Christmas Blitz: An Unexpected Proposal

While working at a wood camp in the Logan canyon during the winter of 1880, Caroline Simpson is forced to thwart the aggressive advances of Mr. Butch Larson, and in the process discovers that her long-time friend James has genuine affection for her. But as stubborn as Caroline is, she minimizes the emotions James has awakened in her, and it takes almost losing him to admit her true feelings. 

AN UNEXPECTED PROPOSAL was introduced in the first volume of the bestselling and award-winning Timeless Romance Anthology series, WINTER COLLECTION:

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Annette Lyon is the Whitney Award-winner author of Band of Sisters and a three-time recipient of Utah’s Best of State Medal for fiction, twice for novels and a third time for her novellas. She has received many publication awards from the League of Utah Writers, including the Silver Quill for her first book in the Newport Ladies Book Club series, Paige. She’s published more than a dozen novels, even more novellas, several nonfiction books, and over 120 magazine articles, and she has a cum laude BA in English from BYU. When she’s not writing, knitting, or eating chocolate, she can be found mothering and avoiding the spots on the kitchen floor.


Q and A with the Author:

What is your favorite part of writing?

For me, the best parts of writing aren’t predictable. The experience of writing each work is different from writing every other, so the challenges and joys will be different too. Often, the biggest thrill is the moment a great idea or character appears for the first time on the stage of my mind. Sometimes writing the initial draft transports me into what feels like another dimension (but then, other times, writing every word is torture). Other days, revision is a pure delight; I get to take the lump of clay that is the messy first draft and form it into something wonderful. Yet sometimes revision can feel like drudgery too—particularly during the fifth or sixth or seventh revision . . .). Before I begin a new project, I never know what my favorite part will be.

Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?

I don’t write books with a message in mind, yet messages often show up anyway. Yet a dear friend recently pointed out that a common thread in my romance novellas is finding love where you don’t expect it—often right in front of you.

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10 fun facts about me

1. I grew up in a family with one boy followed by three girls; I have one boy followed by three girls.
2. All of my daughters are redheads. (They’re also smart and gorgeous. I’m not biased or anything.)
3. I have dual U.S./Swiss citizenship.
4. Due to surgery at 16, I have 6 tiny screws permanently in my jaw, 3 on each side.
5. I’m not a great cook, but I make killer brownies and chocolate chip cookies. 
6. The first book I ever finished was a nonfiction kids’ self-help book. I was 12.
7. I have ADHD-I, which is ADD with the hyperactive component.
8. I’m a huge L. M. Montgomery fan. I own every book she ever wrote, collections of her hundreds of short stories, and even all five volumes of her published journals.
9. I spent 3 years of my adolescence living in Helsinki, Finland, where I attended public school, learned the language, fell in love with the country, and became a chocolate snob. (Nothing compares with Fazer brand chocolate!)
10. Knitting is one of my favorite ways to unwind.

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Christmas Blitz: Getting Kole for Christmas

Kylie’s been crushing on Kole for two years now, but can she get him to see her as more than a friend?

For years Kylie has watched her older sisters get asked to every school dance there is. Yet once she’s old enough to go, the invites are in short supply. While getting overlooked has never felt good, it hasn’t really hurt the way it does this year. Because now there’s someone she really wants to go with: Kole Kingston. Kole is charming and funny. Gorgeous and kind. And everything she wants in a guy. Trouble is, he’s also her very best friend. Can Kylie tear herself free from the friend-zone in time to get asked to the Christmas dance? Or will she – like so many others – find that a romance between them will never be?

                                

Kimberly Krey specializes in writing "romance that's clean without losing the steam!"   She's a reader of good, clean romance, a lover of family time and Diet Coke, and the ultimate hater of laundry. She discovered her love for writing in college when given a creative writing assignment. She still remembers sitting in the lamplight's glow, crafting words to depict the vision in her head. That assignment sparked a passion within her. It took years to return to that passion, but now that she has, she counts it among her greatest blessings.

Krey is author of the top-selling Sweet Montana Bride series, as well as its companion series, Second Chances. 

Q and A With the Author:

1- What is the thing you struggle with the most while writing? And how do you defeat it?

Honestly, distractions are the main, ongoing struggle for me. I have to be very disciplined to stay off FB, out of my email box, and away from thoughts of my To-Do list. I defeat them by compartmentalizing. When it’s time to write - write. Worry about the chores, errands, phone calls, and paperwork another time.

2-  What is your favorite part of writing?

Discovering things about my characters, getting to see how their story plays out. 

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10 fun facts about me: 

1. I enjoy eating lemons with salt. 

2. I’m not a big sweets person. 

3. I dated my husband’s brother before marrying my husband. 

4. I was always the smallest kid in my class, despite usually being the oldest. 

5. I’m mother to four kids, though on most weekends you’ll find between 6-10 kids in our home.

6. I love to go barefoot. 

7. I love reading historical romance, though I’d never be able to write it. 

8. I recently got a FULL BODY scrub at a spa in Georgia, and highly recommend it. 

9. I love the taste of vinegar (esp. red wine vinegar) with salt. Yum. 

10. Nicolas Cage is one of my favorite actors. 

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Christmas Blitz: Halfling

Halfling

Cindy C Bennett

Synopsis: 

Banished from the South Pole, Kara tries to carve out a new life among the elves of the North. It’s not easy with a secret to protect—a secret she's cursed with by the unusual circumstances of her heritage: half-elf, half-fairy. In the North, she’s assigned to work with Seb on a special project. He's the most gorgeous elf she’s ever seen—and the orneriest. 

As if being banished wasn’t punishment enough. 

Seb introduces her to Trystin, a fairy from the nearby fairy forest. Trystin discerns her secret right away and promises to teach her how to use the powers given to her by the very thing she’s fighting to keep hidden.

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Bennett lives a most unglamorous life in the beautiful state of Utah. She is the author of several YA books in many subgenres. She loves gooey cookies, dark chocolate, and cheesy popcorn. She hates housework and cooking, and has no plans to become a domestic goddess. Her favorite pastime—other than writing—is riding her Harley.

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Snippet

He held the helmet out once again and this time Kara took it. She climbed on behind Seb, holding to the side handles. He grunted, in frustration or humor she couldn’t tell. He reached behind him, grabbed her hands and wrapped them around his waist. Kara gasped.

“No backrest,” he said, which was true enough. “You’ll fall off if you don’t hold on.”

Seb hit the throttle, launching them forward. Kara couldn’t stop the small scream that escaped her throat as she tightly clasped Seb, burying her face in his back in terror. She slid forward, pressing tightly against him, refusing to look up as the world sped by. Panic slid across her bones until she felt as frozen as the Earth’s surface beneath them. He sped around corners and across bumps that lifted the machine airborne. Her breathing was rapid and her heart felt as if it would pound its way through her chest. It seemed as if hours passed rather than a mere thirty minutes when he finally pulled to a stop.

Kara tried to release him, truly she did, but telling her brain to release her death grip on him and actually doing it seemed to be at opposite ends of the spectrum.

“Kara?” he asked. She couldn’t lift her head to answer him.  She felt his hands on hers, peeling them away. He managed to do so, though she still couldn’t move.

Pulling her helmet off, he leaned down to peer into her face. Seb surprised her by pulling her into his arms, holding her tight, safe, enfolded in his warm embrace as she shook, spasms wracking her body. Kara didn’t know how much time passed before her brain began to really process the situation. As she became aware of her reaction to nothing more than a ride on a sled, and the fact that she was now clasped tightly in Seb’s arms, embarrassment seeped through her.

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