Stories have taken me away from all the stresses of the world this holiday
season.
I did download way too many holiday books this year, so I’ve also listed
the ones I won’t get to until after this blog posts. As you can see, I plan to
hibernate and bury my head in —no— not sand, but romance books until 2021 ushers
its way in. And yes, too many books to read, so while the snow flies in January,
February, and March, I’ll still be reading holiday stories as I edit my own
Christmas story for next season.
I wish everyone a safe and joyful holiday
season, even if it means spending time with family and friends on ZOOM…or
whatever media you plan to use.
I’ll see you in January 2021 with prayers and
wishes for a MUCH better year! Hope is on the horizon in so many ways. So, keep
your hearts open to the joys of the season, and your minds occupied in whatever
way brings you peace and happiness. For me, it is keeping in touch with family
and friends and writing groups, and watching uplifting movies and reading books
filled with love, joy, hope, and the holiday spirit.
Whatever holidays you
celebrate, I send you and your loved ones peace, joy, optimism, courage, love,
and good health. And...raise a glass of eggnog.
Books Read This Month – * see November 17 blog for another list of holiday
books.
An Aspen Ridge Christmas by Jill Haymaker (Oct 2020) An unrequited
romance finally blooms between a sixty-years plus couple. A sweet story where
two who have never been married finally find their happily-ever-after
together—proving it’s never too late to find love.
A Very Nantucket Christmas by Nancy Thayer (2015) Two books in
one. The first is a second chance for a seasoned couple as they celebrate their
first Christmas as a married couple. A little family interference among the
stress of planning a perfect first Christmas with a new love, plus a sweet
little boy and a lost puppy, add drama to the sweet story. I’m saving the second
story until after I read my long list of books.
Harmony’s Embrace by Amber Daulton (2020) One of The Wild Rose
Press Deerbourne Inn series, this story unites high school sweethearts, who have
both had traumatic relationships. Throw in a bit of suspense, two cute kids, and
a good dose of lust, two people who were set on going in opposite directions,
realize they are right where they need to be.
Mistletoe and Moonglow by Deborah Garner An old-fashioned
Christmas that brings a mixture of people, each with their own story, to a small
inn. A sweet story with holiday detail and delicious food that will make you
feel like you are a part of the story. This is more of a woman’s fiction with
hints of romance to come.
A Convenient Christmas Proposal by CJ Carmichael A tragic accident
brings together the officer who answered the call and the uncle of the children
left without a father. Together they bring back the joy of Christmas for the
children and as a result, their own hearts melt as they learn to accept the joy
of the holidays and family.
Time After Time by Melody Grace (2020) Unrequited teen love gets a
second chance for a single mom and powerful business man who has fallen from the
ranks of the successful. Throw in a big family with patriarch grandfather, a
town of busybodies, and friends who can’t help matchmaking, and you have a
happily-ever-after that ends at the raucous Thanksgiving table. This is a
stand-alone, but part of a series that each highlight one of the couples who
make repeat appearances in each book.
His Holiday Prayer (Hearts of Oklahoma) by Tina Radcliffe (Dec
2020) Two best friends since college and now business partners at a
Veterinarians clinic in small town Oklahoma, finally admit they belong together.
A sweet, inspirational, small-town book 3 in a family-filled Oklahoma ranching
series.
Secret-Santa Cowboy by Vicki Lewis Thompson Book 6 of The Buckskin
Brotherhood series – a fun, light-hearted, sexy series with a cast of quirky
characters, strong heroines, and cowboys who meet their match. Each a
stand-alone, but each does have the same cast of characters, highlighting the
love story of one Buckskin “Brother” in each book.
The Convenient Christmas Date by Barbara Wallace (November 2019)
An ex-footballer with a sullied reputation hooks up with an heiress who is not
taken seriously in her family business for a fake relationship to restore both
their reputations. Christmas turns out to be what they each least expect, as
they each bring both strengths and emotional baggage to counterbalance the
other. A phony relationship turns into a match made for the holidays.
Mistletoe in Paradise (The Wildstone Series) by Jill Shalvis (Dec
2020) Two friends since grade school, meet again years after a quick affair.
Both have issues to resolve, and with the help of their long-ago best friend,
they are able to overcome and learn to love again. The heat from sailing on a
yacht in the Caribbean is not the only heat in this Christmas time novella.
The Remaking of Corbin Wale by Roan Parrish (2017) An angsty M/M story
filled with beautiful imagery, description, and riveting, heart and soul,
relationship building as each character comes into their own during the
Thanksgiving into Chanukah season.
Cowgirl Christmas by Donna Alward (2020) The heavy weight of
responsibility is on the heroine rancher as she tries to take care of her ailing
grandmother and help her single-mom sister, all while keeping the ranch afloat.
Volunteering to cook Christmas dinner, she has no clue how to do it. But high
school classmate and celebrity chef moves back to town and volunteers to give
her cooking lessons, sparks fly. And not only with the burnt puff pastry
appetizers.
Sweet Adventure (The Klaus Brothers series) by Penny Watson (2014)
An adventurous and magical journey to the north pole to spend time with one of
the BIG GUY’s sons, where the heroine recovers her soul, the hero finds his
calling, and both find love with their soul mates.
Books I haven’t yet read:
Christmas at Saltwater Cove by Amelia Adler (October 2020)
A Tree, Mistletoe & A Sunset (A Swan Harbor Story) by Sophie
Bartow (2020)
Covent Garden in the Snow by Jules Wake (2017)
The Snow Man by Diana Palmer (2018)
The Snow Bride
by Debbie Macomber (2017)
The Christmas Wish by Melinda Curtis
(2019)
Christmas In Silver Springs by Brenda Novak (October 2019)
Coming Home for Christmas by RaeAnne Thayne (September 2019)
‘Tis the Season for Love: A Charity Box Set by Maggie Dallen,
Victoria Anders, Ria Zen, Ginna Azzi, Michelle MacQueen, Lacy Andersen, Emma St.
Claire, Stephanie Scott, Jordan Ford, Britney. M. Mills, Christina Benjamin, Ann
Maree Craven (2020)
Christmas Comes to Dickens by Nancy Fraser,
Maddie James, Caroline Clemmons, Bonnie Edwards, Liz Flaherty, Kathryn Hills,
Peggy Jaeger, Kathleen Lawless, Lucinda Race, Jan Scarbrough (October 2020)
Merry Me by Amanda Siegrist (December 2016)
Let it Snow by Debbie Macomber (reissued classic 2020)
Once Upon a Twelfth Night by Christina Alexandra, Clair Brett,
Sofie Darling, A.S. Fenichel, Carrie Lomax, Erica Taylor, Tanya Wilde
Under the Kissing Ball by Susan Carlisle (2020)
Christmas Actually by Teri Wilson, Shirley Jump, Caro Carson,
Stefanie London, Nancy Naigle, Lacey Baker, Lindsay Emory, Tif Marcelo, Victoria
Schade, Sasha Summers, Sariah Wilson (2020)
The Code Breakers Series (Holiday Books 2, 7, and 8) by Jacki
Delecki
Romancing The Holidays (First Coast Romance Writers Holiday Anthology) (Sept 2020) by Alyssa Day, C.L. Thomas, Debby Grahl, P.K. Brent, Melody Johnson,
Leah Miles, Karen Renee, Lia Davis, Gloria Ferguson, Maggie Fitz Roy, Sara
Walker, Vickey Wollan
The Christmas Contest by Scarlet Wilson (Oct
2019)
Snowbound with Mr. Wrong by Barbara White Daille (2016)
A Perfect Christmas Wish by Lori Wilde (2019)
A Lowcountry Christmas by Mary Alice Monroe (2016)
A Timeless Christmas by Alexis Stanton (2018)
What kind of books are you drawn to during the holidays?
My Holiday Books:
Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Come-Dance-Me-Serenity-Starlight-ebook/dp/B074N95RGK/
Books2Read books2read.com/u/bMrQva
My latest release ~ a fall wedding reunion
with a Thanksgiving resolution
Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Love-Left-Behind-Hartford-Estate-ebook/dp/B08L5N5DS9/
Books2Read books2read.com/u/mglVqK
~ cottages to cabins ~ keep the home fires burning ~
Delsora Lowe writes small town sweet romances and contemporary westerns from the
mountains of Colorado to the shores of Maine. Author of the Starlight Grille
series, Serenity Harbor Maine novellas, and the Cowboys of Mineral Springs
series, Lowe has also authored short romances for Woman’s World magazine. Her
new novella, The Love Left Behind, will release in late fall, 2020.
Social MediaLinks:
Author website: www.delsoralowe.com
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Books2Read Author page: https://www.books2read.com/ap/8GWm98/Delsora-Lowe
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13 comments:
Delsora,
My you did download a ton of Christmas Books, and everyone sounds wonderful! I did read your book 'Come Dance With Me". A
beautiful story, if you in cyberland haven't read it, it is well worth your time and money to read 'Come Dance With Me'.
Raising a glass of (calorie filled) eggnog, to hopes to a better year in 2021! Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!
Diana - thanks so much! I love reading holiday books. But I also love writing them!!!! Back at you with that yummy eggnog - raising my glass from here!
Wow! That is quite a list! I see several of my favorite authors on that list. I think I'll need to check them out. Merry Christmas to you and yours, Delsora!
Thanks, Ms. Nina - so glad you could stop by. I do love to read holiday books, so I thought I would let everyone know the ones I have read so far. And as you can see, I still have a long list to go!
Glad I'm not the only one neck deep in holiday stories. I love ones that celebrate the season in ways I don't. I'm enjoying a number of Chanukah romances so I won't get to my Christmas/winter ones until the new year too. :-D
Anna - I looked for Chanukah ones and couldn't find as many as usual - last year we had several out of the NJ groups that I read and enjoyed. I will have to look harder :-) Have fun with your "pile." I may get through several books in the next few days with big snow storm descending on us.
This past summer in my Christmas in July party I discovered Matzoh and Mistletoe by Jodie Griffith. An erotic holiday kink story. Right up my street. :-)
I'll have to check it out, anna. I like to explore all sorts of romance and new authors. Although Jodie Griffith's name sounds familiar.
Great list! I know where to look when next I want to read holiday themed stories!
Wow, quite a list. So many great suggestions. :)
Judith and Cynthia - this is what happens when I follow TOO MANY authors on Goodreads and BookBub :-) - I get all the notifications. And who can resist a holiday book by authors you know and love? Plus authors you've never heard of...always fun to discover new authors.
My goodness that is a long list--even of the one's you have already read. That would be an entire year of reading for me. The one that really jumped out was the first one, Aspen Ridge Christmas. I am a sucker for baby boomer aged protagonists because you don't see them that often. Most people stop writing love stories for anyone after 50 years old. So a sixty-plus couple will definitely make me jump up and take notice.
I also have to compliment you on each of the summaries. You really have a way with capturing the best parts of the story without giving away any secrets.
Thanks for sharing these!
Thanks, Maggie - I guess it comes from writing reviews for several review teams. I am honing my practice of summarizes and not giving away anything :-) I have issues with sleeping on many nights, so I read in bed. Plus in the last few weeks, 2 storms with 22- and 17- hour power outages that started just as it got dark, so I read A LOT!
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