Holiday Edition of Feeding Your e-Reader Friday: FREE & Almost Free HOT Romances

Posted on the 15 December 2013 by Emsy Van Wyck @fabfanfic


We're starting to countdown to the holidays and knowing how busy you all are, thought we'd share with some fun & HOT holiday romances that will provide some needed relaxation downtime for you. Best of all, many of them are FREE or almost free. 
Please remember that these special prices may only be available for a limited time, so act now! To place your order, just click on the relevant image or link and you'll be directed to the book on Amazon.com.   

Enjoy the Half-Moon Hollow Christmas novella, I'm Dreaming of an Undead Christmas by Molly Harper from Audible.com - for free! I really love this author's humorous (and ever so slightly snarky take) on all things paranormal in her Jane Jameson, Half Moon Hollow, and Naked Werewolf series - and thought you might enjoy this holiday gift from her.
It's Christmas in Half-Moon Hollow and newly turned vampire Iris Scanlon-Calix wants to make Gigi's first visit home from college as normal and special as possible. It's taken months for Iris to work up the nerve to spend time around her baby sister after her vampire transition, so she enlists help from Jane Jameson and Company to keep her blood-thirst under control and assure Gigi's safety. Gigi, on the other hand, has problems of her own, including the demise of her relationship with high school sweetheart, Ben, and a looming job interview with Ophelia Lambert, the scariest potential employer in the Hollow. And then there's the small matter of the handsome, frustrating vampire who keeps appearing in Gigi's peripheral vision, then disappearing before she can talk to him. Can the Scanlon sisters negotiate romantic problems, vampire politics, and Christmas cookie disasters and enjoy a relatively normal holiday?

M. Malone has a very special present for all her readers. That's right, she's written a holiday novella and is is giving it to all of you for FREE! Christmas with The Alexanders is a really nice read, and falls just after book three in her The Alexanders series. However it's not a stand-alone story, so you really should read the rest of the books too (and Teasing Trent, the series prequel is offered free right now too (click on link, or download Surrender collection below). So Merry Christmas a little early from bestselling author, M (Minx) Malone.
Kaylee Wilhelm knows what she wants for Christmas--for Elliott Alexander to notice her. Unfortunately, he doesn't like her much, so she's spending the holidays with her disapproving parents.
Elliott Alexander is finally in the position to come home for good. Home means bittersweet memories and the only woman who makes him feel things he isn't ready for.
When Kay's car skids out of control on Christmas Eve, she's forced to reach out to the only man she trusts to save her. Eli's a protector, so she knows he'll come for her, but this Christmas Kay is hoping for a little bit more.

All I Want for Christmas is You (Fate with a Helping Hand) by Lisa Mondello is a sweet contemporary holiday romance. I read it last year and had to grab a few Kleenexes. It's the first book in Mondello's, Fate with a Helping Hand, eeries and is offered for FREE right now.
Sometimes fate needs a little hand...Santa Claus is going to have a rough season... Lauren Alexander is raising her daughter alone. Abandoned by her family for her decision to keep her daughter Kristen, she has done a pretty good job for the last six years. Or she thought she had. That's why she is crushed when little Kristen gives up her wish for a toy or goodie and instead asks Santa for a present for her mother. She wants Santa to bring a Daddy. Delivering Daddies isn't Santa's bag.
But this Santa has a plan... Kyle Preston knows what it is like to be abandoned too. Luckily he found the support of loving adoptive parents and has turned himself into one of the most successful Real Estate developers in town.
Building a house is easy. Building someone's trust is a whole other story. But with a little helping hand, a little Christmas magic can make all the difference in the world.

Enjoy some Regency romance Christmas tales in A Grosvenor Square Christmas by Anna Campbell, Shana Galen, Vanessa Kelly, and Kate Noble.
Four breathtakingly romantic tales of a Regency Christmas from four bestselling romance authors.
Down through the years, enchantment touches a tall gray house in Grosvenor Square. The legend of Lady Winterson’s Christmas ball promises true love and happiness to one lucky couple. Who will feel the magic this winter?
1803 - The Seduction of a Duchess by Shana GalenRowena Harcourt, the Duchess of Valère, never forgot the handsome footman who helped her escape the French Revolution. For fourteen years, Gabriel Lamarque has loved Rowena—now at Lady Winterson’s Christmas ball, has fate finally delivered a chance to win her hand?
1818 - One Kiss for Christmas by Vanessa KellyNigel Dash is London’s most reliable gentleman, a reputation he never minded until he fell in love with beautiful Amelia Easton. Unfortunately, Amelia sees Nigel as a dependable friend, not a dashing suitor. At Lady Winterson’s famous Christmas ball, Nigel vows to change Amelia’s mind—by sweeping her off her feet.
1825 - His Christmas Cinderella by Anna CampbellAt the season’s most glittering ball, a girl who has never dared to dream of forever after discovers a Christmas miracle.
1830 - The Last First Kiss by Kate NobleSusannah Westforth has always loved Sebastian Beckett – but he’s only ever seen her as a friend. When Sebastian takes his Grand Tour, Susannah transforms herself into a woman he’ll notice. Now Sebastian is back, just in time for Lady Winterson's Christmas ball – but the last thing he expects to see is his little Susie, all grown up...
You’re invited to join the whirling dance at Lady Winterson’s sparkling Christmas ball, where miracles happen and true love shines forever. How can you resist?

I adore Jennifer Ashley's Highland Pleasures historical series that features members of the MacKenzie Family. Right now, Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift (Highland Pleasures), book 4.5 (a novella) is available for free. If you haven't read the series yet, you'll be introduced to this wonderful family and their antics in the Scottish Highlands.
Revisit the Mackenzies in this heartwarming Christmas tale. Book 4.5 of the New York Times bestselling Mackenzies / Highland Pleasures Series.
The Mackenzies gather for a clan Christmas and Hogmanay in Scotland. In the chaos of preparations for the celebration--the first of Hart and Eleanor's married life--one of Ian's Ming bowls gets broken, and the family scrambles to save the day. Daniel busily runs a betting ring for everything from the hour Eleanor's baby will arrive, to whether Mac's former-pugilist valet can win a boxing match. Ian begins a new obsession, and Beth fears that the loss of one of his precious bowls has made him withdraw once more into his private world.
Events take place after the close of The Duke's Perfect Wife (before the Epilogue).

Kathleen Brooks' two Bluegrass series (Bluegrass and Bluegrass Brothers) are among some of my favorite romances. Her books are a delight to read and often offer a little mystery and suspense along with romance. Right now you can have three of her books for free. So act now and enjoy one of the best romance series around.
Right now her Bluegrass Series holiday novella, Secret Santa is free. USA Today Best-selling Author Kathleen Brooks' wrote this novella to thank her readers for their amazing support and to update them on their favorite characters from her Bluegrass books. If you're new to the Bluegrass Series, please pick up Secret Santa as her gift to you this holiday season. Kathleen Brooks is sharing some cheer as Bluegrass State of Mind & Bluegrass Undercover are also free right now.
SECRET SANTAIt wouldn't be Christmas in Keeneston without a party! Everyone's invited, even Santa... Kenna's court docket is full, Dani's hiding from her in-laws, Paige and Annie are about to burst from pregnancy, and Marshall is breaking up fights at the PTA Christmas Concert. The sweet potato casserole is made, the ham and biscuits are on the table, and men are losing their shirts - and not because of bets placed with the Rose Sisters! All the while, the entire town is wondering one thing: who is the Secret Santa that showed up with special gifts for everyone?

I read this holiday novella, Bah, Humbug! (A Christmas Street Romantic Comedy Novella), last year and just found it a tremendous amount of fun. It was the first book, but not the last, book I read by Heather Horrocks and I do recommend it this holiday season to you!
Lexi Anderson is an up-and-coming, Martha Stewart-type TV hostess whose two kids love the Jared Strong adventure novels, which happen to be written by their new neighbor, Kyle Miller.
For the first time in his writing career, Kyle has writer’s block--until he sees the snowman on his lawn and realizes it’s the perfect solution to his plot problem. He digs in and discovers two things: one, his villain’s weapon will fit inside a snowman's body, and two, this particular snowman was supposed to be the backdrop for Lexi’s next show.
From this improbable beginning comes friendship, but can there be a happy ending for a woman who is afraid to get close again and a man who has shadows from his childhood?
Families join together and hearts are healed as this couple goes walking in a winter wonderland.


This was one of the first holiday collections that I read this season and it's still one of my absolute favorites. I know I'll be re-reading Love on Main Street: A Snow Creek Christmas by Adrienne Bell, Juliet Blackwell, Cecilia Gray, Rachael Herron, Lisa Hughey, Ruby Laska, and LGC Smith season after season as these heart-warming tales just are so enticing. Each of these novellas offer you a different perspective of one of the wonderful residents of Snow Creek - and I hope that these authors will revisit this locale again and I want MORE! So treat yourself to the perfect holiday gift and visit this little California town that offers love, magic, and more! (see review)
Where love begins on Main Street and ends happily ever after....
Christmas, the most magical season, is almost upon the small mountain town of Snow Creek. For seven couples, holiday wishes mean more than just gifts or parties. Can Snow Creek pull off its annual holiday miracle of bringing love to town?
Featuring seven original romances by New York Times and bestselling authors…
QUEEN OF HEARTS BY JULIET BLACKWELL Serafina Rogers is not an impulsive person, but lately something’s gotten into her. She walked away from warm San Diego, her scumbag ex-fiance, and her teaching job in order to come to Snow Creek and take over her deceased aunt’s witchy supply store. Unfortunately, her hunky cowboy landlord, Joe, has other plans for the space, which hasn’t turned a profit in years. Neither Joe nor Serafina believe in magic, much less romance. But when a Yule log is tossed on the fire, Serafina begins seeing things in her aunt’s deck of cards, and Joe’s niece goes missing…they might just have to change their minds.
THE HOLIDAY SHOW BY LGC SMITH Christy Monroe hates Christmas. The excess, the inevitable disappointments--bah. Dan Rose loves Christmas. The fun, the way his bakery smells—it’s all a little magical, especially in Snow Creek. When their first-grade daughters decide they want to be sisters, Christy and Dan had better watch out. The girls maneuver their parents into organizing the elementary school holiday show together. It doesn’t take long for Dan to make it his goal to change Christy’s mind about Christmas—and taking a chance again on love.
LET IT SNOW BY CECILIA GRAY After losing her parents, Jessica can't bear to lose her childhood home and family bookstore, too. When they're taken from her, she has nowhere to go…except the arms of Daniel, Snow Creek's resident hero paramedic. It's not be the Christmas miracle Jessica wanted, but it might the one she needs….
SECOND CHANCES BY ADRIENNE BELL There’s no doubt in Eileen Ledger’s mind that the last time she saw hockey superstar Paul McAlester she made the biggest mistake of her life. Only, she’s never been sure if the mistake was in kissing him, or in running away. But ten years later, Paul is back in town for Christmas, and Eileen has a second chance to make things right…as long as she can keep herself from falling in love again.
A CHRISTMAST YARN BY RACHAEL HERRON Knitting has always served as a distraction, something that Clara can hide behind. After a significant weight loss, though, she's still not sure if she wants to be noticed. When sexy Lincoln ends up on the front porch of her yarn store, he seems to see everything clear as day. Will Clara finally be seen for her true self?
MISS BONNY'S BURIED TREASURE BY RUBY LASKA Caroline Bonny has always known about her family curse: no Bonny daughter will ever marry until her great-great-great-grandfather's buried treasure is found. Caroline has made her peace with her life as a spinster-turned-cosmetologist, until easy-on-the-eyes schoolteacher Lance Carter comes to town determined to drown his recent breakup in holiday festivities.
ONE SILENT NIGHT BY LISA HUGHEY Nick and Ally Carpenter split up months ago after years of infertility treatments crushed their marriage and their dreams of children. When the couple reunites for the holidays to make a dying woman happy, can an unexpected miracle show them the way back to love or is it too late?

Oh my, here's a new holiday novella collection by some long-time favorite romance authors and it's just 0.99! I will be reviewing this in the next few days, but wanted to share it with all of you so you could get a head start reading it. What a perfect treat to enjoy amidst holiday shopping, decorating, and baking. So when you want to relax, pour yourself a glass of wine, get out that box of chocolates and enjoy this great collection Hot, Sexy & Bad by Melody Anne, Judy Angelo, Kathleen Brooks, Ruth Cardello, Lynn Raye Harris, Sandra Marton, Shadonna Richards, and Danielle Stewart.
Already a A USA Today Bestseller, this holiday collection offers eight brand new novellas by eight best selling authors that will light your fire and warm your heart. But be warned, unwrap this collection with caution!
New York Times Best Seller Judy Angelo’s Rome for the Holidays’ When Rome Milano meets the hot and heavenly Arie Angelis he learns that he can't always have his way. He's used to calling the shots, but not this time...
New York Times Best Seller Melody Anne’s Holiday Treasure: An Anderson Series Novella Tanner Storm is on Santa's naughty list this year. Can a beautiful woman get him on the good list, or will he get only coal this year?
New York Times Best Seller Kathleen Brooks's Dancing Beneath the Mistletoe Hiding behind their masks, Elle Simpson and Drake Charles are looking for someone to spend one hot night with. Instead will these two find love at the masquerade ball?
New York times Best Seller Ruth Cardello’s Recipe for Love (An Andrade Christmas Novella) All Madison Andrade wants for Christmas is a place to hide, but she cooks up much more than that with the lusty Frenchman she stays with in this prequel to the Legacy Collection.
USA Today Best Seller Lynn Raye Harris’s Hot Package (A Hostile Operations Team novella) Can HOT special operator Billy "The Kid" Blake save his ex-lover and thwart a conspiracy before time runs out?
USA Today Best Seller Sandra Marton's The Gift Can ex-Special Ops warrior Kazimir Savitch save Ekaterina Rostov from marriage to a dissolute prince? After one incredible night together, Kaz vows that he will, no matter the cost.
Shadonna Richards’s The Belmont Christmas Bride: The Bride Series Jilted the night before her wedding, Olivia McAlister will have to face three hundred guests, alone. Will the hot, sexy and mysterious Dane Romano save the day—and her heart?
Danielle Stewart’s Half My Heart: A Clover Series Novella Devin Sutton has come back to Clover to settle the score. Is there enough room in his heart for love and revenge?

This holiday collection, Christmas Heroes , of five novels by Regan Black, Kathy Carmichael, Rita Herron, Vicki Hinze, and Peggy Webb looks really interesting. I haven't yet read it, but do plan to and thought you all might enjoy having some more alpha heroes under your Christmas tree too!
5 Complete Novels5 Bestselling Authors5 Dreamy Heroes1 Perfect Holiday Read!With 5 unique Christmas-themed stories, including a mix of genres, Christmas Heroes is ideal for every stocking
DUPLICITY By Vicki HinzeCareer military attorney, Captain Tracy Keener is ordered to defend Captain Adam Burke, a Special Operations officer who caused the deaths of his entire team. Everyone knows he's guilty and defending him will cost Tracy her career, but she has no choice.
Captain Burke swears he acted under orders. Swears things that can't possibly be true: breaches requiring corruption at the highest levels, the deliberate sacrifice of an entire military team.
Under orders and then threats to drop the case and let Burke go down, Tracy and Adam are targeted for assassination. To their horror, they discover others too are marked for death. To succeed, Tracy and Adam must risk more than their lives--they must risk their hearts.
SAFE WITH HIM by Rita HerronAll Kaylie Whittaker wanted for Christmas was to protect her daughter from the madman who killed her husband...
All five-year-old CeCe Whittaker wanted was to have a real home for the holidays...
All Texas Ranger Sergeant Mitch Manning wanted was to drown his sorrows in a bottle. Then Kaylie and CeCe snuck into his abandoned ranch house, looking terrified and obviously on the run, and his detective instincts surged to life. But he'd lost one family because of his job, and he refused to make room for this woman and her little girl in his heart.
Still, he was a Texas Ranger and he would protect them or die trying...
TAMING MAGGIE by Peggy WebbIt's Christmas, and Maggie Merriweather had rather be naughty than nice.
When this feisty grade school teacher sets out to foil opening day of duck season, Maggie never expects to lock horns with Tupelo's bad boy banker, Adam Trent, let alone feel the urge to rip his shirt off! Can she save the ducks without losing herself?
Adam vows to subdue the spirited crusader. But when a snowstorm strands them, he discovers he'd rather woo than subdue. Can two people whose principles are poles apart ever turn Christmas bells into wedding bells?
SHADOWS TO LIGHT by Regan BlackThe year is 2096, and as part of a covert team searching for a missing government scientist, Jameson is tasked with staring at a laboratory building day in and day out during a cold Chicago December. The boredom is overwhelming until the one woman he cannot forget, shows up in a place she should never be.
A supernatural healer, Mira escapes a trial of her peers only to be sent on an impossible mission: Rescue her scientist father from a madman who's using him to create bio-weapons. But she's no spy. On her own, with no real clues, she isn't sure where to turn.
Forced together by circumstance, Mira and Jameson enter an adventure that will push them to their limits - and quite possibly beyond.
ANGEL BE GOOD by Kathy CarmichaelHeartwarming, Sexy and FunBillionaire CEO Nat Danvers has good looks, money, power, prestige--everything--except the one thing he really needs. But only in the loneliest corners of his frozen heart is he aware something is missing. Christmas Eve arrives to find Nat alone in his penthouse office, filling out layoff notices while his employees unknowingly celebrate at the office holiday party. In breezes the most incredibly beautiful woman he's ever seen. Daphne, part angel, part human, has been sent by the Angelic Council to teach Nat some tough lessons in the hope his hardened heart will melt. She has only one night in which to help him. With the clock ticking before she must go, can love find a way to touch them both?
"A heartwarming and funny tale." ~ Trish Jensen, Bestselling Author

I really love Katie Reus' romantic suspense series, Red Stone Security, so was quite happy to see that she's offering book 4.5, a holiday novella, for just 0.99. If you haven't read the series yet, this will definitely provide the temptation to add them all to you e-reader. Reus' heroes are ALL very sexy alphas and I particularly love the heroine in this one, coffee shop owner Noel. So enjoy some holiday romance in Miami in this fun read, Miami, Mistletoe & Murder (Red Stone Security, book 4.5).
Fierce and sexy, former Marine Travis Sanchez has always held himself back from the rest of the world, using his tattoos and piercings as armor. But when the woman he’s wanted for months is threatened, he knows it's time to strip away the bad boy image and show her just how much he wants to be with her. As one of Red Stone Security’s best contractors, Travis is trained for almost any situation. But nothing prepares him for the most dangerous threat of all: the one to his heart.
Kind-hearted Noel Baskov’s only wish for the holidays is that her Miami coffee shop has a successful Christmas season. But her focus on work is interrupted when the family of the young girl she mentors is threatened, and the man she’s been lusting after for months steps in to handle it. Unfortunately the danger is far from over. Can this sexy and mysterious warrior protect Noel or will he be the one to shatter her heart?
Warning: features a heroine determined to fight for those she cares about, a protective hero with a very interesting piercing, and some holiday magic.

Another holiday collection to try is The Heart of Christmas.
Start your holidays off right with three new novellas by USA Today Bestsellers Patricia McLinn, Judith Arnold and Kathryn Shay.
In Wyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning, discover how it all started in this much-anticipated prequel novella to the bestselling and award-winning Wyoming Wildflowers series by USA Today bestselling author Patricia McLinn. Ed’s and Donna’s worlds couldn’t have been any more different – a rancher from Wyoming and an up-and-coming Broadway musical actress on a national tour. What could have been a momentary encounter sparks desire . . . and more. But can there be anything but heartbreak ahead when they have only days before their dreams pull them apart?
In Almost An Angel, Conor Malone manages to hold things together for his daughter Amy after his wife’s death, until someone tells her Santa will bring her mother back for Christmas. How can Conor force Amy to accept reality without ruining her holiday? With help from Eliza Powell, the alluring new school psychologist—and the Daddy School.
In Flashover, Nick Evans, a captain in the Hidden Cove fire department, believes he committed the worst of crimes, even if it was to protect his little sister. He's not ready for a relationship with Stacey Sterling, a firefighter’s widow who’s determined to help him heal. But on Christmas, Nick learns the meaning of redemption and love.

Baby for the Billionaire by New York Times bestselling author Judy Angelo and USA Today bestselling author Shadonna Richards offers two touching holiday romances in one volume. For a very limited time this book is available for just 0.99, so don't hesitate. Add this book to your e-reader today.nna Richards
DADDY BY DECEMBER
By Judy Angelo
A Daddy in the making...
A little girl, a wish, and a woman determined to stay out of his reach. How to reconcile the three?
Billionaire investor, Drake Duncan, is at the top of his game. He decides to hire a ghostwriter to work on his memoir. Little does he know that the writer who will answer the call is truly a ghost - from his past.
Meg Gracey is the proverbial 'starving artist', a writer down on her luck. When she is offered a contract as ghostwriter she jumps at the chance, only to later realize that the job will throw her directly in the path of the man she vowed never to 'touch with a long stick'. Caught between starvation and emotional torture she is forced to choose.
Does she follow reason or give in to the desires of her heart?
AN UNEXPECTED BABY
By Shadonna Richards
Getting a man is one thing...keeping him is a whole different story!
Recently wed to her hot boss, CEO Evan Fletcher, Emma Wiggins-Fletcher thinks her sizzling hubby is avoiding spending quality time with her...that is until Emma discovers that her pregnancy test is positive.
A baby changes everything. Jetsetter Evan discovers his new wife is pregnant and cancels an important business trip and prepares to rearrange his workaholic life to pamper his newlywed princess. Emma is over the moon about the new special affection from her spouse and her ill grandfather. Gramps has been given six more months to live, and he is so delighted about the baby news, he plans a surprise for the couple.
Too bad her world is turned upside down when she discovers the pregnancy test was false. Emma has been enjoying Evan's renewed attention and he's already shifted his life around to be daddy to their unborn. How could she possibly break the news to her husband and to her ailing grandfather without breaking their hearts? Still, pretending to be pregnant is a whole different story and can only last so long before they find out the truth.

Cynthia Eden's holiday novella A Vampire's Christmas Carol is a wonderful retelling of Dickens' story - with the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future portrayed by a demon, angel (or is she?), and shifter. Here's my review.
It's time for a dark and sexy take on a classic holiday tale...
New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Cynthia Eden heats up the holidays with...A VAMPIRE'S CHRISTMAS CAROL.
This holiday season has bite.
Ben Prescott hates Christmas--he's a vampire, and to him, there's certainly nothing jolly about the holiday season. While the humans are running around being merry, he's hunting in the shadows. Ben plans to spend the holidays his way...by stalking deadly prey.
But fate has other plans for Ben.
Three visitors are coming Ben's way...A demon who will force Ben to face his past, a ghost who will show Ben the present he could have, and a shifter who will reveal the darkness that waits in Ben's future. Unless Ben can change his ways, he may just turn into a real monster, one who can't be saved by anyone or anything.
'Tis the season...to be undead.
Ben's redemption rests in the hands of the one woman he loved and lost--Simone Laurent. If Ben is going to have a chance at being more than just the beast in the darkness, he has to prove himself to the lovely Simone. A very hard task, considering that, once upon a Christmas Eve, Simone died in Ben's arms...
Now, Ben will do anything necessary in order to possess Simone once
again. He won't lose her. Even if he has to fight heaven and hell.

From bestselling author Lila DiPasqua comes a scorching new historical romance novella in the acclaimed Fiery Tales series, The Duke's Match GirlThis is an emotional, erotically charged retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl.
As childhood friends, Leopold d'Ermart and Suzanne Matchet were inseparable. One unforgettable Christmas Eve, their relationship changed from the best of friends...to lovers. But the heir of the Duke of Mont-Marly isn't supposed to fall in love with the daughter of his family's physician. Or vice versa.
Is this a second chance at first love?
Years later, Suzanne is dreading her first Christmas without her father. The heartbreak Leo caused when he left seven years ago is a distant memory. And she prefers to keep it that way. The last thing Suzanne expects is for tall, dark, and sinfully seductive Leo d'Ermart to show up at her door and announce he wants her back in his life. And in his bed. Worse, the now celebrated libertine is even more devastating to a woman's senses than ever before...
Or are they playing with fire?
The only woman Leo, Duke of Mont-Marly, has ever yearned for is the adorably unconventional, intelligent beauty who got away. He discovers Suzanne creating and selling matchsticks, elixirs for the ill...and is still so damned alluring. Leo is determined to show her the depth of his desire, win back Suzanne's heart. And give her a Christmas beyond her wildest imagination...

A.S. Fenichel's Christmas Bliss (Christmas Surprises) is on sale now for $0.99. This historical romance is a thrilling holiday read!
Emma is running from a tyrannous uncle bent on killing her young brother, just to gain his fortune. John, the Earl of Compton, is looking for something to change his unfulfilling life. When they meet on a dark street, nothing can change their fate.
John is so instantly smitten and socially inept, he proposes in less than twenty-four hours. Emma’s plight to save her brother has her so shaken, she agrees to the hasty Christmas wedding.
The threats to Emma’s life, and John’s fierce defense of her, demonstrate to both that the match might be more than just a convenient arrangement. If only they can thwart her uncle’s devious assault and live to enjoy each other.

This holiday, spend quality time with family and loved ones—living and dead . . . with stories in Holidays Are Hell by Kim Harrison, Lynsay Sands, Marjorie M. Liu, Vicki Pettersson.
There's no place like home for the horrordays—unless you'd prefer a romantic midnight walk through a ghost-infested graveyard . . . or a haunted house candlelight dinner with the sexy vampire of your dreams. The (black) magical season is here—and whether it's a solstice séance gone demonically wrong with the incomparable Kim Harrison, a grossly misshapen Christmas with the remarkable Lynsay Sands, a blood-chilling-and-spilling New Year's with the wonderful Marjorie M. Liu, or a super-powered Thanksgiving with the phenomenal Vicki Pettersson, one thing is for certain: in the able hands of these exceptional dark side explorers, the holidays are going to be deliciously hellish!

Some Kind of Wonderful: A Holiday Novella (The Cupcake Lovers book 3.5) is a delightful read. It's a perfect mix of romance with just a touch of the magic of Christmas that might bring true love to childhood best friends. Here's my review.
Have yourself a scrumptious, small-town Christmas with this special Cupcake Lovers holiday novella, Some Kind of Wonderful!
Growing up in Sugar Creek, Maya Templeton and Zachary Cole were best friends. After high school, each went out into the world in search of adventure. Maya moved to Florida to explore her passion for baking and pastry-making, eventually establishing her own business: Cupcakes & Dreamscapes. Zach joined the military and became a Marine Scout Sniper. Now, after years apart, they’re both going home for the holidays. They don’t seem to have much in common anymore. In fact, Zach seems to have the hots for Maya’s business partner. But when the two get stranded together during a blizzard, they are forced to reexamine their connection. Are Maya and Zach better off “just friends”—just as they were when they were young? Or could it be that true love was there all along?

I just love, love, love Sugar Jamison's Perfect Fit series and Have Yourself a Curvy Little Christmas: A Perfect Fit Holiday Novella (A Perfect Fit book 1.5) is a true treat to read. Here's my review.
Full of warmth, wit, and voluptuous romance, the Perfect Fit series embraces the holiday spirit with an exclusive new novella--Have Yourself a Curvy Little Christmas!
On the first day of Christmas, former wild child Dina Gregory returns home to New York on a mission: To find the father of her young son. Making him take responsibility for the child he helped create is the only thing on Dina’s wish list. Instead, she finds herself in an awkward run-in with his stuffy older brother, Ben.
Ben has never liked Dina. But he can’t help but admire her tenacity—and her bold beauty. Being trapped together during a holiday blizzard offers him a glimpse into what it would be like to have a family, and to fall truly in love. Could it be that Dina has reignited his Christmas spirit? The only thing Ben knows for sure is that her heart is a gift to behold…and he will never let go.

The Entity Who Came for Christmas: A Holiday Novella (Entity Series book 2.5) by Cat Devon is a fabulous read. I really loved it and this novella is a great addition to the series. And did I mention how HOT those Vamptown vamps are ... phew, this keyboard is sizzling! Here's my review.
"The perfect holiday treat—better than spiked eggnog. Tons of fun and no calories." —New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz
In Vamptown, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
’Tis the season for a brand-new holiday novella from award-winning author Cat Devon!
Pru Daniels should know better than to hook up with sexy Simon Howell. He’s a vampire Demon Hunter and a former knight at King Arthur’s roundtable. She’s a witch, a descendant of Morgan Le Fay. Clearly things could get complicated.
When Simon shows up in Vamptown while Pru is visiting a friend and fellow witch, he claims to have come for the holidays to visit fellow vampire Demon Hunter Damon Thornheart. But things soon turn passionate as Pru and Simon join together to battle the forces of evil. The holidays won’t be the only thing ruined if Simon and Pru can’t work things out. Can this vampire Demon Hunter find his heart in time to save his love…and his immortality?
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