Christmas Stories--A shopping list for you! Part 1

Reading Christmas stories this time of year is part of the holiday fun! Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL is a perennial favorite at my house. Here's a partial list of holiday books for you to enjoy. The list is long, so stay tuned for more installments!



Author: Susanne Marie Knight
http://www.susanneknight.com/

HAVE CHRISTMAS CARD... WILL TRAVEL

Book Blurb: 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 fiance's honorable brother. How can Meredith find happiness when she had one foot in the past and the other in the present? (2008 EPPIE Finalist!)

Buy Links: http://www.uncialpress.com/Time-Travel-Romance/

and http://www.amazon.com/Have-Christmas-Card-Travel-ebook/dp/B004I6E5LM

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Author Name: Jessica Matthews

THE CHILD WHO RESCUED CHRISTMAS

Blurb: For nurse Sara Wittman, life with husband Cole is perfect…until they discover having a much-wanted baby just isn't happening. When Cole learns of a two-year-old son he never knew existed, they face a crash course in parenting! It could be the happiest Christmas ever, once they realize that little Brody's unexpected arrival is the answer to their dreams.…

Buy Links: 1) Print copy - http://www.harlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=24665&cid=264

2) E-book copy - http://www.amazon.com/Child-Who-Rescued-Christmas-ebook/dp/B005WJGN2I/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1320694816&sr=8-10

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Author: Karenna Colcroft

SHINY OBJECTS

Blurb: Elena is happy in her relationship with her live-in boyfriend Corin. But when she runs into her former lover Niko at a party, she realizes she still has feelings for him. Her attempt to form a friendship with Niko goes off-course when the two of them kiss. When she confesses to Corin, he encourages her to not only remain friends with Niko, but to pursue a relationship with the other man. At first Niko has no objections, but the two men soon become rivals, and Elena isn't sure she can handle being shared.

Buy link: http://www.passioninprint.com/ShowBook.php?CR=KC_SHINYOBJECTS

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Author: Cassandra Carr
http://www.booksbycassandracarr.com/

CAUGHT

Blurb: When Callie returns to her hometown for the holidays she comes face to face with her old lover and Dominant Jack. She left him three years ago believing he could never be the happily-ever-after man she needed. Yet Jack still wants her and she finds herself wanting to submit to him again. As Jack and Callie explore their Dominant/submissive relationship, Callie gets drawn deep into Jack’s world all over again. For his part, Jack can’t seem to forget how she nearly ruined him when she took off without even saying good-bye all those years ago, but he’s afraid his baser needs will destroy Callie. Can Callie give Jack another chance to prove he can be what she needs? Can Jack overcome his own fears and claim Callie forever?

Buy link: http://www.loose-id.com/Caught.aspx

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Author Kate Hofmann
http://www.katehofman.com/

GOLDEN CHRISTMAS

Blurb: When Nick Jacobsen finds himself sheltering a woman whose car is stuck in a snow drift on Christmas Eve, his holiday plans change—for the better. Joy Heatherfield never dreamed she'd wind up in a blizzard, only to be given shelter and finding herself tempted by the handsomest man she has ever seen. Their mutual attraction is instant and combustible. But when Nick and Joy travel to Florida together to discuss an exhibition of his paintings, trouble is on the horizon. Will Nick be able to mend his fences with the lovely Joy? And will Joy find it in her heart to forgive his unintentional blunder?

Available at Amazon - Kindle, and at Barnes & Noble -Nook.

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Author: Tara Lain
http://www.loose-id.com/Our-Authors/Tara-Lain/

MISTLETOWED

Blurb: Five friends, one piece of mistletoe. Christian Elliott has the perfect life -- right girlfriend, right job, right house and car. How come he’s only really happy when he’s with his best friend, Jason? Melanie Cantrell has everything she wants. Why can’t she stop cheating on her boyfriend with her yoga teacher? Buttercup Allender adores her stable life with Winston. But she can’t give up her secret desire for BDSM. Stir them all together at a holiday party with a beautiful rock god and a submissive stockbroker and what do you get? It could be love and it could be magic.

Available on December 13 at http://www.loose-id.com

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Author:Celine Chatillon

YES, VIRGINIA, HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS

http://www.extasybooks.com/yes-virginia-here-comes-santa-claus-4/

Blurb:When Brad “The Rude Reporter” Rudner opens a letter to the editor from a lonely lady who says she doesn't believe in Santa Claus after her fiancé dumped her, he feels it's his duty revive her faith in the jolly old elf. The gift of a red garter belt and some slinky fishnet stockings help good girl Ginny get on Santa's naughty list, and Brad can't help but lose his heart to the dark, exotic beauty.

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Author Aithne Jarretta
http://www.aithnejarretta.com/

KISSING SANTA

Blurb:Lily Johnson, estranged from family, comes home for the holidays seeking mending of old arguments. There's also the potential reunion with an old flame. The storm of the century hits the little community where Lily grew up, adding deep worry over the fate of her heart love. Christopher Crin, all-American fireman, is well known for his holiday gift giving and spirit. He even bears the nickname Cringle. Everything he comes into contact with has a magical outcome of purity and good.

Buy Links: Barne & Noble: http://bit.ly/ks-bn-99cents

Amazon: http://amzn.to/ks-99cents

Smashwoods: http://bit.ly/ks-sm

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Author: Trisha Wilson
http://trishawilson.weebly.com/

"AN UNFORGETTABLE CHRISTMAS"

Blurb: Chelsea Roberts is facing her first Christmas alone. She has her best friends, but it still isn't the same. Will an unexpected family connection bring a smile to her face again? Nick Collins is facing the challenges of being an unexpected single father to a newborn. He has a big family, but is still lonely. Can Chelsea let someone get close enough to love her through her sadness? Will Nick be able to trust someone enough to get close to himself and Jasmine? Through a lot of tears and laughter, with the help of close friends and family, take the journey with Chelsea and Nick as they experience an unforgettable Christmas.

Buy link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005KFT2O0

Barnes and noble - http://search.barnesandnoble.com/An-Unforgettable-Christmas/Trisha-Wilson/e/2940013447394

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Susanne

Susanne Marie Knight

http://www.susanneknight.com/
Read outside the box: award-winning Romance Writing With A Twist!
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Coming December: The Minx Tobin Mystery Series: The Yuletide Yorkshire--Case Five (Desert Breeze Publishing)
Minx finds something unexpected under the Christmas tree. Unfortunately, it wasn’t left by Santa.
Uncovering Camelot (Amazon.com)
An urgent summons resurrects Merlin the magician to once again meddle in the affairs of men.
Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTGkLGFbC5c

New Interview at Charleston Paranormal Fiction Examiner !

Have I had a paranormal experience? Maybe! Check it out at: http://www.examiner.com/paranormal-fiction-in-charleston-sc/interview-with-author-susanne-marie-knight

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Susanne


Susanne Marie Knight
http://www.susanneknight.com/
Read outside the box: award-winning Romance Writing With A Twist!
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Coming December: The Minx Tobin Mystery Series: The Yuletide Yorkshire--Case Five (Desert Breeze Publishing)
Minx finds something unexpected under the Christmas tree. Unfortunately, it wasn’t left by Santa.

Uncovering Camelot (Amazon.com)
An urgent summons resurrects Merlin the magician to once again meddle in the affairs of men.
Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTGkLGFbC5c

Family Favorite Recipe: Strufoli!

Now posted on the All Day, All Night Writing Diva blog: my family favorite recipe: Strufoli!

Get your taste of this yummy Italian treat... along with a mention of my 5 star Regency THE CONTRARY CONTESSA at: http://alldayallnightwritingdivas.blogspot.com/2011/11/holiday-treat.html

Susanne

Susanne Marie Knight

http://www.susanneknight.com
Read outside the box: award-winning Romance Writing With A Twist!
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Coming December: The Minx Tobin Mystery Series: The Yuletide Yorkshire--Case Five (Desert Breeze Publishing)
Minx finds something unexpected under the Christmas tree. Unfortunately, it wasn’t left by Santa.

Uncovering Camelot (Amazon.com)
An urgent summons resurrects Merlin the magician to once again meddle in the affairs of men.
Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTGkLGFbC5c

Once Upon A Series... Featuring Minx Tobin Mysteries

Get the scoop on the Minx Tobin Series starting with Case One, THE BLOODSTAINED BISTRO! Visit Tami Dee's blog (http://tamideeauthor.blogspot.com/) to find out about Minx and Gabe's first "date"!

Susanne

Susanne Marie Knight
http://www.susanneknight.com/
Read outside the box: award-winning Romance Writing With A Twist!
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Coming December: The Minx Tobin Mystery Series: The Yuletide Yorkshire--Case Five (Desert Breeze Publishing)
Minx finds something unexpected under the Christmas tree. Unfortunately, it wasn’t left by Santa.

New Interview at the Eclectic Writer

Want to know all about moi? Well, in my Living in the Romance Writing with a Twist World, anyway! Now up at author JL Walter's ECLECTIC WRITER (http://wwweclecticwriter.blogspot.com/) is my newest interview.

Read my take on villains!

Susanne

Susanne Marie Knight
http://www.susanneknight.com/
Read outside the box: award-winning Romance Writing With A Twist!
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Coming December: The Minx Tobin Mystery Series: The Yuletide Yorkshire--Case Five (Desert Breeze Publishing)
Minx finds something unexpected under the Christmas tree. Unfortunately, it wasn’t left by Santa.

A Halloween Inspired Tale

Witches, ghosts, and hobgoblins... Halloween is a perfect time of year to enjoy yourself with all the creatures of the night. Chills, thrills, and spills (of candy!) are the order of the day. And while I’ve given up dressing in costume for this special day, I do have fun giving out plenty of the sugary stuff when visitors knock on my door.

Naturally, to celebrate one of my favorite holidays, I had to create a story featuring one of my top ten candies: Candy Corn. Since I write romance (in several genres), I had to include a love twist. As you all know, I like to combine real life events in my stories. So for this short story, I drew upon treat-or-treating back in the old days... well, in the sixties, anyway. This short story includes the fear of my younger self that my grownup lipstick would mysteriously disappear, the frantic rush to ring as many doorbells as possible, and the dark, dank atmosphere of city apartment buildings.  

The short story title: “True Love And Candy Corn”

BLURB: On a Halloween outing, thirteen-year-old Rebecca knocks on a “witch’s” door. As her treat, she is cursed with true love until the end of time, and even though desirable Frank Palmer seems to be the love object in question, Rebecca is thoroughly spooked. Now, nine years later, Rebecca is treat-or-treating again as she escorts her young cousins on their rounds. When she comes face to face with Frank, she doesn’t see true love as a curse anymore. Will the witch’s prophecy come true?



Available electronically only at fictionwise.com


So, if you love candy corn but worry about the sugar, try this zero calorie treat on Halloween night, but be sure to reward your trick or treaters... just in case a real “witch” is on the other side of your door!


Just joking! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!


Susanne


Susanne Marie Knight
http://www.susanneknight.com/
Read outside the box: award-winning Romance Writing With A Twist!
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Coming December: The Minx Tobin Mystery Series: The Yuletide Yorkshire--Case Five (Desert Breeze Publishing)
Minx finds something unexpected under the Christmas tree. Unfortunately, it wasn’t left by Santa.

Come join me today at All Day All Night Writing Divas! Today's topic: A Halloween Inspired Tale -- "True Love and Candy Corn" -- A delicious combination!

Happy Halloween!

Susanne

Susanne Marie Knight

http://www.susanneknight.com/
Read outside the box: award-winning Romance Writing With A Twist!

Lord Darver's Match--Reissue!



http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Darvers-Match-ebook/dp/B005W2J0NY/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_t_1





Due to POPULAR demand, LORD DARVER'S MATCH is NOW available on Amazon.com, Kindle edition. Yep, it's a tad bit early--November was its re-pub date, but it's up now just in case you want to get a head-start reading this time-travel classic! 

AN INNOCENT WISH--Little did modern day Hillary Logan realize when she made her innocent wish for a happy marriage, that she’d be waking up in bed next to a handsome nobleman--in 1815. Struggling to adjust to Regency England, she teaches the dashing marquess a thing or two about love and “a woman’s place.”

A PLEASANT DIVERSION--Seeking a diversion from the ongoing horrors of the Napoleonic Wares, Simon Altmont, looks forward to a liaison with the attractive woman in his bed. She would make a perfect new mistress! He soon learns just how different his mysterious Mrs. Logan really is. Has the Marquess of Darver finally met his match?

Hope you enjoy this "treat" for Halloween!

Susanne

Susanne Marie Knight
http://www.susanneknight.com/
Read outside the box: award-winning Romance Writing With A Twist!

Blogging Again At All Day All Night Writing Divas

Come join me today at All Day All Night Writing Divas! Today's topic: Humid, But Habitable.

Let me know what you think!

Susanne

Susanne Marie Knight
http://www.susanneknight.com
Read outside the box: award-winning Romance Writing With A Twist!

Excerpt: UNCOVERING CAMELOT

UNCOVERING CAMELOT

Author: Susanne Marie Knight
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Available electronically at Amazon.com.
Price: $4.99
Buy link: http://tinyurl.com/3m9nk5r
Available in Print at www.susanneknight.com/orders.htm
Price: $13.95 plus s/h.

BLURB:


A VACATION RUINED--Heather Woods suddenly learns her boyfriend, Connor, cancelled their summer plans. Determined to forget about him, she visits her flaky godmother, Nerissa, instead, for an impromptu vacation. Nerissa insists that Heather has a healing gift, something Heather doesn’t believe. But when she experiences visions... hallucinations... or whatever her jaunts back to Camelot are, she fears for her sanity. Meeting a man that might actually be Merlin the magician, and his very attractive nephew, Matthew, convince Heather that she’s in the middle of a strange, metaphysical phenomenon.


A VACATION CHANGED--Judge Matthew Limner also finds his vacation plans changed. He receives a call from a long-lost Uncle Mallory--so long-lost that he hadn’t even known Mallory existed. Mallory flies in from London, and expects to go sightseeing with Matthew. Resigned, Matthew plays the host. First stop: the Stonehenge Memorial in southern Washington. A chance encounter--or is it?--with Nerissa and Heather convince Matthew that something much more than coincidence is happening in this tiny corner of the world.

SCENE SET-UP:


After just experiencing a vision featuring Merlin the Magician, Heather Woods can't believe her eyes when a man resembling Merlin introduces himself to her and her godmother, Nerissa. He calls himself Mallory Limner, and also introduces his nephew, Matthew.


EXCERPT:


Nerissa clapped her hands, which caused her many bracelets to jingle from the movement. “I have an excellent idea. Why don’t we explore the monument with our new friends?”


Heather stared at her godmother. Friends?


“I’m certain Mallory can give us his prospective on the true Stonehenge,” Nerissa continued.

You can’t possibly be serious.


But Nerissa was serious. She kept fondling her beaded necklace, along with wetting her lips and darting glances at Mallory. Preening gestures.


Heather sighed. How Nerissa could be sexually interested in a man as old as Mallory was beyond her. Different strokes for different folks, obviously. But if this was important to her godmother, then she really should acquiesce.


She shrugged. “Sure. We’ll explore. Why not?”


Mallory didn’t waste time. He extended his arm to Nerissa. “Come, my lady. Let us peruse these sacred stones while I regale you with tales of the Druids.”

Off the two of them went, leaving Heather in the dust. But that was just as well. Being in that man’s company set her teeth on edge. Since she usually was so easygoing, it was hard to reconcile her abnormal behavior.


She flipped back hair. Perhaps it was she who should be sent to the time-out corner.


Turning to go back to the lawn chair and her sketchpad, she was stopped by a touch on her arm.

“I believe the idea is that you and I pair up as well.” Matthew Limner gazed down at her, looking less green than he had before. “Just for the duration of this visit, of course. Unless you have other plans?”


She flushed. She’d forgotten about him. Although on any other day, that would’ve been extremely difficult to do. Square-jawed, dark wavy hair, and peek-a-boo dimples, he was a very handsome man. From her height, she had an excellent view of his prominent Adam’s apple.


Her preferences in men were California types, though. Athletic, blond, devil-may-care. Like Connor, and that man she’d met yesterday--one of Nerissa’s new clients. A man with shoulder pain--Desmond Redmord. He certainly had been of the finger-licking-good variety.


If she’d been interested to taste. Right now, she wasn’t--not tasting any man.



And Matthew? She looked him up and down. There was something stuffy about him. Something patronizing. Something that made her stomach churn.


“Look, I’m not interested in--”


“In being polite?” He shifted his gaze away from her, and instead, concentrated on the ring of heavy blocks resting on top of the solid ones.

He was right. She was being rude. She had no call to take her anger out on him--a stranger.


“I’m sorry. Really. This has been quite a bizarre day. Actually it’s been a strange few days.”


Taking a technique she used on her students when they got into arguments, she took a deep breath, released it, then held out her hand. “Let’s start over. Hello, I’m Heather Woods.”


His gaze flickered over her. Then he smiled briefly, which dimpled his cheeks. “Nice to meet you, Heather. I’m Matthew. Matthew Limner.” He stressed his last name.


She grinned back. “Yeah, sorry. I was an ass about it, wasn’t I?”

He strolled forward at a leisurely pace, walking around the inside of the concrete slabs. “I wouldn’t phrase it in those words, Heather.”

Following alongside him, she walked in the shade. “No, I didn’t think you would.”

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Susanne

Susanne Marie Knight

http://www.susanneknight.com/

Read outside the box: award-winning Romance Writing With A Twist!