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Together for Christmas
Share the joy and wonder of Christmas as three couples let the magic of the season help them find perfect bliss when they are... TOGETHER FOR CHRISTMAS
TWELVE NIGHTS by Amy J. Fetzer
Brave knight Draegon of Wessex fears no man, but when he abducts his betrothed from a convent, he's stunned to find the once-docile Julianna is a spitfire bride. His brilliante scheme to court her extravegantly over the twelve days of Christmas seems doomed...until he offers her the most precious and simple gift of all.
THE MAN IN RED by Kathryn Fox
It's the bleak winter of 1877, and Anna Parker fears that the presents from Santa will be meager this year for the group of orphans she tenderly cares for. But when she finds wounded Canadian Mountie, Ben Parker, and nurses him to recovery, he makes more than the children's wishes come true.
CHRISTMAS HOMECOMING by Elizabeth Graham
Tess Bayley hadn't seen Dane Kendall since 1878 when they were childhood friends in the Blue Ridge Mountains. This time, he sparks deep feelings she didn't know she had. Unfortunately, that revelation comes on the eve of her Christmas wedding to another man, and it will be six long years before Tess and Dane will be given another chance.
TWELVE NIGHTS by Amy J. Fetzer
Brave knight Draegon of Wessex fears no man, but when he abducts his betrothed from a convent, he's stunned to find the once-docile Julianna is a spitfire bride. His brilliante scheme to court her extravegantly over the twelve days of Christmas seems doomed...until he offers her the most precious and simple gift of all.
THE MAN IN RED by Kathryn Fox
It's the bleak winter of 1877, and Anna Parker fears that the presents from Santa will be meager this year for the group of orphans she tenderly cares for. But when she finds wounded Canadian Mountie, Ben Parker, and nurses him to recovery, he makes more than the children's wishes come true.
CHRISTMAS HOMECOMING by Elizabeth Graham
Tess Bayley hadn't seen Dane Kendall since 1878 when they were childhood friends in the Blue Ridge Mountains. This time, he sparks deep feelings she didn't know she had. Unfortunately, that revelation comes on the eve of her Christmas wedding to another man, and it will be six long years before Tess and Dane will be given another chance.
352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 1998
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Amy J. Fetzer
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Myth 1: Writers have always been writers.
Not me. I was a licensed cosmotologist for years, and didn't even put pen to paper until I was 30. (with an infant and 3 year old) It took me 3 years to write my first book, and while it taught me a lot, it was dreadful ! Got rejected 6 times flat out. I burned it in the back yard when I sold my 20 th book. I've kept the first pages to remind myself of how far I've come.
Myth 2: writers have a staff to take care of them and their homes while they write.
I wish! I don't have a maid, a cook, or anyone who works for me, except maybe Shelley, who maintains this site. Like most women out there, I do all the cooking, cleaning, bills, shopping, etc. Sometimes I can be seen driving the riding lawnmower over our 2 acres. That's not a complaint. I'm a Marine's wife, and my husband was gone a lot, so I had to do it. I'm the only female in a house of men, so I pretty much rule too. And as the daughter, wife, and now the mother of US Marines, believe me, I can give orders when need be.
Myth 3. Writers work when the muse hits them.
If I did, I'd never meet a deadline. Writing isn't about the muse coming to you; it's about unleashing bottled creativity and giving it freedom on paper. Every writer I know feels a deep internal need to tell their particular story and hope you're entertained. Writers HAVE to write. Yeah, sure, sometimes the creativity isn't moving like we want, but like everyone who faces some problem, I go to my friends and they come through in a punch. By the way, I work at my job from about 7 am till 4, sometimes later if it's going great and I don't want to stop. Weekends are for playing, projects or gardening. I actually love pulling weeds; it makes my mind drift to good places.
Myth 4: Writers get paid oodles of money.
Oodles?? If I did, I'd have a staff and a better-looking office. But I get to go to work in the worlds' sloppiest clothes.
Myth 5: Once a writer sells a book, they can sell anything else.
Want to see my rejection file? I could wallpaper a bathroom with it. To keep selling is the really hard part of this job. However, my idea of a great story isn't often blending with the editors. It's frustrating and often, it hurts, since the books writers create have, without a doubt, a piece of them inside. But then, if you can't take it, then this isn't the business for you.
My second book (#1 being the dreadful one I burned) My Timeswept Heart was a finalist in the Romance Writers of America, Golden Heart contest for unpublished works. I didn't win, but it got my work before my Kensington editor. It came out in '93 and I've sold over 30 since. With numerous rejections in between.
Right now, I'm writing books I've wanted to write for three years, Romantic Thrillers. Think Peacemaker or Chain Reaction with a little more romance in them. Lots of action and danger. After writing books in 5 sub genres of romance, (I get bored easily) this new one is the chance for me to use all this military knowledge I've stored up for years. I've fired weapons, rappelled, ridden in an Armored Personnel Carrier, and did some Scuba diving in the East China Sea. It hasn't been boring, and because I write, it never will be.
Now that my Sergeant Major husband is retired, and my sons are grown and towering over their mother, we get to stay in one place.
How average. I love it. When I feel the itch to move every 3 years, I just redecorate.
Well, its time for me to get back to work. Thanks for visiting. Take a look around the site, drop me a note, even read the first chapter of a new novel, if you like. It's out there for you, the reader. I wouldn't be loving my job if you weren't
I'll tell you right off that I don't like reading my own bios, let alone writing them. It's like tooting your own horn. But if you're here, then you want to know something about me. So how about I break some ‘writers have a glamorous life' myths first off.
Myth 1: Writers have always been writers.
Not me. I was a licensed cosmotologist for years, and didn't even put pen to paper until I was 30. (with an infant and 3 year old) It took me 3 years to write my first book, and while it taught me a lot, it was dreadful ! Got rejected 6 times flat out. I burned it in the back yard when I sold my 20 th book. I've kept the first pages to remind myself of how far I've come.
Myth 2: writers have a staff to take care of them and their homes while they write.
I wish! I don't have a maid, a cook, or anyone who works for me, except maybe Shelley, who maintains this site. Like most women out there, I do all the cooking, cleaning, bills, shopping, etc. Sometimes I can be seen driving the riding lawnmower over our 2 acres. That's not a complaint. I'm a Marine's wife, and my husband was gone a lot, so I had to do it. I'm the only female in a house of men, so I pretty much rule too. And as the daughter, wife, and now the mother of US Marines, believe me, I can give orders when need be.
Myth 3. Writers work when the muse hits them.
If I did, I'd never meet a deadline. Writing isn't about the muse coming to you; it's about unleashing bottled creativity and giving it freedom on paper. Every writer I know feels a deep internal need to tell their particular story and hope you're entertained. Writers HAVE to write. Yeah, sure, sometimes the creativity isn't moving like we want, but like everyone who faces some problem, I go to my friends and they come through in a punch. By the way, I work at my job from about 7 am till 4, sometimes later if it's going great and I don't want to stop. Weekends are for playing, projects or gardening. I actually love pulling weeds; it makes my mind drift to good places.
Myth 4: Writers get paid oodles of money.
Oodles?? If I did, I'd have a staff and a better-looking office. But I get to go to work in the worlds' sloppiest clothes.
Myth 5: Once a writer sells a book, they can sell anything else.
Want to see my rejection file? I could wallpaper a bathroom with it. To keep selling is the really hard part of this job. However, my idea of a great story isn't often blending with the editors. It's frustrating and often, it hurts, since the books writers create have, without a doubt, a piece of them inside. But then, if you can't take it, then this isn't the business for you.
My second book (#1 being the dreadful one I burned) My Timeswept Heart was a finalist in the Romance Writers of America, Golden Heart contest for unpublished works. I didn't win, but it got my work before my Kensington editor. It came out in '93 and I've sold over 30 since. With numerous rejections in between.
Right now, I'm writing books I've wanted to write for three years, Romantic Thrillers. Think Peacemaker or Chain Reaction with a little more romance in them. Lots of action and danger. After writing books in 5 sub genres of romance, (I get bored easily) this new one is the chance for me to use all this military knowledge I've stored up for years. I've fired weapons, rappelled, ridden in an Armored Personnel Carrier, and did some Scuba diving in the East China Sea. It hasn't been boring, and because I write, it never will be.
Now that my Sergeant Major husband is retired, and my sons are grown and towering over their mother, we get to stay in one place.
How average. I love it. When I feel the itch to move every 3 years, I just redecorate.
Well, its time for me to get back to work. Thanks for visiting. Take a look around the site, drop me a note, even read the first chapter of a new novel, if you like. It's out there for you, the reader. I wouldn't be loving my job if you weren't
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March 13, 2026
An anthology of three historical romances set during Christmas.
Twelve Nights is set during medieval era and uses the popular Carol as chapter titles.
Christmas Homecoming is set in Brightwater Pennsylvania from 1878 to 1884.
The Man in Red is set in 1884 Fort McLeod Alberta Canada.
Twelve Nights is set during medieval era and uses the popular Carol as chapter titles.
Christmas Homecoming is set in Brightwater Pennsylvania from 1878 to 1884.
The Man in Red is set in 1884 Fort McLeod Alberta Canada.
June 30, 2016
2.75.
Twelve Nights - Amy J. Fetzer - 3 / 5 - The best of the lot for me. A medieval romance in which our hero, Lord Draegon, goes off on the crusades and leaves his beloved behind, but then is captured and imprisoned while everybody at home believes he’s dead. When he comes home, his betrothed is in a convent - but he kidnaps her, marries her and proceeds to live on in bafflement, as his love, Julianna, does not seem in the least bit happy to have him back. Most of that has to do with her very uncharacteristic (at least for the time period) belief that he should have frickin asked her. She’s still angry that he left for the Crusades without a word - now he’s forcibly taken her from her home, forced her to marry him and is now telling her what to do as his wife. In one respect, I like that this pretty much echoes how I feel when reading a lot of bodice rippers. And her passive aggressive stance - giving him exactly what he wants when he wants an obedient wife, really resonates with me, because that’s exactly what I’d do. But these two just got frustrating after a while (and it’s a novella!). Julianna was so extremely vague about why she was angry and kept dropping hints instead of outright telling him what she’s so pissed off about. Draegon is absolutely clueless about what he’s doing and nothing seems to open his eyes...so he gets pissy instead. So this was average for me - things I liked and things I didn’t.
Christmas Homecoming - Elizabeth Graham - 2 / 5 - At a party, in 1878, Tess and Dane, who were childhood friends, meet up again and quite suddenly (completely out of the blue and insta-lust-like) have sex in the grass in the garden. (It’s weird). Tess freaks out since she’s engaged and instead of saying “I love you,” Dane says he’s sorry and that this wasn’t what he’d come out here to do. She interprets it as, “I don’t love you at all and just wanted the sex” and hurt and offended, goes off to marry her betrothed. Tess’s expectation of how that should have gone was a little unrealistic, since, she yelled, “Oh my God! What have we done?” That’s not exactly a lead up to, “I love you.” I for one think that an apology for taking the virginity of an engaged woman is rather appropriate in such circumstances. Given that most of the main characters’ problems stem from this episode and misunderstanding, this was already a struggle in believability. So 6 years later, she returns to her hometown with her daughter Anne, in tow. And Anne is annoyingly precocious and loooooves to extend her vowels like so. Once in town, Tess meets Dane again. Things are a bit strained for a while, especially since they’re both competing to take over the local newspaper, but their feelings are still there for each other. Eventually they have sex again and it’s kind of a repeat...only this time, Tess freaks out after Dane says he loves her. WTF? This was an okay story I guess, but character (mainly Tess) reactions made little sense to me. I couldn’t quite understand why Tess kept getting so freaked out about stuff. And I really struggled with how quickly these two had fade-to-black sex at the beginning of the story. There was absolutely no build up to the sex at all.
The Man in Red - Kathryn Fox - 3 / 5 - Anna Snow is the widow of an abusive, whiskey boot-legger who has found purpose in the raising of her own son and three additional orphans. But her calling is not so popular around the town where she’s living. When the children bring home an injured Mountie, Ben Parker, she thinks he’s come to report on how she’s unfit to be a mother and to take her kids away from her. In reality, he’s tracking down a bootlegger. But while he’s falling in love with Anna, Ben realizes that his bootlegger is recruiting children - and Anna’s oldest is tied to the bootlegging ring. So of course, Anna, who already struggles with trusting Ben, has her fears confirmed when her son’s actions threaten the entire family and Ben, the constable, has to do something about it. This was just okay. I really liked Ben, and felt awful for him when . But I kind of felt like their relationship didn’t get enough of a solid foundation before it started escalating for him. There wasn’t much chemistry beforehand and they didn’t get much time together with everything else going on.
Twelve Nights - Amy J. Fetzer - 3 / 5 - The best of the lot for me. A medieval romance in which our hero, Lord Draegon, goes off on the crusades and leaves his beloved behind, but then is captured and imprisoned while everybody at home believes he’s dead. When he comes home, his betrothed is in a convent - but he kidnaps her, marries her and proceeds to live on in bafflement, as his love, Julianna, does not seem in the least bit happy to have him back. Most of that has to do with her very uncharacteristic (at least for the time period) belief that he should have frickin asked her. She’s still angry that he left for the Crusades without a word - now he’s forcibly taken her from her home, forced her to marry him and is now telling her what to do as his wife. In one respect, I like that this pretty much echoes how I feel when reading a lot of bodice rippers. And her passive aggressive stance - giving him exactly what he wants when he wants an obedient wife, really resonates with me, because that’s exactly what I’d do. But these two just got frustrating after a while (and it’s a novella!). Julianna was so extremely vague about why she was angry and kept dropping hints instead of outright telling him what she’s so pissed off about. Draegon is absolutely clueless about what he’s doing and nothing seems to open his eyes...so he gets pissy instead. So this was average for me - things I liked and things I didn’t.
Christmas Homecoming - Elizabeth Graham - 2 / 5 - At a party, in 1878, Tess and Dane, who were childhood friends, meet up again and quite suddenly (completely out of the blue and insta-lust-like) have sex in the grass in the garden. (It’s weird). Tess freaks out since she’s engaged and instead of saying “I love you,” Dane says he’s sorry and that this wasn’t what he’d come out here to do. She interprets it as, “I don’t love you at all and just wanted the sex” and hurt and offended, goes off to marry her betrothed. Tess’s expectation of how that should have gone was a little unrealistic, since, she yelled, “Oh my God! What have we done?” That’s not exactly a lead up to, “I love you.” I for one think that an apology for taking the virginity of an engaged woman is rather appropriate in such circumstances. Given that most of the main characters’ problems stem from this episode and misunderstanding, this was already a struggle in believability. So 6 years later, she returns to her hometown with her daughter Anne, in tow. And Anne is annoyingly precocious and loooooves to extend her vowels like so. Once in town, Tess meets Dane again. Things are a bit strained for a while, especially since they’re both competing to take over the local newspaper, but their feelings are still there for each other. Eventually they have sex again and it’s kind of a repeat...only this time, Tess freaks out after Dane says he loves her. WTF? This was an okay story I guess, but character (mainly Tess) reactions made little sense to me. I couldn’t quite understand why Tess kept getting so freaked out about stuff. And I really struggled with how quickly these two had fade-to-black sex at the beginning of the story. There was absolutely no build up to the sex at all.
The Man in Red - Kathryn Fox - 3 / 5 - Anna Snow is the widow of an abusive, whiskey boot-legger who has found purpose in the raising of her own son and three additional orphans. But her calling is not so popular around the town where she’s living. When the children bring home an injured Mountie, Ben Parker, she thinks he’s come to report on how she’s unfit to be a mother and to take her kids away from her. In reality, he’s tracking down a bootlegger. But while he’s falling in love with Anna, Ben realizes that his bootlegger is recruiting children - and Anna’s oldest is tied to the bootlegging ring. So of course, Anna, who already struggles with trusting Ben, has her fears confirmed when her son’s actions threaten the entire family and Ben, the constable, has to do something about it. This was just okay. I really liked Ben, and felt awful for him when . But I kind of felt like their relationship didn’t get enough of a solid foundation before it started escalating for him. There wasn’t much chemistry beforehand and they didn’t get much time together with everything else going on.
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