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Friday, December 20, 2013

Ho Ho Ho Bring on the #MistletoeHop! #bloghop #excerpts



Welcome to my stop on the Mistletoe Hop. This is the first one I've participated in so please bear with me. At the end of the post you'll find the linky list of all the fabulous authors participating. Make sure you check them all out and enter yourself in the contests to win the prizes at each stop. I'm giving away FIVE copies of Brigid's Blessing (The Bigfoot Chronicles) in any ebook format the winners choose. One lucky winner will also get a $10 Amazon Gift Card. 

This time of year is one of my favorites. It's the holiday season and for me and my character Bryanna, it's the time of the Winter Solstice or Yule. All the basic traditional symbols of the tree, Yule log, and mistletoe have their roots in the ancient religions...before Christianity. What I love about modern times is we all get to share these traditions and make them our own. 

For me, Yule is a time centered around the  special magic of colors, snow and tradition. It's a time of rebirth and renewal—a time of new beginnings. This is the time when many folks make resolutions for the upcoming new year and get ready for brighter things to come.

This is what Bryanna wishes for in Brigid's Blessing. She wants nothing more than to have a child of her own. If it means she has to offer herself up to Bigfoot to do it, she will.  



Boy does she ever! She wasn't prepared for the raw, animalistic need that hit her the moment Ashar made his presence known to her. The fear that she should've felt wasn't there. Instead she wanted nothing more than to give herself over completely to his lust—over and over again. Here's an EXCERPT.

What do you think? Want to read more? Well if you enter the Rafflecopter below, you'll get entries ton win one of FIVE copies and one of you will get the Amazon gift card as well.

For those of you who don't want to wait to see if you won an copy, you can purchase your own for 50% of the list price at All Romance ebooks by clicking HERE. You can also got a copy from Smashwords by using the coupon code in the banner below.



Good luck and have fun stopping in on all the other blogs!

Brightest Blessings!
~Tawny




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Christmas Trees. Holiday Music. Sugar Cookies. Glitter and Bows. And Best Of All... the Mistletoe. 

Romance books enhance our holiday traditions. Who doesn't love to cuddle under a warm blanket near a fire place on a cold day and read? Hop around with us to celebrate the best romance books of the season.

Read excerpts from some good books. Enter each of the author contests. Tell us what you like to read during the holidays. Find some new-to-you authors to ring in the New Year with.




24 comments:

  1. My Children and I making homemade Italian Christmas cookies for Christmas! kbinmich AT yahoo DOT com

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  2. I love loading up my mini van with my kids and family and driving through the Christmas lights. We stop and get hot chocolate, then program the radio for Christmas music and drive through the park with the gorgeous lights and displays:)

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  3. I love making holiday dinner every year, including yummy cookies with berries ;)
    swordlily_girl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  4. Decorating the Tree and driving around looking at the pretty Christmas lights.

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  5. all fabulous holiday traditions! I love them all! <3
    Thank you for stopping in. Good luck and have a great time visiting all the other stops. You've all made my first hop a great experience. Thank you!

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  6. My Christmas tradition is one that my mother always did and I now continue it since she passed away. I ALWAYS have Christmas dinner for the entire family who lives nearby at my house. I cook the entire meal and enjoy seeing all the family gathered and filling their plates with the traditional family dishes.
    Happy Holidays to you and yours and thanks for the chance to win. The book looks good. If I don't win, I will be getting it from aRe or Smashwords.

    reneebennett35 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  7. One of my favorite traditions is spending Christmas Eve with my side of the family and then spending Christmas Day with my husband's side.

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  8. Baking all day and seeing Christmas lights!! myamurphy@mail.com

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  9. Even more beautiful traditions. Love it! Keep them coming.

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  10. Making hard candy with the family!

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  11. I hope all of you are enjoying the hop and finding new authors to add to your TBR piles. Good luck on all of the contests. I'll be announcing my winners late Monday.

    Happy Solstice!

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  12. Every year one day before Christmas, family and friends get together at one house (starting point) They look over the Christmas tree and have a snack and small drink and sing a Christmas carol. Then on to the next and the next. ( think train stops) until everyone's house has been visited. Thanks for sharing the hop and the giveaways. Wishing everyone a wonderful and magical holiday season! evamillien at gmail dot com

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  13. My fave is paczki (Polish donuts) that we only make twice a year (on Christmas and Fat Thursday).

    Happy Holidays and thanks for the amazing giveaway!
    elizabeth @ bookattict . com

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  14. My favorite holiday tradition is decorating the tree with the kids while singing Christmas songs. After were finished we set and watch the tree and drink hot chocolate!

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  15. my favorite holiday tradition is making love by the christmas tree

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  16. Decorating the Christmas tree.
    jmcgaugh (at) semo (dot) edu

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  17. My sister and I love to decorate the Christmas tree!

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  18. Baking Christmas cakes and sweets, decorating the Christmas tree, going to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve and so on :)

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  19. I just love spending time with my fam opening gifts and eating good food on Xmas day!

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  20. We usually stay home and watch tv or movies.

    jmesparza821 at gmail dot com

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  21. First GREAT excerpt!!! Second, my favorite holiday tradition is opening presents on Christmas Eve because it also happens to be my father's birthday!
    Thanks for joining in on the hop! Thanks for the great giveaway!!
    Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to all!!
    Ashley A
    ash_app@hotmail.com

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  22. Only a few more hours before this contest closes. I'll announce the winners tomorrow night.
    Thank you all for sharing your traditions. Loved them all! You made me miss my family back in Michigan. I think I'll have to make another Harvey Wallbanger Cake in their honor!

    I wish you all the joy and happiness this time of year can bring...and all throughout the year.
    Blessed Be

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  23. The winners are listed above in the Rafflecopter. I put all the winners's names into a hat and drew the one to win the $10 Amazon Gift Card. That winner is JENNIFER J! I'll be contacting all of you shortly.

    Thank you all for making my first blog hop memorable. I hope to see you around again.
    Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Merry Yule!

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