Christmas Wishes: Where Wishes Do Come True

Christmas Wishes: Where Wishes Do Come True, is a Christmas boxed set that revolves around the magical wishing well that sits in the town center of Hopeful, Colorado.

Each story is brand-new and never before published. Each is filled with romance, magic, and in some cases, miracles.

No matter if you enjoy historical or contemporary stories, this boxed set has them both. There are also a variety of heat levels in the set, with the sweetest being at the front.

This collection of sweet, semi-sweet and steamy stories will have you crying one minute and laughing the next.

Fifteen amazing Christmas-themed romances from award-winning and best-selling authors from around the world. Warm and dramatic, shamelessly romantic, and totally festive.

Pour yourself a glass of wine or make a steaming hot chocolate, grab your favorite Christmas snacks and enjoy these great reads.  Only US99 cents, available from Amazon as well as other platforms.

Caroline Clemmons: A Winter’s Wish –-Sometimes our wishes come true but with complications.
 
Susan Horsnell: Wish Upon a Well – Can the wishing well work its magic and bring Abigail home safely?

Margaret Tanner: Wishing Well Serenade – Will Emmie’s wish be granted?

Cheryl Wright: Molly’s Christmas Miracle – Can Molly and Daniel overcome seemingly insurmountable odds to be together?

RaeAnne Hadley: Hindsight Wishes – It’s never too late to change your future...

Deb Julienne: Hopefully Yours –When all else fails, make a wish…

Alice Kay: A Moonlight Wish-Wishing for love is a tricky business.

Katherine Moore: The Christmas Experiment- “Wish” is a four-letter word. Like “Love”.

Jude Ouvrard: Midnight Kiss- Starting over can be like lighting a dumpster fire.

Ana Balen: Never Too Late- Can Sophie and Dylan give themselves a second chance or has the time that passed too much for them to take?

Barbra Campbell: Passionate Wishes- Wishes do come true…if you let them.

Pamela Jane Larson: Burning Wishes- Was Hannah’s father missing because he struck gold?

Corinne Mazille: A Christmas Fairytale- Wishes are only granted in fairytales, aren’t they?

R.A. Lingenfelter: A Stocking Full of Wishes- Granted wishes are everywhere, you just have to open your eyes to see them.

Krista Ames: Could making a wish at the town’s wishing well help bring her the family she’d always wanted?

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Holiday Reading at Romancing The Genres

Hi, I’m Judith Ashley, author of The Sacred Women’s Circle series, soul nourishing romantic women’s fiction that honors pagan spiritual practices. My stories show you what life could be like if you had a place like The Circle where you are unconditionally accepted, supported and loved. And where, with this support, you do overcome obstacles and find your happily-ever-after.

Once upon a ti…oops!

Once again Romancing The Genres is Celebrating Holiday Romance Authors and Stories. Most of the Genre-istas will be sharing their favorite holiday authors and stories.

I’m stepping a bit outside that box and giving you the Highlights of our award winning Saturday guest bloggers. Yes, every one of our guests is an award winning author! One thing you can always count on at Romancing the Genres is diversity and variety and this month is no different.

Julie Cameron

When you check back tomorrow (November 2) you’ll meet award winning author, Julie Cameron and learn more about her Christmas Story that has been optioned. What does that mean? We may see a movie based on this story in 2020. Julie also has some great tips for writers - period. And Christmas Spirit turned out to be the first of three novels! One never knows what will happen when one takes a leap of faith!

Sue Moorcroft

Don’t miss out on November 9^th and Award Winning Author, Sue Moorcroft’s post. Sue has been our November guest a couple of times. This year she’s sharing how publishers use subtle and not so subtle changes in covers to entice readers. I will confess I follow Sue on Facebook and live vicariously through her visits to Malta.

Collette Cameron

Former Genre-ista, and Award Winning Author, ColletteCameron is our guest on the 16^th. Collette writes historical romance. Blog Queen Sarah Raplee is scheduling Collette’s post and shared an unexpected and totally unknown fact (to both of us) about the Scots and Christmas. You won’t want to miss learning this tidbit and experience what makes reading Collette’s books an amazing and looked forward to history lesson. In addition Collette talks about four of her holiday themed books with us!

We’ve a Christmas Anthology to celebrate on November 23!

Christmas Wishes will be released on November 13. Fifteen Best Selling and Award Winning authors from around the world, banded together to write and publish this anthology of sweet, semi-sweet and steamy stories.

And there are a couple of former Aussie Genre-istas included! Namely  Susan Horsnell, Margaret Tanner and Cheryl Wright. Enjoy! Christmas Wishes is up on pre-order now!

Roni Denholtz

Last but not least is another award winning author, Roni Denholtz. Roni’s holiday romance is different because it celebrates Hanukkah. Her post will be live on Saturday November 30. You can check out her website as you wait to learn more. Roni's deadline for turning in her post to me is November 10th. Obviously I wasn't thinking ahead!

And, as I was contemplating what to write about this year, I checked my post from last year. I really really liked it so, here’s the link in case you want to refresh your memory. https://romancingthegenres.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-gift-of-christmas.html

Also, you can find all of my books at your favorite e-book vendor. Be sure to ask your local library if you’d prefer to read my books through that resource.

Learn more about Judith's The Sacred Women’s Circle series at JudithAshleyRomance.com

Follow Judith on Twitter: JudithAshley19

Check out Judith’s Windtree Press author page.

You can also find Judith on FB! 

© 2019 Judith Ashley

Celebrating May's Calendar Men book with Cheryl Wright

First of all I’d like to say thanks to Judith and Sarah at Romancing the Genres for inviting me back. It’s always great to be here.

I’d also like to say congratulations on your 8^th Blog-O-Versary. That’s a huge feat and one to be proud of.

I’ve been asked to talk about my latest book, which is Book Five – May – in the Calendar Men series.

This book was a little back-the-front for me. Normally I have a story in my head before anything else. This time I had no story idea at all, and it was fast approaching the time I needed to start work on it.

Not to mention my cover was required to get all the promotional images organized. That meant I had to get images sent to my cover artist so she could work her magic.

But I still had no idea what this book would be about.

I went searching on Deposit Images, where I buy most of my cover images, and as I scrolled through, I came across an image that caught my eye. 

The moment I set eye on that cowboy, I knew exactly what torture I was about to put him through.

Braxton Chalmers is one of my favourite male characters to have written. He is fun, he is playful, and he is oh so sexy. But he’s also serious, he’s strong, and he’s protective, not to mention loving.

But most of all, Braxton regrets losing Sierra, his childhood sweetheart when she moved to the big city to pursue a career. When she returns to the outback town of Oakdale for her grandmother’s funeral, sparks fly between the two all over again. This time Braxton does everything in his power to win her over. This book, which was released March 16, has lots of yummy surprises for readers.

Who doesn’t love a second-chance love story? Or a cowboy?

I also introduced Melanie Chalmers in this book. She is Braxton’s cousin, and dreams up all sorts of schemes, often making his life a misery – in a sweet kind of way.

Next month will see the release of the Calendar Gals series, and I again have the month of May, and my story centres around, you guessed it, Melanie Chalmers. She finds the love of her life in the most unlikely of places.

That book is currently on pre-order and will be released in a few days.

The Calendar Men and Gals series cross several genres and heat levels, and there’s something for everyone.

Thanks for stopping by today. To show my appreciation, I’m offering one lucky person the opportunity to win one of my kindle books - of your choosing.

All you have to do to be in the running is comment below and tell me if you prefer to read contemporary or historical romance. That’s it!

Good luck everyone!

What happens when your heart is devoted to the one person you can never have?
After Sierra West suddenly left town, Braxton Chalmers tried to move on with his life. But thoughts of her always taunted him, to the point no other woman could ever live up to her standards. 

Sierra West returned to the outback town of Oakdale after the death of her beloved grandmother. Seeing Braxton again has reignited past emotions. She can’t allow these feelings to surface again – she must return to the city once her business in Oakdale is done. 

Can they just remain friends? Or will fate step in and show them they were meant to be together?

Author's Promise: This is a heartwarming contemporary western novella with a happily ever after ending and no cliffhangers. It is a clean and wholesome story with nothing more than hugs, kisses, and holding hands. 

Bio:

Award-winning and best-selling Australian author, Cheryl Wright, former secretary, debt collector, account manager, writing instructor, and shopping tour hostess, loves reading. She writes historical and contemporary western romance.

She lives in Melbourne, Australia, and is married with two adult children and has six grandchildren. When she’s not writing, she can be found in her craft room making greeting cards.

Social Media Links:

Facebook Author Page:  https://www.facebook.com/cherylwrightauthor/

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Cheryl-Wright/e/B0088GDSKM/

Website:  http://cheryl-wright.com/

Blog: http://romance-authors.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/writercheryl

Australian Romance Author Cheryl Wright

Making It Real in Historical Romance

By Cheryl Wright

Cheryl Wright

As an Australian writer, I like to write about the towns and cities in my own country, particularly the  state of Victoria, where I live.

As a young child, my parents travelled around the country in a caravan, taking my siblings and me to many places I would never have seen otherwise. Along the way, my father – who was a true man of the land, talked about the history of the areas we visited, including places he’d been to as a young lad working in rodeos.  This instilled a love of Australian history, and as a result, wherever possible, I include local history in my stories, without making them sound boring.

I’ve long been intrigued by the Old Melbourne Gaol, which is where the infamous Ned Kelly was hanged.  Over the years I’ve written several articles for magazines in the US about Ned Kelly and the place of his demise, and along the way learned loads of historical information that only added to my interest.

So it made perfect sense that I’d use it as the basis for one of the chapters in my romantic suspense novel, Running Scared.  Which wasn’t all that difficult since that particular section of my novel was located in the vicinity of the ‘gaol’.

Running Scared is the story of an undercover cop who falls in love with a very mysterious woman. 

When Emma Larkin meets Gary Bedford, she has no idea he’s a cop, undercover or otherwise.  Past girlfriends have dumped him because of his dangerous job, and he has no intention of losing Emma.

Emma is being stalked by her husband’s killers, and she must find what they’re looking for before she becomes their next victim.  She also needs to keep her four-year-old daughter Sally safe from the killers.

Emma is a massage therapist who uses aromatherapy.  This is one of my favourite subjects, and I’ve done multiple courses over the years to learn as much as possible about both aromatherapy and massage. At one point I even considered doing an accreditation course to become a massage therapist, after doing a hobby course that spanned several weeks. 

I pride myself on crafting characters that readers will connect with, and do a lot of research (where necessary) to ensure that happens.  As a reader, I cringe when I read something that doesn’t ring true, so as a writer, I like to ensure my books have credibility and realistic characters.

To that end, I’ve done my fair share of interviewing real-life police officers, detectives, and private investigators.  I’ve also learned as much as possible about guns, without being pin-pointed as a suspicious character, although I admit to being told by a librarian that I was a ‘very dangerous woman!”.

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An excerpt of Running Scared can be found at:  http://cheryl-wright.com/freebies.htm

My website is:  http://cheryl-wright.com/

And blog is:  http://cheryl-wright.com/blog

My author page on Facebook can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/cherylwrightauthor

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/writercheryl