Happy Holidays!
I never realized just how many holiday-themed short stories/novellas/novels I've written over the years until recently. Then I thought, "Why not make a list of my holiday titles so people can find them easily all in one place?" Since I write romantic fiction under two pen names it can be a challenge tracking them all down, but here they are in no particular order.
Highlighted book titles and links should take you to the book's purchase page at the publisher. Yes, my publisher accepts credit cards and has Kindle books! Plus, I get more royalties if you buy directly from the publisher and not through another online store. Thanks for your understanding.
First off, my "sweet romances" written as Cynthianna.
The Tinsel Timewarp
http://www.extasybooks.com/978-1-4874-1963-9-the-tinsel-timewarp/
Cici and John experience the true meaning of love when they help their friend Chandra deal with her grief on Christmas Eve by creating a tinsel time warp.
Cici wants everyone to have a perfect holiday, but she discovers things don't always work out that way. When a crying Chandra shows up at her home, Cici asks her alien boyfriend, the time traveler John Smith, if he can help mend Chandra's broken heart. John creates a time warp for Chandra where she can spend one more Christmas Eve with her late grandmother doing all the holiday things they loved to do, but, as usual, things quickly go south. The tinsel time warp grows and expands and threatens to take over the entire planet, and Cici is forced to go up a ladder when she's afraid of heights. Will time travel heal all wounds and make for a Merry Christmas for Cici, John, and even the melancholy Chandra?
Featuring characters from the Loving Who series. (PG rated, contemporary-romantic-comedy/SF/fantasy)
The Stocking
Adele’s lonely Christmas Eve on the prairie is made much brighter by the arrival of a mysterious silver-whiskered stranger.
(G rated, historical short story)
Jonathan
could do nothing to aid his wife’s losing battle with cancer. With
twenty years into the ministry, he can't believe the Lord would leave
him suddenly with both an empty nest and empty spot on the other side of
the bed.
Katrina, music teacher and mother of grown twins, feels settled in small
town Texas. Life may be dull, but at least it's predictable--unlike her
life with her late ex-husband. "Kat" has come to the conclusion that if
nuns can live celibate for years, then why can't she make it the next
fifty?
One Sunday Jonathan sees a golden beam alighting upon a radiant Kat as
she directs the singers. He hadn't noticed how beautiful she was before!
From here on out he knows that he’ll be preachin’ to the choir. But
will Kat—and his congregation—let him? - See more at:
http://www.mojocastle.com/preachin-to-the-choir.html#sthash.euNixdC8.dpu
Jonathan
could do nothing to aid his wife’s losing battle with cancer. With
twenty years into the ministry, he can't believe the Lord would leave
him suddenly with both an empty nest and empty spot on the other side of
the bed.
Katrina, music teacher and mother of grown twins, feels settled in small
town Texas. Life may be dull, but at least it's predictable--unlike her
life with her late ex-husband. "Kat" has come to the conclusion that if
nuns can live celibate for years, then why can't she make it the next
fifty?
One Sunday Jonathan sees a golden beam alighting upon a radiant Kat as
she directs the singers. He hadn't noticed how beautiful she was before!
From here on out he knows that he’ll be preachin’ to the choir. But
will Kat—and his congregation—let him? - See more at:
http://www.mojocastle.com/preachin-to-the-choir.html#sthash.euNixdC8.dpufhttp://www.mojocastle.com/preachin-to-the-choir.html
(I include my first published novel on the list since it features a holiday wedding.)
Can a single mom find happiness on a blind date--or at least dinner with a male who can cut up his own food? Cassie and Mike believe they're "in like" not "in love." But when down-on-his-luck Mike is evicted, Cassie takes him in. Mike starts fixing everything from window screens to broken hearts. Will Cassie let him fix hers?
(PG-13 rated, contemporary romantic-comedy)
The Gift of the Songbird
Hannah Cummings has big plans for her future. An invitation to
sing at the mansion of the dashing Elisha Spielman on Thanksgiving Day
promises to launch her music career and help her raise funds to receive
further vocal training. It’s a most fortuitous invitation, and Hannah is
grateful and excited to accept. However, one man seems to stand in her
way.
Daniel March won’t have it. Hannah has always sung for
their village’s Thanksgiving festival to support the orphanage, and
this year should be no different.
Friends since long before
the terrible war separated them, Hannah feels there is more to Daniel’s
determination to change her mind than simply his need to get his own
way.
Can a songbird help them count their blessings and come to see each other in a different light?
And now for my "adults-only" holiday titles written under my Celine Chatillon pen name...
http://www.extasybooks.com/978-1-4874-1331-6-santas-big-little-helper/
(R rated, contemporary-fantasy erotic-romance)
A Very Vampire Christmas
How do you cheer up your vampire lover around the holiday season? Melynda wonders if maybe a few new traditions of their own are in order to bring a smile to Val's bite. Mel's time-traveling cousin Shelby and her horny boyfriend Quentin add to the fun of the season with their own brand of wild and free activities. Mel and Shel find it's time to get on Santa's "naughty girl" list. Ho, ho, ho!
Available at eXtasy Books:
http://www.extasybooks.com/2016-holiday-countdown/a-very-vampire-christmas/
Featuring Melynda and Val from my novel The Vampire Next Door and Shelby and Quentin from the Time Surfer series.
(R rated, contemporary-fantasy erotic-romance)
Yes, Virginia, Here Comes Santa Claus
When
Brad "The Rude Reporter" Rudner opens a letter to the editor from a
lonely lady who says she doesn't believe in Santa after her fiance
dumped her, he feels it's his duty revive her faith in the jolly old
elf. A red garter belt and fishnet stockings help "good girl" Ginny get
on Santa's "naughty" list, and Brad can't help but lose his heart to the
dark, exotic beauty.
(R rated, contemporary erotic-romance)
I do like the winter months--I have Valentine's Day erotic-romances as well!
Gifts Well-Timed
Trish
Steelman always gives generously of her time and energy to her
students, but it takes a blizzard and a friendly ghost to help her to
receive the gift of love from Patrick Rodgers, a fellow teacher she has
been mentoring.
“Pete
the Poltergeist” brings these two sensitive and caring souls together
in the empty halls of Harding High. Before long, Trish and Patrick
realize that sharing “body warmth” with a friend in the midst of a power
outage can ignite a fiery passion that has been too long contained…
Click here to purchase this book at the best price!
(R rated, contemporary erotic-romance)
Coming February 2020 from eXtasy Books: Aphrodite 1, a SF erotic-romance that celebrates Valentine's Day.
Come along with Giselle
and the crew of space station Aphrodite 1 as they find
romance, love and danger—as
well as a mystery—in the upper atmosphere of
Venus.
