LOVE FOR CHRISTMAS & Giveaway

LOVE FOR CHRISTMAS

by Jill Jaynes, Barb DeLong, Kathleen Harrington, Ottilia Scherschel, and Angela Shelley

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GENRE:

Holiday Romance

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BLURB:

Five Christmas Romances from the heart warming to heart pounding:

A Witch for Christmas by Barb DeLong

Whimsical witch Abigail Goodbody must find her one true love by Christmas Eve or be doomed to a loveless future.

The Christmas Wish by Jill Jaynes

Southern California girl Allie hopes a magical Christmas ornament will bring her the Mr. Right she is hoping for.

A Vote for Love by Kathleen Harrington

In 1886 Montana, feisty Suffragette Paulette Winslow finds love where she least expects it.

Night Train to Hong Kong by Ottilia Scherschel

Sarah Crawford finds getting home for Christmas more dangerous than she bargained for on a Night Train to Hong Kong

Winter’s Warmth by Angela Shelley

Drawn to an abandoned mansion by mysterious Christmas cards, artifact hunter Alma meets a strangely familiar yet distant astronomer and his captor, a powerful, icy specter in a tale inspired by the myth of the Snow Queen.

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EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT:

from The Christmas Wish by Jill Jaynes

Her mother held out a small white box with a red ribbon wrapped around it. “It’s yours now,” she said, as Allie drew out the Christmas ornament nestled inside. “You’re starting your new life in your first home.”

Allie knew this ornament well. It had been handed down from mother to oldest daughter in her family for five generations, and had graced her mother’s tree for as long as she could remember.

 “It’s more than just an heirloom. There’s magic in it.”

Allie widened her eyes. “Who are you and what have you done with my practical, ‘there’s no such thing as the Tooth Fairy’ mother?”

Her mother smiled. “I’m telling you what my mother told me and her mother told her. It’s part of the deal. On the first Christmas that you use the ornament, you get to make a wish. Just one. And it will come true.”

“And did you make a wish? Did it work for you?

“If you ever tell a soul I’ll deny it.” Her mother glanced past Allie’s shoulder out the front window at the car where her husband waited. “But, I did. And it did.”

“Wow. Okay then.” She looked at her mother, trying to wrap her mind around this revelation.

“Remember, you get just one wish, so make it count- the more specific, the better. Don’t waste it on world peace, this is just for you.” She strode to the door. “I’d better get going. Your father’s patience has its limits.”

“What did you wish for?” Allie had to know.

Her mother stopped with her hand on the doorknob and turned back. She shrugged a shoulder. “What else? True love. Bye now.” And with a last swirl of perfume, she was gone.

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Jill Jaynes began her love affair with romance when she was a teenager growing up in Southern California, spending many a late-night under the covers with a flashlight and good romance novel.  This early addiction stuck, and she discovered one day that telling great stories was even more fun than reading them.

When she’s not writing, you can find her a) wine-tasting, hiking or otherwise hanging out with her awesome husband, b) walking her two high-maintenance dogs, c) plotting her next story with her writer-daughter or d) working at her day job in her spare time.

http://www.jilljaynes.com

http://www.twitter.com/jill_jaynes

http://www.facebook.com/JillJaynesRomance

Barb DeLong has always had a passion for reading and writing. She has won and been a finalist in several writing contests. Animals are another passion, and creatures both wild and domestic are featured in most of her stories of love, laughter and magic. Barb contributed contemporary romance stories in Romancing the Pages and Secrets of Moonlight Cove anthologies. A transplant from Canada, she enjoys the sunny climes of Southern California with her one-and-forever hubby and a fluffy, blue-eyed ragdoll cat, two children and five grandchildren.

http://www.writingsomethingromantic.com

Kathleen Harrington, multi-published, award-winning author, has touched the hearts of readers across the country and the world with her sparkling tales of high adventure and unending love. Her historical romances have been published in Chinese, Russian, Italian, and German. She lives in Southern California with her American Bulldog, Auron.

http://www.kathleenharringtonbooks.com

When Ottilia Scherschel, a Hungarian immigrant, started sixth grade, she learned her fifth language. After retiring from teaching languages at the college level, she spends her time writing romantic suspense stories set in foreign climes. She has been a finalist in a number of writing contests and published a short story in the Romancing the Pages anthology. Ottilia loves to pack a suitcase to visit family, friends and food or wine purveyors anywhere in the world. When she is not writing, she can be found at the movies, at the gym, or cooking for her husband, kids and grandkids.

http://www.writingsomethingromantic.com

Angela Shelley was born in Vancouver, Canada in 1973 and grew up in rural Southern British Columbia. Her love for children's fantasy stems from reading CS Lewis, Tolkien, George MacDonald, JK Rowling, Terry Brooks, Neil Gaiman, and many, many more wonderful authors. She lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and their twins.

http://www.angelashelley.net 

ang@angelashelley.net.

Buy the book at https://www.amazon.com/Love-Christmas-Holiday-Romance-Anthology-ebook/dp/B077LS4LWV/ref=sr_1_16

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