Hello, my name is Kristin Holt

 by Kristin Holt

I'm new to Sweet Romance Reads, and popped in to say a quick hello. I know many of you already. Looking forward to becoming well acquainted with all! I love rubbing virtual shoulders with readers and writers of sweet romance. Like many authors, I'm a big-time reader. I love to read romance. I suspect you and I have a lot in common.

A little about me...

Like the cast of Sweet Romance Reads authors, I write Sweet Romance. One difference is mine are all set in the Victorian American West (19th century). Old West, mining towns, ranches, farms, dairies, mail-order brides, lady lawyers, lady doctors, bandits, marshals, posses, small-town romances... My novels and novellas are always rated G or PG. (Be advised--one anthology I participated in contains a variety of sensuality levels--Silver Belles and Stetsons; my story within it is sweet.)

I'm a mother of four adult children, none of whom have seen fit to give me a grandchild. {Hear my baby hunger, and anticipation of much joy to come in that next stage of life.} I've been married to the same wonderful guy since I was too young to know better (21 years old), and we're rapidly approaching our 29th wedding anniversary. I'm a Registered Nurse (Labor and Delivery) and Certified Childbirth Educator. I've kept my license active but don't currently work in medicine. I spent a happy, busy decade working for Weight Watchers: receptionist, leader, and ultimately a Territory Manager. Want to know more?

Now, I write full-time. Boy-howdy, do I love it! To date, I have fifteen titles (one is on pre-order, one is free to my newsletter subscribers--only through my website), and another western historical anthology (Gunsmoke & Gingham), coming February 15th, will increase that count to sixteen. Tip: If that anthology interests you, LIKE that FB page, so you'll be in the loop when that book releases, promptly on 2-15-17! I had the tremendous gift of an invitation to participate with a box set, Mail-Order Bride Collection: A Timeless Romance Anthology, which debuted about one year ago and hit the USA Today Bestseller's List, July 2016. Woot woot!

It's a party!

Today happens to be my fiftieth birthday. It's true. The BIG Five-O. (I'm not one to take my age too seriously.) Some people see my silver hair and assume either A) I qualify for the Senior Discount at their establishment, or B) I paid good money for this hair color at an upscale salon. True story--I'm allergic to hair color and sincerely don't care if I'm silver. Mother Nature gave me this hair color in my prime, and I'll roll with it.

Because it's my birthday, I feel like giving presents in celebration! Five winners (because it's the big five-o!), drawn at random, will each win their choice of any of my kindle titles. Winners must be willing to provide me their standard email address, privately, by Facebook's IM [instant messaging] / PM [private messaging] for use only in delivering their choice of books through Amazon. I promise winners will not suddenly find their email on my newsletter list or sold to some strange company. The drawing will close at midnight tonight (1-25-17), and winners will be drawn and announced tomorrow morning (1-26-17) in two places: an update to this blog post AND on Sweet Romance Reads Cafe (on FB).

TO ENTER, do two things: 1) Comment on this blog post, right here on SweetRomanceReads.com with an answer to this question: Have you read, in the past year or so, a sweet romance set in the Old West?--and if so, did the title or author stick in your mind (or what did you like about it)? 2) Comment on the pinned post on Sweet Romance Reads Cafe (this link on Facebook), about this blog post. A simple return greeting will do! (I wrote, hey, I'm new! I'm Kristin Holt. You might reply with "Hi, Kristin.") This one's easy! Then stay tuned! You might want to follow this post so you can come right back here tomorrow morning and see if you won! I might have ONE way to contact you--if you win--and that's through IM/PM on FB...so heads up, especially if we're not yet FB "friends". (Messages from not-yet-friends hide in "Message Requests".)

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you'll enter the drawing for your choice of my books. I'd love to make your acquaintance, and sharing my writing with you seems like a good way to do that.

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Hi! I'm Kristin Holt, USA Today Bestselling Author.

I write frequent articles (or view recent posts easily on my Home Page, scroll down) about the nineteenth century American West–every subject of possible interest to readers, amateur historians, authors…as all of these tidbits surfaced while researching for my books. I also blog monthly at Sweet Romance Reads, Sweet Americana Sweethearts, and Romancing the Genres.

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