Sea Stars Christmas Annie M. Ballard Publication date: October 10th 2023 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Holiday, Romance Mackenzie and Declan need a miracle. Or two. Mackenzie wants to belong – to Declan, her boyfriend, and to Stella Mare, her new Canadian home. Putting on the village’s first-ever Sea Stars Festival at Christmas will help, but it must be perfect. She can’t risk making a mistake. Declan can’t commit – except to his writing career. Much as he loves Mackenzie and teaching at the high school, he dreams of moving to the city as a successful novelist. In the meantime, he’s producing his first-ever play. Pulled in different directions, a distance grows between them as the play and festival near. Emotions flare amid twinkling lights while personalities clash, equipment fails, and people fall short. They need a miracle. Or two. Crusty villagers with a past, problem principals, an errant Santa all do their part as Christmas spirit blooms in the village. Come home to S...

Christmas Spirits Dakota Star Publication date: November 15th 2022 Genres: Adult, Holiday, Romance, Thriller Ash has always felt at home in the small town of Humble, Connecticut, especially for the holidays. After her husband’s death, she never thought she’d love again, but then Cole Whelan arrived. His good looks and haunted hazel eyes were impossible to ignore, and their passion put an end to her simple, ordered life. This year, she can’t wait to celebrate with hot chocolate, a tree to decorate, and presents, lots of presents. But when Ash stumbles into a cave and a corpse during a run, Christmas turns into crisis. There’s a killer on the hunt, and she’s his next target. With the snow falling, Ash hosting for the holidays, and another mysterious murder, will all hope of holiday cheer be trashed like old wrapping paper? Add to Goodreads / Purchase Only 99¢ for a limited time! — SNEAK PEEK: She jogged, warming up along the start of the trail, and then increased the te...

#VBT Review - Bruce the Spruce - A.A Cristi - November 2021 Bruce the Christmas Tree has always been the spiffiest and neatest tree around as he is every year worshipped and adored as he is decorated with the best of decorations and admired. For Bruce, he has never dreamed of being anything but the best Christmas tree around, and now his family is tossing him out and upgrading. This upsets Bruce as he feels like it is the end of the world and we read as Bruce gets depressed but soon, he is adopted by another family who will treasure him and in doing so Bruce the Spruce will learn the true meaning of Christmas and what it means to be loved for who you are and the connectedness of family and love. This picture book is ideal for children aged 4-8 years old and had the most gorgeous illustrations and the perfect read for the upcoming month as we are coming into the Christmas season. The other thing I loved about this book was it gave me happy memories of my own trip in New York in Decemb...

It’s the season for gift giving! Five FREE standalone holiday short stories!     Hot Item by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward Getting into a fight with a sexy stranger over the last hot toy on the shelf was not the way I intended to spend Christmas Eve. And I certainly didn’t plan on spending hours more trying to win a contest to decide who would get to buy it. But when our time is up, would the toy be the only hot item I wanted to take home?   One Night Only by Lucy Score After a Christmas Eve concert mishap, divorced Brooke finds herself snowed in with the silver fox retiring rocker she’s been trying to interview. Will it take a Christmas miracle to get him to open up to her or does the tattooed bad boy of punk rock have other ideas on how to pass the time?   A Kellan Holiday by Tijan Humans are so simple with their holiday traditions. They are ignorant of the powerful and majestic creatures among them, like me. I am the most powerful demon above t...

Merry Ex-Mas Elizabeth Janette Publication date: November 10th 2021 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Holiday, Romance It’s been ten years since Delaney Silverman last stepped foot on the Silver Bells Christmas Tree farm her family owns and operates, but when her father dies, she has no choice. Even if it means mending fences with her estranged mother. The last thing this reformed wild-child-turned-Manhattan-marketing-pro has in mind, though, is a second chance at first love. But after life brings her face to face with the sexy, ex-fiancé neighbor boy, she realizes he’s everything she never knew she needed. Travis Harper knows two things to be true: 1. It’s time to adopt his foster daughter and build a custom home life for themselves, and 2. Laney Silverman is the last woman he’d ever trust with their hearts, even if she is everything he’s ever wanted. Especially since she has a bad habit of walking away from him. Will twelve days be enough to give two former lovers a Merry Ex-...

A Christmas to Fight For Jessica Frances Publication date: November 12th 2021 Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Holiday, LGBTQ+, Romance As the last of my kind, I’ve long lived in the shadows. But, with the death of my father, I have a dying wish to fulfill, and I can no longer keep quiet. I can no longer stand back and watch as the Santa Claus Organization takes everything from us. So, I launch an attack that was doomed from the start. I am but one krampus up against the cruelest organization in the world. I knew it was a long shot. I knew I would likely die. Then something surprising happens. The most recent Santa Claus comes into my life, and I don’t know what to make of him. He wasn’t what I was expecting. He’s supposed to be a puppet. A heartless, despicable Santa. But he’s not. He’s … a good person? Do I have things wrong? Have I had them wrong all along? Or am I falling for the biggest con in the world? Either way, change is coming for North Pole, and this is sure to be the de...

Warming My Winter Heart Michelle Cornish Publication date: November 22nd 2020 Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, Romance You can’t run from love forever . . . When Lexi Blair comes home to Little City from LA for Christmas, she gets the surprise of her life—the ex-fiancé she thought was dead is very much alive and wants her back! It’s Christmas Eve and Lexi’s seen a ghost. Or . . . she thought he was a ghost until her mom admits to faking his death so Lexi would come home for Christmas. After a humiliating run-in with her ex—which results in Lexi disowning her mother—she hides out at her best friend’s tree farm, babysitting a nameless puppy while her friend and hubby tend to a family emergency. But farm life comes with a few perks Lexi isn’t expecting—mainly a hunky farmhand who’s helping Lexi run the place until her friends return. While Lexi ran from Little City, John ran to it, and she quickly learns he’s healing from past hurts of his own. Can Lexi and John stop ...

Review: Night, Night Angel - Amy Parker - September 2021 It's Christmas time for these animals and they are ready to say goodnight to everything leading up to Christmas and ready to have some fun. This was such a cute quick little read as I read it to my 5-year-old niece a few weekends ago. This is such a cute little story with very beautiful illustrations and I also loved how the text flowed very nicely. In Night, Night Angel we can see that the little fox is very excited about all aspects of Christmas from decorating the tree, wrapping up the presents and placing them under the tree, and spending time with his forest friends. However, Little Fox will soon learn the true meaning of Christmas with baby Jesus who was born on Christmas Day. The other thing I liked was that the book wasn't over-religious which means that you can read it to children who tend not to be familiar with Jesus and Christianity etc.  Night, Night Angel by Amy Parker and Illustrated by Virginia Allyn is ...