$15 #Giveaway A FAMILY BY CHRISTMAS by Viv Royce @VivWrites @EntangledPub Ends 10.29

A FAMILY BY CHRISTMAS 

About the Book:
Title: A FAMILY BY CHRISTMAS
Author: Viv Royce
Pub. Date: October 14, 2019
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Bliss)
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 200

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Chocolatier Emma Miller has a new business selling bonbons to the residents of the quaint town of Wood Creek. When a tiny visitor stops by her shop with an interesting request, Emma is intrigued. The young girl needs chocolates that will help her widowed dad fall in love, preferably with her teacher. What Emma didn’t count on was Casey’s ever so charming and handsome dad, Grant, stepping into her life. She has to remind herself to be cautious because the one thing she learned in foster care is that people always leave.

Pilot Grant Galloway is touched by his daughter’s gift and is curious about the person who made the world-class chocolates. But when he steps into Emma’s shop full of delicious smells and tasty morsels, he forgets to breathe. And it has nothing to do with his favorite dessert. She’s pretty and kind, and when she has to deal with a difficult client, his protective instincts kick into high gear. But he risked his heart once. When his wife died, it left him broken. He’s just now beginning to pick up the pieces, and he and his daughter will be leaving town once the holidays are over.

Thanks to some Christmas wishes, though, these two might discover that their carefully laid plans are about to change.

 

EXCERPT

“Oh, no.” The girl’s cheeks turned as red as her little coat. “I don’t want any. It’s for Daddy.”

“For your father?” Emma asked, a little surprised. Her customers were mainly women who bought the treats for other women—mothers in law, sisters, friends—or who wanted to impress guests at a party.

The girl said, “You have to make them especially. Grandma said it. She said that you can make people fall in love.”

Emma’s eyes widened. “That I can do what?” she asked.

The girl hung her head and said something in a whisper.

Emma rounded the counter and squatted beside the girl. “What’s that? You can say it in my ear.” She tucked the white cotton of the protective cap behind her ear as if to hear better.

“What’s that for?” the little girl asked, eyeing the cloth on Emma’s head.

“It’s for when I work with the chocolate. To prevent any hairs from falling into it. That wouldn’t be nice for the customers. I also wear plastic gloves when I take bonbons out of their tray and put them into a box. So I don’t leave any fingerprints on them.”

The girl giggled. “You’re smart.” She looked Emma over. “I think you can really make people fall in love.”

“Why did your grandmother say that?”

“I don’t know. But it was about chocolate. And you have a chocolate shop here. You can help me to…” She fell silent and eyed Emma as if she was suddenly reluctant to share. She wore a mitten and, turning her palm up, she opened her hand. On the wool rested a few coins, probably not making two dollars. “I don’t know if you sell them like Grandpa sells plants,” the girl said with a weighty frown. “They go one by one or by the dozen. I’d really like a dozen, because then I can be sure Daddy will really fall in love. You see, I don’t think he wants to.”

“I see,” Emma said, furiously trying to process everything.

“Last week Aunt Fay was watching a movie where they kiss, and she asked Daddy to come and watch with her. But he said he didn’t want to see it. And when he noticed I had overheard, he told me that he doesn’t like kissing. That he thinks it’s stupid.” She laughed. “He asked me if I think it’s stupid too and he tickled me all of the time. I had to laugh and laugh until I fell on the floor. Then he carried me to bed.” She became serious again. “Then I thought about kissing. I don’t know if it’s stupid. Grandma and Grandpa kiss all the time and they’re happy. I want Daddy to be happy.” She put her mitten on Emma’s arm. “Please help me make Daddy happy again.”

 

 

About Viv:

With the same trademark atmospheric settings, relatable characters and cute canines that made several of her cozy mysteries #1 Amazon US and Canada bestsellers in multiple categories, Vivian Conroy pens romance as Viv Royce, creating heartthrob heroes ranging from rugged pilots to royals reluctant to believe in true love who meet their match in that girl next door or the co-worker with the business ideas exactly opposing their own – happy endings guaranteed! When not frequenting fictional worlds, Viv loves to hike (especially in the mountains), craft with paper, felt and clay, and hunt for the perfect cheesecake. Quite active on Twitter, she’s the founder of #HistFicChat, a live Twitter chat about historical fiction, featuring authors like Kate Quinn, Anna Lee Huber and Susan Spann, and would love for readers to follow her and connect via @VivWrites.

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Giveaway Details:

 

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

10/14/2019	Becky on Books	Review
10/14/2019	Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers	Spotlight
10/15/2019	YA Book Nerd	Interview
10/15/2019	Two Chicks on Books	Interview
10/16/2019	BookHounds (or BookHounds YA)	Interview
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10/18/2019	Southern Girl Bookaholic	Review
10/14/2019	BookHounds	Interview
10/14/2019	Books_AndPoetrii	Excerpt
10/15/2019	Southern Girl Bookaholic	Review
10/15/2019	Nursebookie	Review
10/16/2019	Dena Garson-Real… Hot… Romance	Guest Post
10/16/2019	Two Chicks on Books	Interview
10/17/2019	Becky on Books	Review
10/17/2019	Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers	Spotlight
10/18/2019	Cuz I’m a Nerd	Excerpt
10/18/2019	A Gingerly Review	Review