Happy December!
2021 is nearly over, and 2022 is barrelling our way. If you’d asked me a year ago where I thought we’d all be today, I would have guessed a hell of a lot closer to back to normal. I’d have predicted we’d have all seen the inside of more restaurants, and even a movie theater or two. But I’ve been lucky during the pandemic. Or luckier than many. And being an introvert, I’ve coped well with so much time at home. And when nothing else could, writing has kept me sane.
Including today’s new release, I will have published three novellas and two short stories. I’ve tried my hand at my first truly self-published series—House of Witches—and have been lucky enough to hook up with JMS Books, who I adore, and they’ve given me the structure and support I crave when working with a publisher.
In all these ways, it’s been a good year. And I am someone who needs to focus on the positives!
So today is the big release day for How to Cheat at Dirty Santa! It’s available on most online retailers, though as of the time I’m writing this, there might be a few still dragging their feet. *cough Google Play cough* but even those will be up, eventually. My first true Christmas book includes a hopeful romantic, a lot of insanity, and a frightful number of tidbits pulled from my real life. LOL
You can check out the buy links below—you can even still grab it at the pre-order 20% discount price directly from JMS Books—and the blurb. If you’d like to read an excerpt, you can check out my website HERE! And for another, longer excerpt, check out my guest post on Ofelia Gränd’s blog—which I believe posts today around 8 AM EST—by clicking HERE!
How to Cheat at Dirty Santa
Some things are worth risking the naughty list.
Jonah Newfeld is not someone men fall for at a glance. They have to get to know him first. So when he meets the perfect man, he knows he needs to play the long game.
Nathan Sharp is the newest guy on the customer service floor. He’s clever, kind, blessedly single, and volunteers weekends at a local animal shelter. Jonah wants to raise babies with him. But when Nathan’s sister starts trying to fix him up with her veterinarian, Jonah’s dream is put into jeopardy.
Jonah needs the perfect plan if he wants to win over the man of his dreams. But a terrible plan will have to do, and more than a little help from his friends. If Jonah can pull it off and manage to get the boy, it’ll be more than worth being put on Santa’s naughty list for good.
ADVENT CALENDAR FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY
As part of JMS Books’ Advent Calendar 24 Days of Free Books, I’m giving away Big Flames and Small. This was my first title published through JMS Books, and it is part of my Short North series. A series of contemporary, trope-y standalone romances that are all connected by location.
It’s FREE for December 15th—midnight to midnight EST—only! So, if you don’t already have a copy, you can click on the cover image below and grab it for free.
Big Flames and Small
Oliver Stoll’s life has gone up in smoke. Literally. Escaping an apartment fire, he’s made it out with little more than the clothes on his back and his best friend and downstairs neighbor, Mia. With few other options, he agrees to stay with David Elliston, Mia’s older brother. David was Oliver’s first crush, first kiss, first everything. That is, until the day they broke up five years before. It hadn’t been pretty.
David Elliston is back in town. Offered the chance to oversee the Kellmen Group’s newest magazine acquisition, he isn’t going to let a years old heartbreak stop him. But being thrown together with Oliver is harder than expected. And the flicker of hope he’s long tried to bury becomes even more difficult to contain.
Ex-lovers, best friends, and angry parents don’t make the best backdrop for rekindling a romance. But it’s the lies from the past that might just extinguish any chance they have of starting over.
Holly Day • Celebrating 12 Releases in 12 Months!
Looking for some book fun this weekend? Join me on Facebook this Saturday—December 18th—in celebrating Holly Day’s twelfth book in twelve months.
Holly Day writes stories celebrating the weird and obscure of the holiday world. From Kiss a Ginger Day to … Alien Abduction Day (???) and a lot of authors are showing up to help celebrate the true feat of publishing a story every month for this entire year.
There will be games and giveaways. And lots of book fun. So make sure to swing by the Ofelia and Holly group and check it out!
Not a member? You can join HERE!
THANK YOU!
And last, but not least, I wanted to thank everyone for their support over the last seven years. Seven years and hundreds of thousands of words. It’s hard to believe.
As much as I love to write, there are enough highs and lows that I know that without the support of my readers—your messages, your reviews, even just opening this email to see what I’m going on about *this* time—I doubt I’d still be sharing the weird stories and quirky characters that take up real estate in my mind.
This coming year, I have a lot more things to share and stories to write, and I hope you’ll stick around for the ride.
And however you celebrate, have a wonderful and safe holiday and a happy and healthy new year.
