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AGAIN THIS YEAR.

99 cents till Aug 16th

BITTER AUTUMN

By Lyn Cote

BOOK 2

Northern Shore Intrigue series

Vengeance can be dangerous~Grey Lawson returns home after serving a seven-year sentence for vehicular homicide while under the influence. Trish Franklin, the first female deputy in the county, is the niece of the man Grey’s reckless action killed. Then a rash of copycat accidents in the eerie fog-shrouded evenings mimic Grey’s original crime. People wonder is Grey acting out some sick compulsion of his own. How can Trish solve this series of near fatal accidents before someone is seriously injured or killed? And sort out her feelings for the man her father hates?

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:

"An edge of your seat, do not expect to put it down adventure-how can Trish and Grey pursue a relationship when she's a deputy-he's a felon on parole?"

"Lyn Cote's Bitter Autumn is an edge of your seat, do not expect to put it down adventure. I am always emotionally spent when I finish her books! Bitter Autumn should serve as a wake up call for anyone who thinks they have a right to dish out vengeance or those who refuse to forgive. The book is not preachy but reminds us that vengeance belongs to then Lord."

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New Release at a Bargain Price!
Only 99¢ for a limited time.

A Chocolate-Box Summer Breeze
by Josie Riviera

A disillusioned widow longing for a change. A hard-working truck driver looking for love. Will Emily and Joe find their happily-ever-after in a forgotten summer breeze?

Also available in Paperback and Large Print Paperback.

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Target For Terror
Laura Scott
$0.99 until August 31, 2020

If you leave without me, you’ll be dead by morning…

Critical Care Nurse Natalia Sokolova can’t ignore former FBI Agent Sloan Dryer’s dire warning. After the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia dies under her care and her house explodes in front of her eyes, she finds her best friend brutally murdered. Ironically, the only bright spot in this nightmare is Sloan’s bad Ukrainian accent and his willingness to protect her.

Sloan is convinced that someone wants to kill Natalia and when he finds a link to her family, he’s not sure who they can trust. As they run for their lives, and from the attraction simmering between them, they uncover a terrorist plot that could bring the nation to its knees. Time is running out. Can Sloan and Natalia save their country and their future, before it’s too late?

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Lyn Cote's Mom's Nameless Summer Recipe

Image by silvita  Click here to see more of her images.

I am a foodie and I married a foodie and we raised two foodies. When my son was engaged to be married, I asked him what my future dil's favorite foods were so I would make what she liked. His reply; "She doesn't really have any favorites."

I'm afraid that there was a very pregnant pause. The thought that someone didn't have a favorite food dumbfounded me.

My favorite food is of course watermelon. Always has been, always will be. If you want a chunk of watermelon all summer long, my refrigerator is the place to go. We eat at least 1 a week. My brother and I used to go through 2 a week as kids!

For every celebration, our family has favorite foods. Also for every season we have favorite foods.

But my family was outclassed by my husband's clan.

I remember when I married my dh that I was a bit astounded that his family celebrated each birthday with not one, but two birthday cakes and with one or two kinds of ice cream. And then I figured out why!

The Cote family motto is "I'll have a little bit of each." I've threatened to cross stitch that and hang it on the wall of --where else?--our kitchen!

Well, I love my daughter-in-law and my son was wrong--she is a foodie. 

So here's one of my favorite summer desserts which was an original recipe by my mom. Therefore it doesn't have a fancy title or any title really. Maybe you'll post a suggested title for me.

Ingredients:
2 small packages of orange JELLO
2 cups vanilla ice cream, softened
1/2 pint of fresh washed blueberries
1/2 cantaloupe, cubed or balled

Prepare JELLO according to package directions. Then while still warm, stir in ice cream, then berries, then melon. Chill and serve. If served as salad, plain. If served as dessert, top with whipped cream.
This is beautiful to the eye, takes advantage of some of the in season summer fruits and it's delicious.
So what should we call it? I need a name for it.


HOT OFF THE PRESSES-HOT OFF THE PRESSES!!!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! AUG 6TH NEXT THURSDAY Join me at the Sweet Romance Reads Summer Reads Party. We'll play summer games *YOU MIGHT GET CYBERLY WET SO WEAR YOUR SWIMSUIT! '-) And you could win a $50 Amazon gift card or some books! Don't miss it! Donna Fasano Kimberly Rose Johnson Here's the link. Drop by and say you're coming! Click here.

YOU'VE BEEN INVITED!

BTW, here's my latest summer book~

For more info on Lyn's books, visit www.BooksbyLynCote.com 

Lyn Cote Wishes You Happy New Year from all the Sweet Romance Reads Authors!

Happy New Year from Sweet Romance Reads Authors!

We're so happy to have you drop by and read our blog. Did you know that usually 300 to 900+ readers drop by per day?

Did you know that we hold three Facebook parties in our Sweet Romance Reads Cafe? Have you joined yet? We celebrate Mother's Day, Summer Reads and hold a Harvest Party to kick off the fall holiday season. If you haven't joined our group, look to the right column and click the Cafe image and join us!

Writers write alone and never get to meet most or any of the people who read our books. The Cafe is a place where we can chat with you and connect. So why not join? This is your formal invitation!--Lyn Cote

A free book for you to sit by the fire and read or sit on the beach if you don't "do" snow! For more info, click here.

AND

  IF ou want another great fiction read to add

to your TBR pile, you can enter to win my book, 

MEANT FOR ME, on BookSweeps today 

—plus 25+ exciting Literary, Historical, and Women’s 

Fiction books from a great collection of authors... AND a brand new eReader :D Here’s the link bit.ly/LiteraryFiction-Dec2019

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Christmas Books from Sweet Romance Read Authors #sweetromance

Deadly Night, Silent Night

By Margaret Daley

Revenge. Sabotage. Second Chances. 

Widow Rebecca Howard runs a successful store chain that is being targeted during the holiday season. Detective Alex Kincaid, best friends with Rebecca’s twin brother, is investigating the hacking of the store’s computer system. When the attacks become personal, Alex must find the assailant before Rebecca, the woman he’s falling in love with, is murdered.

Buy links: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple, Kobo and Google Play

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On sale Dec 10 to 21st 99 cents~

Happily single, Winter Woodard, owner of her grandfather’s floral nursery, is looking forward to a busy, fun fall and holiday season.  Clay Dixon, the very successful football coach at the local high school, has rebuffed all offers of “home-cooked meals,” keeping the female population at bay.  

Then bad things begin to happen. And unexpectedly Clay Dixon stands by Winter through a holiday season fraught with unnerving and destructive setbacks. Welcome to Steadfast, a small town whose people and mysteries you may never forget~

https://booksbylyncote.com/SWBS/books-by-lyn/loving-winterFor more info or to buy, click here.

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                           On sale Dec 10 - Dec 31 for 99¢  ~ AmazonUniversal 

                     Four sweet contemporary romance Christmas novellas 
What readers have said: 
                        
“Warmed my heart and had me believing in the magic of Christmas again!”
                           

“One of the best Christmas books I’ve read in a long time if not forever.”

 “…has what it takes to find a place on my yearly holiday reading list.”

                                         “Made my heart smile.”

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Marked Down to $1.99 Dec 10 through 31 (Save $2!)

Three Heartwarming Holiday Stories in One

Holiday Escape
Bridget O’Brien lost her fiancé to a dangerous job. And, while she’d love to have a relationship like the one she lost, the last thing she wants is one with another man who willingly puts his life in danger. Luke Foster is a motocross racer whose track record with women runs short and no-strings-attached on both sides. He’d never seriously pursue a forever-after woman like Bridget. All they want is a holiday week away. Bridget from her well-meaning family’s condolences about her planned Christmas Eve wedding and her memories of a future that won’t be. Luke from his family’s annual critique at which he and his life choices always fall short of expectations. But, under the blue Caribbean skies, anything can happen.

Team Macachek Christmas
Sparks fly from a Christmastime reunion of motocross racer Jesse Brewster and his ex-girlfriend Lauren Cooper. Being thrown together to plan the race team's Christmas party reignites a flame Lauren thought she'd extinguished when she broke up with Jesse six months earlier. But will Jesse's well-meaning secret Christmas gift—meant to help win her back—compromise the independence Lauren is fighting to establish? Is it, as she maintains, the wrong time for their love?

Christmas Pizza to the Rescue
Jilted at the alter two weeks ago, motocross champion Royce Evans plans to make an appearance at the Team Macachek Christmas party to show the guys he’s just fine. Then he’ll hunker down alone at the team barracks for the rest of the holiday season. Out-of-work investigative reporter turned pizza delivery person Samantha Linder needs money for her younger sister’s special school tuition and needs to re-establish her cred as a reporter. When a freak winter rain storm strands them alone at the barracks, they strike a bargain that benefits them both. But after Sam appears to break that bargain, can even the spirit of Christmas save their blossoming love?

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A heartwarming Christmas novella
on sale for 99¢. Free on Kindle Unlimited.

As a Union sniper, killing has become easy for Captain Christmas “Chris” Haley. After four long years of fighting against his own countrymen, the once naïve farm boy is now a war hardened soldier whose faith in God is shaken. Chris is ready to set aside his rifle and return to his Kansas farm. But will his family accept the man he’s become—angry and unsure if he still believes in God?

Chris struggles with being home. His mother's pretty caregiver catches his eye and begins to give him a reason to go on each day. In spite of his bitterness, his heart is softening. But what happens when he learns the secret Hannah is keeping?

Buy link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KPQC3C4

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Christmas in Shellwater Key

Kristin Wallace

Spend Christmas in sunny Florida. No ticket required! A new Christmas Box Set featuring three holiday tales filled with laughter, tears, and the magic of Christmas. 

Christmas in Shellwater Key…

- Finding You At Christmas - A preacher's daughter who thought life & love had passed her by…

- Falling For You At Christmas - A single mom-to-be without a room at the inn…

- Loving You At Christmas - A lonely widow who learns she can find a second chance at love…

FREE in Kindle Unlimited - AMAZON 

Special Christmas Blessing by Lyn Cote

My husband  and I moved to the northwoods of WI in the early 2000’s. On the first Christmas morning I witnessed something called sublimation. Not psychologically but in chemistry. Here’s what I mean. I was standing at the kitchen window and looked out and I saw what looked like snow but special snow I’d never seen before. And the sun was shining brightly--not a cloud in the clear blue sky. Where could snow come from without clouds?  And it was the most beautiful snow I’d ever seen--like cascades of crushed diamonds--veils of them coming down in shimmering waves. I was transfixed. And when the blessing finally ended, the snowy ground glittered like a field of diamonds. I was uplifted, filled with joy. And this happened again on another Christmas morning. Twice--I was amazed.

My husband explained sublimation. Here’s the dictionary definition.

Chemistry.--to convert (a solid substance) by heat into a vapor, which on cooling condenses again to solid form, without apparent liquefaction.

He explained to me that the vapor was being translated into solid form--snow--without becoming liquid first.

Since it happened twice and both times on Christmas morning, i take it as a special gift from God--for all of us who witnessed it. Have you ever experienced a special blessing like this at Christmas? It doesn’t have to be from nature but from another person. Please share here. I will love hearing your special blessings. 

BTW, I have a book--usually 3.99, now on sale for 0.99 and just a limited time. Here's the scoop:

What could unite a disgruntled DA and the pretty teacher, responsible for his hung jury? 

Perhaps a little boy in need of love 

Young and eager, Patience begins her first year of teaching. One first grader, Jackson, sparks her concern. Can she help him start off his school years on the right foot?. A stint of jury duty takes her away from Jackson, and into conflict with Jackson’s dad, by-the-book DA Gil Montgomery. Her “not guilty” vote means he’ll have to try the case again. And she’s upset that her absence had badly affected Jackson, now branded the “class troublemaker,” just what she was trying to prevent.

Gil and his ex-wife’s conflicting parenting styles continue to jeopardize Jackson’s emotional well-being. As irritated as Gil is with Patience, he soon realizes she is the key to helping his son. Patience is willing to help. But is Gil willing to “hear” her as she uncovers evidence for the re-trial that could change his mind about who assaulted Bertha Perkins and stole her valuable antiques?

For more info, click here.

Don't forget to share your Christmas blessing as we start this special season!

Lyn Cote Asks for Feedback

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THANKS for any feedback. It's hard to know what image or words will attract someone who has not read anything by me before. So tell me what you think. DON'T HOLD BACK! Lyn Cote (PS-This book isn't on sale yet, but for more info, click here.)

Why Gladiolas are Special to Me by Lyn Cote

The photo above is meaningful to me because gladiolas in late summer bring back sweet memories of my mother. Her birthday was the first week of September. We lived at the edge of town with a farm across the road. They grew gladiolas and had a stand on the highway nearby every year. A dollar for a bunch of glads. My brother and I always saved our nickels and dimes and bought her a bouquet for her birthday. Her friends knew this and gave her the large glass vase in the photo to hold this yearly gift. Now do you have something such as gladiolas that bring back memories of a gift given or gift received? Please share.I really enjoyed hearing from you!--Lyn Cote

My latest romance is now on pre-order for 99 cents. It is book 4 in my 'Opposites Attract" series. Each story is connected but each is complete in itself. I rarely discount books other than the first in a series so this is your chance to get my latest for 1/4 the regular price!   Click here for more info.

Lyn Cote Requests--Help me choose an image?

I'm trying to decide on an image. Which of these two would you most likely click to find out more about this book? A or B?

A

B

Any other comments would be helpful. THANK YOU!--Lyn

Lyn Cote Asks her August Question

Lyn here-- Now for the August question: And what I want to know is: What are you reading? (And you don’t have to say one of my books :-). I want to know what others authors you always buy or check out at the library. Tell me about these authors. I’d like to find a few new ones too! They say word of mouth is the top way that people try new authors, new books. To answer my own question, right now I must confess that though I enjoy a good romance (written by many of the authors on this blog) I'm in a cozy mystery mood this year! A cozy mystery is one where the sleuth is an amateur and usually a single woman. (I especially enjoy the ones that incorporate a romance.:-) Anway if you're interested in my reviews, here is a link to my Goodreads reviews. 

In case you're feeling a bit "warm" this sultry summer, here's a book that will take you into the snowy winter with romance and mystery. https://books.bookfunnel.com/weddingromance/szl7h3ftjf A free book too! So let me know what you're reading now and do you ever leave reviews online?--Lyn Cote

Book Bargains by Lyn Cote

HAD TO BE YOU--99 cents for the first time!

A young small town girl finds herself in the shadowy world of WWII espionage~

Coming of age in the deep Depression, Bette faces a troubled world. Her mother and father have taken in Gretel, a Jewish girl her same age sent by her family from Nazi Germany. In the KKK South this is met with animosity. As she finishes high school, Bette falls in love with a young man who applauds her family’s decision. The two become informally engaged and Bette dreams of a future as a wife and mother with him, clipping recipes and living the quiet life. 

But Hitler and others who seek world domination interfere with her plans. As her fiance attends college in Georgetown, she works as a secretary in the War Department. And that job leads her into the murky world of espionage. The US, Canada and England have banded together to foil German spies working to gain American military secrets. Bette never considered being a spy even in her wildest dreams. But she will do anything to stop these enemies, those who are persecuting Gretel’s family. But after swearing an oath, she can tell no on--not even the man she loves.

The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. War crashes over them all and again Bette and her fiance are separated. And another man enters her life, one who works with her to foil Hitler. A man she resists but who won’t take no for an answer. When the war ends, which will she choose--the young man she fell in love with as a girl or the man who taught her how to be a spy?

The Carlyle Women-four generations, 

each facing the challenges of her time 

and each harboring her own painful secret~

To learn more ot to buy, click here.

ALSO ON SALE FOR 99 CENTS. CLI CK HERE  And enjoy!--Ly Cogte

Lyn Cote Asks: Have You Ever Visited a National Park?

I have! I love seeing how many National Parks I can visit. So far I've visited Yosemite, Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, Rocky Mt, Mt Ranier, Jean Lafitte's, Apostle Islands, Skagway, and San Marco Fort. And maybe some I don't recall! Oh, the Everglades too! And the Grand Canyon!

Mt. Ranier, Oregon

Skagway, Alaska

Apostle Islands, Wisconsin

So have you visited a national park? Which one impressed you most or at which one did something funny or memorable take place for you and your family? I'm visited another one in June. I will tell you all about it next month. Leave a comment today and drop back in a month to see what I have to relate!--Lyn

A book that tells much about our great county's past. On sale till July 2! 

Click here for more info.

Like Book Bargains? And Like to Party?

Lyn Cote here-First off I want to invite all of you who are on Facebook to the Sweet Romance Reads Cafe Mother’s Day Party on Facebook on May 9^th 2-8 p.m. EST. Get the chance to chat with authors and win prizes!  You have to join the group to participate. Just ask to Join and you’ll be approved in time for the fun! Here’s the link. Click here.

All our members particpate with fun storeis and prizes. Don't miss it!

If you want to sample some new authors and fill your ereader with Contemporary Christian Romances, don't delay. Ends the 5th.

May Romance Promotion for Contemporary Christian Romances May 1-5. Bargain and free books from many authors. Drop by and tell your friends. A good way to find new authors. AGAIN ONLY MAY 1-5

https://books.bookfunnel.com/may-flowers-contemporary-christian-romances/52z5wqib4g

Four Sweet Romance Reads authors are participating--

Jackie Castle, Lyn Cote, Josie Riviera and Pat Simmons. 

Here's Lyn's book ONLY HER HEART usually 2.99 and now just 0.99.
 First in her new series of Clean and Wholesome Romance in the Shadow of Mystery.

Gracie has loved her boss Jack since the day she started work as his executive assistant but Jack’s too engrossed in computer coding and security to notice. Soon his life is upended by a hacker who is endangering lives. Before it’s too late, can he stop the hacker and finally realize he loves his faithful Girl Friday?

Again the link is below. Don't miss this!

https://books.bookfunnel.com/may-flowers-contemporary-christian-romances/52z5wqib4g

Lyn Cote Asks Do Opposites Truly Attract?

ONLY HER HEART

My new book, Only Her Heart, starts a series titled: “Opposites Attract.” So that kicks off this question–Do you think that’s true?In Only Her Heart, Annie and Jack are true opposites. Here’s the tagline for the book.What will it take for a clueless computer genius to notice the loving woman at the desk beside him? And the tagline for the series: Four unlikely couples find opposites do attract even in the shadow of mystery~Do you know a couple that are obviously in this category–opposites? I do. In fact, my husband and I are the prototypes for the well-organized take-charge woman of words and the quiet man who thinks in numbers. No one would have put us together, and we have celebrated over thirty years together. 

HOWEVER~Was it true of you and your husband or sweetheart or did it go very wrong? As usual, I will be randomly drawing a few commenters to receive a free Kindle ebook. So please share!-Lyn

To learn more or purchase, click this link.

 https://booksbylyncote.com/SWBS/books-by-lyn/only-her-heart ‎

Sweet Romance Bargain Book for Lovers of Westerns!

Through the month of August, my book Journey to Respect, is on sale for 99 cents, marked down from $2.99. This is the time to buy!

Some call him half-breed and all call her a lady. Few in 1825 would judge them equals~

Rafe McKuen, the son of an Osage chief’s daughter and a successful American fur trader turned planter, has one foot in each world. Since childhood, he’s visited his mother’s tribal camp near St. Louis. And at his father’s New Orleans Plantation, he’s the “invisible” but beloved son. Where will he make his home--in which world?

Miss Eve Holcombe is an Eastern beauty with influential relatives. Her father’s unexpected and sudden announcement that they are going West startles Eve and worries her. Why, she asks. But her father has a secret and a plan he won’t reveal. He insists she trust him and what other choice does she have? If she stays in the East, her ambitious aunt will try to marry her off to her aunt’s advantage. 

Both Rafe and Eve are on a journey, a Journey to Respect. But such journeys are rarely uncomplicated or without dangers. And falling in love is the most dangerous of all.

To purchase, click here.

Sweet Romance Reads Bargain Books

FROM LYN COTE

Journey to Victory 

on sale 99 cents, usually $3.99

April 8-10th

Illegitimate daughter of the French Court to frontier wife

to companion of Lady Washington,

Christiane moves into the heart of the American rebel elite.

But one man in her life can never be forgotten. 

Once he was her friend. Now he has become her enemy. 

Will he become her destiny?

FROM MERRILLE WHREN
Available on all online bookstores.

 https://booksbylyncote.com/SWBS/books-by-lyn/journey-to-victory

On sale for 99 CENTS usually $3.99

Click below to find online bookstore links.
http://www.merrilleewhren.com/category/books/

Lyn Cote-Have You Ever Entered an #AmazonGiveaway?

Lyn Cote here-If you have never entered an AmazonGiveaway, why not?? It costs nothing and you may win something you'll really enjoy!

I am offering two copies of my Christmas novella LOVING WINTER, some reviewers say is the perfect holiday read, in an #AMAZONGIVEAWAY!

Here's a bit about LOVING WINTER. 
At her cousin’s wedding, Winter Woodard isn’t expecting to meet her match in local football coach, Clay Dixon, (she isn’t IN to sports!) but will her heart change when he stands by her through a holiday season fraught with unexpected setbacks? 

Here's the link. Just click it and enter--No purchase necessary. Hope you win and why not check out the other books and products offered on Amazon? A Win-Win!

https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/941323b86005200f

Finally, have you subscribed to our newsletter yet? Why not? It's fun, let's you get to know us better and vice versa and you can win PRIZES! Look to the upper right and subscribe. Now's the time!--Lyn

Free Ebook by Lyn Cote--Last Day-March 1st Today!

Never Say Never

By Lyn Cote

A few decades ago when my husband and I became engaged, he said, “I’d like us to live in the northwoods.” I knew his family owned property on a lake in far northern Wisconsin near the southern shore of Lake Superior.

At the time we were living in a suburb of Chicago and at these words-- I “looked” at him. (You wives, know what I mean.) I was not a fan of winter. I wanted to move farther south, not farther north. I replied, “I’m never living north of the Wisconsin-Illinois border.”

HA!

Of course you know where we eventually ended up living---the northwoods in a cottage on that same lake.

Here is the winter view from our deck. Our frozen lake lies in the distance.

So how did this happen to a nice “southern” girl like me?

Well, I fell in love with the beauty of the forest and the many clear, spring-fed lakes. Then life events moved us north. And I must say I wish we’d moved earlier than we did.

I’ve made peace with winter, make do with a brief spring, and love the low humidity, warm--no air-conditioning needed--summers and the long golden falls to which tourists flock to capture the beauty with their cameras. I’m a northwoods woman now. And it comes out in my writing.

I’ve set many of my books in the northwoods. My “Northern Intrigue” series is set in the forest and lakes around a fictional town, Steadfast WI. The series combines romance and mystery. The first book in the series is Winter’s Secret. 

So let me welcome you to Steadfast, Wisconsin, 

a town with people and mysteries you may never forget.

Winter’s Secret Feb 25-March 1st, its ebook price will be FREE on Amazon http://amzn.to/2kGB7b5

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