• Christmas or Holiday

    8 Sweet Christmas Romances #bookboost #RLFblog

    Sweet Christmas Reads
    Sweet Christmas Reads 

    Looking for sweet Christmas reads? All these holiday romances are more sugar than spice. If you like your romances on the sweet side, these are for you! Each author is listed with a link to buy her book. Please check them out and share this post on social media.

    A Christmas Miracle in Pajaro Bay by Barbara Cool Lee

    Matt and Lori DiPietro are celebrating their first Christmas as caretakers of the Pajaro Bay Lighthouse. But a danger from Matt’s undercover agent past is headed their way. If they survive until morning, it will be A Christmas Miracle in Pajaro Bay.

    Amazon http://myBook.to/AChristmasMiracle

    Venetian Tangle by Beate Boeker

    An unexpected meeting with a ghost leads Lorena to Venice this Christmas.

    Amazon US http://amzn.to/1DWH3oQ
    Amazon UK http://amzn.to/1J8AbRj
    Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/de-de/ebook/venetian-tangle

    A Bramble House Christmas by CJ Carmichael

    He’s followed her to a bed and breakfast in a small town in Montana…but will he find the answers he’s looking for?

    Amazon http://amzn.to/1kFiowN
    Nook http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-bramble-house-christmas-cj-carmichael/1122854552?ean=2940150785052
    iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-bramble-house-christmas/id1052611156?mt=11
    Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/a-bramble-house-christmas

    Holiday Gifts (A Castle Mountain Lodge Romance) by Elena Aiken

    There is nothing more romantic than celebrating Christmas in the mountains, except for falling in love there.

    Ryan and Julie have both given up on the possibility of falling in love, but when a spunky teenage girl makes it her mission to open their eyes, anything is possible.

    Maybe it’s just the magic of the season…but one thing is certain—love might be the best present of all.

    Amazon http://smarturl.it/holidayAMZ
    iBooks http://smarturl.it/holidayibooks
    Nook http://smarturl.it/holidayNook
    Kobo http://smarturl.it/holidayKobo
    Google Play http://smarturl.it/holidayGP

    Peace and Goodwill by Lee Strauss

    Belle gets the best Christmas present ever, a man in uniform! Ian is a soldier home on leave. Neither of them have any idea how good it will feel to fall in love or how hard it will be to say good-bye.

    Anna is spending the holidays alone again with only her faithful dog Angel to keep her company. She can’t afford to pay the rent and her landlord is threatening to kick her out. At least she’s finished with her chemo treatments. She can be thankful for that. Plus, there’s Rhys, the handsome visitor with kind eyes.

    One fateful, cold and snowy night a chance encounter changes everything. Love is lost. Love is found. Life will never be the same.

    Amazon http://smarturl.it/peodo8

    A Christmas Homecoming by Melissa McClone

    “Bah, humbug” tech billionaire, Josiah Whittaker, refuses to bask in the spirit of the season at the Bar V5 dude ranch so housekeeper Ellie Smith decides to give her geek-to-gorgeous guest a Christmas he’ll never forget. With a little help from mistletoe, special cookies, and Santa, she just might succeed!

    Amazon http://bit.ly/1QbjHzi
    iBooks http://bit.ly/1PYvq5H
    Kobo http://bit.ly/1lsysC2
    Nook http://bit.ly/1NaIqDn
    Google Play http://bit.ly/1MgnxBi

    Mistletoe in Montana by Pamela Kelley

    Traci just ended a serious relationship and jumping into a new one is not on her mind at all. She’d prefer to focus on getting ready for Christmas–her favorite time of year. Dan is stuck in Montana recuperating from a broken leg and hates everything to do with the holidays, for good reason. But he is interested in Traci–will she ever be interested in a Scrooge like him?

    Amazon http://amzn.to/1lCnRoJ
    iBooks: http://apple.co/1LOmbNI
    Nook: http://bit.ly/NookMistletoe
    Kobo: http://bit.ly/KoboMistletoe

    A Romance for Christmas by Kayelle Allen

    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.

    Amazon http://amzn.to/1wpW8qE
    Nook http://bit.ly/christmas-bnn
    Kobo http://bit.ly/christmas-kobo
    iBooks http://bit.ly/christmas-ibk
    Smashwords http://bit.ly/christmas-smw

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  • Christmas or Holiday

    A Romance for Christmas by Kayelle Allen #RLFblog #HolidayReads

    A Romance
    for Christmas  

    A cop at the door on Christmas Eve brings an unexpected gift. 

    A sweet feel-good holiday romance. 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.
    About the Book
    Publisher Romance Lives Forever Books
    Genre Sweet contemporary romance, holiday romance
    Heat Rating Sweet
    Date Published 10/19/14

    About the Author

    Kayelle Allen is a best-selling American author. Her unstoppable
    heroes and heroines include contemporary every day folk, role-playing immortal gamers,
    futuristic covert agents, and warriors who purr.

    Buy Links

    Amazon http://amzn.to/1wpW8qE
    ARe http://bit.ly/christmas-are
    Barnes and Noble http://bit.ly/christmas-bnn
    Coffee Time Romance http://bit.ly/christmas-ctr
    CreateSpace (print) http://bit.ly/christmas-csp
    Goodreads http://bit.ly/christmas-good
    Kobo http://bit.ly/christmas-kobo
    iBooks http://bit.ly/christmas-ibk
    Smashwords http://bit.ly/christmas-smw
  • Contemporary

    A Romance for Christmas by Kayelle Allen #RLFblog #holiday

    A Romance for Christmas
    by Kayelle Allen
    Title A Romance for
    Christmas
    Genre Sweet Contemporary Holiday Romance
    Author Kayelle Allen
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    Bestseller on Amazon
    A cop at the door
    on Christmas Eve brings an unexpected gift.
    A sweet holiday romance showcasing love, loss, and the spirit of giving.
    It’s Christmas Eve, and the end of a year in which everything Dara loves has
    been 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.
    “Mommy?”
    Christine’s young voice broke in on her thoughts.
    Dara put down
    the romance she’d been re-reading, the favorite she’d had since she was
    sixteen. She’d sold all her others at a yard sale the previous week. “What
    is it, sweetie?”
    “Why don’t
    we has a real tree for Chribmas?”
    “Why don’t
    we ‘have’,” she corrected. “Come sit by me.” Dara patted the
    couch and tucked her chenille robe closer around her.
    One arm around
    Matilda, her cloth doll, Christine climbed up beside her mother and cuddled.
    Matilda’s going to need stuffing before long.
    Her head flopped forward, face against her flat chest. When did the lace on her dress get so ragged? Dara smoothed the
    doll’s dress. “Remember when Daddy went home to heaven before Christmas
    last year?”
    Christine
    knuckled her eyes and yawned. “I ‘member.”
    “And then
    Mommy got hurt in the car accident and couldn’t go to work?”
    “Uh
    huh.”
    Dara took a deep
    breath. “Well, it meant there was no money for a real tree this year. But
    I’m sure Santa will still bring you presents.” Gifts Dara bought by
    selling her entire collection of romance novels at a yard sale at her friend
    Sherilyn’s house. “And we drew a tree, right?” She pointed at the
    crayon-bright drawing taped to the wall. Construction paper ornaments decorated
    each branch.
    “But it
    doesn’t smell like a Chribmas tree.”
    Dara hugged her.
    “I know, baby. I know.”
    “How will
    Santa leave his presents?” Christine pulled away and got on her knees.
    “He can’t put them under the tree, Mommy.”
    “Oh, honey!”
    She ruffled her daughter’s hair, swallowing the lump in her throat. “Santa
    will find a way.” She leaned forward and kissed her little girl. “We
    should get you in bed so he can come. He can’t leave presents while you’re
    awake.”
    She followed her
    daughter into her room, got her tucked into bed and sat beside her, stroking
    her golden hair. Christine gazed up at her from under thick dark lashes. Her
    deep-blue eyes never failed to remind Dara of her late husband.
    Jack had been
    Dara’s high school sweetheart. Tonight marked a year and nine days since the
    accident that had claimed his death. Neither she nor Jack had family other than
    each other. His coworkers knew, and they’d helped that first year, bless them.
    His senseless death happened right before Christmas. What if something happened
    to her too? As an orphan herself, Dara experienced fear and anxiety for her
    daughter. Tears of loneliness, terror of the future, of raising her daughter
    without Jack at her side. Anger at everything and everyone. At his company for
    sending him on the trip. At Jack for going. Guilt for feeling angry ate at her.
    The night Jack
    had left, they’d argued over it and he’d slammed the door when he left. But
    then he’d stopped the car halfway down the drive, gotten out, and had come back
    inside to kiss her and tell her he regretted having to go, but that he had to.
    He promised he’d be back before Christmas. They’d shared a long, cherishing
    kiss and she’d waved until he was out of sight.
    Six hours later,
    his plane went down over the Gulf of Mexico in a freak storm. All on board were
    lost.
    More guilt and
    doubt set in with the New Year. Things she should have said. Should have done.
    Why had she let him go? Why had God allowed her child to grow up without a
    father?
    Her friend
    Sherilyn had walked through it all at her side, helping her get a job, watching
    Christine, being there when all Dara needed was to cry. This year, the company
    had forgotten Jack and the family he left behind. So much for “The Company
    with Families at Heart.” Jack’s insurance had paid off the house, and
    there was enough money to survive for a few months. While looking for a job,
    she’d sold furniture, her good silver, and pawned all her jewelry, except her
    wedding ring.
    Dara rubbed her
    face with both hands, willing herself to hold on for her daughter’s sake. To be
    strong. To be both mother and father. Women had done it for centuries. They’d
    survived. So would she.
    “Mommy?”
    Christine rubbed Dara’s arm. “Read me the story about the mouse that’s
    quiet.”
    “That’s a
    great story. My mother used to read it to me when I was little.” Dara
    snuggled beside her, and opened her daughter’s favorite Christmas book. At
    least she’d been able to give her the gift of reading. When Jack had been
    alive, he’d always made sure there was money for books. She would miss her own
    collection, but at least Christine would have something from Santa.
    “‘T’was the night before Christmas…”
    After Christine
    drifted off to sleep, Dara pushed off the bed. She was gaining strength daily,
    and would finish therapy the first week of January and return to work.
    Disability paid for the basics – lights, phone, water, trash collection, and
    she’d never bought anything on credit, refusing to dig herself into a hole
    she’d never escape once it got started.
    It’ll be great to have a full income again! I
    wish it could have come in time for Christmas.
    She went to the
    closet and pulled down a box with a ball, crayons, paper, and three books.
    Sherilyn had brought over a few things as well. This wasn’t the grand Christmas
    that Dara had wanted for Christine, but Dara had already sold her other
    valuables. There was nothing left but her wedding ring.
    She didn’t wear
    it. Removing it had been part of saying good-bye to Jack.
    Sherilyn had
    said it would help, and it had. Sort of. But not much.
    Dara sank into
    one of the kitchen chairs and put her face in her hands.
    Sometime later,
    when the doorbell rang, she grabbed a paper towel and dried her eyes. The clock
    over the stove said nine o’clock. Who would be calling at this hour on
    Christmas Eve? She stuffed the wet towel in her robe pocket on the way to the
    door.
    A Romance for Christmas

    Giveaways

    Peek inside the
    book: http://bit.ly/rom4cmaspeek

    Buy This Book

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    About the Author

    Kayelle Allen is a best-selling, multi-published, award-winning author. Her unstoppable heroes and
    heroines include contemporary every day folk, role-playing immortal gamers, futuristic covert agents, and
    warriors who purr.

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  • Contemporary

    5 Easy Questions: Kayelle Allen author of A Romance for Christmas #RLFblog #HolidayRomance

    A Romance for Christmas by Kayelle Allen
    A Romance for Christmas
    by Kayelle Allen
    Kayelle Allen, author of A Romance for Christmas answers five
    easy questions to help readers get to know her better. Kayelle is a best-selling, multi-published, award-winning
    author. Her unstoppable heroes and heroines include contemporary every day folk,
    role-playing immortal gamers, futuristic covert agents, and warriors who purr.
    Who is your “book
    boyfriend” (that hottie you read about and drool over)?
    I have a real yen for Roarke, from JD Robb’s In Death series.
    But don’t let Lt. Eve Dallas know. *wink*
    What’s your favorite hashtag
    to watch on Twitter?
    I have more than one. I (try to) keep up with #Loki and #Thranduil,
    and also #MFRWauthor #amreading and #ASMSG. I built a Paper.li newsletter that combines
    the first two. Loki’s Army Recruiters http://paper.li/kayelleallen/1383533309
    What are your hobbies?
    I’ve been collecting the In Death series by JD Robb (39 as of
    this date), and the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward. Hmm… I must have
    a thing for authors with J names and four-letter last names. Anyway, I challenged
    myself to find these books secoond hand rather than new. So I visit used book stores,
    Goodwill stores, and places like Second and Charles. I keep a list and cross them
    off as I go. Once I have all the books, it’s only a matter of keeping up. And I’m
    scouting for new and prolific authors to watch. Suggestions welcome.
    What kinds of things do
    you read when you’re researching a new book?
    I just bought two Astonomy
    magazines which I will read cover to cover. I also pick up Popular Science, Popular
    Mechanics, and similar magazines. They help me keep up with current technology.
    When you write science fiction you have to know what’s new. Scifi is often an extrapolation
    built on the now. If we have this, what will it be used to do? The book I’m talking
    about this time is contemporary — not scifi, but my primary writing is science
    fiction romance.
    If the hero of your latest
    book called you on the phone, what would be a perfect ringtone for him?
    The theme from Cops! “Bad boys, bad boys, what you gonna
    do? What you gonna do when they come for you?” Scott Gregori is one of his
    hometown’s finest boys in blue.

    About the Book

    Title A Romance for Christmas
    Genre Contemporary Holiday Romance
    Author Kayelle Allen
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    A cop at the door on Christmas Eve brings an unexpected gift.
    A sweet holiday romance
    showcasing love, loss, and the spirit of giving.
    It’s Christmas Eve, and the end of a year in which everything
    Dara loves has been 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.

    Giveaway

    Peek inside the book: http://bit.ly/rom4cmaspeek

    Buy This Book

    Publisher Romance Lives Forever Books
    Amazon http://amzn.to/1wpW8qE
    Barnes and Noble http://bit.ly/1wpYfL2
    Kobo http://bit.ly/1wpYndJ
    iBooks http://bit.ly/1oZ8CGB

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  • Contemporary

    A Romance for Christmas @kayelleallen #RLFblog #holiday

    A Romance for Christmas 

    Today’s featured book is A Romance for Christmas.

    A cop at the door on Christmas Eve brings an unexpected gift.
    A sweet holiday romance
    showcasing love, loss, and the spirit of giving.
    It’s Christmas Eve, and the end of a year in which everything
    Dara loves has been 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.

    Buy This Book

    Amazon http://amzn.to/1wpW8qE
    Barnes and Noble http://bit.ly/1wpYfL2
    Kobo http://bit.ly/1wpYndJ
    iBooks http://is.gd/sdSfMT
    Available in print soon

    About the Author

    Kayelle Allen is the founder of Marketing for Romance
    Writers. She is a multi-published,
    award-winning author, and the owner of The Author’s Secret, an author support
    company. Her unstoppable heroes and heroines include contemporary
    characters, futuristic immortals,
    covert agents, and warriors who purr.

    Author Social Media

    Unstoppable Heroes Blog http://kayelleallen.com/blog
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