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Get Ready for Winter Wishes #Regency anthology #99cent pre-order

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If you love Regency romance, check out this upcoming anthology of Regency Christmas stories by thirteen Regency authors, including my good friend Alina K. Field.

Winter Wishes: A Regency Holiday Romance Anthology

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13 Stories, 367,384 Words, 836 Pages!

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Cheryl Bolen and USA Today Bestselling authors Bronwen Evans, Lana Williams, Bree Wolf and Collette Cameron are joined by Heather Boyd, Sasha Cottman, Samantha Grace, Donna Cummings, Barbara Monajem, Suzanna Medeiros, Wendy Vella, and Alina K. Field in this exciting new anthology of thirteen never-before-published Regency Christmas Romances.

One Room at the Inn by Cheryl Bolen
To reach the only person who ever offered help after her husband’s death, destitute Charlotte Hale must travel with her children on the coldest night in a generation—with a handsome stranger she prays she can trust.

Invitation to Pleasure by Bronwen Evans
There can be no love without trust…Will handsome and sexy Daniel Kerrich, Lord de Winter, be able to earn fiercely independent Lady Georgiana’s trust and win her heart in time for Christmas?

A Rogue’s Reputation by Lana Williams
Will Christmas magic and mistletoe unite this unlikely pair?

Dared & Kissed – The Scotsman’s Yuletide Bride by Bree Wolf
A daring lass. An angry Scot. And the happenings of a fateful day.

A Yuletide Highlander by Collette Cameron
A gentlewoman afraid for her life and the Scottish warrior willing to risk all to protect her.

One Enchanted Christmas by Heather Boyd
When Lord Clement finds himself in a marriage wager, finding a woman to love in a scant few months seems an impossibly task…until he rediscovers his best friend’s sister.

Mistletoe and Kisses by Sasha Cottman
It’s Christmas and Cupid’s little helpers are busy at work. The mistletoe has been hung and now kisses await.

Must Love Majors by Samantha Grace
Lady Ambrosia Everly promised to select a husband by Christmas, but when Major Rowland ambushes her at her parents’ house party with a claim to the stray dog she rescued, love becomes a battlefield. Soon the lines between enemies and lovers are blurred, and Ambrosia is faced with a tough decision: follow her heart or marry a man of her parents’ choosing.

A Twelfth Night to Remember by Donna Cummings
Rhys has loved Grace his entire life, but their different stations in life made a future impossible. She eloped with another, but now she has returned—a widow with a young son. Can the magic of the holiday season bring Rhys and Grace together at last?

A Kiss Upon the Wind by Barbara Monajem
Two families feud over a stolen pendant. Will a kiss under the mistletoe spark a love that can end the feud forever?

Miss Hathaway’s Wish by Suzanna Medeiros
Emily Hathaway has given up on marrying for love. But when Sir Jonah Stanton arrives at Hathaway Manor for a Christmas ball after being away for ten years, she realizes there might be more between them than friendship.

Alina K Field

Regency Author Alina K Field

The Earl from Christmas Past by Wendy Vella
A feisty Regency miss and an arrogant, sexy Lord. Can a sweet kiss under the mistletoe, and a dangerous secret shared, be enough to rekindle their love?

The Duke She Despised by Alina K. Field
Hiding her true identity, a young vicar’s widow takes a position as housekeeper in a remote Scottish castle at Christmas for a new duke who years ago sabotaged her chance for happiness. She quickly falls for the duke’s charming but not very competent factor, not knowing that he’s hiding something also—he’s the duke she despised!

Publishers note: If you adore Christmas and Regency romance with a bit of heat, you’ll love reading this stunning anthology!

Winter Wishes coverPre-order Links (Release Date Oct. 15, 2019:

Apple US: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/winter-wishes/id1473205043

Apple GB: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/winter-wishes/id1473205043

Apple Canada: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/winter-wishes/id1473205043

Apple Australia: https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/winter-wishes/id1473205043

Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/winter-wishes-9?fbclid=IwAR2RZt4kkPmaxq9a34h6SHtDBvcrRawpC80gAUC82mZdQCZnDBQYvArOCqc

Kobo GB: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/winter-wishes-9?fbclid=IwAR0zicEERgzECEkj8nwgB-6Ggay76izIsItP9LpX99Fssgt8MzpUnoKAc98

Kobo Canada: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/winter-wishes-9?fbclid=IwAR3dYbi9Y_qrqcxyTVWYZqneLUbmYWrPRgLw4qYNEwpfUGrMEACC-xjmzSQ

Kobo Australia: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/winter-wishes-9?fbclid=IwAR3vCeSUyfy1i4HRx5JBoD5wL2VLHimvFxKUGqS0qfhhkqI9xqIvQm2j0ak

Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VDFWHJ4/

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07VDFWHJ4

Amazon CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07VDFWHJ4

Amazon AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07VDFWHJ4

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/winter-wishes-by-cheryl-bolen

Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1132526378

Sweetwater Springs Christmas #holiday #anthology

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I was very pleased to be included in Debra Holland’s Sweetwater Springs Christmas, a holiday anthology set in her Montana Sky World. If you like sweet Western romance, you will enjoy this collection of short stories.

Sweetwater Springs Christmas:
A Montana Sky Short Story Anthology
by Debra Holland and Friends
Western Historical Short Story Anthology

Sweetwater Springs Christmas anthologyCome celebrate the holidays in 1895 Sweetwater Springs, Montana, as ten Western romance authors join New York Times Bestselling author Debra Holland in telling short stories of love and laughter, heartbreak and healing, and most of all, Christmas joy.

Sweetwater Springs Christmas: A Montana Sky Short Story Anthology is available from Amazon in print or e-book for purchase or read free on Kindle Unlimited.

Also available in audio! Check it out at Audible.com.

My story in the anthology is “The Best Present”. For this story, I shed my romance persona and wrote about a ten-year-old girl having the worst Christmas of her young life. I drew on some personal experiences, including my memories of my tenth Christmas, which took place two weeks after the death of my grandmother. Allison’s story has a different ending than mine did, but it’s the most personal work I’ve ever written, and writing it was an emotional experience for me.

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Ten-year-old Allison Harcourt’s life has been turned upside down since her father lost his job and her beloved grandmother died. She’s not looking forward to Christmas, especially since she can’t figure out how to finish the scarf she’s making for her mother. An unexpected stop in Sweetwater Springs brings her and her parents to the boarding house of the widow Murphy. Sometimes sweet things can be found in the most unexpected places.

Excerpt:

“Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents.”

Allison Harcourt stared at the opening lines of her favorite book, “Little Women”, until the words blurred. Unable to read, she closed the volume.

Christmas won’t be Christmas without Grandma.

Sudden tears filled her eyes, and she turned her head to stare out the train window, blinking furiously to make the moisture go away. Don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry. The words pounded rhythmically in her head to the clack of the train over the tracks. Mama and Papa hated seeing her cry, but it was hard to hide the tears with Mama sitting across from her. If only her seat faced front. Then Mama wouldn’t be able to see her.

Her mother heaved a sigh. “Why do you read that book when it makes you weep?”

Allison wiped her eyes and looked at her mother. For once Little Women wasn’t the reason she was crying, but she gave the same answer she always did. “Because it’s so good.” It was a familiar refrain, one they had exchanged the second and fifth and tenth time she’d read the book. Usually, she only cried when Beth died, but now, with Christmas only a day away…

She slipped the book into her carpetbag and turned back to the window so Mama couldn’t see her face. The scenery outside sped by as the train clattered along the track, clouds of black smoke billowing back from the locomotive. Allison could barely see through her tears, but it didn’t matter. She was tired of looking at the prairie, so flat and boring, especially today with the sky a pale gray. There were supposed to be mountains ahead, but her seat faced the rear of the train. All she could see was what was behind her–not just miles of prairie, but her friends, her school, and her home back in Pittsburgh–before Grandma died and Papa said they were moving.

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In September of this year, I had the chance to take a tour of Montana and we traveled part of the route Alison and her parents would have taken on the railroad to Sweetwater Springs. I’ve started a new book set in this world, which I hope to have finished next year.

Merry Christmas

Linda Mclaughlin