EPPIE Finalist for Best
Historical Romance
My
time-travel Regency romp, HAVE CHRISTMAS CARD... WILL TRAVEL has now been
re-released!
This popular time-travel Regency romance first
started as a serial novel. The publisher envisioned twelve chapters total,
posting one chapter online per week for subscribers to their service. Since
twelve chapters were required, I came up with the idea of using the song: the
Twelve Days of Christmas, and then focused each chapter on a stanza of the
song. Thus, the first chapter, including the setup, dealt with a partridge in a
pear tree. The title of my book was rather bland: THE 12 DAYS OF REGENCY
CHRISTMAS.
Unfortunately, the publisher went out of business
before the first installment could be uploaded (and before the author could get
paid!). Fortunately, Uncial Press
picked up this novel with only a few alterations. The repetitions that
occurred at the beginning of each chapter (to refresh the reader’s memory) were
no longer needed, AND, the book needed a catchier title.
Hmmn. What to pick? I had a difficult time with this
one. Nothing seemed to fit, so I reviewed what the plot was about: each day, a
contemporary young woman, Meredith, receives a Christmas card featuring one of
the stanzas of the beloved song. Each evening, she goes to bed in the present
but during the night, wakes up in the past in Regency England. Each morning she
wakes up back in her own bed in the present.
Voilà! The
title was born: HAVE CHRISTMAS CARD... WILL TRAVEL.
Those of you who remember vintage television will
recognize the homage to CBS’ wildly popular Western: Have Gun--Will Travel.
Here is the original cover:
This
book was an EPPIE Finalist for Best Historical Romance.
HAVE
CHRISTMAS CARD... WILL TRAVEL also been a best-seller at Fictionwise.com, and
has garnered two 5 STAR reviews on Barnes and Nobles and 4 stars on Goodreads!
A magic Christmas card
sends lonely Meredith back in time... then returns her to her own century each
morning. A handsome lord proposes, and she accepts, but then finds herself
attracted to her fiancé’s honorable brother. How can she find happiness when
she has one foot in the past with the other in the present?
I recently decided to have the rights returned to me
for all my Uncial Press books--a total of five novels and three short stories.
HAVE CHRISTMAS CARD... WILL TRAVEL is the last to be re-released. It’s now
available on at
at Amazon.com and Smashwords.com!
Here’s
the new cover:
Christmas magic sends
Meredith back to Regency times to find true love. But what will happen when the
twelve days of Christmas are over?
Amazon.com and Smashwords.com.
This
book is part of the Elegant Regencies line.
Here are some wonderful reviews!
4 ½ STARS! Have Christmas Card... Will Travel by
Susanne Marie Knight is a delightful time-travel romance that carries a lonely
woman back to the regency era to find love. A creative story based on the
Twelve Days of Christmas song, I found myself looking forward to seeing how
each stanza of the song would be depicted. The characters in the story are
fully developed and have very strong personalities. This is a sweet romance in
which the settings come to life through the descriptions of the author. This is
a warm-hearted story for the Christmas Season that will leave the reader happy
and feeling good in the end. Have Christmas Card Will Travel by Susanne Marie
Knight is a sweetly romantic time travel romance to warm the hearts of the
readers.--The Romance Studio
5 STARS! I loved this book! It was a cute little love
story with a Christmas bow tied around it. It was a quick read and I didn't
want the story to end!--Reader Comment
4 Stars!--Goodreads
Just wanted you to know how I enjoyed HAVE CHRISTMAS
CARD... WILL TRAVEL. The concept of the Twelve Days of Christmas was so much
fun.-- Reader Comment
I got a misty-eyed feeling reading the last scene in
HAVE CHRISTMAS CARD!-- Reader Comment
What an intriguing story!-- Reader Comment
I thoroughly enjoyed HAVE CHRISTMAS CARD... WILL
TRAVEL.-- Reader Comment
I laughed out loud! Great story.-- Reader Comment
Your story was a pleasure!-- Reader Comment
I think this is a wonderful story!-- Reader
Comment
HAVE CHRISTMAS CARD... WILL TRAVEL is wonderful!!
It's perfect for the holidays, too.-- Reader Comment
Wow, a great read!-- Reader Comment.
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For those of you who enjoy reading about real life
tidbits woven into my novels, here’s something from HAVE CHRISTMAS CARD... WILL
TRAVEL. In this novel, although Meredith believes her Regency experiences are
only dreams, she goes along with becoming engaged to one of the Larson
brothers, William. After a few nights, she realizes she prefers his older
brother, Jeffrey. Way back when, I dated a fellow who had an identical twin.
Turns out, when I met the brother, I had more in common with him than my date!
Below is a short passage from the Six Geese A-Laying
chapter. Meredith has just awakened in the morning.
Today, Meredith was so excited, surely she would
burst. Last night Jeffrey had kissed her. Just a brief kiss, true, but she’d
felt as if her soul was on fire. Was his taste still on her lips?
Running the tip of her tongue over her mouth, she
came away disappointed. Oh well, there was always tonight.
She closed her eyes to relive the moment, then
quickly blinked them open again. But she was engaged to William. She should’ve
been daydreaming about kissing him, not his brother!
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I hope you enjoy Meredith and Jeffrey’s story, along
with the twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a-leaping,
nine ladies dances, eight maids a-milking, seven swans a-swimming, six geese
a-laying, five gold rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle
doves, and a partridge in a pear tree!
Happy reading,
Susanne Marie Knight
Read outside the box: award-winning Romance Writing
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