Hope Wells is a lifetime resident of Celebration Township and lives on
coffee fumes and love stories at her downtown store, Beans and Books. As
each one of her friends has found love, she’s been glad for them—and
secretly envious of their happiness. As much as she wants to find a man,
she knows that the odds are stacked against her, especially with the
medical issue she has kept hidden from everyone.
Aaron Findley
was born in Celebration but left when he was a boy. A few months back,
he returned after his mother passed away, and even the racecars he
drives couldn’t get him out of town fast enough. His sister, Alesandra
might enjoy the little podunk town, but he prefers the fast life: fast
cars, fast cities, and beautiful, flashy women.
Six weeks before
Thanksgiving, Aaron crashes his racecar and lands in the hospital in
serious condition. When he is discharged three weeks later, he finds
that he has fewer friends than he originally thought and a career that
went up in flames with his car. His only choice is to convalesce at his
sister’s house in Celebration. Grumpy and bored, Aaron finds himself
hiding at the small coffee shop for hours as he comes to terms with his
new life.
As Hope befriends a less arrogant Aaron, she chips
away at his thick armor and realizes that the two of them have quite a
bit in common—but will their friendship turn into a blessing for them
both, or will it be just another crash and burn that will destroy them?
Now you can do something to help spread awareness, just by downloading a book.
From October 11th - October 31st if you download any of the following three books, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to Domestic Violence Awareness.
I'm a huge supporter of the Domestic Violence campaigns. For years as a Police Officer I saw the worst of the worst. From verbal arguments to homicide at the hands of a partner, I saw the devastation that it caused. Not only did I see it first hand, but there was a time in my life that I too lived as a victim. That is why I spent several years working on the Board of Directors for my local Domestic Violence Center, and why I write stories to educate people about what happens behind closed doors and inside the mind of a victim.
What you can do to help - Purchase a copy of one of these books, or all three, and a portion of each sale will be donated to a Domestic Violence Center.
Note: At this time, these three books are only available on Amazon. The Kindle Reader App is free to download on Amazon.
You're Not Alone
Trinity Morris, co-founder of You’re Not Alone, has a domestic violence
past that still haunts her ten years later. She is devoted to helping
victims find freedom and to sharing information on how to help them
through their emotional and violent trials. While Trinity is presenting
at a seminar, she comes across Gavin, a police officer who knows her
past all too well.
It’s been ten years since he last saw her, but
the moment Gavin’s eyes land on her, he’s intent on getting to know the
woman who has haunted his dreams all these years.
Can Gavin
break through the wall that Trinity has built around herself, or will
the present and the past collide and take her away from him again?
“It sounded so simple in theory; ready... aim... fire... but what actually transpired was so much more.”
Officer
Nicole Nolan holds the gun steady in her hands, knowing that life will
be forever altered once she pulls the trigger. Her position as a small
town police officer is to protect those who cannot protect themselves.
It is her job, her career and her life.
Amanda stands where
protection does not exist. With several failed relationships behind her,
Amanda turns a blind eye to the possessiveness Josh displays in order
to sooth her desperate need to be loved. As the mental abuse turns
violent, Amanda must deal with the denial and embarrassment of being a
victim once again. With her emotional and physical health siting on the
edge, she must fight to regain control of her life.
A gripping story with one final destination, but will it be life or death?
Barbara lives in constant fear of her husband. She finally summons the
courage to leave with their young daughter, Allie, but dreads the moment
her husband learns of their escape. In his desire to control them and
bend them to his will, he will leave no stone unturned to punish
them--especially Barbara.
Grey’s future seems bleak,
especially the day he is fired, but everything begins to turn around the
moment he absently sinks down on a bench occupied by wealthy Gloria
Withers. Gloria sees something in him that no one else bothers to notice
and, within moments, a friendship is sparked that will withstand many
trials.
When Barbara makes good her escape and arrives on the
doorstep of her grandmother, Gloria, whom she hasn't seen for years,
Barbara is greeted instead by Grey. It doesn't take long for a different
kind of spark to fly as Barbara takes up residence in the Withers
mansion.
When Grey falls inexorably in love with not only
Barbara, but also her daughter Allie, he vows to do everything he can to
protect them from her husband who is out for revenge.
On November 15, 2017, Mistletoe Fantasies will be released. It's the first book in the 6 book series: Pleasure Your Fantasies. This series is a spin-off from the Celebration Series and was originally developed while writing Raffles to Rattles when Sophia Thayer had a part-time job as an exotic dancer at the Pleasure Your Fantasies Gentlemen's Club in the nearby town of Middletown.
When I was writing Raffles to Rattles, Sophia and Quinn Monroe had a scene together, I instantly fell in love with Quinn's character and knew that he would need his own book. Since The Celebration Series was already developed and the rest of the books were planned out, Quinn became the star of his very own new series.
While the Celebration Series does contained language, the sexual relationships between the characters are kept behind closed doors, allow readers who love romance, but not blatant sex scenes to enjoy the holiday romances. In this new series, the bedroom doors are open, and the sensuality is cracked up a few degrees.
The Celebration Series also contains 13 books, mostly ranging between 33K and 52K in length, and the new series will consist of all full length novels, after the first one: Mistletoe Fantasies. Mistletoe is approximately 33K in length and introduces you to the characters and the setting of the series. It will also give you a few peeks into some upcoming suspense and you'll know that not everything will be as it seems.
I am so very excited about this new series, and can not wait for it to release. While I do not have a firm publishing schedule, I do know that the next five books will be released starting after February 2018.
Reba St. James would prefer to serve the drinks or play hostess to the businessmen and their guests at Pleasure Your Fantasies, the gentlemen’s club where she’s employed. Unfortunately, when she needs extra money to pay off an urgent debt, the only position that pays her enough is dancing on stage with barely anything on.
Wallie has been a body guard at the club since it opened four years ago, and over the last year he’s developed quite a crush on Ms. Reba. He might have thought he had a chance with her, except the club has a strict rule: No dating between guards and dancers.
When the attraction between Wallie and Reba reaches undeniable levels, Reba is ready to walk away from dancing altogether and try to find another way to help pay the bills, but when a final notice shows up, she’s forced to go from part-time dancing to full-time, and any chance of a relationship between them is put on hold.
Everything changes on Christmas Eve when Reba and another dancer get into a fight, and Reba is let go from the club. Will Reba lose everything, or will Reba and Wallie get more for the holidays than just their Mistletoe Fantasies?
Mistletoe Fantasies is the first book in the six book: Pleasure Your Fantasies Series that spins off of The Celebration Series.
Thanks, Stacy, for having me on the blog! It’s always a
pleasure to be here.
Last month, I released my newest novel, The Marked. Well, sticking true to who I am, I wrote yet another
book in the paranormal genre, but it isn’t like my usual books. If you know me,
you know that I usually write Christian fiction, but I write in the paranormal
genre of Christian fiction. That’s what I’m known for, and that’s great! I love
my Entertaining Angels series.But what most people don’t realize is that I
wrote The Marked before I wrote Entertaining Angels. I was writing
paranormal fiction, non-Christian fiction, way before I started my Christian
fiction series, even back in high school. Back then, I was even writing about
ghosts!
I never thought that I would want to write anything in the
paranormal genre, but I loved reading it. I know that contradicts what I said
about writing a book with ghosts in it in high school, but nothing came of that
story, and I never finished it. (I regret that to this day because it’s gone. I
lost it.)
I was a HUGE Dean Koontz fan in Jr. high/high school. My dad
introduced me to his books, and Odd
Thomas was one of my favorite series, up until it went really weird. (I
stopped reading them after Brother Odd.) Anyway, I digress. I loved almost all
of his books, and I wanted to write suspense/thrillers like him. So, I tried my
hand at it with Read Me Dead. That’s
my only full-length novel to date that doesn’t have anything to do with the
paranormal genre.
Soon after, I wrote a book I haven’t published yet—or quite
finished—and it dealt with the paranormal too. Well, sort of. It’s complicated,
but then, I had the idea for The Marked.
It came from a dream I had about a vampire who saved me. That vampire later
became a hybrid, and that hybrid’s name is Milo. You’ll meet him in The Marked. So, I took this dream and I
rearranged it a bit—quite a lot actually—to become what it is now. And oh my
gosh! Writing about paranormal creatures is so much more fun than reading about
them! I threw myself completely into this world and invested so much time in
their backstory and research. I never knew how fun it was to write about mythical
creatures that didn’t exist!
I think I chose this genre because to me, reading is all
about an escape. That’s what I always used it for. It would be my happy place
at the end of the day. It would be a way for my mind to transpose me to
somewhere different, and I wanted so desperately to be a part of that for
someone else. I wanted to create these worlds that others could get lost in
like I got lost in like in Odd Thomas,
Twilight, The Vampire Academy, etc.
And I don’t think people will ever stop loving paranormal
books because it is so different than our reality. When you know that creatures
like vampires don’t really exist, it’s fun to get lost in a world where they are real.
What’s your favorite thing about the paranormal genre? Do
you read it much?
About The Marked:
Knight’s Academy Book 1:
Myka Williams has never fit in with her peers, and although
her adoptive parents are loving and supportive, she feels most at home alone in
the woods.
When she's offered a full scholarship to Knight's Academy in the Smoky
Mountains of Tennessee, she takes the opportunity for a fresh start. She soon
learns that Knight’s Academy is more than just a school. Within the stone walls
of the institution, humans and vampires are mixing, and their offspring are
going unnoticed.
As Myka falls prey to the evil plan of the school, she makes a chilling
discovery about her own heritage and realizes that she’s at the Academy for
more than just an education. Myka must yield to her birthright at the risk of
losing everyone she loves or succumb to the fate that Knight’s Academy has in
store for her—a fate worse than death.
Emerald Barnes resides in a small town in Mississippi and
has the accent to prove it. She’s an auntie, a youth leader, a Whovian, a
little bit of a nerd, a reader, a writer, and a family-oriented person. God is
number One in her life, and she thanks Him continuously for His love and favor.
She’s addicted to tv and binge-watching shows, and she has a thing for
superheroes.
