Today is a busy day! It’s not just All Saints Day, it is also a release day for me. But instead of having just one release, today I have three. And all of them are novellas in holiday romance anthologies. One of the anthologies, Christmas Wishes & New Year’s Kisses, includes The Christmas Lily, a sweet (not steamy!) prequel from my romantic suspense Deadly Force series. This story is all about Rafe and Juliet’s first Christmas together as a married couple, and it takes place months before he disappears (an action that sets off Book 1 in the series, Every Deep Desire).
The other two anthologies (both of which are steamy!), Let’s Get Naughty and Wanted: Mistletoe, include stories from my Kingsmill Courtships series. In Let’s Get Naughty, I’ve included Home for the Honeymoon which follows Clara and Jacob as they try to have a Christmas Eve wedding–and a honeymoon–during a blizzard. For those of you new to the series, Clara and Jacob were first introduced in One October Night which is included in the Mister October Anthology.
In Wanted: Mistletoe, we meet Jacob’s brother Kane Mosby–the former head of a renegade motorcycle club–as he tries to win back the wife he abandoned years ago. Eve’s Christmas Kiss is a passionate reunion story about two people still desperately in love but struggling to overcome their past. All of the story blurbs and buy links are below and I hope, between these three stories and all of the others included in these collections, that you find a romance that warms your heart and gives you all the holiday feels this season. And if you enjoy any of these collections, please leave an honest review. Reviews matter so much more than you can know and can make or break an author’s career. Happy holiday reading!! (even if it’s not even Thanksgiving yet).
Let’s Get Naughty
Home for the Honeymoon
How far will a man go to save his marriage?
Jacob Mosby is getting married on Christmas Eve and is desperate to be alone with his bride. Except when a blizzard cancels their flight and closes the mountain roads, they’re forced to honeymoon in their small hometown of Kingsmill, VA. Unfortunately, his house is under renovation, all the rooms at the inn are booked, and Clara, his beautiful wife, is desperate to save their plans.
Clara is terrified if she doesn’t have the honeymoon she’s fantasized of, she’ll fail Jacob and their marriage will end before it begins. While it’s a ridiculous thought, past betrayals have made her determined to have a perfect wedding night. Except now that they’re stuck in Kingsmill on Christmas Eve, with no place to sleep, her fears may come true. Especially when their friends and family insist on “helping” with the new honeymoon plans, her teenage daughter goes missing, and a dangerous snowstorm puts those she loves in danger.
Now Jacob must convince Clara that true love, especially at Christmas, doesn’t promise a perfect life. It only promises a lifetime of imperfect happiness. A promise that’s worth sacrificing everything for… including the wedding night she’s always dreamed of.
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Wanted: Mistletoe
Eve’s Christmas Kiss
To save his wife, he’ll have to let her go.
Kane Mosby, the former leader of an outlaw motorcycle club, is a sexy rebel with a cause. His unexpected return to Kingsmill, VA for his brother’s Christmas wedding has rocked the small town and caused a stir in the local MC. Except he doesn’t care about gossip and is counting the hours until he can leave. Until he discovers his estranged wife is involved with the man who betrayed Kane years ago, forcing him to abandon the woman he’s never forgotten.
Eve Crenshaw is a beautiful, brilliant accountant with a secret that could tear their tiny hometown apart. A secret with direct ties to her husband Kane. No one is more shocked than Eve when Kane appears at the wedding. But she’s even more distressed when she and Kane end up stranded together in a blizzard over Christmas and are forced to confront their past. A past that includes a failing marriage and a tragedy no parents should ever suffer.
It doesn’t take long for sparks to fly and buried emotions to take over in a passionate-yet-tender way that will change both of their lives–until Eve’s secret drives Kane away again. And this time he may disappear forever.
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Christmas Wishes & New Year’s Kisses
The Christmas Lily
Is Christmas Magic worth risking everything for….
Juliet Capel, from a remote southern sea isle shrouded in history and secrets, has never truly belonged anywhere. But now that she’s married to the man she’s always loved, she’s determined to share her dream of the perfect Christmas with her new family and the people of the Isle of Grace who’ve never accepted her. Except on Christmas Eve, a rare snowstorm hits the isle, her father disappears, and Father Thomas threatens to cancel Midnight Mass.
Including the love of those they care about most?
Green Beret Rafe Montfort will do anything for his new wife, even if that means hunting down everyone on the godforsaken Isle of Grace and forcing them to attend Midnight Mass. Although he doesn’t understand why his beautiful bride needs the acceptance of the people of the isle–especially those who treated her terribly during her poverty-stricken childhood–he knows this perfect Christmas is important to her. But what he’s willing to do for her could threaten everyone’s Christmas… along with their future happiness.
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