Romancing the Holidays Vol. 1

 

$15.00

 

Holidays hold a special place in our hearts...

A time to celebrate, remember and...love.  In this heartwarming collection, ten talented authors blend the spirit of days to remember with love stories you’ll never forget.

BELMONT DELANGE lures a country music star to confront his fears when the life of a beautiful young widow hangs in the balance on Kansas Day.  BARBARA WHITE-RAYCZEK celebrates romance on George Washington’s Birthday between an innkeeper and a drifter turned handy-man too hard to resist.  DEBORAH SHELLEY tumbles a young man head-over-heels for a modern-day Esther looking for a hero during the Jewish holiday Purim.  PAMELA JOHNSON persuades a St. Patrick’s Day parade coordinator to believe in the luck of the Irish, especially when he comes in a kilt.  CARRIE WEAVER tempts a records clerk on April Fools’ Day when a request from a beautiful woman isn’t a joke.  SU KOPIL entices two long-time friends on Arbor Day to reconsider their feelings -- but will love have the chance to grow?  CATHY MCDAVID crosses two competitors on National Boss Day where they can fight it out or find love.  KAREN L. WILLIAMS bewitches two lovers on Halloween -- but their love must stand the test of time.  TRUDY DOOLITTLE snares a workaholic with the promise of something more for Christmas.  CHRISTINE EATON JONES teaches two war-torn, childhood sweethearts that New Year’s Eve is a perfect time to start anew.

 

January - Kansas Day

Everybody's Destiny by Belmont Delange.

 

Jaded, country music star Cody Souther believes commitment is a dirty word, something to run from at all times. Then he meets Angie Bunker, a beautiful, young widow with her own demons to face.  But Angie’s stronger than she looks and when Cody nearly loses her during a Kansas Day celebration gone bad, he realizes maybe there’s something worth committing to after all.

 

February - George Washington's Birthday

Love, Lies and Cherry Pies by Barbara White-Rayczek.

 

 

Proprietress George Washington desperately needs another paying guest for her family's inn.  What she gets is Zach Andrews, a hunk of a handyman with mesmerizing midnight blue eyes.  Against her better judgement, she hires him and soon stay at home George finds herself sharing ice cream cones and sweet kisses with a drifter destined to break her heart.

 

March - Purim

Falling for You by Deborah Shelley.

 

 

Tovah Levy is holding out for a hero.  Then one drops from a tree and lands right at her feet.  David Benjamin falls hard for Tovah, breaking nearly every bone in his body in the process.  Together, they discover that love hurts, and it's the sweetest pain of all.

 

March - St. Patrick's Day

Lucky in Love by Pamela Johnson.

 

 

For most people, St. Patrick’s Day is a day of luck.  Caroline McIntyre thinks otherwise.  She’s in charge of Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade and from the moment she arrived nothing has gone right. That is, until Officer Mike Daemon dressed in his highland bagpiper outfit appears out of the confusion like some, long ago, Celtic hero and gallantly offers her his services.

 

April - April Fools' Day

Sweet April by Carrie Weaver.

 

April Stewart seeks the key to her past, certain it will redeem her future.  To her dismay, the records’ clerk is too honorable to give her what she desperately wants.  A glance into a restricted birth certificate.  Luke Tanner won’t break the law he’s promised to uphold, but when the sensitive April walks into his office and into his life, he’s sorely tempted to bend the rules.

 

April - Arbor Day

Fragile Beginnings by Su Kopil.

 

As teenagers, Angela O’Dare and Brody Gaines had an almost sibling rivalry.  Yet beneath the surface, fragile seeds of love lay dormant.  Six years later after being left standing at the altar, Angela is skittish and wary of men.  Brody returns with a purpose.  Nourish the seeds of love planted so long ago and win the woman he’s always wanted.

 

October - National Boss Day

Better Partners than Adversaries by Cathy McDavid.

 

Aaron Gallagher has a new boss, and he isn't happy about it. Jolyn Banks has stepped in for her ill father, taking the job Aaron thought would be his one day.  Matters become further complicated when Aaron realizes not only does he want Jolyn's job, he wants her as well.  The situation is more than any red blooded, egotistical American male can handle.

 

October - Halloween

Devlin's Wicked Wish by Karen L. Williams.

 

 

When fate takes a hand in the lives of Devlin Wilde and Alayna Pedrieux, where their hearts will land is anyone's guess.  On Halloween night, two lost souls search for a way to overcome the restraints of time and be together for eternity.  

 

December - Christmas

A Gift of Time by Trudy Doolittle.

 

  

Before becoming a partner in his firm, workaholic Theodore Behr must learn how to balance his job and a personal life.  The task of teaching him falls to Katherine Katz, a fun-loving and successful time management consultant.  But during an outing, as Theodore and Katherine spend time together, both are given a Christmas gift neither expected.

 

January - New Year's Eve

Coming Home by Christine Eaton Jones.

 

If ever two people should have been childhood sweethearts, it was Sarah Bradshaw and J.D. Anderson.  Now they are standing face-to-face, the Civil War hero and the girl with smudges on her face.  It’s New Year’s eve, and nothing separates them except four long years of bloody battles, and the heartache of a misplaced letter.

 

 

 

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