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Countdown Til Christmas Pets - Spotlight: Graced by Jade Kerrion #Christmas #romance

Graced - Jade Kerrion
Connor Bradley doesn’t have time for distractions, not while juggling single parenthood and his clinic on five hours of sleep a night. He most certainly doesn’t have time for Noelle, the high school flirt, who is prettier and more irresistible than he remembers. When Noelle's father’s heart attack derails Connor’s plans for his first Christmas without his wife, Noelle wants to save the day for his adorable children, but can she also find her way into Connor’s guarded hear...

Countdown Til Christmas Pets - Spotlight: Unexpected Gift by Chantel Rhondeau #Christmas #romance

Unexpected Gift - Chantel Rhondeau
Aspiring decorator Cali Johnson moves to New York City—lonely, afraid, and far from home during the holidays. When she finds a lost cat in her apartment building, she strikes up an odd friendship with his reclusive owner, Marcus Ritz. If only she knew what he was hiding.
Excerpt
Cali Johnson covered her nose, trying to block the putrid smell of rotting garbage and body odor as she navigated the dirty linoleum flooring in the hallway of her apartment building. F...

Countdown Til Christmas Pets - Spotlight: Minty's Kiss by P.C. Zick #Christmas #romance

Minty's Kiss - P. C. Zick
When newly divorced Molly retreats to a family cabin with Gracie, her ten-year-old daughter, she's surprised to find her childhood crush, Nick, still living in the area. Can a small kitty named Minty help Gracie accept the love developing between Nick and Molly in time for her first Christmas in the mountains of North Carolina?
Excerpt
PrologueThe bundle of black fur became Molly’s trusted companion the year she turned ten. It was her consolation prize for being the chi...

Countdown Til Christmas Pets - Spotlight: The Christmas Wish by Michele Shriver #Christmas

The Christmas Wish - Michele Shriver
Ashley McLaughlin is struggling to move on from her husband's infidelity. Brennan wants to make amends for his transgression. Their young daughter, Hayley, has only one wish for Christmas- for her family to be together again. When Hayley suffers a head injury after a fall from her horse, will it help her get her wish? Or do the wounds from Brennan's betrayal run too deep for Ashley to forgive?
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PrologueHayley“That stupid horse,” I hear my mother say. “...

#NewRelease A Pet for Christmas - A Veteran's Christmas Series by Rachelle Ayala #sweet #romance

Hello Dear Readers, Bree, Tyler, and Kelly are ready for Christmas again. One year later, Bree's five years old and waiting anxiously to be a big sister. All she wishes for Christmas is a puppy--for her little baby brother, of course. Tyler's back in Afghanistan to take care of the children's charity he founded. Unfortunately, conditions there are worse than before, and a terrorist bomb explodes, trapping Tyler in Taliban territory... until a bark and a wet nose give him hope to make it home...

Countdown Til Christmas Pets - Spotlight: Dante's Gift by Aubrey Wynne #Christmas

Dante's Gift - Aubrey Wynne
Seventy years ago, a collie mix brought two hearts together in war torn Italy. Will their story help their grandson find his own Christmas love?
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Love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding, mutual confidence, sharing, and forgiving. It is loyalty through good and bad times. It settles for less than perfection and makes allowances for human weaknesses. ~ Anne Landers
Chapter One

The piles of discarded clothes resembled the glorious Chicago...

Countdown Til Christmas Pets - Spotlight: Mavy's Christmas Miracle by Sharon Coady #Christmas

Mavy's Christmas Miracle - Sharon Coady
Anne Hurd returns to the Pocono's to help her elderly grandfather. Six years earlier Kyle Shafer disappeared from her life. She rescues a kitten, takes her to a vet who turns out to be Kyle. Kyle can’t believe Anne walked back into his life. Will he scare her away, or will she give him another chance? Kyle decides to take a chance and try for the love he gave up on.
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Anne couldn’t believe this was happening. She knelt down and sobbed as the tiny gra...

Exclusive Reading Opportunity - Presenting Four (4) ARCs from Christmas Pets & Kisses #amreading

Hey readers, anyone up for Christmas reading? I have an exciting opportunity for reading and reviewing four not-yet-published sweet Christmas romance novellas from our upcoming boxed set, Christmas Pets & Kisses [release date Oct 6, 2015].

Four of the authors have agreed to make their stories available for early readers. [Please read the descriptions and scroll down for details on how to join my reader's group.]

From NY Times Bestselling Author Mona Risk - Two Loves for Christmas

Tabloid pi...

Countdown Til Christmas Pets - Spotlight: An Impossible Rescue by Annamaria Bazzi #Christmas

The Impossible Rescue - Annamaria Bazzi
Christmas is no joy for Julia who's gambling husband comes around only to ask for money. When a handsome stranger and his cute Pomeranian puppy moves in next door, Julia feels guilty for their mutual attraction.Michael's not the rescuing type, but when he spies Julia's husband haranguing her for holiday cash, anger flares and he is determined to rescue Julia from another miserable Christmas.
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Julia sat on the sofa, reading the book she’d checked out...

#PreOrder Alert! introducing CHRISTMAS PETS & KISSES, 16 sweet romances #giveaway

Name of cover designer: Belle Media Management

Official genre of box set: sweet romance




SIXTEEN ALL-NEW, NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED SWEET (PG-rated) CHRISTMAS ROMANCES .

Ring in the Christmas cheer with sixteen all-new sweet and heart-warming romances from New York Times, USA Today

bestselling, and award-winning authors. Don’t miss out on this romantic collection of Christmas tails...uh, tales as adorable pets with fins, paws, feathers, and

hooves bring holiday magic with the...