Chicken Dinner: Holiday Reading and Sinful Recipes

by Jacquie Rogers

Not to shake up your world or anything, but I ran across this article by Paisley Kirkpatrick called Who Really Wrote "The Night Before Christmas?" You think Clement Moore? Um, maybe you should read this. There's always something good at Sweethearts of the West.

We're in the midst of the holiday season and what's more important than food? Okay, lots of things are but the holidays wouldn't be the same without the family gathered around a feast. So Michelle McCleod came up with the idea of a recipe blog hop. Just follow the links at the bottom of the page and get recipe after recipe! I posted Grandma's Guaranteed-to-put-you-in-a-sugar-coma Pumpkin Bread. It's so delicious! Should be illegal.

Caroline Clemmon's Fudge

Oh, Fudge! And Divinity, too! Yep, you know that's what Caroline Clemmons blogged about. I'm gonna give her recipes a try, then diet for six years. Twelve years if I have the aforementioned pumpkin bread. The pictures on Pass the Fudge, Please, will make your mouth water. Get out your saucepan and for it.

Romancing The West has a newsletter. I have no idea why, but it was there so I signed up. Romancing The West News comes out ever Sunday until I change it. It's a collection of news items from my friends on Twitter. Pretty cool. The Western Online has one, too, so you should hunt for that one.  If I knew how to find it, I'd tell you, but I don't so that will have to wait for another Chicken Dinner.

Contest Winners!

We had three winners this week thanks to the generosity of this weeks Romancing The West featured author, Celia Yeary. In case you missed her visit, check out her article on Judge Roy Bean and the interview with Celia about her western romance, Texas True.

The winners get to pick out one of three books (pdf) they want: Texas True, Texans Promise, or Angel and the Cowboy. So who are the lucky commenters?

Patricia
Tracey D
Sandra

Congratulations to the winners!

Next week: Please welcome Jannine Corti Petska!

Judge Roy Bean

Celia Yeary, author

by Celia Yeary
Romance...and a Little Bit of Texas
Copyright © 2011 Celia Yeary

Langtry, Texas-Pop. 30 (est.)

Judge Roy Bean

Judge Roy Bean, the self-appointed “Law West of the Pecos,” became a saloonkeeper and Justice of the Peace on the Rio Grande in a desolate stretch of the Chihuahua Desert of SW Texas. When the Texas Rangers weren’t around to stop him, he brazenly held court.

In 1972, Paul Newman played Roy Bean in a movie titled "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean." Notice the similarities between the real Roy Bean and Paul Newman in these similar poses.

Paul Newman as
Judge Roy Bean

Roy Bean was a hell raiser, and he found himself in trouble most of his life from Texas to California. He killed, stole, cheated, swindled, and abused his wife.

However, young women considered Bean handsome, and often competed for his attention. In San Diego, a Scotsman named Collins challenged Bean to a pistol shooting match on horseback. He allowed Bean to choose the target, and Roy Bean decided they would shoot at each other. Bean shot Collins in the arm. The sheriff arrested both men and charged them with attempted murder. During the two months in jail, Bean received many gifts of flowers, food, wine, and cigars from the ladies of San Diego.

The last gift included knives encased in tamales. He used the knives to dig through the cell wall.



Jersey Lily-circa1860

 In Southwest Texas by the Rio Grande, the small town of Langtry was established as a construction junction from east and west during the building of the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Railway. Two origins of the town’s name are under dispute. One claim says the town was named for a civil engineer named Langtry who directed a group of Chinese laborers in the railroad construction. The other more popular and accepted claim is that Judge Roy Bean, an eccentric, colorful character, insisted he named the town after his idol, English actress Lillie Langtry, "The Jersey Lily.”

Today, a Texas Visitor’s Center sits next to the preserved 150-year-old-saloon in Langtry, Texas. The center is well maintained, with clean restrooms, a snack area, landscaping, and a gift shop.

Thank you for visiting and reading, and thank you, Jacquie for having me as a guest.  I'd love to give away more than one thing: a pdf of Texas True, a pdf of Texas Promise, and a pdf of Angel and the Cowboy. Jacquie will help me choose three visitors, I'll ask each winner which story she'd like to have.

Thanks so much, Celia!

Wow, three commenters this week will win! Celia was here at RTW on Monday with an interview and an excerpt of Texas Blue. Any comment all week enters you to win one of the three books Celia is offering. Be sure to include your email address or we'll have to pick another winner.

I'd love to give away more than one thing: a pdf of Texas True, a pdf of Texas Promise, and a pdf of Angel and the Cowboy. Jacquie will help me choose three visitors, I'll ask each one which she'd like to have.

Thanks so much, Celia!

Wow, three commenters this week will win! Celia will be here on Thursday with a wonderful article on Judge Roy Bean. Any comment all week enters you to win one of the three books Celia is offering. Be sure to include your email address or we'll have to pick aother winner.

Celia Yeary: Texas True

Texas True, Book II: The Cameron Sisters
by Celia Yeary

RTW: We're glad to have you visit Romancing The West today, Celia. Please tell us a little about yourself before we start talking books.

CY: I'm a seventh-generation Texan, and my life revolves around family, friends, and writing. San Marcos has been my home for thirty-five years. I have nine published romance novels, a short story, two novellas, three anthologies, and published essays with a local magazine. I'm a former science teacher, graduate of Texas Tech University and Texas State University, mother of two, grandmother of three boys, and wife of a wonderful, supportive Texan. My husband and I enjoy traveling, and we're involved in our church, the community, and the university. I meet with The Write Girls on Tuesdays at a local coffee house.

RTW: Photosynthesis is interesting, but tell us about Texas True, please.

CY: Texas True is the story of the younger Cameron sister. (Texas Promise is the story of the older Cameron sister.) As the Nineteenth Century fades, True Leigh Cameron has been raised like a hothouse flower, loved and protected by everyone. She meets oil field foreman Sam Deleon at a Governor's Ball in Austin and her life completely changes. Without wondering why a mere wildcatter would be at a posh ball, she falls in love...family admonishments are gone unheard. She is determined to make the marriage and her new life work. True is as good as her name, but what kind of man is Sam? She will face disappointment, anger, and heartbreak, before she learns the whole truth...and begins to teach a hard man how to love.

Contest!

Find out how you can win at the end of the excerpt.

RTW: What aspect of life in the Old West intrigues you the most? Did you work that into Texas True?

CY: The Old West history intrigues me, and I love to choose something and place a character there. In this case, I used Austin, Texas just as it was in a booming stage at the end of the Nineteenth Century, the infant oil industry, and also a sprawling Spanish Land Grant ranch in South Texas.

RTW: If you lived in 1899, what modern convenience would you miss the most?



Celia Yeary, author



CY: Running water. Austin, Texas had running water for many homes, and electricity, and a new Capitol building. But the oil camp where True lived when she followed Sam, not only lacked running water, it lacked electricity, too. Later in the story when Sam and True manage to get to the ranch, no running water there, either. You see? I'm obsessed with fear of not having enough water.

RTW: Are there any common errors in western historical romances that bug you? If so, please set us straight.

CY: I don't suppose it bugs me, because I do it, too! But honestly, Jacquie, have you looked at old Nineteenth Century photos? Of course, you have. Those people are generally not beautiful and handsome, with gorgeous hair or big muscled bodies--at least not how we picture them. We authors also fail to properly describe clothing. But...hey...it's fiction!

RTW: Hahaha! Yes, and fiction is fantasy.  While we're on that topic, why is handsome Sam Deleon perfect for True Cameron?

CY: Actually, he's not. He's devious and mysterious--but only on the surface. Deep down, he longs to be a good, respected man. This theme--Redemption--is my very favorite theme for Western Historical Romances.

RTW: I love it, too! And now for an excerpt of Texas True by Celia Yeary!

True whispered to him, "Would you kiss me, Sam? Just a kiss? And maybe hold me a little? I've missed you very much."

Against his better judgment, he placed his arm around her waist and pulled her close, and with the other hand, tipped her chin up so he might give her that little kiss. Mistake. Her scent and warmth instantly set him on fire. He kept her mouth in place as he ravaged it with his tongue, teeth, and lips. With the other hand, he cupped her soft, full breast from the side.

Slowly turning in his arms, True leaned into him and began tugging his shirt from his pants. As soon as she could move her hands under the shirt, she placed her palms flat on his ribs and brought them around and up his back. His skin turned hot where she smoothed the corded muscles of his shoulders. Sliding her hands up, she neatly and efficiently pushed his shirt off his back. Mumbling against his mouth, she instructed in a low, husky voice, "Let me get this off your arms."

Startled, he came to his senses and hissed through clenched teeth, "Whoa, whoa. What are you doing? Stop, True. The children."

Speaking softly and quietly into his ear, she explained that an earthquake would not awaken them. "When they fall asleep, they don't move, and you would be hard pressed to wake them up. I assure you, they won't hear a thing. Please, Sam, make love to me?"

Oh, well, why the hell not, he thought, through the red haze in his brain.

RTW: Thanks for the terrific excerpt, Celia! Where can we buy Texas True?

CY: It's available at Amazon, B&N, and Desert Breeze Publishing

RTW : What do you have in store for us next, Celia?

CY: I have one 99cent Western Historical with Western Trail Blazers (Rebecca Vickery's pubs.) She has two more of mine, so I hope they'll be for sale sometimes in November. Titles: Angel and the Cowboy; Addie and the Gunslinger; and Charlotte and the Tenderfoot. Next WIP: Kat and the U.S.Marshal. All these are around 22,000 words. I find that I love to write these.

RTW : I love to read (and write) novellas, so I'll be looking forward to yours. Where can readers find you on the internet?

CY: To find out more about my books and me, go to my website. For general musings and a little fun, go to my personal blog, and for western research topics and authors, go to Sweethearts of the West. (RTW Note: SOTW is an awesome blog! Be sure to check it out.)

RTW: Anything else you’d like to add?

CY: I'm so pleased to be a guest with you, Jacquie, on Romancing the West. I hope readers who love Western Romances will try The Cameron Sisters series--Book I and Book II.

I'd love to give away more than one thing: a pdf of Texas True, a pdf of Texas Promise, and a pdf of Angel and the Cowboy. Jacquie will help me choose three visitors, I'll ask each winner which story she'd like to have.

Thanks so much, Celia!

Wow, three commenters this week will win! Celia will be here on Thursday with a wonderful article on Judge Roy Bean. Any comment all week enters you to win one of the three books Celia is offering. Be sure to include your email address or we'll have to pick aother winner.

Stop by Thursday for Celia's article on Judge Roy Bean.

RTW Chicken Dinner: Christmas Book Party Winners

I'm in camp with those who think you should decorate for Christmas until after Thanksgiving. So why did we have our Christmas Book Party during Thanksgiving week? Because December is the time when we're in the mood to read Christmas books, but you have to have them before you can read them. So last week was all about finding new reads before the holidays. After all, you need a little break from all the hustle and bustle that goes on in December.

Special thanks to Markee Anderson for creating a Chrismas Books Page so we can easily find just the perfect holiday read. Also, Markee gave coupons for three free Christmas books to all viewers of her post this week so I hope you took advantage of her offer.

Now for the daily winners...

A Warrior for Christmas and Somewhere the Bells Ring by Beth Trissel
(winner's choice) Eva (bossu49 at aol.com)

Gifts from the Afterlife by Sarah J. McNeal
Cathy (cathyann40 at yahoo.com)

A Dream to Share by Markee Anderson
No drawing--everyone who visited received three free books!

Feliz Navidad by Kit Prate
Drew G (ilmksc at yahoo.com)

A Night for Miracles by Cheryl Pierson
terra (latemodelchica at hotmail.com)

Faery Merry Christmas by Jacquie Rogers
Na (Cambonified at yahoo.com)

And now, someone will win all six books

plus a $10 Amazon gift certificate!

That would be...

Amanda (chefamanda at gmail.com)

Happy Christmas Reading!

On Monday, Romancing The West features another outstanding author and all-around good person, Celia Yeary, so be sure to stop by and learn a little about her, and read an excerpt!

RTW Christmas Book Party: Jacquie Rogers

Jacquie Rogers, author

by Jacquie Rogers

Christmas stories always put me in the mood for three things—romance, magic, and fun. Every year, I gobble up all the Christmas anthologies and novels I can find, and hey, sometimes the mood strikes me mid-summer when the heat soars and we’re all longing for some snow.

Family and friends are so important this time of year, and also we get a little nostalgic. In that tradition, quite a few of my family members are characters in the book, and 1956 was such a great year—Elvis, a Nash Metropolitan, Bing Crosby’s Christmas carols, drive-in restaurants. How cool is that? Or should I say neato!

Baseball. My first heart’s desire was to become a baseball announcer on television. I loved listening to the announcers almost as much as I loved the game. But, well, there’s no baseball at Christmas in Idaho.

So there you have my five favorite things—family, romance, magic, fun, and baseball. And that’s what Faery Merry Christmas is all about. What if faeries could come to Terra Humanus and compete with humans in professional sports? What rules would they have to obey?

But more importantly, what happens to the faery girl he leaves behind? She can use magic on Terra Humanus but he cannot. He’s having a lot of fun and she’s facing a disaster, he pitches for the Shoreline Sharks Baseball Club and she’s supposed to take over the Santa Claus detail in Faeryshire. And it all adds up to some faery hot romance!

New York Times Bestselling Author Stella Cameron said about Faery Merry Christmas, “What faery fun! A winsome sprite's barely still-ticking time clock. Mayhem in the land of Claus. And the man who could wave just the right magic wand obsessed with baseball. A Christmas story to cuddle up with--and keep you really warm."

Here’s what Faery Merry Christmas is all about:

Romance has gone awry in Faeryshire.

Who would’ve thought Mr. and Mrs. Claus’s daughter would be “on the shelf”? Yep, Cheshya’s all a’flutter because her 2,000th birthday, the last day she’s eligible to take a mate, is on Christmas, only four days away, but Liam of the Red Clan, the only man she has ever wanted is otherwise occupied . . .

Terra Humanus in 1956: carhops on roller skates, the submarine races, a pink Nash Metropolitan, Lucky Strikes, Little Richard, and the Shoreline Sharks Baseball Club starring ace pitcher Liam Stone.

For the past five years, Liam of the Red Clan has lived in Terra Humanus, pitching for the Shoreline Sharks and obsessed with signing as a major league pitcher with the Cincinnati Reds. The faery queen sends Cheshya to help him achieve his goal, but in signing with the Reds, will he lose out on his true heart’s desire?

What will it take to make a Faery Merry Christmas?

And here’s a sneak peek!

Faery Merry Christmas by Jacquie Rogers

Copyright © 2009 Jacquie Rogers

Faeryshire, in the Human Year 1956

'Twas December twenty-first, the day of Yule. Nearly every faery in the realm attended the ceremony.

I, Cheshya of the Brown Clan, ascended to the High Temple one flight at a time with my best posture, holding the wedding bouquet of posies and butterflies, my shimmering silver gown flowing behind me. Morkito and other pixies flew around the hem and kept it from snagging anything. My goal was to land gently in front of the altar without falling flat on my face in front of all my friends and my new mate.

For this was my wedding day.

Queen Merci sat on her throne above and behind the altar. Princess Kaylee, my best friend, stood beside her. Sweet tunes twinkled and fluttered through the High Temple on the glittering faery dust, caressing the most hardened of souls. I let it flow around me and through me, the joy of song lifting my spirit. Anxiety had been my constant companion for the last week while I stewed over the course of my future.

At last, I glided to the altar, quite gracefully, in fact. If it weren’t for my uncertain future, I could’ve relaxed, but as it was, I had no idea who Kaylee had chosen for me to be my husband.

The queen held her wand and scepter, the latter shooting sparks every few seconds. She raised an eyebrow at Kaylee. Kaylee shrugged and glanced around, her palms up.

"You may approach, Cheshya," Queen Merci said to me. I knelt in front of Her Highness. "Your groom is not present."

She sounded apologetic and even sad. I had to admit that while being jilted in front of five thousand of my closest friends and relatives wasn’t my idea of a thrill, neither was I enthusiastic over marrying a man I neither knew nor loved. But then, it was all my fault. My courting time was nearly gone so a groom had been picked for me, supposedly to best benefit all of Faeryshire.

Yes, I did love a man with all my heart, but he didn’t love me. I guess I have to say that being jilted was somewhat of a relief because I couldn’t imagine taking a partner for life (and faeries live a very long time) knowing I’d never connect with my true soul mate.

Faery Merry Christmas is available at Amazon (Kindle & Print), and Smashwords.

Enter to win a  free copy of Faery Merry Christmas by commenting on this article.  Your comment also enters you in the drawing for the RTW Christmas Book Party Grand Prize, announced on Sunday's Chicken Dinner post.  Be sure to include your email address with your comment or we'll have to draw another winner, and you'll be excluded from the Grand Prize drawing.  Thanks!

Happy Holiday Reading!

Romancing The West has featured wonderful Christmas books all week, and each day's author will be giving away a free book on Sunday, so check all the blog articles.

Prizes All Week!

You can still win the RTW Christmas Book Party Grand Prize!

Comment on all six blog entries for six chances to win.

Drawing will be held Nov. 26 at 11:59pm Pacific Time

and announced on Sunday's RTW Chicken Dinner.

Monday: A Warrior for Christmas by Beth Trissel
Tuesday: Gifts from the Afterlife by Sara J. McNeal
Wednesday: A Dream to Share by Markee Anderson
Thursday: Feliz Navidad by Kit Prate
Friday: A Night of Miracles by Cheryl Pierson
Saturday: Faery Merry Christmas by Jacquie Rogers
Sunday: Chicken Dinner! Yes, one commenter this week (any post) will win a book from each author--that's SIX Christmas books--AND a $10 Amazon gift certificate

Love Christmas stories?

Markee Anderson listed a bunch of 'em at her Christmas page.

RTW Christmas Book Party: Cheryl Pierson

Cheryl Pierson, author

by Cheryl Pierson

Christmas has always been a miraculous time for me. It still is. When I was younger, it was because of the presents, and the anticipation that came with the season. My parents were not wealthy, but we had the necessities and a few of the luxuries. My mom was a great manager. She could make the smallest thing seem of the greatest value. She could transform our house into a marvelous Christmas haven with her decorations, wonderful cooking and a few well-wrapped packages. When I became an adult, the torch was passed, but the anticipation merely shifted. The excitement I felt was not for myself, but for my children–the joy I could bring to them.

Once I had written A Night for Miracles, I began to think about my heroine, Angela Bentley, and how I might have reacted had I been in her place. I would like to think that I would have done what she did–transformed her small cabin into a memorable Christmas castle that none of the children would ever forget, simply through a good meal, a warm fire, and a gift. But it was all of these things that made Angela’s “gift” — the gift of her heart — special. She put herself out on a limb, having been emotionally wounded before.

I thought about the old legend–that Christmas Eve is a “night for miracles” to happen. Angela was not a rich person by any means, but she gave what she had, freely. She took in the stranger and the three children from the cold, gave them warm beds and fed them. But then she went even further. She gave her heart to them, although it was a huge risk. She comes through with physical gifts, but the true giving was in her spirit. And that leads to a miracle.

A Night For Miracles is one of those short stories that I didn’t want to end. I love a happy ending, and this is one of the happiest of all, for everyone in the story.

Here's what A Night For Miracles by Cheryl Pierson is all about:

Legend says that miracles happen on Christmas Eve. Can a chance encounter between a gunfighter and a lonely widow herald a new beginning for them both? On this special night, they take a gamble that anything is possible–if they only believe!

And now for an excerpt!

Angela placed the whiskey-damp cloth against the jagged wound. The man flinched, but held himself hard against the pain. Finally, he opened his eyes. She looked into his sun-bronzed face, his deep blue gaze burning with a startling, compelling intensity as he watched her. He moistened his lips, reminding Angela that she should give him a drink. She laid the cloth in a bowl and turned to pour the water into the cup she’d brought.

He spoke first. “What…what’s your name?” His voice was raspy with pain, but held an underlying tone of gentleness. As if he were apologizing for putting her to this trouble, she thought. The sound of it comforted her. She didn’t know why, and she didn’t want to think about it. He’d be leaving soon.

“Angela.” She lifted his head and gently pressed the metal cup to his lips. “Angela Bentley.”

He took two deep swallows of the water. “Angel,” he said, as she drew the cup away and set it on the nightstand. “It fits.”

She looked down, unsure of the compliment and suddenly nervous. She walked to the low oak chest to retrieve the bandaging and dishpan. “And you are…”

“Nick Dalton, ma’am.” His eyes slid shut as she whirled to face him. A cynical smile touched his lips. “I see…you’ve heard of me.”

A killer. A gunfighter. A ruthless mercenary. What was he doing with these children? She’d heard of him, all right, bits and pieces, whispers at the back fence. Gossip, mainly. And the stories consisted of such variation there was no telling what was true and what wasn’t.

She’d heard. She just hadn’t expected him to be so handsome. Hadn’t expected to see kindness in his eyes. Hadn’t expected to have him show up on her doorstep carrying a piece of lead in him, and with three children in tow. She forced herself to respond through stiff lips. “Heard of you? Who hasn’t?”

He met her challenging stare. “I mean you no harm.”

She remained silent, and he closed his eyes once more. His hands rested on the edge of the sheet, and Angela noticed the traces of blood on his left thumb and index finger. He’d tried to stem the blood flow from his right side as he rode. “I’m only human, it seems, after all,” he muttered huskily. “Not a legend tonight. Just a man.”

He was too badly injured to be a threat, and somehow, looking into his face, shefound herself trusting him despite his fearsome reputation. She kept her expression blank and approached the bed with the dishpan and the bandaging tucked beneath her arm. She fought off the wave of compassion that threatened to engulf her. It was too dangerous. When she spoke, her tone was curt. “A soldier of fortune, from what I hear.”

He gave a faint smile. “Things aren’t always what they seem, Miss Bentley.”

A Night For Miracles is available at The Wild Rose Press, as well as Barnes and Noble and Amazon.

I also have another Christmas short story, a free read, available at The Wild Rose Press, Until the Last Star Burns Out.

For a complete list of all Cheryl’s work, go to her Amazon author page.  To find out more about Cheryl, visit her website or her blog.

Thank you, Cheryl!

Be sure to leave a comment to win a free copy of A Night for Miricles, and don't forget to leave your email address!  And remember, your comment also enters you in Sunday's Grand Prize.  Visit the previous RTW Christmas Book Party articles and comment there, too!  That gives you 6 chance to win!

Romancing The West is featuring wonderful Christmas books all week, and each day's author will be giving away a free book, so check back tomorrow for Jacquie Rogers.

Prizes Every Day!

Monday: A Warrior for Christmas and Somewhere the Bells Ring by Beth Trissel
Tuesday: Gifts from the Afterlife by Sara J. McNeal
Wednesday: A Dream to Share by Markee Anderson
Thursday: Feliz Navidad by Kit Prate
Friday: A Night for Miracles by Cheryl Pierson
Saturday: Faery Merry Christmas by Jacquie Rogers
Sunday: Chicken Dinner! Yes, one commenter this week (any post) will win a book from each author--that's SIX Christmas books--AND a $10 Amazon gift certificate

Love Christmas stories?

Markee Anderson listed a bunch of 'em at her Christmas page.

RTW Christmas Book Party: Kit Prate

by Kit Prate

First published in 1979, Kit Prate admits she enjoys fiction in general. Westerns are her first love, her favorite books to read and to write. Ms. Prate enjoys writing fan-fiction, especially about the TV western series, Lancer.

The widowed mother of four children who are grown and mostly on their own these days, Kit is returning to her love of writing. A background of working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs provides fodder for her healthy imagination and gave her a chance to travel to many of the locations she uses in her stories and novels.

RTW: Thanks for coming to the RTW Christmas Book Party, Kit! Please tell us what's special about Feliz Navidad and why you wrote a Christmas story.

KP: It seemed important to tell a story which included some of the elements of the first Christmas -- a journey, a baby, seeking shelter, gifts, and love.

RTW: Would you please give us a set up for the excerpt from Feliz Navidad?

KP: The death of a boy, a craving for vengeance, and two special women change Gabriel Hawkins' life forever. Will his reputation as El Angel de la Muerte--The Angel of Death--mean his own death as Christmas draws near?

And here's an excerpt from Feliz Navidad:

She heard the knocking, genuinely surprised someone would be at her door so late in the evening. Instinctively, she took the Henry rifle from its place next to the oak portal. Trouble was a rarity in this part of the country anymore, but a woman alone needed to be prudent. Hand on the latch, she called out the usual "¿Quién es?" (Who is it?)

She received a one word reply.

"Delilah?"

He fell forward when she opened the door; tilting himself sideways, his arms clutched against his chest.

She caught him, and eased him to the floor. And then she heard the baby cry.

Feliz Navidad is available at Amazon, Smashwords, and Barnes & Noble.

Thank you, Kit!

One commenter on Kit's post will win a pdf copy of Feliz Navidad, and all commenters all week are eligible to win the RTW Christmas Party Grand Prize!

Romancing The West is featuring wonderful Christmas books all week, and each day's author will be giving away a free book, so check back tomorrow for Cheryl Pierson.

Prizes Every Day!

Monday: A Warrior for Christmas and Somewhere the Bells Ring by Beth Trissel
Tuesday: Gifts from the Afterlife by Sara J. McNeal
Wednesday: A Dream to Share by Markee Anderson
Thursday: Feliz Navidad by Kit Prate
Friday: (TBA) by Cheryl Pierson
Saturday: Faery Merry Christmas by Jacquie Rogers
Sunday: Chicken Dinner! Yes, one commenter this week (any post) will win a book from each author--that's SIX Christmas books--AND a $10 Amazon gift certificate

Love Christmas stories?

Markee Anderson listed a bunch of 'em at her Christmas page.