Wellcome to day three of the SMP Unwrapped Holiday bash only one day left and the #Giveaway ends on Cyber Monday so don't miss out.
Today I'm featuring A Season of You by Emma Douglas and With This Christmas Ring by Manda Collins.
Enjoy!
ISBN-13: 9781250111005
Release Date: 10-03-2017
Buy It: Amazon/B&N/Kobo/IndieBound/Audible
Release Date: 10-03-2017
Buy It: Amazon/B&N/Kobo/IndieBound/Audible
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Overview:
It’s Christmastime in the quaint island town of Cloud Bay, where love is always in season...Will Fraser has believed in love at first sight since the day he first laid eyes on Mina Harper five years ago. There was only one problem: She was happily married. Then, when Mina’s husband was killed by a drunk driver, Will figured she’d want nothing to do with a guy who owns a whiskey distillery. So he’s kept his feelings locked away, knowing that not even a Christmas miracle would be enough to melt Mina’s heart. . . Mina believes her days of true love are behind her. Since losing her husband she’s kept to herself, content to do her own painting and stay out of the limelight that comes with her famous family. But when, after a freak accident, Will comes to her rescue, Mina can’t quite get him out of her mind. As curiosity turns into a fling during Cloud Bay’s first Christmas Festival, she finds it harder to convince herself that her feelings for Will are just mistletoe-inspired. Could Mina be ready to lay the past to rest and finally admit that what she really wants for Christmas—and forever—is Will?
Q&A with Emma Douglas
When do the holidays official start for
you?
After my mom's birthday which is early
December!
What's your favorite thing about the
holidays?
Getting together with my family and friends
and just having a good time with the people I love.
Are there any holiday traditions you do
every year without fail?
Making the plum pudding with my mum and
watching Carols by Candlelight which is broadcast on TV here in Oz on Christmas
Eve.
What's your favorite holiday movie?
Die Hard
Do you have a favorite holiday book?
The Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R
Tolkien. Gorgeous illustrations and funny! They're letters he wrote to his kids
(as Father Christmas) each year, telling the stories of what had been happening
at the North Pole that year.
What's your all-time favorite holiday
song?
O Holy Night because I love the melody.
What's your favorite activity during
fall or winter?
I do Christmas in summer here in Oz so
that makes it swimming or otherwise avoiding the heat. But in winter I have a
weird liking for walking in the cold, as long as I can thaw out with a good
book afterward.
What's your favorite gift you've ever
received or given?
Both my current cats I gave myself for
Christmas but that probably doesn't count. I got a membership to the local zoo
which was fun as I like to wander around there. Other than that, like a true
bookworm, every year I love getting books.
Do you have any items on your wish list
this year?
Nothing big but I'm sure I'll come up
with a list of books and art supplies that would be great to get.
Any resolutions or goals for next year?
Both to write more and to have more
time for non-writing things. Maybe I need a clone for Christmas?
Meet Emma:Emma Douglas would love to live in a world where professional napping was a thing. But until then, she thinks writing books is a pretty awesome alternative. When not writing about imaginary people, she can be found reading, doing something crafty, bingewatching TV, playing her latest song crush on repeat, or singing badly in her car. She lives in Melbourne, Australia in a tiny house stuffed full of books, too many craft supplies and two cats who take up more space than you would expect. Find out more about Emma on her website!
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Overview:
A wallflower determined to fulfill a dying promise, the rogue she jilted years ago, and an orphaned baby are all brought together amidst the magic of Christmas in this new novella from Manda Collins.
Miss Merry Parks makes a deathbed promise to a schoolfriend that her infant daughter will be taken to her absent father. There’s only one problem—to find the baby’s father, she’ll have to consult his cousin, Viscount Wrotham, the man she jilted five years ago. The man she couldn’t forget.
Alex Ponsonby, Viscount Wrotham, is stunned to find Merry Parks—looking more lovely than ever--on his doorstep with an infant in her arms. His shock soon turns to dismay when he learns his own cousin William is the man who abandoned his wife and child. As head of the family he’s duty bound to see right is done. But he can't let this opportunity pass. He’ll take Merry and the baby to his cousin, but he’ll woo her back in the process.
Merry agrees to travel with Alex and the baby to Wrotham Castle, where the entire Ponsonby family has gathered for Christmas, but her plans to see the baby settled then leave are ruined by a snowstorm. After five years apart, Alex and Merry will spend the week getting reacquainted. Perhaps it’s the spirit of the holiday, or the magic of the season, but there could be something else in the air this Yuletide…A Christmas Reunion.
A wallflower determined to fulfill a dying promise, the rogue she jilted years ago, and an orphaned baby are all brought together amidst the magic of Christmas in this new novella from Manda Collins.
Miss Merry Parks makes a deathbed promise to a schoolfriend that her infant daughter will be taken to her absent father. There’s only one problem—to find the baby’s father, she’ll have to consult his cousin, Viscount Wrotham, the man she jilted five years ago. The man she couldn’t forget.
Alex Ponsonby, Viscount Wrotham, is stunned to find Merry Parks—looking more lovely than ever--on his doorstep with an infant in her arms. His shock soon turns to dismay when he learns his own cousin William is the man who abandoned his wife and child. As head of the family he’s duty bound to see right is done. But he can't let this opportunity pass. He’ll take Merry and the baby to his cousin, but he’ll woo her back in the process.
Merry agrees to travel with Alex and the baby to Wrotham Castle, where the entire Ponsonby family has gathered for Christmas, but her plans to see the baby settled then leave are ruined by a snowstorm. After five years apart, Alex and Merry will spend the week getting reacquainted. Perhaps it’s the spirit of the holiday, or the magic of the season, but there could be something else in the air this Yuletide…A Christmas Reunion.
Q&A with Manda Collins
When do the holidays official start for
you?
The first frosty morning when there's a
nip in the air and I can feel that winter is on the way. I love that feeling!
What's your favorite thing about the
holidays?
Getting together with family and
friends is the best. We don't necessarily see one another all that much during
the year, but we all make time during the holidays.
Are there any holiday traditions you do
every year without fail?
I listen to carols sung by the King's
College Choir every year and spend at least one day boiling cloves and spices
on the stove to get the house smelling like Christmas.
What's your favorite holiday movie?
The Thin Man starring Myrna Loy and
William Powell as Nick and Nora Charles. (Of course MY favorite holiday movie
has witty repartee and murder in it!)
Do you have a favorite holiday book?
That would be Christmas Angel by Jo
Beverley. It's one of her early Company of Rogues books and I love the way
Lucien and Beth and her children become a family over the course of the story.
What's your all-time favorite holiday
song?
The Holly and the Ivy.
What's your favorite activity during
fall or winter?
I'm not really the outdoor type (though
I have been known to go outdoors) so I like to snuggle up inside with a cup of
hot chocolate and read. Or knit.
What's your favorite gift you've ever
received or given?
My grandmother gave me the gift of the
love of reading. It's the best thing I've ever been given.
Do you have any items on your wish list
this year?
I'm at an age now where the things I
wish for aren't material (though obviously there are some that I'd like--a new
car, for instance) but stuff like health and for my family to be safe and
happy. I wouldn't turn down a pretty scarf, though!
Any resolutions or goals for next year?
Just to keep writing books that my
audience enjoys reading!
Meet Manda:
Manda Collins is the author of the Studies in Scandal series, The Lords of Anarchy series, The Ugly Duckling series and the Wicked Widows series as well as several other Regency-set romances. She spent her teen years wishing she’d been born a couple of centuries earlier, preferably in the English countryside. Time travel being what it is, she resigned herself to life with electricity and indoor plumbing, and read lots of books. When she’s not writing, she’s helping other people use books, as an academic librarian.
Ooo these look good too Debbie. I love holiday books :)
ReplyDeleteMe too Kim thanks for stopping by!
DeleteOoo another fabulous giveaway, thanks Debbie!
ReplyDeleteyou're welcome Kindlemom
DeleteThose look good. I like the different books coming out this time of year.
ReplyDeleteme too Mary
DeleteBoth look great and my pick would be Emma Douglas one first! My kinda book.
ReplyDeleteYes I can see that Kathryn :)
DeleteSuch a great idea to boil spices and cloves to get the holiday scent in the air.
ReplyDeleteI know. My mom just bought a whole jar of cloves from the Amish shop and is planning on putting them in fresh oranges for the holiday scent too.
DeleteAw on the kitties. Books for Christmas make me happy, too.
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