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Hey everyone, Brooklyn Ann here. I don't know about you, but I am worn out from the festivities. Aside from having two huge family dinners back to back, I had to cook the second one for my mother's side of the family. It was delightful, but a ton of work. Needless to say I did not have a chance to lay back and enjoy Christmas books and movies. I didn't even have much time to announce the release of my own holiday story, Metal and Mistletoe, my first interracial Christmas romance. Here's the blurb: Fighting the darkness of their pasts, talented heavy metal musicians Curtis Scrimm and Dezra Hopkins seek holiday solitude but find each other. A HOLIDAY REDEMPTION Curtis Scrimm and Dezra Hopkins have lived both the highs and the lows of life—literally. They’ve both known the joy of performing to hordes of screaming fans and the horror of betraying all that they love and admire. They’ve both just gotten out of rehab. But things are al...

We hope you have a happy holiday with your friends and family, and we'd like to share some of our favorite Christmas memories and traditions. Shana Galen (The Viscount of Vice) My favorite tradition is reading Christmas stories with my daughter. Some of our favorites are 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, The Polar Express, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Bear Stays Up, and Room for a Little One. There's nothing that says Christmas to me more than snuggling with my little one, reading and talking. Hope your Christmas is warm and cozy too! Mia Marlowe (A Rake by Any Other Nam e) I'd like to second Shana's tradition. My girls and I have always enjoyed read-aloud time and Christmas books have been some of our favorites. We laughed together through Barbara Robinson's The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. We wept over Van Dyke's The Other Wise Man. When you share a book with a child, you share a whole world. What's more powerful than that? May you...

Last week, my daughter asked me what I wanted for Christmas. She's five and spends her 50 cents a week allowance as soon as she gets it, so she has about 8 cents to her name. I couldn't think of a single thing to tell her. It was so incredibly sweet of her to ask me what I wanted. I wanted to tell her I just wanted to have a nice holiday with her or for everyone to stay safe and healthy, but I knew she wouldn't accept those answers. She wants to give me something tangible. I ran through the list I'd given my family, trying to think of something she could manage. Fitbit? No. Kindle? No. New running shoes? No. Finally Princess Galen chimed in: Mommy, I thought you might want a book to read. Me: Yes, I love reading books, but I can't think of any I want at the moment. (By which I meant, none she could get me) Princess Galen: Maybe I could write a book for you. Me: I'd love that. PG: I could draw all the pictures too. Me: That would be great. You...

The winner of the copy of CHRISTMAS IN THE DUKE'S ARMS is Kim. Kim, check your inbox, and thank you to everyone who chimed in!

Recently a very popular Facebook group began called the Old School Romance Book Club . Almost 900 readers signed up to read classic romance novels, like The Bride by Julie Garwood, The Flame and the Flower by Laura Kinsale,  and Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Devereaux. I have actually read all of those and most of the other books considered classics, but only because a few years I go, I intentionally read them. I didn't read them when they came out. I was either too young or unaware of them. Recently, I also re-read The Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas. I don't know if that's considered a classic, but it should be. I did read Outlander by Diana Gabaldon when it came out, and I was surprised to learn it's now considered a classic. Some other classics include Shanna by Kathleen Woodiwiss Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught Skye O'Malley by Bertrice Small Gentle Rogue by Johanna Lindsey I've rea...

Bjoronolf is so hot, he can wear sunglasses at night and still look cool. Don't you agree? If anyone is noticing anything other than his abs, his sunglasses are reflecting A SEAL Wolf Christmas. Most everyone I ask says, "What sunglasses?" Or, "I love mirrored sunglasses." No, they weren't that way. He wasn't that cool. Not until I turned those plain old sunglasses into something much hotter. Why am I even mentioning them when you're happily looking at his abs? It took me hours to figure out how to create the look of mirrored glasses. Do I remember how to do it again? Nope. Do you care? Nope. LOL Lesson learned! Don't worry about anything the guy is wearing as long as he has GREAT looking abs. :)  When Deb asked if I wanted to write a A SEAL Wolf Christmas, I was excited. I'd never written a Christmas story before, read lots of romantic suspenses set at Christmastime, and only one that was not, and I took off writing it. I couldn...