What's on your Christmas Reading List? (+Giveaway)
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Beverley Kendall was not able to provide a scene for the event today. In lieu, I'll be putting together a small post featuring some of my favorite holiday reads and Beverley will be giving away some of HER fave holiday reads! Enjoy!
It's that time of year again! Mad dashes to Bath and Body works & Old Navy for last minute Xmas gifts, lots of studying late into the winter nights for finals, working retail while EVERYONE is last minute shopping as well-- this is what my last few winters have been like. Life can get crazy/overwhelming all year long- but especially when the snow hits the ground and your room starts to resemble the wrapping room at Santa's toy shop!
One of my favorite things to do this time of year is to plan a day for myself when I have no school or work and stay in all day, cuddled under covers with comfort foods and one of my all-time favorite holiday reads close at hand. Revisiting these classics help get me in the spirit and maybe they have/or can for you too!
1.) A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas
Readers get to catch up with their favorite Wallflowers and meet a new addition who'll be swept away by an unwitting devil-may-care American. As a huge fan of this series, I got SOOO much ungodly glee out of this novel and every winter, this book gets broken out and re-fawned over!
2.) The Holiday Present by Johanna Lindsey
This book features TWO stories- The first (just like my last pick) is in an Epilogue-ish vain, giving fans of the previous books from the series the chance to catch up with some of the characters that found their HEA, while also introducing the reader to a love story that was brought up routinely through out the other books. The second story was one I had the pleasure of enjoying during my first christmas as an offcial romance junkie. My addiction to romance books was out of control and when I strolled through the aisle of my local library, 4 books already tucked under my arm, I spotted a name I was becoming quite fond of. It was an Xmas themed book at that- so I knew I had to read it and after that year the story became a permanent fixture in my holiday reading queue.
3.) And we can't forget Grace Burrowes' Windham series and the two Christmas-titled knock-outs!
Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish and Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight.
Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish and Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight.
I've had a lot of fun remembering the stories that embody Christmas to me! So how about you guys? Tell me which books scream HOLIDAY to you and you can't help but revisit this time of year!
**Make sure you stop by Ramblings From This Chick today & check out a holiday scene written by Emma Wildes
**Make sure you stop by Ramblings From This Chick today & check out a holiday scene written by Emma Wildes
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And make sure you add a few of Beverley Kendall's titles to your Christmas List! I am definitely treating myself to her first contemporary title which is dropping at the top of the new year (called When In Paris by Beverley Kendall, Available Jan 15th, 2015)
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Sealed With a Kiss: Beverley Kendall + Giveaway
Beverley Kendall
As the mother of one too bright and mischievous young boy, she pulls full-time duty on all fronts. When she's not working full-time, mothering, writing or reading, she's probably sleeping and dreaming of a time when she'll have time for her favorite hobbies: knitting, crocheting and sewing.
Beverley has lived on two continents, in three countries, two provinces, and four states. She stopped her nomadic existence and settled in the southeast. All things artistic feed her creative passion, but none more than writing. Readers can visit her at: www.beverleykendall.com.
The Love Letter:
Your son, Nicholas, turned two years today. I wish you could see him. He might not look a thing like you but he does have your temperament. He’s bright and terribly inquisitive and oh so very precocious. I should be proud if he turned out to be half the man you are.
Yesterday should have been our second anniversary. I’ve been marking the days on the calendar dreading its arrival. I cried myself to sleep last night wondering how you spent the day, wishing so very much that I could be with you.
Believe me, my love, I didn’t want to leave you. I would not have left had I any other choice. But I loved you too much to taint your name with scandal. I love you still and shall for the rest of my life.
I pray that one day I might see you again. And it is my greatest wish that I can finally introduce you to our son for there is nothing I want more than for him to know you and you him.
My heart will never be truly whole while I’m apart from you. I live for the day that I will see you again. I pray you haven’t forgotten me for I will never forget you.
Always your loving Charlotte
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Check out Alex and Charlotte's love story in:
AN HEIR OF DECEPTION
Coming April 10th, 2012!
AN HEIR OF DECEPTION
Coming April 10th, 2012!
A man devastated by love
After three years of carousing and debauchery, Alex Cartwright, heir to the Duke of Hastings, has put his life back in order. Having embraced sobriety for two years, he has no intention of revisiting the past or risking his heart again. But the return of the very woman who introduced him to the darkest side of hell brings not only the painful, haunting memories of bittersweet love and abandonment, but the son he never knew he had...
A woman silenced by secrets
Threatened by the revelation of a secret that could destroy her family’s place in society and forever tarnish a dukedom, Charlotte fled England on her wedding day five years ago. Now, although it appears that secret is safe, when Alex discovers her other secret—their son—Charlotte has an altogether different battle ahead. She must now fight one love to hold onto the other—the man whose touch still makes her burn, for the child who is her very world.
She hopes to gain his affections
For Miss Elizabeth Smith, sharing her first kiss with the charming Lord Derek Creswell is nothing short of a dream come true...that is, until she is spotted by one of the most influential gossips of the ton. With scandal nipping at her heels, to avoid total social ruin, Elizabeth must present a fiancé by the end of the Season. But when the viscount proves reluctant, Elizabeth is forced to employ a seduction of a different sort...
He is determined to ruin her
Viscount Derek Creswell believes Elizabeth set out to trap him into marriage. After all, her sister attempted the very same thing with his brother six years before. Now the delectable Miss Smith expects a betrothal and a ring, while Derek finds her ruination infinitely more appealing...
But as Derek sets out to seduce only her body, Elizabeth is intent on claiming his jaded heart.
**GIVEAWAY**
Beverley is giving away a signed copy of her second book, A TASTE OF DESIRE, to 1 lucky commenter (Open to International entrants) So make sure you leave a comment on this post AND fill out the rafflecopter for your chance to win!
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Random Giveaway #1 - "All's Fair In Love & Seduction" by Beverley Kendall
SO I am going to make this quick and dirty ;)
I will be (attempting) to use this new app to plan and keep track of giveaways. A wideget will be placed in the post and you enter through that. It's sort of like a form, but totally geared towards giveaways. There's tons of extra entries for you to capitalize on, but just commenting on this blog post and entering that you did in the giveaway widget will enter you to win.As I said, I am testing out this new feature for the blog and what better way to test then by giving away a book? As you all know, I am on my way to RomCon11' this week and I hope to come home with tons of awesome swag to share (i.e. giveaway) to you guys! Help me test this out, and who knows what you might win!
ALL I ask is that you comment IN ADDITION to filling out the giveaway widget which you can find below.
More on the Prize:
I am giving away an ecopy of Beverley Kendall's latest ebook release, "All's Fair In Love & Seduction"
With her seduction she hopes to gain his affectionsFor Miss Elizabeth Smith, sharing her first kiss with the charming Lord Derek Creswell is nothing short of a dream come true...that is, until she is spotted by one of the most influential gossips of the ton. With scandal nipping at her heels, to avoid total social ruin, Elizabeth must present a fiancé by the end of the Season. But when the viscount proves reluctant, Elizabeth is forced to employ a seduction of a different sort...With his seduction he is determined to ruin herViscount Derek Creswell believes Elizabeth set out to trap him into marriage. After all, her sister attempted the very same thing with his brother six years before. Now the delectable Miss Smith expects a betrothal and a ring, while Derek finds her ruination infinitely more appealing...But as Derek sets out to seduce only her body, Elizabeth is intent on claiming his jaded heart.
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