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$5 #Giveaway Romancing the Holidays Anthology @XpressoTours Ends 10.1

September 20, 2020 By Mary 17 Comments



Romancing the Holidays: A First Coast Romance Writers Holiday Anthology
Publication date: September 22nd 2020
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance

A dozen ways to fall in love at the holidays…

Come celebrate the holidays with these dozen unique romances, ranging from sweet to steamy and all ending with a happily-ever-after. This anthology of short stories, written by multi-award-winning authors, including New York Times best-selling author, Alyssa Day, will transport you from Labor Day and Halloween antics to Christmas and Valentine romantics. Its stories will whisk you away into contemporary, historical, and paranormal worlds where love prevails. So, savor the authors featured in this enchanting book and bet your heart on some romantic cheer while you enjoy these twelve ways to fall in love.

Proceeds from this novel benefit First Coast Romance Writers, a non-profit chapter of Romance Writers of America that helps writers hone their craft and expand their knowledge of the publishing industry. A portion of the proceeds are also donated to FeedAmerica.org.

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SNEAK PEEKS:

“Faking it for the Holidays” by Lia Davis:

Julius probably shouldn’t be as happy as he was about his parents going on a cruise the week of Christmas. But he was. For the first time since he met his best friend and future wife—although she didn’t know that yet—he would be able to spend a normal, quiet, holiday season with Tara.

Just the two of them.

Was it wrong that he wanted to spend Christmas with his best friend, alone?

They didn’t have to listen to his parents, especially his mom, go on and on about how they should get married and give her beautiful grandbabies. It was embarrassing and made things awkward between them for the whole trip to Oregon to spend Christmas with his parents.

Tara had always been fantastic about his crazy family, which made her even more perfect for him. She never complained. She fit right in with them and humored his mom when she started in about the future of their lives and how they weren’t getting any younger.

The whole thing made him hesitate to ask Tara to marry him. He didn’t want her to think he was pressured into proposing, which he wasn’t. He loved her from the moment they met as kids.

He wanted to show her how much he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her, without the pressure of his family lurking and watching them. Yessir, this year was going to be different.

He had Tara to himself.

His cell rang and he snatched it up from the kitchen counter where he was prepping movie-night snacks for him and Tara. It was their usual Saturday night “date” to make fun of bad movies. Not looking at the screen and thinking it was Tara, he said, “You better not be backing out on tonight.”

There was a long few moments of silence. Jules’ heart dropped to his feet. She wasn’t coming over. He’d spent all week gathering the courage to finally tell her how he felt. That he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her and not as just her best friend. He wanted more. “Tara?”

“Oh, no silly. It’s your mother. Don’t you check the caller ID?”

Damn. “Mom. How are you? Are you on the ship?”

She let out a disappointing sigh. “Sadly, no. The cruise was canceled last minute. That means we’re staying home for Christmas. You’re coming, right?”

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“An Elf’s Challenge” by Vickey Wollan

“Why are you being so nice to me?” She stared straight at him and lifted her chin. Angelina was determined not to be the first one to blink. Then, she noticed he hadn’t blinked either.

“I can do this all day. Remember, sawdust in my eyes regularly – no biggie.” Zack raised his lids and brought his nose inches from hers. “You had me at operational efficiency. I’m hoping you’ll return the favor, let me into the Paint Drying Zone.” He winked.

Angelina’s mouth went dry. No amount of soda could fix it. “Of course!” Oh, dear. What did I just do? What will my father think of me bringing a dust-covered woodworker into the paint shop?

 

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Comments

  1. Carol Knudtson says

    September 21, 2020 at 6:09 am

    What a pretty cover!

    Reply
  2. wendy hutton says

    September 21, 2020 at 8:52 am

    sounds like an interesting book

    Reply
  3. MARCY MEYER says

    September 21, 2020 at 9:52 am

    Pretty cover. Sounds like a good set.

    Reply
  4. Lisa says

    September 21, 2020 at 10:04 am

    I love the festive cover!

    Reply
  5. booklover_8 says

    September 21, 2020 at 11:30 am

    Looking forward to all the holiday books. Can’t wait to read this one.

    Reply
  6. bn100 says

    September 21, 2020 at 2:55 pm

    festive

    Reply
  7. Deborah D says

    September 21, 2020 at 2:56 pm

    So many great authors.

    Reply
  8. heather says

    September 21, 2020 at 3:33 pm

    This sounds super good and one that I would love to read and soon thanks for sharing this one.

    Reply
  9. heather says

    September 21, 2020 at 3:34 pm

    I follow book hounds on email.

    Reply
  10. BookLady says

    September 21, 2020 at 5:50 pm

    What a wonderful book for the holidays! Thanks for sharing the great sneak peeks.

    Reply
  11. Deb Pelletier says

    September 21, 2020 at 9:50 pm

    nice book cover and the book sounds interesting.

    Reply
  12. clynsg says

    September 22, 2020 at 6:41 am

    I always enjoy learning about new books that I might like to read.

    Reply
  13. Cheryl C. says

    September 22, 2020 at 7:56 am

    I really enjoy holiday stories.

    Reply
  14. Bea LaRocca says

    September 23, 2020 at 3:39 pm

    I love the cover, synopsis and sneak peeks, this sounds like an awesome holiday anthology, a must read for me. Thank you for sharing the book details and for offering a giveaway

    Reply
  15. Victoria Scott says

    September 24, 2020 at 9:49 am

    Sounds great! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  16. Linda Fast says

    September 25, 2020 at 9:42 am

    The cover is beautiful. This book would make a wonderful Christmas present for my mom.

    Reply
  17. Cindy Merrill says

    September 27, 2020 at 11:14 am

    Sounds like my kind of book- Different stories so I don’t have to plow through a long novel.

    Reply

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