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A Holiday Tradition Anthology
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200k words, 8 stories, 8 authors
A Holiday Tradition: A Collection of Winter Tales ā
Presented by Lavish Publishing
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Our wonderful group of authors and guests has done it again!
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We have 8 novellas in our Winter 2017 Anthology, five of which are EXCLUSIVE to the set. This unique collection will only be available for 90 days ā so be sure to get your copy while you can!
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If you love cozy contemporary tales, paranormal surprises, or magic filled fantasy, you wonāt be disappointed. The set tops out at over 200,000 words, but each is bite sized ā just right for a car, train or plane ride this holiday season.
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Make A Holiday Tradition: A Collection of Winter Tales your travel companion this year!
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The set includes:
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Samantha Jacobey brings us Christmas Eve (Sweet Christmas, book 2). Read in order OR as a standalone – Life isn’t always sweet, even for girls named Candy.
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Rebekah Dodson thrills us with a SET EXCLUSIVE in Room 331, a college romance! In the bitter cold of winter term, romance abounds that threatens to destroy best friends.
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Desiree L. Scott has a NEW suspense romance In the Vail Lodge Trilogy ā Trapped on Vail Mountain! Read in series OR as a standalone – can Nina and Rob survive the mountain when both nature and man are against them?
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From fantasy author Kevin J. Kessler, enjoy The Winters of Alnora! EXCLUSIVE to the set, this magical adventure will not be sold individually until next year! A New Dark Angel shall be born, and the world will tremble at her feet.
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L.A. Remenicky adds a Fairfield Corners Novella with Last Chance Christmas! Read in series OR as a standalone – all Brent wants for Christmas is his Jojo back, will he get his wish?
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A. Nicky Hjort brings to life a NEW Norn Novella that is EXCLUSIVE to the set as well! Where Ebon Sounds Like Ivory (Norn Novellas Book Two) can be read in series or as a standalone. During Winter Solstice, a Fate Sister discovers her motherās grave empty and, employing an enchanted harp, upsets the balance between life and death!
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From the talented Aubree Lane, we have a heartwarming tale that will be EXCLUSIVE to the set this holiday! Sparks are bound to fly when mistletoe decks the halls of The Kissing Ball.
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And last, but not least, from Janae Keyes – You get one wish, what do you wish for? One Wish: A Christmas wish will be EXCLUSIVE to the set this year!
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Christmas Eve (Sweet Christmas, Book 2)
Samantha Jacobey
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Life isn’t always sweet, even for girls named Candy.
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Blurb:
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Candice Parkerās life has never been easy.
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Plagued by losses and setbacks, each day is a struggle for the petite brunette and her young son. Last year, a tragedy forced her to accept the help of a man she had refused to even date. Today, sheās ready to take the next step, but will his rich and powerful mother allow it?
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Gerald Ford had always kept things simple.
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He had lived a fast and furious lifestyle, with no intentions of slowing down. However, when he finally decides heās ready to take the plunge, it seems that the entire world is conspiring against them.
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Will his mother, Eve, be their saving grace, or will she be the thing that brings his relationship with Candy to an end?
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AUTHOR BIO
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Anyone who knows me could tell you, I am a friendly kind of person, never met a stranger and take up conversations anywhere at any time. I work hard, and my mind never seems to shut down, as I wake up often in the middle of the night with ideas pouring out and demanding to be dealt with. Of course that means much of my books were written in the middle of the night.
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I grew up and still live in the great state of Texas where everything is bigger, where we have warm weather and a central location. I love my state, my town, and my family, which includes my four sons, my significant other, and many friends as well.
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I have thoroughly enjoyed writing the books that are currently available and hope you will enjoy reading them just as much. And of course, there will be many more stories to come.
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Last Chance Christmas, A Fairfield Corners Novella
L.A. Remenicky
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All Brent wants for Christmas is his Jojo back, will he get his wish?
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From the outside, Brent Halston and Jordan McKenna had the perfect life: the house, the dog, fulfilling careers, and their love. However, Jordanās past refused to leave her alone, threatening to destroy all they had built together. Without explanation, Jordan pushed Brent out of her life, leaving him devastated and confused. In an attempt to start over, Brent relocated to Fairfield Corners, bought an extravagant house, and mourned the loss of his Jojo. To keep herself from drowning in her own grief, Jordan gave everything she had to her career as a doctor, running the free clinic on the rough side of town. As the holiday season approached, a frantic phone call from Jordanās brother pulled Brent back into Jordanās life, giving them the opportunity to reconnect. Battling the past and present, can their love survive secrets and betrayal? Would this be their last chance Christmas?
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L.A. Remenicky ~ Love Stories With A Twist
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L.A. Remenicky is a forty-something wife and mother of two fur kids. A payroll professional by day, she writes out the stories in her head by night.
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An avid reader all her life, she finally put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) during NaNoWriMo in 2012 and has never looked back. When sheās not typing away on her latest story with music playing in the background, she can usually be found spending time with her family and friends.
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Room 331
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In the bitter cold of winter term, romance abounds that threatens to destroy best friends.
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Itās Elijah Bakerās first term in a new city and a new school. He befriends the mysterious and quiet Rochelle Addams and they share a series of winter adventures together that bring them to the brink of romance. Will they turn away or embrace their feelings? In this prequel to the acclaimed Postcards from Paris series, this is the story of friendship and budding romance that shows the strength and determination of friends – through midterms, finals, and beyond.
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Rebekah Dodson is a prolific word weaver of romance, fantasy, and science fiction novels. Her works include the series Postcards from Paris, The Surrogate, The Curse of Lanval series, several stand alone novels, and her upcoming YA novel, Clock City. She has been writing her whole life, with her first published work of historical fiction with 4H Clubs of America at the age of 12, and poetry at the age of 16 with the National Poetry Society. With an extensive academic background including education, history, psychology and English, she currently works as a college professor by day and a writer by night.
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Connect with Rebekah:
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Twitter: @AuthorRDodson
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Trapped On Vail Mountain
Desiree L. Scott
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Can they survive the mountain when both nature and man are against them?
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Nina Williamsā world shattered in an instant when she and her daughter witnessed her father’s brutal murder. Everything in her life became trivial save one: protecting her only child.
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With the help of a friend, Nina leaves the city in a cloud of terror and heads for Vail Mountain and the safety she prays she will find.
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Rob Garland has seen his share of the treacherous conditions on the mountains. But even spring floods, summer fires, and hikers lost in winter storms have not prepared him to face the fear in Nina’s eyes.
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There is no beating the odds on this one. The men who are after them wonāt give up. Itās only a matter of time before the truth is revealed and the stakes turn deadly.
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Can Nina and Rob hold it together when nature and man turn against them?
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Desiree L. Scott has been writing since she was sixteen years old. There have been many influences within her life that has set her on the path that she cannot help but walk. A few of those influences consist of Karen Rose, Lisa Gardener, Nora Roberts, Cynthis Eden, Catherine Anderson, Laura Griffin, Andrea Kane, and Lisa Jackson, just to name a few. This list by no means defines her own writing but they have indeed influenced her desire to live outside of her own world and to create the thrill of her dreams.
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Desiree lives on 40+ acres in the SHOW ME state with her children and 4 dogs. The weather is unpredictable, but the surrounding beauty of the country helps her creativity as she sits on her top deck with her laptop and coffee close by. There is one incident that will always remain with her that really affected her determination on writing and she would love to share it with her readersā¦..
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Winters of Alnora: Birth of The Dark Angel
Kevin J. Kessler
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A New Dark Angel shall be born, and the world will tremble at her feet.
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Alnoraās childhood was plagued with poverty, desperation, and unmentionable atrocities. That all changed on the day she encountered The Dark Angel, a sorcerer who is the living embodiment of the worldās darkness.
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After witnessing a display of her potential for the magical arts and the darkness within her heart, this shadowy figure offers Alnora an opportunity, learn the ways of the dark arts and succeed him as the next Dark Angel. With a hunger for power and a quest to leave her traumatizing life behind, Alnora begins an apprenticeship that will change the course of her life.
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Emboldened by the awesome magic she gains through the teachings of The Dark Angel, this one-time beggar orphan embraces her destiny, harnessing the power of her hatred to strike back upon a world that defiled her innocence.
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Behold the account of four winters that shaped a traumatized young girl into the most powerful magical force to ever exist. A new Dark Angel shall be born in Azulia, and the heavens themselves will tremble at her feet.
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Kevin J. Kessler lives in Orlando Florida, where he owns the White Dragon Podcast Network, which puts out weekly podcasts on a variety of topics from Walt Disney World, to movies, television, comic books, video games and more.
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A lifelong geek, Kessler can often be found at the many theme parks and local attractions in Orlando.
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He developed the story for Rosinanti as a sophomore in high school, sixteen years before the bookās release.
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Since an early age, Kessler has been an avid reader, often found lost within the magical worlds found within the pages of fantasy novels.
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“It was always my dream to create such a world of my very own,” he said. “Even as a kid when my friends would want to play Power Rangers or X-Men, I would always create a new Ranger or Mutant rather than portray an established character. There is power in creativity! Creativity breeds creation!”
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CONNECT ONLINE!
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TWITTER: @KevinJKessler
INSTAGRAM: @WhiteDragonPN
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Where Ebon Sounds Like Ivory (Norn Novellas Book Two)
A. Nicky Hjort
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During Winter Solstice, a Fate Sister discovers her motherās grave empty and, employing an enchanted harp, upsets the balance between life and death.
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Norse legend has it that the arms of the Yggdrasil treeāa sacred instrument of Odināare ever-reaching, and its survival is necessary for life itself to continue.
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During Winterās Solstice, when the search for her mortal mother begins, Za will have to cross over the Ebon Branch of the Deadāa feat that has supposedly never been survived intact. But if she does make it across and back home, she just might discover why she and the other three Norn Sisters of Fate came to be.
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A fairytale at heart, this is the second chapter in the epic saga of the youngest and most fickle of the four Norn Sisters. The same feisty immortal creature who must discover her true origins to understand her inherent inner darkness. Only this way can she learn the meaning of unconditional sacrifice in the name of impenetrable loveā¦when, as her destiny would have it, all the branches of such a powerful tree tremble treacherously in her tiny little hands.
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A veritable unraveling of Snow White, the narrative of Where Ebon Sounds Like Ivory journeys through the most horrible of realms where shocking truths emerge. Here where death mimics life, obsession masquerades as devotion, and the most unexpected endings become the most surprising beginnings of a classic tale. Oneā¦you thought you knew so well.
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Welcome to a place where the darkest of melodies births a miraculous tune of surrenderance. Here Where Ebon Sounds Like Ivory and Christmas, as we know it, begins.
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A. Nicky Hjort is originally from Arlington, Texas- the second of five siblings, all of whom have strong creative talents. She currently lives in coastal central California where she practices medicine as an Ob/GYN. In between being a lovingly devoted mother and delivering babies, she writes stories that cross multiple genre lines- from Sci Fi to high fantasy, but all of her stories have thriller and strong romantic components. And for her clever reader, all of her manuscripts are subtly connected to each other, with their purpose to explore all facets of Love and Light. She likes to say that her stories write themselves, and in the process, often write her, or at least the next version of her hoping to emerge. A lover of all the arts, A. Nicky Hjort hopes her stories might inspire you to find your inner creative genius.
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As for her heroes- they are as varied and eclectic as her choice of narrative genres, but when pushed to list her favorite influences, she would say James Patterson, Barbara Kingsolver, Patricia Cornwell, Dean Koontz, Gene Roddenberry, Shel Silverstein, Suzanne Collins, and Walt Disney.
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She thanks you for your attention to her work.
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The Kissing Ball
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Sparks are bound to fly when mistletoe decks the halls of the Kissing Ball.
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Sparks fly when the non-profit One in One-Fifty and Melissa Ellison team up to create mistletoe magic for the townās Christmas dance. The hanging spheres of kissable kindness kickoff holiday happiness and ornamental optimism, but all is not what it seems. An evil elf lurks in the shadows and conspires to prey on those most vulnerable. Will Melissa find the miracle she needs to protect the ones she has grown to love and respect?
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Aubree Lane is a true storyteller. This award winning author has been writing in one form or another for most of her life and has loved every moment.
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Aubree lives in the beautiful foothills of Northern California with her husband, two wonderful sons, and a super special peek-a-poo named Tanner. When not managing the pooper-scooper, Aubree can be found at one of her favorite vacation spots ranging anywhere from Lake Tahoe to Maui.
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Her motto: Write Until Your Butt Hurts, And Your Eyes Are Crossed.
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Aubree and her husband enjoy the harvest of their seasonal garden and relaxing in the paradise they created, called home.
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One Wish: A Christmas Romance
Janae Keyes
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You get one wish, what do you wish for?
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Melanie Morris has freshly filed for divorce, and she canāt bare the thought of spending Christmas surrounded by her nosey family. It might be the last Christmas she can spend in the holiday home she and her estranged husband own in the Sierra Nevada. Melanieās one wish is never to feel alone as she had during her marriage.
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The snow is coming down, and it is Christmas Eve. Electrician Hunter Ripley isnāt in the Christmas spirit and wants to clock out and spend the evening with his feet up, and a beer in his hand, forgetting the memories of his late wife. Hunterās one wish is to find peace in the past as he works to move on.
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One last call comes in, and Hunter is up to bat when he’s called to an elaborate holiday cabin. With the heat out and the snow coming down, Melanie and Hunter have to make due until the snow clears. Will their wishes come true this Christmas?
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This story contains adult content & some triggers.
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Born and raised in the California Bay Area, Janae Keyes is an American mom, wife, and hopeless romantic living in Europe. She loves to explore various cultures coming together through the magic of love. Residing in a suburb of Brussels, Belgium, with her husband and daughter, Janae loves to share her passion for romance with others.
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You can follow updates on Janae and her works on her facebook page at:
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On twitter @JanaeKeyesWrite
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