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a moment of silence for my bestie’s dear departed husband

Photo by João Silas on UnsplashYesterday, a brave and courageous man lost his fight. He was the husband of my best writing friend, the love of her life and a spirited, hardworking, and upstanding fun guy.I never met him in person, but I met him through her writing. He’s every tender word her hero gave her heroine. Every set of protective arms, every kiss, and every look of care and concern. He’s the guy who created a wonderland of bliss for a woman who’d lost her bearings. He flew his lover on an Air Glider through an enchanted forest so she could feel free and unburdened. He kissed away her tears, and he cradled all her hurts. He showed her his Secret Little Heaven where millions of pink, purple, and white flowers bloom forever and ever. His hand was the one who pulled her out of her nightmares, from the deep waters of her fears. He would go anywhere to find her, even to an unknown and forbidden world–to bring her back to their paradise. He made her a mother and he gave her his best years. He fought for her and he always found her, no matter how far he had to go or what obstacles got in his way. And he would do it all over again, a million times over, as long as she was with him in the end.He found forever in her love.

Your mommy was and still is my princess. I came back for her when I grew up and we got married and then had the most beautiful little sunshine any daddy would be proud to call his little girl. So no more tears, sweetie.Hamling, Melisa M. Finding Forever (Finding Forever book #1) (Kindle Locations 4012-4013). Melisa Hamling. Kindle Edition.

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PEACEFUL SLUMBER, Nikki Lynn Barrett, USA Today bestselling author: I was somewhat normal once. Until I died.
THE FRAGRANCE FACTOR, Alicia Street, USA Today bestselling author: When Wesley discovers she is the unwitting keeper of a murdered friend’s secret, she is swept into a race to find the killer—before she becomes his next victim.
DANGEROUS MEMORIES, Donna Fasano, USA Today bestselling author: Waking with amnesia, she wonders what kind of woman she is when two men claim to be her unborn baby's father.
LADY HENRIETTA’S DILEMMA, Katy Walters, USA Today bestselling author: How can she marry without love?
HIDE MY HEART, Rachelle Ayala, USA Today bestselling author:
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Black Love Books Daily Giveaway April 4 - May 5, 2018

Do you love reading romance books featuring people of color?Join us on the Reader Love Tour & Giveaway where it’s all about YOU. Enter daily giveaways for African American, Interracial, and Multicultural Romance books by the participating authors on BlackLoveBooks.com and several prizes including a six month KU subscription (or $60 Amazon Gift Card).

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Can a woman looking for Mr. Perfect settle for a happy-go-lucky Mr. Wrong?
Vanessa Ransom has high standards and she's on the hunt for the perfect man. With limited time for a social life, she hires college dropout Dale Hart to walk her dogs and clean her house. Just for kicks, she decides to motivate him to succeed, only to find herself falling in love with him.
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April is #Autism Awareness Month by Rachelle Ayala

A lot of my topics come from my conversations with readers as they tell me about themselves and the people in their families. While writing Blue Chow Christmas , where the main character has Asperger's Syndrome, I got acquainted with a reader whose grandsons have autism. I also learned that Asperger's is now blended into the autism spectrum on the high functioning end.

After finishing Blue Chow Christmas, I got the idea to write about a single mother with two boys: one with autism and the other without. My reader helped me a lot with stories from her family, while I set out to do research. I read blogs, forums, studied nonfiction books, and chatted with my readers. I also watched a movie about Temple Grandin and read her book, Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism. I quickly realized that because autism is a spectrum disorder, everyone is individual in their symptoms and experiences. While there are similarities, there are also vast differences.


I did not want to simply portray my characters with autism in a stereotypical manner, and it helped that I never watched any of the movies like Rain Man. Instead, rather than focusing on the behavioral aspect of autism: the meltdowns, hand-flapping, screaming or repetitive motions, I endeavored to write from the inside out, by understanding what it was that the person felt inside and with the inability to communicate, how their frustration or oversensitive nerves would cause them to act in a certain manner on the outside.

Throughout my writing, I checked in with my friend who would either validate or correct what I wrote. It was very important for me to understand what was going on inside the person who has autism, and not just what was going on around them. My friend pointed me to a book, The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen Year Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida which was a treasure trove. Right before I did the final revision of my manuscript, I also read a fictionalized memoir, Paper In the Wind: Peeling back the lifespan of autism in the wake of tragedy by Olivia Mason-Charles. This book made me really think about what life is like for the caregiver.

I'm pleased to announce that my story, Playing for the Save , won the 2017 Readers' Favorite Gold Award for Realistic Fiction. It is dedicated to my friend, Frances Hampton. It is still a romance, with the hopes and wishes of the single mother, Jamie, for someone to validate her experience and to appreciate her and love her. But it also shows how autism takes over someone's life and isolates them from others. Because of the help I got from my readers, I hope this book will help other readers become aware of autism as well as understand it better and to appreciate and support those caregivers.


Playing for the Save is available at most online retailers. You can also get Blue Chow Christmas , the book that got me and Frances talking from most online retailers.

Cait Hart has been married to Brian Wonder for twelve years,
but does she really know him? The redheaded firefighter is dependable, loyal,
and kind to others, but he's never let her probe his feelings.Available at your favorite online retailer [CLICK for STORES]

Read an Excerpt from Hide My Heart #romanticsuspense #sweetromance

A sweet and inspirational romantic suspense from USA Today Bestselling Author Rachelle Ayala---Amber McKay ran away from home to find adventure. She found Hunter instead. Now Amber’s on the run again, and this time she isn’t alone.Amber returns home to visit her dying grandmother. But she’s hiding from Hunter, and she has a big secret. She turns to the one man she's always trusted. Has he changed and will he help?99c release week sale! Available on Amazon only. http://books2read.com/HideMyHeart---ExcerptI wish I could shut the voices.I wish he’d leave me alone.But I must keep running. Never stop running.It’s not just me anymore.A truck door slams and I jump. Grabbing my suitcase, I peek through the curtains, and my heart slides to the ground.It’s Hunter.“Amber! Time to go.”What do I do now? I can’t go anywhere. Can’t hide. It’s his house, and he’s coming to get me. To make me.The key slides through the lock. He stomps his boots, once, twice to remove the crushed ice.“What’s that for?” He slips an annoyed glance at my bulging suitcase. Without waiting for an answer, he yanks my arm. “The appointment is at ten.”“I’m not going.” I wince at his fingers digging in. For sure, I’ll have a bruise from his iron grip. “Take me to the bus stop.”“No can do.” He twists my suitcase from me and shoves me out the door. “You’re going to get this taken care of, and you’re going to do exactly what I say.”He dumps my suitcase in the snowdrift.“Hey, I need my stuff.”“Not for the clinic you don’t.” Marching at the pace of death, he strong-arms me to his pickup truck.“What if I don’t want to?” I jut my lip, knowing I’m pushing him, asking for it.He slams me against the truck bed and raises his fist.Stupid me. I blink and cringe, and that’s when he smiles. He knows I’m scared, knows I’m helpless, and it makes him gloat.“You have no one but me.”My breath steams in the chilly winter air. “I’m leaving you.”He snickers and cracks open the door to the cab. “Get in.”When I don’t move, he picks me up and throws me onto the seat. A jolt of pain stabs and tightens my abdomen. I hold my breath, refusing to give him any satisfaction.His nostrils flare, and a vein pulses in his temple. “You have nowhere to go, and you know it.”Of course, he’s right. I have no friends, no money, no job skills. I was homeschooled and don’t know how to work a computer or those fancy little telephones with the screen, but I’m far from helpless. Maybe someone at the clinic can help. Maybe they can look up stuff on their little phones or they have a computer. I must remain calm. I swallow the nausea creeping up my throat and rest my head against the cool window glass as the discomfort in my womb subsides.Hunter starts up the truck and backs it down the snowy driveway. “There’s no reason to leave after we take care of your little problem.”“My problem?” As if he didn’t have anything to do with me getting pregnant.“Look, don’t make me the bad guy here. Not many guys pay for the abortion, and thanks to you running away from home, you don’t have health insurance.”I fight the tears welling. He’d been the one to take me on this great adventure. He made me believe he’d take care of me. If he cared about me, he’d want our baby, wouldn’t he?“I want to go home.” I lift my chin stubbornly, knowing that home was the last place I could go in my condition.Hunter knows it, too. He tosses his head back laughing, “The preacher’s daughter coming home knocked up.”Chills whip through me. I squeeze my eyes shut and shudder. He’s right. I can’t go back. I didn’t obey my parents, and I’ve shamed them.They never let me have a normal childhood. They kept me shut in, kept me away from everyone who’d be a bad influence. Which was everyone I could have been friends with. Is it any wonder I hightailed it out of there when I turned eighteen?And now, I’m in trouble. And I can’t go back.Hunter swings the pickup, fishtailing out of a turn onto a slushy highway. He reaches for my hand and squeezes it, always too hard. I try not to cringe.No fear. No fear. I whisper under my breath.“Babe, you’ll feel one hundred percent better after it’s over. It won’t hurt a bit, and afterward we can celebrate. I’ll take you to that pizza joint you always want to try.”“Celebrate? The death of our baby?” The words bubble from my throat before I can take them back.He guns the engine to pass a tractor trailer, then sweeps his hand over his mop of red-brown hair. Eyes blazing, he says, “Stop getting so dramatic about this. We agreed to get rid of it.”Sure. He agreed and dared me to disagree. Same with everything else. That I move into his cabin, stinking with the pelts of foxes, beavers, and muskrats he traps for a living. That I stay home without a TV, without a telephone, and our nearest neighbor is miles away.Stupid. You have no job skills. You don’t even know how to work a computer. You were supposed to be a preacher’s wife. Play the piano and pray.He has me trapped. Just like my parents had. The irony almost makes me laugh. I do laugh. I slam my head back and hit the sliding window behind the bench seat and laugh. When Hunter swept me off with him last summer, I thought I was getting away from home. Seeing the world for the first time. On a grand adventure driving across the country.“What’s so funny?” He swerves around a lump of frozen deer body parts on the highway. “Look, we’ve been over this a million times. I still want you. I’m just not ready to be a father. I can barely feed you.”My stomach growls in agreement. I hadn’t had anything to eat or drink because of my appointment. A curl of nausea reminds me why. I cup my hand over my mouth and swallow the bile, noticing the lump in my throat for the first time. “Can’t we get help? Welfare?”“No. I’m a man and I take care of my own.” He jogs my arm. “Look, I still want you. Care about you. Let’s get it over with.”As if that’s any consolation. He wants me, but he doesn’t want my baby. Our baby. What kind of man is that?Miles later, Hunter pulls the pickup into the driveway of a concrete building. Snow swirls around, dusting the windshield as soon as the wipers stop. Everything is a shade of gray, even the crusted snow.Before he can get out of the truck, I swing open the door and make a run for it. The streets are bereft of bystanders, and a few cars slog through the snowy street.“Hey, where are you going?” Hunter yells and comes after me.I approach a man with a woman walking bent over and wrapped in a thick blanket. She staggers as I step in front of her.“Can you help me? I need to use your phone.” I make my appeal as sweetly as possible.The woman’s mouth drops open, and she swallows like she’s about to throw up. The male glares at me as if I’m about to mug them.They avert their eyes and turn back the way they came. That’s when I notice letters missing on the double glass doors proclaiming it a Women’s Health Clinic.Hunter snags my arm and throws me against the concrete wall. “What the hell you think you’re doing?”“I, uh, nothing.”He clamps my neck with one hand, and his pupils narrow into pinpoints. “You get rid of the baby, or I’ll hunt you down and get rid of it myself.”He’s cutting off my air supply. I grasp at his hand with my fingers, struggling to breath. I can’t do anything but nod.He lets up the pressure and smiles again. That wide wolfish smile like he knows I’m toast. I have no choice. After Hunter opens the door, a gust of wind pushes me into the clinic along with a flurry of snow.Without letting me dust myself off, Hunter trudges to the receptionist with me in tow.I keep my eyes to the splotchy red and brown patterned floor as Hunter signs me in. The waiting room is half full of people, but I don’t stare. Shadows huddle on the chairs, flipping through magazines or facing the flat screen TV tuned to a talk show.“Amber McKay,” a nurse calls all too soon.This is it. I don’t look at Hunter. I don’t look back.I go.End of Excerpt - to Read Further, buy Hide My Heart: Love and Trouble by Rachelle Ayala

A Sweet Beach Read Series - Perfect Match

Have you ever wondered what it would be on a blind date in paradise?Coming May 1st through June 5th 2018!!!Available for pre-order in April!Grab your beach umbrella and prepare for six weeks of romance and fun in the sun with a brand-new series brought to you by USA Today bestselling authors… PERFECT MATCH SERIES  Six women receive invitations from Dawson Yates, owner of Perfect Match, a brand-new online matchmaking travel agency for a free week-long vacation to the island of her choice. As part of an extensive promotional campaign, Dawson expects to make six perfect matches that he can use to champion his business. The women expect to meet the men of their dreams. What none of them anticipates is the chaos that ensues when six couples who were strangers before agreeing to spend the week together discover that love is a lot more complicated than a match made by computer algorithms.Join Bree, Marni, Molly, Jade, Ava, and Maeve as they embark on a once-in-a-lifetime vacation in the pursuit of love.Here is Jade's story.
A romance author without a romance. A Navy SEAL looking for a little R&R. What could happen in a week on an island getaway?

For author Jade Reed, romance is for the books. When her bestie cooks up a scheme for the perfect match on a tropical island, Jade sees an opportunity for a writing experience. Who needs a man?

Navy SEAL Aiden Lin needs to unwind. His mom wants a daughter-in-law. She sets him up for a one-week vacation with his perfect match. He doesn’t need a wife yet, but maybe he can have some fun and make his mom happy.

Neither is looking for love though they’re in the right place. Is it the right time, wrong time, or enough time?

Meet the women of Perfect Match! BREE (Raine English) – May 1, 2018
MARNI (Aileen Fish) – May 8, 2018
MOLLY (Julie Jarnagin) – May 15, 2018
JADE (Rachelle Ayala – May 22, 2018)
AVA (Denise Devine) – May 29, 2018
MAEVE (Josie Riviera) – June 5, 2018Available for pre-order April 2018
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#LKBB March Free for all Giveaway - Roaring Hot!

Welcome to the March FREE For All & Giveaway Event March 12-16! Click to download these romance reads.Thank you for being loyal readers! To show their appreciation, your favorite authors have come together to offer a book for FREE. Download one or all. Maybe you'll find your next favorite author. PLUS Enter to win our giveaway! Enter here: http://lovekissedbookbargains.com/2018/03/09/march-free-for-all-giveaway/


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Teo Alexiou is an arrogant playboy who gets what he wants. He meets his match in actress Amy Suzuki, a woman he hired to play his girlfriend. The fun starts when he falls for her, and suddenly, the billionaire bad boy is wishing she’d cut the act and show him her true heart.

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Introducing the Perfect Match Series of Romances

Perfect Match Meet the Authors and Cover Reveal
~*~MEET THE PERFECT MATCH AUTHORS & COVER REVEAL~*~Coming May 1st through June 5th 2018!!!Available for pre-order in April!
Grab your beach umbrella and prepare for six weeks of romance and fun in the sun with a brand-new series brought to you by USA Today bestselling authors…
Perfect Match!
Six exciting, sweet novellas linked by a unifying theme. You’ll want to read each one!
PERFECT MATCH SERIES Six women receive invitations from Dawson Yates, owner of Perfect Match, a brand-new online matchmaking travel agency for a free week-long vacation to the island of her choice. As part of an extensive promotional campaign, Dawson expects to make six perfect matches that he can use to champion his business. The women expect to meet the men of their dreams. What none of them anticipates is the chaos that ensues when six couples who were strangers before agreeing to spend the week together discover that love is a lot more complicated than a match made by computer algorithms.
Join Bree, Marni, Molly, Jade, Ava, and Maeve as they embark on a once-in-a-lifetime vacation in the pursuit of love.
Find all the Perfect Match novellas at Amazon!
BREE (Raine English) – May 1, 2018MARNI (Aileen Fish) – May 8, 2018MOLLY (Julie Jarnagin) – May 15, 2018JADE(Rachelle Ayala) – May 22, 2018 [Add Jade to your Goodreads shelf]AVA (Denise Devine) – May 29, 2018MAEVE (Josie Riviera) – June 5, 2018
**$2.99 on Kindle, FREE in Kindle Unlimited**
Meet the authors of Perfect Match!
Raine English (Bree)is a USA Today bestselling author of sweet contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and paranormal romance.
Aileen Fish (Marni) is a USA Today bestselling author of sweet contemporary and Regency historical romance.
Julie Jarnagin (Molly) is a USA Today bestselling author of sweet and inspirational romance.
Rachelle Ayala (Jade) is a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense.
Denise Devine (Ava) is a USA Today bestselling author of romantic comedy and contemporary romance.
Josie Riviera (Maeve) is a USA Today bestselling author of sweet contemporary, inspirational, and historical sweet romance.
Watch for the individual Perfect Match covers and book blurbs to follow!

February is the Month of Love - Quotes from John O'Donohue

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We all search for love in one form or another. To be loved is to be recognized. To matter to someone out there. To not be so alone.



When we're in love, we are no longer frail. We see beauty and leave the ordinary behind. We no longer feel mortal, at least in the eye of the lover, and the vast universe of possibilities opens up to us.



The Irish poet and philosopher, John O'Donohue describes the awakening of love as

“When love awakens in your life, in the night of your heart, it is like the dawn breaking within you. Where before there was anonymity, now there is intimacy; where before there was fear, now there is courage; where before in your life there was awkwardness, now there is a rhythm of grace and gracefulness; where before you used to be jagged, now you are elegant and in rhythm with your self. When love awakens in your life, it is like a rebirth, a new beginning.”  - John O'Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

 But what happens if you can't find love?



Fortunately, you have the wellsprings of love within yourself, in the nature of your own soul.

“You can search far and in hungry places for love. It is a great consolation to know that there is a wellspring of love within yourself. ... Imagine that nourishing stream of belonging, ease, peace, and delight. Feel, with your visual imagination, the refreshing waters of that well gradually flowing up through the arid earth of the neglected side of your heart. It is helpful to imagine this particularly before you sleep. Then during the night you will be in a constant flow of enrichment and belonging. You will find that when you awake at dawn, there will be a lovely, quiet happiness in your spirit.”  - John O'Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

He then goes on to say that the only way to preserve love is to maintain that separateness of your own self. That lovers are drawn to the differences between them, and that to preserve your own difference in love, you need plenty of room for your soul to grow and expand.

“Love should encourage and free you fully into your full potential.”  - John O'Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

So, in this month of love, it profits us to remember that love is not found in the Other, but from within, and that while it's exciting and giddy and romantic to be loved by another, the vast possibilities of the universe are yours for the taking, because love comes from within and grows to fill all potentials.



Wishing you lots of love and may your wellsprings never run dry!



Rachelle

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Since February is the month of love, my three sweet Valentine romances, along with the rest of the Have Family gang, are on sale for 99c. The Harts are a large, caring, and busybody family of San Francisco firefighters. Book One, Christmas Lovebirds , is FREE, and all the rest are 99c.

The Twelve Days of Christmas SALE - All books 99c

Hey friends! It's the Twelve Days of Christmas SALE and all of my Christmas romances are 99c for the ebook. [Regular prices range from $1.99 to $3.99, so this is an awesome deal.] But hurry! Sale ends when Santa slips down the chimney Christmas morn.

With Eight Nice and Four Very Naughty, you'll find yourself going from cozy to sizzling. So roast a few chestnuts on an open fire, whip up a batch of sparkly Christmas cookies, and toast yourself a spiced rum eggnog toddy. Sit down in a soft, warm comfy chair and enjoy my Twelve Loves of Christmas.

First, the Nice... A Father for Christmas, A Veteran's Christmas #1  [Free everywhere except Amazon] - Single mother Kelly Kennedy can't afford lavish gifts for her four-year-old daughter, Bree. Homeless veteran Tyler Manning doesn't believe he deserves a Merry Christmas. When Bree asks Santa for a father and picks Tyler, both Tyler and Kelly vow to keep Bree from being hurt while fighting their feelings for each other. They must believe in the power of love to give Bree her best Christmas ever. [Audiobook Available at Audible, Amazon, Apple] 2015 Readers Favorite Gold Award Winner.

Christmas Stray  [Free with newsletter signup, http://smarturl.it/RachAyala or http://smarturl.it/SweetRachelle] - Juliette Martin does not ever want to celebrate Christmas again, not when it means reliving the last one after her six-year-old son, Jeremiah, passed away on Christmas Eve. She and husband, Gabe, find themselves snowed in at a mountain cabin with a stray puppy and a boy claiming to be an elf. Is a Christmas miracle on the way? [Audiobook Available at Audible, Amazon, Apple] 2016 Readers Favorite Gold Award Winner

A Pet for Christmas, A Veteran's Christmas #2 - Kelly Kennedy and Tyler Manning have a baby on the way, but PTSD and Afghanistan haunts Tyler and he returns to run a children's charity. Meanwhile, Kelly's daughter Bree misses Tyler and wants a pet for Christmas. When Tyler is captured by terrorists and goes missing, Kelly and Bree hold onto hope while Tyler fights to survive and return home for Christmas. [Audiobook Available at Audible, Amazon, Apple] 2016 Readers Favorite Honorable Mention
Christmas Lovebirds, Have a Hart #1 [Free everywhere] - A mix-up between lovebirds brings Melisa face to face with Rob, the man she crushed on her entire life. Unfortunately, he’s not welcome in her large Irish family because he betrayed her brother. Only, she doesn’t know the real reason. Can two little lovebirds and Christmas cheer open Melisa's heart to giving Rob another chance? [Audiobook Available at Audible, Amazon, Apple]
Deck the Hearts, A Christmas Creek Romance #1 - Holly Jolly lives for Christmas. It’s the only time of the year, as far as she’s concerned. Gordon Gills doesn’t need a reason to hate the holiday season. He doesn’t see the point. Will Gordon prevail and turn Holly into a Grinch, or will a sprinkling of Christmas magic show Gordon that there’s no fighting love, especially when it’s wrapped up in a gorgeous redheaded package of jolly holly? [Audiobook Available at Audible, Amazon, Apple] This book put me in the USA Today Bestselling List!
Her Christmas Chance, A Christmas Creek Romance #2 - Bella was born with cerebral palsy, but she doesn’t let her disability keep her down. When her cantankerous cat makes a mess of her attractive neighbor’s workshop, she stands up to him, despite him being an ex-con. Will the trail of destruction left by one naughty cat ruin Bella’s chance for love, or will Christmas be the season for both love and second chances? [Audiobook Available at Audible, Amazon, Apple]
A Wedding for Christmas, A Veteran's Christmas #3 - Kelly Kennedy and Tyler Manning are planning a Christmas wedding, and her six-year-old daughter, Bree, is worried about being the perfect flower girl. Complications arise when Tyler gets reacquainted with a female soldier he rescued back in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Kelly gets an urgent message from the man who fathered Bree, asking for a big favor. Will love, faith, and a Christmas miracle be enough to keep their family together? [Audiobook available at Audible, Amazon, Apple]
Blue Chow Christmas, Have a Hart #4 - Cait has been married to Brian for twelve years, but does she really know him? The redheaded firefighter is dependable, loyal, and kind to others, but he's never let her probe his feelings. Brian hides a painful secret behind his brave and courageous firefighter demeanor. When a pair of blue chow dogs show up at his mountain cabin, he is confronted with a boy he never got to know. Cait and Brian are tested on the true meaning of love when the boy goes missing and authorities suspect Brian of wrongdoing. Can two lost chow dogs save this fragile and vulnerable family and give them a Christmas to remember?
And Now for the Naughty! Christmas Flirt, Jingle Belles #1  [Kindle Unlimited] - Lacy Reed is the ultimate bad girl, but she doesn’t know how her naked selfies ended up on her boss's cell phone. Brandon Cole never smiles, ever. Not even when Lacy's indecent selfies appear on his phone. He doesn't need Lacy to get close and discover his well-hidden secret. Lacy’s not going to leave Brandon alone. Can she flirt her way to the top or will all she get is a big, lump of Christmas Cole? [Audiobook Available at Audible, Amazon, Apple]
Santa's Pet, Jingle Belles #2  [Kindle Unlimited] - Brilliant girl genius, Brittney Reed, plays elf to a substitute Santa, Ben Powers. When she sits on his lap, they suffer dual wardrobe malfunctions and are arrested for indecent exposure. Meanwhile, hackers are after her company and Ben's grandfather, the real Santa, is ill. Will a roly-poly old basset hound and a big-mouthed cockatoo help save Brittney and Ben and bring the real Santa home to stay?
Sapphire Falls: Going Toe to Mistletoe, My Country Heart #2 [Kindle Unlimited] - Dumped, broke, and jobless, Candi Myers visits her sister in Sapphire Falls to help with her upcoming Christmas wedding. It’s love at first sight for Troy Caine when he spots Candi nabbing mistletoe her first night in town. Catching her should be a slam-dunk for the hometown hero who gives advice to the lovelorn. Unfortunately, Candi is not looking to be burned again. Will a town filled with mistletoe, busybody matchmakers, and festive Christmas fun bring Candi and Troy’s lonely hearts together?
Bad Boys for Hire: Nick [Kindle Unlimited] - He’s the naughtiest Santa ever. Meet Nick. He ain’t no saint, but he’s got the toys, especially in bed. Carol is a paraplegic and love is the last thing on her mind when she hires Nick to play Santa. She’d rather date a good boy, a disabled firefighter, than face the fact she’s dead to passion. When Nick tempts her with his toys, she can’t resist the naughty over the nice. Will she let Nick prove that bad boys can be good, especially on Christmas day? [Audiobook Available at Audible, Amazon, Apple]
From Our House to Yours,May your Christmas be Blessed and Bright,Love Always, Rachelle