Romancing the Holidays Volume 1

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This anthology of short stories, written by multi-award-winning authors, including New York Times best-selling author, Alyssa Day, will transport you from Labor Day and Halloween antics to Christmas and Valentine romantics. Its stories will whisk you away into contemporary, historical, and paranormal worlds where love prevails.

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Romancing the Holidays Volume 1 published in 2020 by the First Coast Romance Writers in Jacksonville, Florida. It is filled with a variety of romance short stories with a holiday theme by their members and others.

A dozen ways to fall in love at the holidays…

Come celebrate the holidays with these dozen unique romances, ranging from sweet to steamy and all ending with a happily-ever-after.

This anthology of short stories, written by multi-award-winning authors, including New York Times best-selling author, Alyssa Day, will transport you from Labor Day and Halloween antics to Christmas and Valentine romantics. Its stories will whisk you away into contemporary, historical, and paranormal worlds where love prevails. So, savor the authors featured in this enchanting book and bet your heart on some romantic cheer while you enjoy these twelve ways to fall in love.

Here is What is Inside

Valentine’s Day in Atlantis – A Poseidon’s Warriors Paranormal Romance Short Story by Alyssa Day – When Atlantis’s fierce warrior and captain of the king’s guard Marcus finally decides to go after the woman he’s loved for more than a decade, the only thing stopping him is the very odd human ideas about how to celebrate Valentine’s Day…and the lady herself. Can a love that’s deeper than the ocean find its way in a second-chance romance?

Labor Day Moonlight – A Sweet Paranormal Labor Day Story by C.L. Thomas – Drunk, and possibly drugged, Jessica Cane has no choice but to trust Mckale, a gentleman with kind eyes, to get her home.

It’s a morning of revelations when she wakes in a strange cabin and her savior rescues her from a creature that poses as human.
Attraction grows between the pair, but when the moon rises, she discovers that the monster he saved her from isn’t the only beast she should fear.

A Magical Fall – A Sweet Paranormal Fall Story by Debby Grahl – When nosy neighbors discover Sabrina Duncan performing magic, her coven sends her to Laurel, Colorado, to assist in her aunt’s school for young witches. While preparing for the fall festival, Sabrina meets U.S. Marshal Jack Mallory. Neither can deny their instant desire, but Sabrina fears he’ll discover the truth.

Jake, on the trail of a killer, isn’t expecting help from a beautiful stranger. As their passion ignites, can their attraction burn brighter than Sabrina’s secret?

The Honeybee – A Sensual Samhain Tale by P.K. Brent – When Connor tries to interest women at the Samhaim festival he meets with disappointment. Nevertheless, he is kind to an old woman, one of the fey. She turns up at Connor’s door insisting she will find him a bride. Soon Connor is performing amazing feats to prove his worth and looking forward to his wedding. Everyone in the village is ready to laugh at Connor until the bride appears — golden beauty.

Grave Promises – A Sweet Paranormal Halloween Story by Melody Johnson – Terra Grum is three impossible things: a witch, Ash Henderson’s former high school crush, and still under his skin. But she’s the only person who might actually believe that a ghost is haunting his house. Despite the tension and longing that lingers between them — feelings better laid to rest — Terra agrees to help exorcise Ash’s ghost. Only by working together can they hope to survive his Halloween night, but their own unfinished business is by far the more dangerous apparition.

A Pug Thanksgiving – A Sweet Contemporary Thanksgiving Story by Leah Miles – Sidelined by an inquiry, Navy SEAL Echo Sanders is not looking for a serious relationship. His priority is returning to his team and the job he loves. Or was before he meets an interesting woman.

Carefully balancing her time between making money and self-improvement, Janny doesn’t think she has a chance with the handsome SEAL. When she realizes their attraction is mutual, all bets are off.

With the help of an adorable pug, Janny and Echo might find something more precious than just a holiday.

A Friendsgiving Riot – A Sensual Contemporary Thanksgiving Story by Karen Renee – Suzy Combes struggles when her friend Turk invites her to a Friendsgiving party hosted by his motorcycle club. Recently, his flirting has escalated, but she knows they’re just friends. As much as she wants him, she won’t jeopardize their relationship.

When she declines his invitation, he’s furious. His crazy reaction baffles her. When did everything change? To get answers, she must go to the party.

Will Suzy risk their friendship for a shot at love?

Faking It For the Holidays – A Sweet Contemporary Christmas Short by Lia Davis – Everyone knows Julius is in love with his best friend, Tara.

Every except Tara, that is.

But when a miscommunication with his mother leaves the wrong impression, Julius needs his best friend to help him out of a jam. Will asking Tara to be his fake finance for the holidays finally expose his true feelings for her?

A Ghost of a Chance on Love – A Sweet Contemporary Christmas Story by Gloria Ferguson – When Kate Peterson needs someone to portray Santa for the grand reopening of her family’s business, she doesn’t have to look far. Her employee, waiter Rico Santos, fits the bill, but will he accept the job? And, can the matchmaking antics of Kate’s ghostly mom bring the unlikely couple together in the nick of time for a Christmas Eve romance? Find out in this feel-good romp about taking a chance on love under the mistletoe.

His Christmas Rose – A Sweet Historical Christmas Story by Maggie FitzRoy – Penniless and alone, young Rose Robinson accepts a position as caretaker to the matriarch of a wealthy Vermont family just before Christmas in December 1899. Grateful to have a place to live, she is also relieved that she will not be spending the holiday alone and braces herself to be content. Until she realizes she is falling for the handsome heir to the estate. A Man that she, a servant, has no right to love.

The Luckiest Hat – A Sweet Contemporary Thanksgiving Story by Sara J. Walker – Could they find a second chance at love?

Happy with her modest circumstances and already having had her heart broken more than once, free spirited Hilde McQuire never planned to fall in love again.

When widower Dino Dudley planned his relaxing Thanksgiving vacation, he never imagined that an act of kindness would reward him with the second great love of his life.

Enjoy this heartwarming tale of two souls who meet in the most unlikely way on a windy beach in Georgia.

An Elf’s Challenge – A Sweet Contemporary Story by Vickey Wollan – Angelina Tinsel, Toy Painter, doesn’t know her father forbid Zack Holly, Woodworker, from speaking to her. A generations-old feud between the two departments causes ongoing efin-relations issues. An all-seeing Santa knows about the elves’ attraction and decides encouraging it might help end the fighting. When Santa’s Claus High assignment lands Angelina in the woodshop, how will she work past family loyalties and stereotypes to find love?

Proceeds from this novel benefit First Coast Romance Writers, a non-profit chapter of Romance Writers of America that helps writers hone their craft and expand their knowledge of the publishing industry.

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