This is a first for me. Today I'm hosting 19 writers at once. They have put together a wonderful boxed set of holiday stories entitled Sweet Christmas Kisses 2. They are all members of Sweet Romance Reads, a group
of authors whose books contain no sex, violence, or strong language. While the
emotional stakes are high as the characters’ relationships grow, lovemaking is
not described in these stories. Think movies rated G or PG. Therefore, Sweet
Christmas Kisses 2 can be enjoyed by romance readers of any age.
Pull up a chair by a cozy fire, pour a cup
of hot chocolate and allow these bestselling and award-winning authors to
bring the holiday season alive as they warm your heart.
Welcome in the holiday season with 19 heartwarming and wholesome novellas from New York Times, USA Today, national bestselling, and award-winning authors.
Sweet Christmas Kisses 2 takes you from the Smoky
Mountains to Florida’s
sun-drenched beaches, from the Italian Alps to Paris,
France, and even to a quirky
little town in Arizona.
The Sweet Christmas Kisses 2 collection features all-new, stand-alone stories
that are sure to make you laugh, sometimes bring tears to your eyes, but always
put you in the Christmas spirit. Foreword by New York Times bestselling
author RaeAnne Thayne.
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Christmas Papa by Mona Risk
Living for three years in her stepmother’s respected house helps Monica forget the horror of her youth and reform her wild streak, and even dream of a normal life, similar to her stepsisters’, with a loving husband and children. Geez, she’s pretty enough to attract any man she wants, but to keep him is a different ballgame. The moment they learn of her past or meet her adorable twins, they feel the urge to move two-thousand miles away. Until Michael kisses her…
Gingerbread Kisses by Beate Boeker
Carol spends Christmas at the luxurious Hotel & Spa “Dolomitissimo” in the snowy Alps of Italy where she’s busy creating gingerbread men as name cards for her younger sister’s wedding. When things start to go wrong, she finds help in the form of Tom, the attractive hotel manager, but then, her sister manages to create havoc and Carol has to fight for her happiness.
Boycotting Christmas by Melinda Curtis
Bachelor Nick Santolli needs someone to help him give his niece a Christmas to remember. Back in the day, no one did Christmas better than Joy Encastle. But times have changed and Joy would prefer to boycott the festivities this year.
A Christmas to Remember by Denise Devine
Katie McGowan is returning home from a business trip when a blizzard forces her to take refuge at Lakewood Resort and miss celebrating Christmas with her family. The resort is overflowing with people, including Ryan Scott, an avid snowmobiler who’d come to Lakewood to escape the holidays. Ryan and Katie join forces to help others in need and learn the true meaning of Christmas.
An Angel for Christmas by Raine English
Alexa Stevens needs a job, or she and her daughter might wind up living out of the car. Blake Collins needs a nanny to help with his spoiled ten-year-old. What seems like the perfect match turns out to be anything but when the two girls and a rambunctious mutt create havoc at Christmas.
The Cowboy’s Christmas Bride by Aileen Fish
When veterinary student Tara seeks shelter in a snowstorm with handsome rancher Dylan, she quickly writes him off as boyfriend material since he’s more temperamental than an unbroken horse. Thanks to a job lined up half a state away, she’s not even tempted by a friend’s request that she move to White Oak, until she learns what has damaged Dylan’s spirit. Will a sickly calf and the magic of Christmas help her heal Dylan’s heart?
Lucky Break Christmas: Second Honeymoon by Patricia Forsythe
Lily is convinced that her new marriage to Marc is cursed because of a string of fiascoes. Marc knows she’s wrong. It takes the intervention of three body-building wedding planners and most of Lucky Break to change her mind.
Beach Walk by Grace Greene
Twelve years earlier, Kelli, a teenage runaway, was taken in by a kind woman named Margie who gave her a home, and safety and security. When Margie dies, her long lost nephew and only blood relative, arrives with plans of his own. Kelli loves her life at Emerald Isle, but how far will she go to keep it, or will Christmas bring a change of heart?
An Irish Christmas Blessing by Roxanne Rustand
When Eve travels to Ireland to run an old friend’s quaint village bookshop over the Christmas holidays, the trip is a dream come true—all the more because of the beautiful Irish countryside and the quirky locals in the village. And then there’s the charming, enigmatic stranger who just might steal her heart…'
Christmas Wedding by Magdalena Scott
Jim Standish is ready—right this minute—to marry the love of his life, but Melissa Singer wants the day to be one they’ll look back on forever. Planning and execution time: 25days. Will it be possible to create the perfect Christmas Wedding?
Finding You at Christmas by Kristin Wallace
After years of looking out for everyone else, preacher’s daughter Janie Worthy is ready to get a life of her own. A stalled car and a stranger on a motorcycle puts that plan in a tailspin…and leads to the best Christmas present she could ever find.
Christmas Laurel by Christine Bush.
Female army veteran Laurel Covington and her retired bomb dog have retreated to a cabin in North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains. She’s dealing with PTSD and a mind full of ugly war memories, and wants nothing more than solitude, quiet, and an escape from the clamor of Christmas. But then she meets the tall handsome mountain man who shares the mountain, and who has his own ghosts from the past to put to rest. Sometimes, the true meaning of Christmas can bring both healing and love when you least expect it.
Female army veteran Laurel Covington and her retired bomb dog have retreated to a cabin in North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains. She’s dealing with PTSD and a mind full of ugly war memories, and wants nothing more than solitude, quiet, and an escape from the clamor of Christmas. But then she meets the tall handsome mountain man who shares the mountain, and who has his own ghosts from the past to put to rest. Sometimes, the true meaning of Christmas can bring both healing and love when you least expect it.
Country Christmas by Lois
Greiman
Emily Kane was tossed into the deep end of the foster care system years before, making her cautious of love and commitment. Securing her dream job at the Lazy Windmill, a working farm turned guest ranch, has begun the healing process. But the past can’t be shut out forever. Will familial reunions cause her to bolt back into hiding or will the magic of Christmas heal her heart and allow her to find her happily ever after?
Emily Kane was tossed into the deep end of the foster care system years before, making her cautious of love and commitment. Securing her dream job at the Lazy Windmill, a working farm turned guest ranch, has begun the healing process. But the past can’t be shut out forever. Will familial reunions cause her to bolt back into hiding or will the magic of Christmas heal her heart and allow her to find her happily ever after?
The Christmas Crusade by Shanna
Hatfield
Levi Clarke is on a crusade to create a merry Christmas for the patrons of Center for Hope community center. He’ll do whatever it takes to make it happen, even if it means seeking a sponsorship from Kat Kingsley, the woman too stubborn to realize she’s still in love with him.
Levi Clarke is on a crusade to create a merry Christmas for the patrons of Center for Hope community center. He’ll do whatever it takes to make it happen, even if it means seeking a sponsorship from Kat Kingsley, the woman too stubborn to realize she’s still in love with him.
The Christmas Charm by Susan R.
Hughes
Gemma and Chris were childhood best friends until their lives took separate paths, both leading to heartache. Fifteen years later, a surprise reunion at Christmastime offers them a second chance at happiness.
Gemma and Chris were childhood best friends until their lives took separate paths, both leading to heartache. Fifteen years later, a surprise reunion at Christmastime offers them a second chance at happiness.
Evergreen Romance by Julie
Jarnagin.
After giving up her plans for college to care for her ailing grandmother, Jillian Rogers has a shot at being promoted to project manager at the local nursery, but the owner’s son comes back into town and tries to take the job. Monty Nelson spent the last five years playing triple-A baseball after college but never made it into the major leagues. Now, he has returned to Lakota, Oklahoma, driven to show his parents he can succeed, but they stick him with running the Christmas tree lot with smarty-pants Jillian Rogers. When old sparks reignite, Jillian and Monty must determine whether their romance will wither or if they’ve found everlasting love.
After giving up her plans for college to care for her ailing grandmother, Jillian Rogers has a shot at being promoted to project manager at the local nursery, but the owner’s son comes back into town and tries to take the job. Monty Nelson spent the last five years playing triple-A baseball after college but never made it into the major leagues. Now, he has returned to Lakota, Oklahoma, driven to show his parents he can succeed, but they stick him with running the Christmas tree lot with smarty-pants Jillian Rogers. When old sparks reignite, Jillian and Monty must determine whether their romance will wither or if they’ve found everlasting love.
My Christmas Cupcake by Shaleen
Kapil.
Clare thinks she is doomed to spend the holiday alone managing her new cupcake bakery until a handsome stranger appears just as she is closing up on Christmas Eve. Despite an instant attraction, Starfish Beach is a tourist town, and Clare has learned to be wary. How can she tempt Garrett, a university professor, to move to her small town when all she can offer are cupcakes?
Clare thinks she is doomed to spend the holiday alone managing her new cupcake bakery until a handsome stranger appears just as she is closing up on Christmas Eve. Despite an instant attraction, Starfish Beach is a tourist town, and Clare has learned to be wary. How can she tempt Garrett, a university professor, to move to her small town when all she can offer are cupcakes?
A Christmas Spark by Ciara
Knight
Sara Foster blames herself for her failed marriage. On Christmas Eve, she hides away in the family cabin, the same place her father abandoned her twenty years ago. Dalton Scot is unable to face the family holiday after his divorce and discovering he can never have children of his own, so he chooses Christmas Eve to fix his buddy’s cabin. Both search for a secluded spot to mourn their Christmas pasts, but instead are snowed in at the cabin for the holiday where they discover the power of the Christmas spark.
Sara Foster blames herself for her failed marriage. On Christmas Eve, she hides away in the family cabin, the same place her father abandoned her twenty years ago. Dalton Scot is unable to face the family holiday after his divorce and discovering he can never have children of his own, so he chooses Christmas Eve to fix his buddy’s cabin. Both search for a secluded spot to mourn their Christmas pasts, but instead are snowed in at the cabin for the holiday where they discover the power of the Christmas spark.
Sweet Blizzard by Milou Koenings.
He’s an ex-con, she’s a socialite. He saves her life when a blizzard strands them together, but she could make or break his. Will love make it all right in time for Christmas?
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Or connect with each of the Sweet Romance
Reads Authors individually:
A tireless traveler, New York Times
and USA Today bestselling author, Mona Risk, writes contemporary
romance, medical romance, and romantic suspense novels, all simmering with
emotion, sprinkled with a good dose of humor and set in the fascinating places
she visited— or in Florida, her paradise on Earth.
Website | Newsletter | Facebook | Twitter
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Beate Boeker is a USA Today bestselling author with a passion for
books that brim over with mischief & humor. She writes sweet sophisticated
romantic fiction and mysteries, many of them set in beautiful Italy. While
‘Boeker’ means ‘books’ in a German dialect, her first name Beate can be
translated as ‘Happy’ . . . and with a name that reads ‘Happy Books’, what else
could she do but write novels with happy endings?
Website | Newsletter | Facebook | Twitter
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Melinda Curtis is an award winning, USA Today bestselling author. She
writes the Harmony
Valley series of sweet,
light-hearted romances for the Harlequin Heartwarming line. Brenda Novak says: “Season
of Change has found a place on my keeper shelf”. Melinda also writes the
sweet romantic comedy Bridesmaid series, and fun, traditional romances. Jayne
Ann Krentz says of Blue Rules: “…Wonderfully entertaining.”
Website
| Newsletter | Facebook
| Twitter
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Denise Devine is a USA Today bestselling author of romantic comedy
and she also writes inspirational fiction. She wrote her first book, a mystery,
at thirteen and has been writing ever since. She writes about true love, happy
endings and stories that touch your heart.
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USA Today bestselling and award-winning author Raine English
writes sweet small-town contemporary romances, as well as hotter paranormal and
Gothic romantic suspense. She lives in New England
with her family and her French bulldog, Bailey.
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| Twitter
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USA Today bestselling
author Aileen Fish is an avid quilter and auto racing fan who finds
there aren’t enough hours in a day/week/lifetime to stay up with her “to do”
list. There is always another quilt or story begging to steal away attention
from the others. Her books include The Bridgethorpe Brides series and the Small
Town Sweethearts series.
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Patricia Forsythe grew up in a small copper mining town in Arizona where she had the opportunity to
observe a great many interesting people who have since turned up in her books.
She has written many romances for Harlequin books (as Patricia Knoll), as well
as indie-published books and enjoys creating the kinds of stories she hopes
people want to read.
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Grace Greene writes novels of romance, mystery and suspense. A Virginia native, Grace has family ties to North Carolina. She
writes books set in both locations. The Emerald Isle, NC Stories series is set
in North Carolina
where “It’s always a good time for a love story and a trip to the beach.” Or
travel down Virginia Country Roads and “Take a trip to love, mystery and
suspense.”
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USA Today bestselling author Roxanne Rustand is the author
of thirty-five traditionally published novels, plus four indie
novels. She was a Golden Heart finalist twice, and a Golden
Heart winner in 1995. She has won two RT Magazine Reviewers’ Choice
Awards, and was nominated for an RT Magazine Career Achievement Award. Her
earlier books were secular, but she now writes sweet indie romance, and
inspirational romance for Love Inspired.
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Twitter
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USA Today bestselling
author Magdalena Scott writes sweet romance and women’s fiction with
small town settings. She invites readers into her world to find out what’s
hidden just below the surface of those tiny dots you can barely see on the
map—mystery, romance, and the occasional unexplained occurrence.
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| Twitter
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Kristin Wallace is a USA Today bestselling author of inspirational,
contemporary and women’s fiction filled with “Love, Laughter and a Leap of
Faith.” Her popular series include the Covington Falls Chronicles and
Shellwater Key Tales.
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Christine Bush is an award winning author of many sweet romances,
mysteries, and novellas. When she’s not writing, she can be found
teaching Psychology at a local college, working as a Marriage and Family
Therapist in private practice, or (mostly) spending time with
her twelve grandchildren.
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Lois Greiman is an award winning author who has penned more than 50
heart-warming, laugh out loud novels. She currently lives on a small farm in Minnesota with her best
friends, some of whom are human.
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Convinced everyone deserves a happy ending,
hopeless romantic Shanna Hatfield is out to make it happen one story at
a time. Her bestselling sweet historical and contemporary romances combine
humor and heart-pumping moments with characters that seem incredibly real.
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| Twitter
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Susan R Hughes writes contemporary and historical romance novels set in Canada. She
lives in Ottawa, Ontario, with her husband and three
children.
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| Facebook | Twitter
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Julie Jarnagin is a multi-published author of sweet and inspirational
romance. She grew up in a small Oklahoma
town where her family farmed and ranched, but these days she lives in a
not-so-big city with her husband and two young sons who tolerate all her nerdy
quirks.
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Shaleen Kapil is new and upcoming author. Her first book, None But You,
debuted in 2014. Her latest stories are built around the Emerald Coast of
Florida, a favorite vacation spot. She created the Starfish Beach
series to allow readers to enjoy a taste of romance in a laid-back beach setting.
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Ciara Knight writes ‘a little bit of edge and a lot of heart’ with her
bestselling sweet romance and young adult stories that have topped the Amazon
charts. When not writing, Ciara enjoys her own happily ever after with her
husband and three sons living in suburbia, GA.
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Milou Koenings writes heartwarming romance novels because she believes
sweet stories with happy endings are like chocolate – they bring joy to the
world and so make it a better place. She’s lived all over the world, working as
an editor and newspaper columnist, but loves staying home with her family most
of all.
