Hello, Mary Alford here. I hope you each had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
I confess, I’ve been waiting for this time of the year for a while. With the celebration of Thanksgiving over, it’s now officially a countdown to Christmas.
All around us are signs of the season. Decorations, Nativity
scenes, brightly decorated Christmas trees, and Santa at the mall.
And if your one of the lucky ones, you’ll have snow for the
holidays. Here in Texas that is a rare event, but it still it doesn’t hurt to
dream.
I don’t know about you, but one of my favorite things to do
to get in the Christmas spirit is to read a good Christmas romance, and there are
so many out there.
As an author, I love to write about Christmas romances and this year, I have two Christmas romances out.
Love’s Sweet Homecoming, which is out now, is my First
Street Church series novella set in the fictional town of Sweet Grove, Texas.
Blurb:
Donovan Henderson is finally coming home to Sweet Grove,
Texas. Yet it is not to the sweet homecoming he’d once envisioned because he is
not the same man he was before he left for the war in Afghanistan. After
surviving an IED attack that ended his career with the marines, Donovan feels
like half a man. Can this wounded warrior find his place in Sweet Grove once
more? And will Donovan accept the love that has been standing right before him
all along.
Ava Richards lost her husband to the same war that took Donovan’s
leg. Even after two years, Ava is still crippled by the loss. Unable to move
forward with her life, she is stuck in the past. Yet the more time she spends
with her husband’s best friend, Donovan Henderson, the more Ava longs for a
second chance at life…and love.
Can Ava convince Donovan that he doesn’t have to leave Sweet
Grove to rebuild his life? And is it possible for two wounded souls to help
each other learn what true love really means again?
And on December 1st, Christmas In Delaney Mountain,
my Christmas Romantic Suspense novella, comes out through White Rose
Publishing, book two of the Delaney Mountain Series.
Blurb:
Kara Edwards has been looking over her shoulder for years.
After being kidnapped and held hostage by a man who claimed to be her late
husband's friend, she's no longer in the trusting business. She moves to
Delaney Mountain with one expectation: to outrun her stalker. Never does she
expect to meet a man like David Delaney—one who not only makes her want to
trust again, but to love again, too. David Delaney is drawn to Kara from the
first moment he meets her. There's an attractive strength behind her
no-nonsense caution and independence. He knows Kara is running from something,
but nothing prepares him for what she has to say. When Eli Redford escapes from
prison, Kara and David find themselves on one side of a Christmas Eve showdown
that brings everything to a deadly head.
So what about you? What’s your favorite Christmas romance?
About Mary:
Publishers Weekly Bestselling Author Mary Alford grew up in
a small Texas town famous for, well not much of anything really. Being the baby
of the family and quite a bit younger than her brothers and sister, Mary had
plenty of time to entertain herself. Making up stories seem to come natural to
her. As a pre-teen, Mary discovered Christian romance novels and knew
instinctively that was what she wanted to do with her over-active imagination.
She wrote her first novel as a teen, (it’s tucked away somewhere never to see
the light of day), but never really pursued her writing career seriously until
a few years later, when she wrote her first Christian romance and was hooked.
Today, Mary still lives in Texas, and still writes about romance. In fact, she
can’t think of anything else she’d rather do. Learn more about Mary Alford at:
www.maryalford.net where you can sign up for her newsletter. Also feel free to
send her an email to maryjalfordauthor@gmail.com.
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All the best…
Mary Alford
I have started cleaning up lounge so I can get the decorations up by the end of the week. Here it would be a real miracle to have snow as its Summer in Australia.
ReplyDeleteI get it, Jenny. Same here in Texas, I'm afraid.
DeletePS your title got me in to read. Love it as I do love this time of the year even though I am in massive pain right now.
DeleteI'm so sorry to hear about your pain. Lifting you up in prayer.
DeleteWe may or may not see snow in the Carolinas, Mary. And best wishes on both your new releases.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Josie.
DeleteI love Christian romances. You should put your teen book on Facebook or on your website. I bet it would be good.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Linda. Thanks for dropping by.
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