children, a stray live-in cat and lives near Maitland, New South Wales.
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A few years ago, Dee S Knight began writing, making getting up in the morning fun. During the day, her characters killed people, fell in love, became drunk with power, or sober with responsibility. And they had sex, lots of sex.
After a while, Dee split her personality into thirds. She writes as Anne Krist for sweeter romances, and Jenna Stewart for ménage and shifter stories. All three of her personas are found on the Nomad Authors website (www.nomadauthors.com). Fortunately, Dee’s high school sweetheart is the love of her life and husband to all three ladies! Once a month, look for Dee’s Charity Sunday blog posts, where your comment can support a selected charity.
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