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A little reminder…

I thought I’d take the time today to remind you that I recently pulled a few books out of KDP and began publishing them through venues other than Amazon. This way, I can reach more people than simply the ‘zon readers.

RETRIBUTION is just one of those books. Here is the universal link to more than 10 different places that are offering it. Retribution.

The other books that are currently WIDE include, and you can find them at APPLE BOOKS, KOBO, SMASHWORDS, HOOPLA, and many more

Balance

Fixing Christmas

It’s a trust thing

Mistletoe, Mobsters, & Mozzarella

Mix and Match

Santa Baby

The Sheriff and the Psychic

Woke

Read all about it…

Yesterday, I mentioned that 3 WISHES (A SAN VALENTINO FAMILY ROMANCE) was releasing this Friday, 2.14, Valentine’s Day.

Today, I want to give you a little teaser from the story.

“You should be out with some hot guy who’s all into you, at a club, just having the time of your life. Not stuck behind a counter or in a kitchen, slaving away,” Gia said.

            I let her drone on because, really, I’d heard this too many times before.

            Anyway, there was no hot guy in the background, foreground, or any other ground just dying to take me out on my birthday or any other day. Unlike Gia, who inherited our mother’s genetics: small-boned, blonde-haired and blue-eyed northern Italian features, I’d been blessed with daddy’s Sicilian DNA: average height, black-haired and prone to hairiness (I had to shave my legs every time I showered), with the tendency to run to chubby if I didn’t watch myself, and the already noted one blue eye, one green.

            Gia had hot guys beating down my parent’s door to get to her. I did not.

            The last guy I’d dated was a setup courtesy of my Aunt Gracie. He’d been a wise guy wannabe with old-world theories on women, namely the barefoot and pregnant kind. He’d picked out the names of our first six children before the tiramisu was served.

            The guy before him told me I was married to my career/shop/lifestyle when I wouldn’t devote every minute of spare time I had – which is not a lot – to him.

            The one before him liked my candy more than me.

            Face it, at just a week shy of thirty, my dreams of happily ever after were starting to dwindle into the cold reality of perpetual singledom.

            Later on, in my apartment over my shop, I dragged out the banker’s box again and pawed through the rest of the contents Mama had shoved in there. But I kept coming back to the wish paper I’d written at fifteen.

            Funny thing was, I still wanted those three wishes, even now at almost twice the age I’d been when I’d written them. I knew the blue-eye/green-eye thing was probably never going to materialize. I’d grown to be comfortable with my weird-eyed status over the years. It was one of the first things people noticed about me and the comments were usually positive and inquisitive, not hurtful and mean-spirited as they’d been during childhood.

            The healer request could actually happen. My shop is in a busy neighborhood surrounded by hospitals, urgent care centers and nursing homes. It wasn’t too out of the ballpark to think I might meet a doctor, or a physical therapist, or anyone connected with the healing arts.        

The last wish – the one where the guy fell in love with me in an instant was a total dream, I knew. Stuff like that just doesn’t happen in real life.

Intrigued? I hope so!

Happy reading, kids ~ Peg

5 days…

Did you ever make a wish as a kid and pray that it would come true?

Maybe you wanted to meet your favorite rock star?

Or have an entire year with just dessert as dinner?

Maybe you wanted to grow six inches overnight so you wouldn’t be the shortest kid in your class?

Or maybe you wished you could have straight hair instead of curly?

We’ve all wished for something in our lives, something we wanted, desired, hoped to get for no other reason than we wished for it.

Chloe San Valentino had 3 Wishes when she was a kid about her future husband. He’d fall in love with her in an instant; be someone who cares for people, and he’d have one blue eye and one green one just like her.

She’s pulled her wish list out every year on her birthday and so far, her dream man hasn’t materialized.

But this year, for her big 3-0, she just might get her wish. That is, if her crazy family doesn’t interfere.

3 WISHES (A SAN VALENTINO FAMILY ROMANCE) releases on Valentine’s Day, this Friday, 2.14.25. Do you think Chloe’s wishes will come true?

It’s Monday and that means…a book release!

It’s hard to believe we all survived January – me especially! Such a busy, rollercoaster of a month, right?

Anyhoo…

Today the second book in the MacQuire Women series, PASSION’S PALETTE, releases into the book-reading world.

Serena MacQuire’s story was such a fun one for me to write because she’s feisty, has a temper that she tries to contain, loves her family unconditionally and to no end, and she lives for her art.

Until Seamus Cleary shows up, that is…

Talented and witty portrait artist, Serena MacQuire, is successful in everything but love. Her gift for capturing people on canvas is rivaled only by her fiery and legendary temper. A tragedy from the past keeps her heart securely locked away, preventing any man from getting close enough to claim it.

But Seamus Cleary isn’t just any man. After he left his professional football career to become a veterinarian, his bitter wife ended their marriage. Now, as he starts his life over in a new town, love is the last thing he’s looking for. The more he tends to Serena’s horses, though, the more he realizes her own heart needs tender care and healing as well.

Will he be the man who finally unlocks and claims her heart?

Here’s a little taste…

With a hip resting against the tabletop, he browsed through her paints and brushes, lifting one color pot, then another.

“So. You’re an artist.”

She nodded.

“What do you paint?”

As he opened and closed the pots, Serena observed his hands, silently assessing the length and width of his fingers. Her mind registered the dexterous movements of each action, the deliberate, steady way his hands performed each task.

“Portraits, mostly.”

“This is pretty big equipment for a portrait. Where do your pictures hang? In castles?”

“Three do,” she told him, charmed when his neck reddened. “But this stuff will be for a mural I’ve been commissioned to do for a hospital.”

His eyebrows lifted. “Impressive. You must be good.”

Allowing a smidgeon of playfulness to creep into her voice, Serena gave him a shrug that rivaled his own. “Better than some. Not as good as others.”

He returned the smile.

Her heart giddyapped.

Intrigued? LOL.

Happy reading, kids ~ Peg

Sunday funday and booksigning…

Just a quick reminder, kids, that I’ll be appearing at the new romance-only themed book store LOVESTRUCK BOOKS AND CAFE today in Cambridge, MA, from 2-4pm, along with three other romance authors, C.W Rose, Cecilia Tan, and Kim Swizz.

LOVESTRUCK is the only romance-themed book store in the area, and since its opening last month, it has hit the area by storm!

Come on down if you are in the area today and meet us, buy some books, talk all things romance book-related, enjoy the store, and have a cup of hot cocoa and some of the baked goodies available.

Admittance is free, but the store would like to know if you are coming so they can have a head count. You can RSVP here: EVENTBRITE

This event is free but we ask you to RSVP on eventbrite to attend.

ABOUT PEGGY JAEGER

Peggy Jaeger writes contemporary romances and rom coms about strong women, the families who support them, and the men who can’t live without them. Her stories make you believe in happily ever afters. 

Family and food play huge roles in Peggy’s stories because she believes there is nothing that holds a family structure together like sharing a meal…or two…or ten. Dotted with humor and characters that are as real as they are loving, Peggy brings all aspects of life into her stories: life, death, sibling rivalry, illness, and the desire for everyone to find their own happily ever after. Growing up the only child of divorced parents she longed for sisters, brothers and a family that vowed to stick together no matter what came their way. Through her books, she has created the families she wanted as that lonely child. You can visit her blog at peggyjaeger.com.

ABOUT C.W. ROSE

C.W. Rose is a Fantasy and Romance author who writes about ordinary Asian women in extraordinary situations, and find themselves, and sometimes—okay, usually—love along the way, and the cinnamon roll (not always human) men who adore them. She is also a certified scuba diver and lifeguard with a deep love for the world and animals around us, though she hasn’t spotted any mermaids yet. Outside of writing, you can find her buried in a great book, learning to sing in different languages, and finding any excuse to spend time outdoors. She’s also a third culture kid who grew up in Singapore, and currently lives in New York City with her family, working as a Physical Therapist.  Find all of her socials, website, and newsletter sign up at http://linktree.com/cwrose

ABOUT KIM SWIZZ

After nearly half a decade of practicing law, Kim Swizz is now a recovering attorney, living her best life writing small-town romance. Kim has always had a passion for creative writing but has never published a novel (unless you count the book she wrote and had bound in first grade, a titillating story entitled “The Cat is Eating”) — until now. She is excited to leave behind the days of drafting contracts and start this new chapter.

A forever Jersey girl turned former Arizona resident, Kim now calls Boston home with her husband, though they love to travel together.

Kim is never without her emotional support Kindle. When she is not writing spicy scenes or making her readers cry, you can find her crocheting tiny things, knitting, embroidering, cross-stitching, bullet journaling — you get the point.

ABOUT CECILIA TAN
Cecilia Tan is an award-winning author of passionate fiction. RT Book Reviews awarded her Career Achievement in Erotic Romance in 2015 and her novel Slow Surrender (Hachette/Forever, 2013) won the RT Reviewers Choice Award and the Maggie Award for Excellence from GRW. Spanning the gamut of genre and gender, she is also the author of Daron’s Guitar Chronicles, The Prince’s Boy, and Watch Point. Her Magic University series has been lauded by Autostraddle for being “trans-inclusive fantasy for Harry Potter fans.” In 2025 she will begin serializing The Vanished Chronicles, her long awaited spicy paranormal romance trilogy, via Patreon. Learn more at patreon.com/ceciliatan.

A Friday reminder…

Can you believe it’s January 31st already? This month has felt like a YEAR!!!

Anyhoo.

Tomorrow is February 1st ( funny how that happens, right? LOL) and I’ve got 2 releases this month.

On February 3rd, the re-branding and re-release of PASSION’S PALETTE comes out. If you haven’t read it, this is Serena Cleary’s story from the MacQuire Women series. New covers and updated.

Talented and witty portrait artist Serena MacQuire, is successful in everything but love. Her gift for capturing people on canvas is rivaled only by her fiery and legendary temper. A tragedy from the past keeps her heart securely locked away, preventing any man from getting close enough to claim it.

But Seamus Cleary isn’t just any man. After he left his professional football career to become a veterinarian, his bitter wife ended their marriage. Now, as he starts his life over in a new town, love is the last thing he’s looking for. The more he tends to Serena’s horses, though, the more he realizes her own heart needs tender care and healing as well.

Will he be the man who finally unlocks and claims her heart?

Then, On Valentine’s Day, 3 Wishes ( A San Valentino Holiday Romance) re-releases, also rebranded, new covers, and updated text.

Valentine’s Day is chocolatier Chloe San Valentino’s favorite day of the year. Not only is it the busiest day in her candy shop, Caramelle de Chloe, but it’s also her birthday.

Chloe’s got a birthday wish list for the perfect man she pulls out every year: he’d fall in love with her in a heartbeat, he’d be someone who cares about people, and he’d have one blue eye and one green eye, just like her. So far, Chloe’s fantasy man hasn’t materialized, despite the matchmaking efforts of her big, close-knit Italian family.

But this year for her 30th birthday, she just might get her three wishes.

So if you haven’t read either of these, now is the time to. Preorders in Kindle and Print are available.

I’m so thrilled I got the rights back to these books because now I can put them in KU as well.

Happy reading, kids! Peg

A little wisdom on a Wednesday…

Home…

So, I’ve been at my daughter’s house for the past eleven days, helping out with her children while she attended an overseas work trip. I just got home last night and I am tired.

Bone weary tired. This is the reason you have your children when you are young and not in your 60’s!!

Anyhoo.

I’m home again and I have so much to catch up on, workwise, for myself.

Next week, the reissue of PASSION’S PALETTE is released in both kindle and print copy.

On February 14 ( Valentine’s Day!) the reissue of 3 Wishes is released. Both are available for preorder now.

I have to get them ready for reissue today! Upload the files, make sure the formatting is done, and the covers fit the page count.

I am also in the middle of writing the last book in the Heaven’s Matchmaker series, YOU’RE MY MATCH. The two main characters in this one are giving me all kinds of problems – good ones, but their personalities are crashing like waves on the shore. Fun stuff to write, but it takes time to get it right.

In addition to the work stuff, today I need to: do 4 loads of laundry; grocery shop; make a run to the postoffice and bank. Do the ironing. Make reservations at hotels for 2 upcoming writing events I’m participating in, and then, if I have time, get my behind to the gym because I’ve missed 14 days of workouts!

In addition to all that, I will try and write a few blogs, and get some posts ready for next week.

All this in addition to caring for hubby and Maple – who has been very vocal in how much she missed me while I was gone.

Be a writer, they said. It’s an easy life, they said.

I could punch “They” in the mouth right about now.

Le sigh…

~Peg

#mondayMusings

Honestly though? Lately the pain in outweighing the beauty.

Backlash…

So. It’s already started.

I’d like to say I’m surprised, but I’m really not. Not in the least.

Since my post yesterday, I’ve seen over 100 people unfollow me on various social platforms ( I have to believe they are all the same people because the number on each site is so consistent) and I’ve seen a third of my preorders for my newest book canceled.

Again, upsetting but not surprising.

If the people who unfollowed and canceled me did so because of my distaste for the current king-wannabe at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, that’s on them, not me. They are the ones who are losing out by not reading my books about love, forgiveness, compassion, and family; not me.

I believe love is the greatest force in the universe, not hatred. And if you were to actually look it up in a dictionary, the opposite of love isn’t really hate. It’s indifference.

So, if I lose followers, book buyers, and readers, I will survive. My life doesn’t end because of lost sales. I will be fine financially, spiritually, socially, morally, and ethically.

And I would rather have the courage of my convictions than a book sale any day of the week.

Okay. I’m going silent again.