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"Christmas in Silver Bell Falls" is LIVE!!!

I can't believe I have TWO new books out in ONE week!  What was I thinking???

Okay, so "Christmas in Silver Bell Falls" is my new Christmas novella and - if I do say so myself - it's awesome.  It's cute and funny and for the first time I created a heroine who is pretty much anti-Christmas.  Normally that job goes to the hero but in this book, the honors go to our girl Melanie this time around!


As you can guess, Christmas is my FAVORITE time of year and getting to write Christmas-themed romances are probably the best kind to write.  So "Christmas in Silver Bell Falls" is the story of Melanie - a woman who HATES Christmas.  She has many good reasons to.  She inherits a house in the town of Silver Bell Falls - a place that screams Christmas 365 days a year.  In order to claim the inheritance, she needs to stay in the house for three months.  Unfortunately, this happens at the beginning of the holiday season so that locks her in for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's.

When she arrives in town, she is instantly depressed and things go from bad to worse when she gets accused of breaking and entering by the local sheriff - while she's taking a bubble bath!   Needless to say, things only get better from there!

So to celebrate release day, I've got a GREAT giveaway going on where you can get a signed copy of the book, some swag AND a $25 Amazon Gift Card!  Let the season of giving begin!!


You can enter the Giveaway HERE!  

Release Day!! Christmas in the City!!

So the big day is finally here!  A lot of love and time went into making this anthology happen and I'm so proud of this project and excited for everyone to get to read these great stories!  

For those of you unfamiliar with the Christmas in the City anthology, here's what it's all about:  Fourteen newly written stories by fifteen Authors in the City authors. This anthology will benefit a children's hospital in the Florida area where the 2016 Authors in the City book signing will be held.  Authors in the City is hosted by Stephanie's Book Reports.

My own story - "Waiting for Midnight" - is a fun 20K word novella that I know you're going to love.



Waiting for Midnight - Samantha Chase

Maddie’s wishing for a little holiday magic with her sexy neighbor Noah.

Refusing to ring in one more New Year without dates, Maddie and her best friend Kiera decide to up their game to find dates to kiss at midnight.  Unfortunately, the only date Maddie wants is with her neighbor Noah.  The former Marine doesn't socialize with anyone - he and Maddie have barely spoken a dozen words to one another in the year they've lived next door to one another -  but Maddie knows if she could just spend a little time with him, she could change his mind.  With the help of some snow, a broken ladder and a burned out light bulb, Maddie just might get her wish this year.

White Christmas - AJ Harmon

Lisa, a happy and well-adjusted 14 year old, decides that it’s time to meet her birth parents.

April and Erik haven’t seen each other since high school graduation 12 years ago. How will they react when they are both invited to a Halloween party? They are about to come face to face with the past they are both still trying to forget. This heart-warming novella celebrates family, acceptance and forgiveness, as hearts are healed and new bonds formed.

Holiday With Holli - S.M. Donaldson

Holli and Zack have despised each other their entire lives. A trip home for the holidays makes them pose the question… Can a few hot moments make it possible for these two to de-frost their old relationship and start a new one?

One Hot Christmas - A.D. Justice

When rock stars have too much time on their hands, they naturally turn to one thing...having a good time. A girlfriend. An ex-girlfriend. A best friend. A matchmaker. Four rock stars on tour. Plans are bound to backfire, but when they go right, it creates One Hot Christmas.

Nick - AM Madden

A one-night stand that broke all the rules. It was supposed to be one night. It was supposed to be meaningless--with no emotion. Just desire and passion. But it was so much more... By definition, a one-night stand is simply a sexual encounter lasting only a single night. Meaningless, mindless, detached fornication without an expectation of further relations. Each party then resumes their lives as if never having met the other. On a snowy night in Chicago, Nick and Angela had a one-night stand…and rewrote the definition.

Coming Home - Taryn Plendl

She wanted a one night stand. He wanted more. Iowa winters can be brutally cold, but when Ella Marks and Matteo Lazos get together, the results are sizzling. When life is up in the air, sometimes coming home for the holidays is the only way to find solid ground.

Tangled in Tinsel - Mariah Dietz

Christmas is in three days, and I have eight states to cross before I get home. Mother Nature and kismet have joined forces in an attempt to ruin this holiday season as flights across the East Coast have been canceled due to a snowstorm. I hate traveling nearly as much as I hate the snow.

How is kismet involved, you ask? Carter O’Brien is trying to get home as well. Do you know what I hate more than snow and traveling? Carter O’Brien.

Stay Awhile - Gia Riley

Garrett Kristoff’s living the life he’s always wanted, yet something’s missing. As a well-respected surgeon, he’s seen it all. But even he isn’t prepared for his next case. Should he tempt fate or play it safe? There’s too much on the line to get it wrong. Megan Campbell’s married to her high school sweetheart. Their entire world revolves around their beautiful little girl. But seven years into their marriage, tragedy strikes, revealing her husband’s secrets. Life can change in the blink of an eye. Will Megan hold onto the only man she's ever loved, or accept the truth that will change her world forever? This Christmas, they could all use a miracle.

White Midnight - Shari J. Ryan

Christmas isn’t the same anymore, but at least I still have my little tree and the two unopened gifts that will forever haunt me. That’s what Christmas is to me now—sadness and bad luck. But then I met Bex in the middle of a blizzard in the mountains of New Hampshire (Did I mention I’m from Florida?).  A chance encounter with this ruggedly good-looking mountain-man might just make me question how bad my luck really is.

A Holiday Discovery - Ellie Keys
Maria, a reporter, is in the center of a big story while on a trip.  The decision: adventurous holiday or career goldmine?

Christmas Letters - Christina Benjamin

Rae has never loved Christmas much. Bouncing from place to place in the foster system didn’t afford her very fond holiday memories. This Christmas is proving to be one of her most difficult yet when she starts to receive mysterious letters counting down the 12 days until Christmas. At first she thinks the letters are just a prank, but whoever is sending them knows startling details about her life and most recent failed relationship. Will the clues from the cryptic letters leave her broken hearted or could this be the Christmas miracle she’s been waiting for?

All I Want for Christmas - Misha Elliott

All Adrianna Lutz wants is for the holidays to be over. This year an unexpected prize sends her to the Caribbean with her best friend, brother and an unexpected guest. The boy who was once the bane of her existence. Seeing him face to face brings back unwanted feelings. To Eric Wayne, Adrianna was nothing more than the annoying little sister of his best friend—until the night they shared an amazing kiss. Now she’s all grown up and all he wants is her. Will time in paradise with Eric be what she needs to bring back the holiday spirit?

Repairing Christmas - Sidonia Rose

The presents are wrapped, the semester is finishing up, and it’s almost time for Christmas.

Christmas has always been the same, quiet and cozy at home.  Miranda is changing things and

spending this Christmas with her boyfriend, until he becomes her ex-boyfriend and breaks their

plans. Christmas for Glenn is about family and their annual holiday party.  Until he meets Miranda and discovers that some things don’t have to be broken to be fixed.

Finding Christmas - Elizabeth Hayes & Ashlee Taylor

Christmas hi-jinks & practical jokes are all fun and games until someone's water breaks.

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Sunday Funday Sneak Peek into: I'll Be There Series...

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Christmas in the City

So if you're someone who reads my books - and hopefully you do! - you know that I LOVE writing Christmas romances.  I love reading them, I love writing them...just love, love, love.  Authors in the City was the very first signing that I ever did up in New York City back in 2014.  The ladies who put that event together are AMAZING.  So when they approached me about being part of a project where I would donate a Christmas romance to an anthology that would benefit a children's charity, I was immediately on board!

"Christmas in the City" has fourteen stories by fifteen amazing authors. 


I am honored to be part of this project.  The anthology went up for pre-order on Amazon this morning and is currently only .99 cents.  My hope is that everyone - even if you don't read a lot of romances or if you don't know all the authors on the list - will still buy this book because all of the proceeds are going to charity!

And I'm going to get up on my soapbox for a minute - in my 46 years of life I have hosted DOZENS of home parties.  I'm talking Tupperware, Pampered Chef, Creative Memories, Usbourne Books, Tastefully Simple and I'm sure I'm missing a few.  I've supported school fundraisers for children of my friends as well as donating to them for my own son's schools over the years.  That being said, I have spent hundreds - if not THOUSANDS - of dollars supporting my friends and their endeavors.  I'm asking or .99 cents.  That's it.  Upload it to your eReader.  If you read it, great.  If you don't, that's fine too.  But know this - by supporting this cause you are helping people who maybe cannot help themselves.  The money raised by "Christmas in the City" is going to a children's hospital in Orlando near where Authors in the City will be hosting their 2016 signing in March.  We will be presenting a check to the hospital while we are there.  So if you can buy a hundred dollars worth of specialty home goods to support a friend's business, can't you spare a dollar to help a charitable cause?

Stepping down.

My contribution to the anthology is a novella (only 20K words!) called "Waiting for Midnight".  It's short and sweet and completely adorable.  For right now it is ONLY available as part of "Christmas in the City".  And again, it's only .99 cents.

Order your copy HERE - http://amzn.to/1GlGTcl

Writer's Life - How do I deal with writer's block

So it happens to all of us - writer's block.  I have to admit that I'm pretty lucky in that I've found a way to deal with it that really works for me.  Check out episode three in my series with the amazing Sara Humphreys. 

Story Behind the Story - The Wedding Season

I love this little novella.  It's sweet, it's fun and...it's still only .99 cents!!  Love it!!  So here's a little behind the scenes of "The Wedding Season"!

Story Behind the Story - Return to You

Book four in the Montgomery Brothers series was not originally written for the series!  What???  Find out more in this episode of Story Behind the Story - "Return to You".  Enjoy!!

Writer's Life - Where Do I Write?

In our old house, my desk was set up in the corner of the dining room.  Now I have an entire room to myself and it's glorious!!  Check out my writing digs!!

Story Behind the Story - Ever After

After talking about "The Christmas Cottage" last week, I thought it was only right to talk about "Ever After" this week.  Enjoy!!

Writer's Life - The Writing Process

So another new feature that I'm doing with author-extraordinaire Sara Humphreys is Writers Life.  Each week we'll give you a sneak peek into what goes into the life of a writer.  Spoiler alert:  It's not all that glamorous!