5 Wine Glass #Audio #Review of Holiday Wishes by Jill Shalvis

Title: Holiday Wishes: A Heartbreaker Bay Christmas Novella
Series: Heartbreaker Bay, Book #4.5
Author: Jill Shalvis
Narrator: Karen White
Format: Unabridged Audiobook, 2 hours and 28 minutes
Published: November 7, 2017 (Harper Audio)
ISBN: ASIN: B075KFKG4C
Links: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N | Audible | Audiobooks
Reviewer: Linda
Source: Publisher
Rating: 5 out of 5 Wine Glasses

It’s Christmastime again in Heartbreaker Bay!

When Sean O’Riley shows up at the Hartford Bed & Breakfast for his older brother’s bachelor weekend, he’s just hoping to make it through the weekend. What he’s not expecting is to come face to face with the woman he lost his virginity to a decade ago—a woman he’s never really forgotten.

The last time Lotti Hartford saw Sean, she told him she loved him while he said nothing. Now, ten years later, she’s just looking for a good time. For once, she wants to be the wild and free one, and Sean – the good time guy – is the perfect candidate.

But as the weekend continues, Sean realizes that after a lifetime of being the hook-up king, he’s ready to find happily-ever-after, and he wants it with Lotti. But will she open her heart to him again? As Christmas sweeps through the little B&B, he can only hope love and magic are in the air.

Linda's Thoughts:
“If you don't leave your past in the past, it'll destroy your future. You've got to live for what today's offering, not for what yesterday took away from you.” 

#Spotlight on Highlander Entangled by Vonda Sinclair + #Giveaway

Highlander Entangled
(Highland Adventure #9) 
by Vonda Sinclair
Kindle Edition, 332 pages
Published December 8th 2017
ASINB07823R6K9

A captivating new Highland Adventure novel from Vonda Sinclair, USA Today bestselling author of page-turning and deeply emotional Scottish historical romance. 

Lady Kristina MacQueen suffered devastating injuries at the hands of a ruthless Highland chief, Blackburn MacCromar. Two years later, he kidnaps her for a journey across the chilly, windblown Scottish Highlands to flush out her sister, Anna—the woman Blackburn forced to wed him. Red Holme, Blackburn's second-in-command, is equally brutal and determined to possess Kristina.

A Highland warrior and future chief, Colin Cameron has no intention of becoming entangled in the whims of another highborn lady. However, upon witnessing Lady Kristina being held hostage by the enemy, a knife to her throat, he resolves to rescue her and bring her to safety. When Red Holme sees Colin Cameron, he recognizes his enemy from a decade earlier and craves revenge even more than he lusts for the lady. But he is determined to have both.

Colin is the most charismatic and heroic man Kristina has ever met, and he awakens her woman's instincts. He might be her only chance to experience a brief moment of passion. Even so, she holds no illusions about marriage, for no worthy man will find her blindness and scars appealing, or see them as beneficial traits in a wife. But she can't see how he looks at her. Though Colin has sworn to never fall in love again, he cannot defend his heart against the strong, spirited and lovely lass who is like none other he has ever met. 

AMAZON | B&N 

4.5 Wine Glass #Review of A Winter's Enchantment by Elise Forier Edie, Amalia Dillin, Kristina Wojtaszek

Title: A Winter’s Enchantment
Authors: Elise Forier Edie, Amalia Dillin, Kristina Wojtaszek
Format: Kindle (327 pages)
Published: January 2, 2014 (World Weaver Press)
ISBN-10: 0615936881
ISBN-13: 978-0615936888
Links: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N
Reviewer: Linda
Source: Publisher
Rating: 4 1/2 out of 5 Wine Glasses

Three novellas of winter magic and loves lost and regained.

THE DEVIL IN MIDWINTER by Elise Forier Edie.
December in the orchard town of Mattawa, Washington, is usually quiet, and the biggest stories in the local newspaper center around the annual Midwinter Fire Festival. But a murder, sightings of a fantastic beast in the orchards and the arrival of a handsome new vintner in town have kindled reporter Esme Ulloa’s curiosity—and maybe her passion as well. However, the more she untangles the mystery, the more the world she knows unspools; until she finds herself navigating a place she thought only existed in storybooks, where dreams come alive, monsters walk the earth and magic is real.

TAMING FATE by Amalia Dillin.
In 15th Century France, Eve would have burned as a witch if it hadn’t been for the too-timely arrival of the Marquis DeLeon to save her skin, but their hasty marriage is off to anything but a smooth start. As tensions in the town grow, Ryam DeLeon knows if he and Eve cannot find common ground, their first Christmas may be their last. (This novella can be read as book 2.5 in the Fate of the Gods series.)

OPAL by Kristina Wojtaszek.
White as snow, stained with blood, her talons black as ebony… The worlds of Fae and Men collide. The daughter of an owl, forced into human form by the death of her Fae mother, must seek the truth of her parentage. The son of a king, deep in the snowy woods, finds the love he’d only dreamt of in the arms of a Fae shapeshifter. The past is shrouded in secrecy, and the future wrapped in snow. 

Linda's Thoughts
A Winter’s Enchantment is a mesmerizing exceptional assortment of three festive holiday fantasy novellas penned by authors who were all new to me at the time I picked it up. Anthologies are normally hard for me to review as it’s difficult to assign one rating to a collection where I normally feel differently about the included stories. Happily, that was not the case with this anthology, as I absolutely loved each of the stories and didn’t want to put any of them down once I'd started reading them.

#CoverReveal of Dirtand Seed by Cassia Leo

DIRT will be available on all retailers on January 12, 2018 for the release week special price of 99¢. After release week, it will resume regular price of $3.99.

Dirt 

(Evergreen #1)

by Cassia Leo 

375 pages

Expected publication: January 12th 2018 by Gloss Publishing LLC

4 Wine Glass #Review of Miracle at Christmas by Debbie Mason

Title: Miracle at Christmas
Series: Christmas, Colorado #7.5
Author: Debbie Mason
Format: Kindle, 94 pages
Published: December 19, 2017 (Forever Yours)
ISBN-10: 1538746301
ISBN-13: 978-1538746301
ASIN: B075CNBNYY
Links: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N
Reviewer: Linda
Source: NetGalley
Rating: 4 out of 5 Wine Glasses

Celebrate the holidays with USA Today bestselling author Debbie Mason's heartwarming novella about a town called Christmas.

Charlotte Bailey needs a miracle. She came to this sleepy little Colorado town to keep the local hospital afloat, but now her scrooge of a boss is demanding she close it down. Charlotte is going to need all the help she can get, even from Dr. McSexy--er, Dr. Matt Trainer--if she's to save Christmas before, well, Christmas!

All Matt wants for Christmas is for Charlotte to give it--and him--half a chance. But with the town looking to him to save the hospital and Charlotte itching to get back to New York in time to see the city decked out in lights, Matt doesn't have much time to make things right. But he's got faith--after all, miracles happen every day in Christmas.

Linda's Thoughts:
“The town looks like it belongs on a Christmas card or in a snow globe. It’s so Christmassy, even Santa set up a second workshop here.”

How to Enjoy London Like a Georgian with Gina Conkle of The Lord Meets His Lady + #Giveaway

How to Enjoy London Like a Georgian


The Georgian era was a fascinating shift from pastoral to urban living. The economic boom brought scientific advances. Much of the populace elevated themselves to a better place in life—especially the merchant class. Entertainments abounded. Life’s little luxuries were affordable. People enjoyed a diversity of products pouring into London on a regular basis.

In researching the Midnight Meetings series, I came across many surprises. You could call this list 5 things for an interesting life in London: