#TNTConfidential 12 Days of Christmas- #GIVEAWAY- Day 12: Jess Michaels & Wanton Christmas Wishes #Christmas

What is your favorite thing about the Holidays?

I really love finding the perfect gift for the people I love. When you find something you know someone will love, it's amazing! :)

What inspired you to write your Christmas story?

This collection was suggested by Kate Pearce when we did a panel together at RT in New Orleans. I hadn't done a holiday story yet, so I was excited to write something.

Share something Chrismasy with the readers:

One of my favorite Christmas moments was an early Christmas I shared with my husband. We had come home and were staying with my parents. Everyone else had gone to bed and the tree was lit with the big picture window behind it. It began to snow and we sat together on the couch, just sitting quietly and enjoying such a beautiful, peaceful scene. We both still recall it as one of our favorite Christmases!

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Welcome to Wanton Christmas Wishes, an offering from six bestselling erotic historical romance authors. Dukes, soldiers, lords and gentlemen court and seduce beautiful heroines and make all their wishes come true. These tales are the perfect bite to get you in a festive mood…

HIS TO COMMAND by bestselling author Monica Burns. Prequel to the Self-Made Men Series. A Christmas Eve blizzard and one small act of discipline compromises Charlotte Clayworth, but she refuses John Fordyce's proposal. Now, years later, the Self-made Men decide to reunite the lovers for one more wanton Christmas wish.

THE KISSING BOUGH by NYT and USA Today bestselling author Madelynne Ellis. Viola Marsh has been forced to live an austere life, locked away under the watchful eye of her spinster aunt. Only on Christmas Eve is she allowed her freedom, to take part in the tradition of wassailing. Cousins, Percy Gilling and Lord William Ricborough share a close and special relationship, and they require a very particular woman to satisfy their needs. What they’re not expecting is to find her poised beneath the mistletoe on a wintery hilltop.

HAMISH by Samantha Kane. Book One of The 93rd Highlanders. During the Crimean War, injured Captain Hamish Fletcher is sent to the hospital in Scutari, where he finds his old friend and lover Dr. Phineus Harper treating the wounded. Finn can keep him at the hospital until Christmas. Will it be enough time to convince widowed nurse Edith Lambeth to grant both men their Christmas wishes?

ALL A MISTRESS WANTS by Eliza Lloyd. Eloisa Larkin wishes for the one thing she can’t have—the love of the powerful Duke of Sterling. Being his mistress provides many luxuries but being hopelessly devoted to a man who loves another as left her feeling alone and the last thing she wants is to spend Christmastide with him and his family.

A CHRISTMAS KISS by Jess Michaels. Tricked into spending time alone with the husband who made it clear he doesn't care about her, the Countess of Blackgrove, Amelia, has no idea how to react. But Stephen only wants seduction... and love.

LOVING MICHAEL by NYT and USA Today bestselling author Kate Pearce. Since returning from the peninsular wars, Michael Waterstone has learned to live within restricted boundaries and taught himself not to yearn for what he can never have. Fortunately for him, ex-courtesan Angelique Delisle is no respecter of boundaries of any kind, and offers him a provocative Christmas wager that might change his life forever...

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About Jess:

Jess Michaels began writing full-time in 1999 after being encouraged by her husband to follow her dream. In 2003, she sold her first novella, an erotic historical romance about an Egyptian tomb and a very sexy curse. Since then she has published nearly 50 novels and novellas under three different pen names with several major publishers, small presses and via self-publishing. Her erotic historical romances have been national bestsellers and won awards from booksellers and readers.

She and her awesome husband live in Tucson where she enjoys playing video games, exploring the beautiful desert, reading and spending petting her two old lady cats.

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#TNTConfidential 12 Days of Christmas- #GIVEAWAY- Day 7: Elodie Parkes & Candle Magic #Christmas

 What is your favorite thing about the Holidays?  

 It's a time when I can just stop doing everyday things and not feel guilty about that, plus there's a lovely atmosphere at night around the city with loads of lights and glitter. It's a fairy tale type atmosphere.

What inspired you to write this Christmas story?

Candle Magic just developed in my mind after I was caught in a downpour. It was night. I was alone and suddenly the hero, Jason, was whispering his story in my ear.

Share something Christmasy with readers: Christmas Chocolate Cookies

 Ingredients

 250g butter, softened

 3/4 cup (155g) caster sugar

 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste

 2 cups (300g) plain flour

 1/3 cup (35g) Dutch cocoa powder

 1 teaspoon baking powder

 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

 12 small peppermint candy canes, coarsely chopped

Chocolate icing

 1 1/2 cups (230g) icing sugar mixture

 1/4 cup (30g) Dutch cocoa powder

 1/4 cup (60ml) boiling water

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Method Notes

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180°C. Line 2 oven trays with baking paper.

Step 2

Use an electric mixer to beat the butter, sugar and vanilla in a medium bowl until pale and creamy. Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and stir to combine.

Step 3

Roll tablespoonsful of mixture into balls and place on the lined trays, allowing room for spreading. Use the palm of your hand to gently flatten.

Step 4

Bake in preheated oven, swapping trays halfway through cooking, for 15 minutes or until firm to the touch. Remove from oven and set aside on trays to cool completely. Transfer biscuits on a wire rack over an oven tray.

Step 5

To make the chocolate icing, combine the icing sugar and cocoa in a medium bowl. Add the water and stir to a slightly runny paste. Spread icing over each biscuit and sprinkle with chopped candy canes. Set aside for 30 minutes to set.

When Simi finds a pretty old candlestick among the discarded props in the company storeroom, she never imagines it will grant her dearest wish. There’s something mysterious about the carved candlestick, but Simi is drawn to it. She’s saved a red candle from a box she bought years ago in an antique shop, and intends to use the candlestick to hold the last candle and make her solitary Christmas lunch more festive. It’s Christmas Eve, there’s sleet in the wind, Simi slips, but Jason catches her. Who is Jason? Where has he suddenly appeared from in the night?

Simi looks into the eyes of this gorgeous man and sparks fly …

Erotic fantasy romance from Siren Publishing and Elodie Parkes

Will soon be available at: 

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About Elodie: 

Elodie Parkes is a British author writing romance, erotic,

contemporary, and often with a twist of mystery, paranormal or suspense. Her books are always steamy, cool stories and hot love scenes.

Elodie lives in Canterbury with her two dogs. She works in an antique shop by day and writes at night, loving the cloak of silent darkness that descends on the rural countryside around her home.

Elodie writes for, Hot Ink Press, Moon Rose Publishing, Eternal Press, Secret Cravings, Evernight, Siren and Ra Jones Anthology

She has also released titles as an individual indie author.

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#TNTConfidential 12 Days of Christmas #GIVEAWAY Day 5: Siobhan Muir & Crescent Moon Lodge #ChristmasStories

Christmas, magic, ice, romance, the lovely Siobhan Muir and a hot cup of tea. Yep, it's the 5th day of Christmas!!

The 12 days prior to Christmas I had authors stop by and share what they liked about the holiday, what inspired their holiday story, etc. and participate in a giveaway. Besides, answering some questions about their book, this year I would like for authors to add a little something else, such as a recipe, or instructions to knit your own stocking or...

On the Fifth Day of Christmas my true love gave to me…Five cups of Chai…

Good morning and welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas hosted by Elyzabeth VaLey. This time of year is one of my favorites because it comes with lights, and chocolate, and gifts for everyone. Usually there is joy in everyone’s faces and excitement.

But not everyone. When I wrote Christmas I.C.E. Magic, I usually wrote happy romance, where all the characters had problems, some life or death stuff, but relatively easily solved within the confines of a story. But this story came out of nowhere and was very different. Lily, the heroine, had lost her twin brother on Christmas and without him, her life had crumbled. She didn’t see the lights, or the joy, or the comfort anymore. She scoffed at love songs and Christmas carols, and she couldn’t find the magic of life in anything she did.

So she planned to spend Christmas with her brother, even if it meant dying.

Whoa. How the heck was I going to make a romance out of someone who was suicidal? And how would she react to someone trying to save her from that choice?

Everyone needs magic at Christmas time, and Zach Snow, the hero, was perfect for the job. What better way to find magic than to have a Search and Rescue professional and Ice Demon come for you? And the best part? Zach Snow smells like hot Chai.

Zach never gives up on Lily and even her brother helps a little bit, since it’s magic that she’s after. She gets her wish big time.

To bring a little of the magic to you, here’s my homemade Chai recipe:

India Chai Tea

1 cup milk

1 cup water

4-5 cardamom pods crushed or 1/4 tsp ground

1 inch cinnamon stick broken up or 1/2 tsp ground

1/4 tsp fresh ginger minced or 1/4 tsp ground

2 tsp good quality black tea (Assam, Jasmine, Oolong)

Sugar or Stevia to taste

Crush spices up with a mortar and pestle unless using ground spices. Add spices to milk and water, and bring to a boil. Add the black tea and boil 2 to 4 minutes. Add sugar to taste and strain with mesh strainer.

Makes two cups of tea.

I hope you enjoy the tea and I hope you enjoy Christmas I.C.E. Magic. Before I go I wanted to say I’m giving away a $10 Amazon gift card to a random commenter who answers this question: What is your favorite thing to do to bring out the magic during the holidays?

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Happy Holidays from the Crescent Moon Lodge

At the Crescent Moon Lodge, anything is possible and Christmas wishes come in the most unusual packages.

Christmas I.C.E. Magic – By Siobhan Muir
For Lily Sinclair, Christmas means sorrow and loss since the death of her twin brother. The magic is gone and she only wants to see her brother one more time. As an Ice Demon Zachary Snow is used to rescuing people in winter, but he’d never rescued anyone like Lily. Now he must convince her the magic she wants is in life itself.

A Howling Yuletide –By Shannan Albright
Fleur Delecourt knew her Christmas holiday was doomed from the start. Not only did she hate the cold and snow, but also she found herself saddled with a ski instructor, courtesy of a friend’s twisted sense of humor. Werewolf Rory Furr left Scotland to find a life and pack of his own. What he was not prepared for was finding his mate in the form of a petite redhead who tests both his self-control and patience.

Bon Appetite from the Lunar Eclipse Restaurant-By R.M. Sotera
Executive chef vampire Michael Stake loves his job at the Lunar Eclipse Restaurant. Although food critics do not visit often, he welcomes world-renown critic Penelope Rothchild to his establishment. That’s when all hell breaks loose. World-renown food critic Penelope Rothchild looks forward to her new assignment in Las Vegas. Christmas in the West, what could possibly go wrong? Everything. But it’s all in the name of the perfect meal.

Boo Christmas – By Johanna Riley
All Elvira "Elle" Grant wanted for Christmas was to get out from under her famous paranormal investigator parents' shadow. But being a medium she's always haunted by their profession. Thanks to a contest win, she gets the chance to do her own paranormal investigating during Christmas at the beautiful Crescent Moon Lodge near Las Vegas, Nevada. With hunky (albeit dead!) Casper Van Beau’s help. Can Elle get over her own insecurities long enough to open up to the possibilities of eternal love?

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