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Showing posts with label romance short stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label romance short stories. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

ROMANCE AUTHOR LAVADA DEE OFFERS AN ANTHOLOGY OF SEASONAL SHORT LOVE STORIES

In our continuing series featuring holiday books, we welcome Lavada Dee today, author of The Season of Love: Stories of Living and Loving. Learn more about Lavada and her books at her website. lavadadee.com

I have always been an avid reader, and can’t imagine being without a book. With the holiday rush fast approaching, I find I have less time to read. When I’m reading a full-length novel, and can’t get my nose out of it, I can easily burn dinner, among other things. I’ve found at especially busy times an anthology is better for me. 

 They say to write what you read, so I was inspired to write a collection of short stories. Since I’m especially busy at Christmas time, I set the stories around the holiday season. Life can be stressful during the holidays, and when relationships are in peril, the season can be brutal. These stories feature couples re-finding themselves and restoring love to their lives. The collection is designed so that you can start and finish a story in one sitting. Some of the stories are also available on their own at most online retailers. 

The Season of Love

Bahama Christmas
It has been two years since Maddie’s fiancĂ©’s death, and it’s Christmas, the time of family and couples. She is tired of feeling like the fifth wheel. Solution, a cruise. Santa Claus or maybe the Christmas Angel has a gift in store for her.

A Divorce For Christmas 
Unable to get pregnant, Lori Harper is taking getting there to a new level. With How-To books in hand, she has become a woman with a mission. With ‘things’ down to the clinical, Brad is feeling anything but amorous. In fact he has had enough of the command performances and wants out.

The Age of Love
Ariana doesn’t know how she let it happen, but she’s fallen in love with Joel, who is eight years younger than she is. The relationship is complicated by the fact that Joel’s mother is Ariana’s best friend. Joel presses for marriage, but Ariana can’t bring herself to come out with their relationship. The only solution Ariana see’s is breaking off with Joel. He isn’t giving up on them and sets about bringing their relationship out in the open.

No Perfect Marriage
When Kade gets a call in the middle night from his wife, saying their teenage son is in jail, he knows he needs to take a position. The marriage is over, so they need to make it official. But first they need to get Josh home, and to do this they need to present a united family image to the judge. Is the house big enough for both of them, and can they live together until after the holidays?

Spontaneous Love
Leah and Dean Coogan feel that their marriage is in trouble but can’t seem to stop the downward spiral. Leah’s solution is to make everything perfect for Dean. The perfect house, perfect meals, perfect everything. The harder she works, the more Dean feels left out. She doesn’t hear him when he tries to explain that he wants her to do things with him, not for him. 

Thank you for the opportunity to blog on your site today, Anastasia. Wishing you and all your readers happy reading now and throughout the holidays. 

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

VALENTINE'S DAY--ONCE UPON A ROMANCE WITH AUTHOR LOIS WINSTON

It’s Valentine’s Day! How about a little romance? Several years ago author Lois Winston (she who writes those books about moi) contributed three short stories to three charity anthologies. She recently received the rights back to those stories, added a fourth, and has published Once Upon a Romance, four short love stories. And because it’s Valentine’s Day, Lois has a gift for one of our readers. Post a comment for a chance to win an e-copy of Once Upon a Romance. Don’t forget to include your email address so we can contact you, or check back on Sunday to see if you’ve won. Lois can’t send you a book if she has no way of getting in touch with you. -- AP

Sometimes you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince charming. Follow the heroines of these four fun, flirty, and heartwarming short romances as they deal with love lost and found again. Each tale is a perfect coffee-break read. Titles include:

I’ll Never Fall in Love Again!!!—After receiving a “Dear Jane” text message, Chloe Bradford stitches herself a sampler to reinforce her determination not to lose her heart ever again. Will it work?

Portrait of Love—Amelia Gordon’s husband embezzled millions, then lost it all at the racetrack. Now he’s dead, and she’s the town pariah. Will her crazy idea involving a superstar she’s never met keep the bank from foreclosing?

Your Muse or Mine?—After one too many rejection letters, aspiring romance novelist Tess Shepherd is through with her demanding muse Eunice. With the help of neighbor Greg Fielding, she tosses all her unpublished manuscripts away. Did she do the right thing?

The Reluctant Bridesmaid—Paige loses her boyfriend to her cousin. Now she’s stuck being a bridesmaid at their wedding. Could it get any worse? Too bad there’s never a knight on a white charger hanging around when you need one.