Thank for dropping by my blog for the Holiday Gifts of Love!
I wanted to wish everyone Happy Holidays! I love this time of year. Here in Arizona, I really enjoy how the weather cools down and it’s actually chilly when I go outside.
One of my favorite things to do during the holidays is bake with my two children. We seem to have made it a tradition to bake Applesauce Cake and Oatmeal Bread every year, no matter what. Those two scents bring back so many happy memories. I hope this year I can create more memories with my family and I hope you are also blessed with moments to cherish.
I would love to hear what you do for the holidays and what you are reading right now. Happy hopping everyone!
Shrouded in Darkness – set in Northern Arizona with lots of snow to get you in the spirit. Granted, you might want to duck under the blankets from fear more than the cold! 
Winner of the Ready-Set-Go Peninsula RWA Contest
Finalist in the Suzannah North Louisiana RWA Contest
1st place in Peninsula RWA Chapter’s contest.
Jake Preston is on borrowed time. If he doesn’t stumble upon a miracle and soon, he’ll endup dead. And even if he does, he still might end up dead with a clever killer hounding his heels. He believes that the one miracle and antidote to save him is in Margot Davenport’s house, across the country and miles away from Boston. Somewhere locked in her home is the key to reversing an experiment that is killing him with each breath he takes.
Margot doesn’t particularly care if she ends up dead. She’s lost everything she’s ever cared for. A divorce and the loss of her job as a corporate lawyer has left her with little faith in herself or in anyone else. Most importantly, she’s lost the one person on this earth she’s looked up to and cherished–her brother, Johnny. His death in a car accident has devastated her, and she can’t find the willpower to pull herself from the chasm she’s fallen into. Her only solace is at the bottom of a wineglass. Having moved back to the small town in northern Arizona where she was raised, she’s made a point of isolating herself both mentally and physically from everyone other than a few chosen friends. Little does she know that her life is going to explode into chaos and the person behind Johnny’s death is coming after her.
Along with three grand prizes, each reader or participant can go to EACH blog and comment with your email address and be entered to win. So that means you can enter over 200 times!
I will be giving away a $10 gift card to Amazon or Barnes & Noble, Winners Choice!
Below are the Three Grand Prizes:
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2nd Grand Prize: A $200 Amazon or B&N Gift Card
3rd Grand Prize: A Swag Pack that contains paperbacks, ebooks, 50+ bookmarks, cover flats, magnets, pens, coffee cozies, and more
To enter the grand prize and my prize, follow the rafflecopter below. Further below is the list of the other bloggers you can visit on this hop!
I love baking and love the lights at Christmas. Right now I’m reading Naughty or Nice by Kari Lee Harmon.
woolfcindy@aol.com
Thanks for the giveaway!
parisfan_ca@yahoo.com
Right now I’m reading Katie Porter’s CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR.
vitajex(at)aol(Dot)com
Thanks for the great giveaway and the chance to win! I love christmas traditions, every year we watch National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation after we eat and open gifts!
kacidesigns AT yahoo DOT com
We do all the ‘normal’ family things lol I’m reading Fear the Darkness by Alexandra Ivy
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
cassandrahicks1989@yahoo.com
We plan on baking cookies and having a prime rib roast then opening presents together. Right now I am not reading anything because I just finished Under Her Spell.
fencingromein at hotmail dot com
Spirits have always been part of my christmas, in many ways , I would enjoy your paranormal read this season.
Kathewv@yahoo.com
I’m currently reading This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen.
Thanks for the giveaway!
by.evie at yahoo dot com dot br
Just spend it with my family as to what I am reading right now, Broken Promises by Belinda Boring.
vampiremistress2010(at)gmail(dot)com
I love the lights and the eating of the desserts. LOL I’m currently reading He Ain’t Lion by Celia kyle. Have a wonderful Christmas. Thanks for the chance to win.
reneebennett35 (at) yahoo (dot) com
You are so right, there are certain smells that just seem to go with the holidays like pine, cinnamon, pumpkin, and apple. I love all the smells from baking too, especially when someone bakes homemade bread or rolls. Those scents just seem to go with the holidays, and almost seem out of place any other time of the year. I look forward to those smells and what goes with them all year round.
peach_hugs@yahoo.com
I love baking ans enoying the lights with my family Thanks for the giveaway Merry Christmas
crystaley73 at yahoo dot com
Merry Christmas to you! Thank you for the giveaway!
verusbognar (at) gmail (dot) com
The other day I read Shalvis’s Under the Mistletoe. It was a cute story but I was bummed that the hero was not who I wanted for the heroine
Raonaid at gmail dot com
Happy Holidays! Great Giveaway!
paranormalbookreviews(at)gmail(dot)com
We spend time with the family:)
Happy Holidays!
ajcraig77@comcast.net
One of my favorite Christmas Romance Books is The Untamable Rogue by Annette Blair! The story is about Ashford Blackburne Fifth Earl and he has to get married and get his willing bride pregnant before Christmas or his grandfather won’t let him inherit his money. Ash truly needs to inherit the money because his late father squandered it all away and he is taking care of his mother. After getting stood up at the alter, again, Ash and his friends go to the local pub where the owner plays a drunken Ash in a card game…his consolation prize is the pubs daughter Larkin, who he wants to get ride of. Ash has to learn to forgive…Larkin has to learn how to trust…can two completely different people find love together. This is a cute, extremely funny, romantic story with a surprise Christmas ending!
Angelheart618@gmail.com
Happy Happy Holidays! Thanks for the great giveaway!
grapeapril75(AT)gmail.com
Every Christmas Eve we go out to dinner and come home to watch the movie Elf.
Thanks for the chance and Happy Holidays!
sqwalker2@hotmail.com
Happy Holidays!
Lasha
mslasha at gmail dot com
Thanks for the great hop.
magic5905 at embarqmail dot com
I would love to bake for the holidays. Unfortunately, after lighting the kitchen on fire (twice) I no longer am allowed to use the oven. Before you jump to conclusions, I am 38 so I am allowed to be on here without parental consent! LOL This year, as usual, we will go to the boyfriend’s family’s home and open presents and eat. I am currently reading about five books at once and not one is grabbing me. I am not sure if it is the books I am picking or if it is me.
Thanks so much for the great giveaway and being a part of the hop.
Happy Holidays to you and your family,
Marlena
charmedpoms(at)yahoo(dot)com
my grandmother is coming over on christmas day and my cousin and her family are coming over the day after christmas
im reading bound and determined by shelley bradley
kaholgate at ymail dot com
Thanks for the chance to win!
Happy holidays!
natasha_donohoo_8 at hotmail dot com
decorate, exchange gifts, big holiday dinner, that’s about it for us
Thank you & Merry Christmas
Missie Jones
missie25524 @ netzero.com
Thank you for being part of the hop and merry christmas.
j.m.platt83@gmail.com
Thank you for the chance!
spamscape [at] gmail [dot] com
Baking is one of my holiday traditions too! To me, Christmas smells like a pine tree and baking gingerbread cookies. Without my family’s special foods, it just wouldn’t be Christmas.
dancingcelt at gmail dot com
Hello, thanks for the giveaway!
skizzles_22_hju@yahoo.com
i love the baking decorating and watching all of the christmas movies merry christmas to you and your family angelwolfmystic@yahoo.com
What an awesome hop!! And a fantastic giveaway! Thank you!! Happy holidays to you all! Best wishes and many blessings!
shadowluvs2read(at)gmail(dot)com
Happy Holidays!
Morganlafey86(at)aol(dot)com
Thanks for the giveaway and Happy Holidays!
laceyblossom1(at)gmail(dot)com
I’m spending this holiday season with my family and hoping to win so I can read more romances. I don’t have an ereader. Happy Holidays! lisarayns at gmail dot com
My favorite thing about this season is cookies; I love making and eating them. Everyone is so willing to share.
planterofhope at aol dot com
I love baking with my kids and giving away cookies.
Merry Christmas !
~Kym
flwrs4ever(at)yahoo(dot)com