Christmas Novel – Rebekah Lyn Books

Christmas Reading

Christmas is my favorite time of the year for reading. The stories are filled with hope, joy and often romance. Last year I enjoyed reading Noelle’s Golden Christmas by Tamie Dearen, (You can read me review here) so when I learned she was releasing another Christmas novel, I jumped at the chance to share it with you.

This Christmas, Haley Martin may be harder to catch than her runaway dog.

Haley has a chance at her dream job working for Holiday, Inc. There’s only one drawback. Her ex-boyfriend, Gavin Holiday is her supervisor.

Seeing Gavin again makes her heart pound and her soul ache, yet Haley knows he deserves someone better. And her secret crisis of faith is only one of the reasons.

Add one very recalcitrant Basset Hound to all her other problems, and it looks like Haley is going to have a real hangdog holiday.

In the spirit of Hallmark Movies, this inspirational romantic comedy tells the story of two young believers, struggling to find faith and love in the midst of adversity.

I have to tell you, I love this book. The author created characters you can’t help loving as they tug at your heart in one chapter then make you smile, and if you own a Bassett Hound, make you laugh. The story has all the drama and romance a reader of Christmas novels could want with the added bonus of honest insight into the complexity of learning to not only talk about faith but making it a living, breathing part of one’s life.

Bio:

Tamie Dearen has been married to her very romantic husband since 1982. They have two beautiful daughters, two amazing son-in-laws, and one awesome grandson. She plays piano, flute, harmonica, keyboards, and guitar, and loves composing and art. And she hates housework. A dentist in private practice for thirty years, Tamie stays busy playing on her church’s praise team and teaching graduate students each week. In her spare time, she escapes to the world of books.

I am including links to all of Tamie’s books as well as her contact information. You might want to sign up for her newsletter too. She always seems to have something new to share or a giveaway going on.

Good news!

This wonderful author has released a holiday novel last year too. Be sure to check it out.

Young Adult Fantasy

The Alora Series

Alora: The Wander-Jewel

Alora: The Portal

Alora: The Maladorn Scroll

Sweet Romantic Comedy

The Best Girls Series

The Best is Yet to Come

Christian Romance

The Holiday, Inc. Series

Noelle’s Golden Christmas

Haley’s Hangdog Holiday

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A Christmas Banquet~’Tis the Sneezin

It’s crunch time. Christmas is only one week away. Have you kicked up your Christmas reading? I know I have. Today we have a treat to finish off the Christmas Banquet. Ava Mallory’s cozy mystery series makes a stop in a small town at Christmas.

I am sad that today is the last time I will be asking this question. Tell us, Ava, why did you decide to set this installment of your series at Christmas?

I chose to add a Christmas story to my series because Christmastime is my favorite time of the year. As a mom to four children, I find Christmastime to be especially meaningful. Most of my marriage was spent living a nomad lifestyle as a military spouse. We’d often find ourselves living far from home base. For me, home is Spain, where my family is from. We made a trip yearly to Spain during the holidays and did nothing particularly exciting other than to be surrounded by family and doing the things that families do, like laughing, talking, eating and sometimes squabbling. Now, that two of my children are in college and beginning their new adult lives, trips back home will be different. I wanted to create a story that reminded me in some ways of the playful banter between those I love the most in the world and still spoke of the Christmas spirit and generosity of people. I wanted to see how my main character’s world played out during the holiday season and, hopefully, provide a few laughs along the way.

Tis the Sneezin
is the latest novella in my A Mercy Mares Cozy Mystery series. This series features a meddling traveling nurse as she takes on new and interesting job
assignments in small towns across America. Mercy, my main character, is too feisty for her own good. Her penchant for melodramatics and mayhem play out
town after town. She, along with those she calls her band of misfits, never veer too far from trouble. It follows them everywhere and Mercy takes it upon
herself to get involved.

In this installment of the series, Mercy is up to her eyeballs in donations for the town’s annual holiday celebration. Every nook and cranny of her house and all of her friend’s and neighbor’s homes are overflowing with gifts for ill children in her local hospital. It’s all she can do to keep trackof what is what and who is who.

On the night that she and her merry band of helpers are to deliver gifts, everything, including gifts she bought for her loves ones, simply disappear without a trace.

Now, Mercy has to find the thief before those who appointed her this year’s Mrs. Claus find out that they’re missing and dozens of children are left disappointed.

Enlisting the help of her reluctant loved ones, Mercy has a humdinger of a mystery to solve in a flash in order to save Christmas.

I adore Mercy! As a former hospice and dementia care nurse, I feel a special connection to Mercy and those she meets on her mystery adventures. There’s
nothing particularly amazing about her. Her strength comes in just how ordinary she is. That’s what I love about her! I wanted to create a character that
people could relate to and learn to love as much as I do. As an homage to many of the fantastic patients, doctors, and nurses I met over my 20+ years ‘in
the trenches’, I created side characters, who are just as spectacular as any ornery and lovable bunch would be.

The entire A Mercy Mares Cozy Mystery series is available on Amazon for Kindle Unlimited, here:

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I have a new release!

Christmas Vows

It is the final book in my Seasons of Faith series.

You might want to pick up Summer Storms, book 1 of the series while it is FREE!

Seaside Christmas

Seaside Christmas by Stacy Claflin

He can’t stand her. She thinks he’s crazy. Will their feelings stay etched in permanent ink?

Cruz Hunter has always stuck out in his small hometown. Now that he’s covered in tattoos, the residents peg him as even more of an outcast. It seems like the whole world is against his dream of opening a local tattoo parlor.

When he finally finds the perfect place for his new business, Cruz discovers a pastor and his daughter have already bought it. The only thing more irritating than the change in his plan is Talia, a beautiful and feisty argument in a dress. Cruz would like nothing more than to have her out of his life and his mind, but for some reason, she’s the only thing he can think about.

If Cruz and Talia can stop arguing long enough, opposites may do much more than attract.

Meet the Hunter brothers of Kittle Falls…

The Seaside Hunters novels are a series of contemporary sweet romances. They’re set in the beach town of Kittle Falls, following the Hunter brothers as they make their way back to their hometown and find the loves they couldn’t elsewhere. Each book is a standalone.

Author Stacy Claflin

I don’t stick to a single genre in my writing, reading, or viewing. My favorite shows include Supernatural, The Walking Dead, Pretty Little Liars, Lost Girl, Vampire Diaries, and Once Upon a Time.

I’ve been writing and telling stories for as long as I can remember. As a kid, my story telling would get me into trouble because I would try to convince others that my stories were real.

When I’m not busy writing, I like spending time with my family and friends. I also educate my kids from home.

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A Christmas Banquet~Ino’s Love

27 reading days until Christmas and have we got a treat for you! Marianne Sciucco has a wonderful short for us today, Ino’s Love. It is a story of a mother’s uncondtional love and exemplifies I Corinthians chapter 13.

Marianne, share with us why you chose to write a Christmas story.

Christmas is a special time for me, a time to celebrate all that is good about the human heart, the human spirit. It’s all about the birth of Christ, who came to us to teach us how to be close to God and live together peacefully. But we seem to have lost our way where Christmas is concerned. For too many, December 25th is just an excuse for a commercial free-for-all. Don’t get me wrong, gifts are a wonderful thing, but sometimes we’re so wrapped up in the trimmings of the holiday we forget about the people at the center of it: our family and our loved ones. I wrote Ino’s Love to demonstrate the spirit of Christmas, of putting people first, of caring for and loving others even when they’re not family. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Ino’s Love is the perfect length to enjoy while waiting on an appointment or in the school pick up line.

Available as a Kindle book for $.99, and free on Kindle Unlimited.
Also in audiobook on Amazon for $3.46, on Audible and iTunes for $3.95.

The Blurb

Elderly Ino awaits a visit from her loving but absent son to celebrate Christmas, preparing his favorite meal in spite of her health concerns and disabilities. When he disappoints her she shares his gifts and dinner with her devoted and trustworthy home health aide Ruby. Sometimes the people who love us best are not family.

About Marianne

Marianne Sciucco is not a nurse who writes but a writer who happens to be a nurse. A lover of words and books, she dreamed of becoming an author when she grew up but became a nurse to avoid poverty. She later brought her two passions together and writes about the intricate lives of people struggling with health and family issues. Her debut novel “Blue Hydrangeas,” an Alzheimer’s love story, is a Kindle bestseller, IndieReader Approved, a BookWorks featured book, a Library Journal Self-e Selection, a 5-star Readers Favorite, and winner of IndieReCon’s Best Indie Novel Award, 2014. She also has two short stories available on Kindle, “Ino’s Love” and “Collection.” Marianne is currently working on a YA novel, “Swim Season,” about the new girl on the team who challenges a longstanding school record, to be released in 2015. A dedicated Swim Mom for ten years, you can find her during swim season at one of many Skyline Conference swim meets cheering for her daughter and her team. A native Bostonian, Marianne lives in New York’s Hudson Valley, and when not writing works as a campus nurse at a community college. She loves books, the beach, and craft beer, and especially enjoys the three of them together.