Alright, it is finally that time for Christmas in July!! We are so excited...
Bring on the gifts!
As a special gift to our regular readers I'm excited to announce that Danica Winters has kindly agreed to give us a sneak peek of her upcoming release,
Christmas Wishes (to be released August, 2013).
Chapter One
Please feel free to check out Danica's other books on Amazon!
As many of you know BTGN has kindly offered a Grand Prize for this blog hop including a $100 Amazon Gift Card and a $25 Amazon Gift Card. To enter to win, simply leave a comment below and two random commenters will be chosen and put into the main drawing.
Also, please stop by the other stops on this blog hop for a chance to win not only the grand prize drawing, but their drawings as well!!
Good luck!
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Bring on the gifts!
As a special gift to our regular readers I'm excited to announce that Danica Winters has kindly agreed to give us a sneak peek of her upcoming release,
Christmas Wishes (to be released August, 2013).
Chapter One
A solitary snowflake landed on the pine bough wreath in
Lee Llewellyn’s hands. Its lacy white
edges curled around the warm boughs like melting fingers, dripping down the
pin-point needles and falling unceremoniously to the frozen grass of the
cemetery.
The grass crunched under her feet as she made her way to
the familiar marble headstone with the bird scribed into the inky black
stone. At the base were last week’s
roses, their head’s drooping in icy lamentation. The aged, brittle roses reminded her of the
way she always seemed to feel—frozen in time, just waiting for someone to pluck
her from her stupor, only to be replaced by newer, fresher beauty.
Today the flowers would stay. Lee couldn’t bring herself
to destroy their despondent beauty. They
could stay one more week. Daniel wouldn’t mind. Or at least, she hoped his
spirit wouldn’t. In truth, he’d never
been one for flowers anyway. If anything
the flowers were more for her, just as the wreath in her hands. Curling the velvety red ribbon so it sat
perfectly at the center, she sat the circular wreath next to the roses, careful
to leave her son’s name legible.
She read the each word as she had a thousand times
before. Daniel Edward Llewellyn. Born
May 10th, 1983. Died December 23, 2010.
The tear trickled down Lee’s cheek, unchecked by time or
self-control. She couldn’t imagine a time when the deep pain of those words
would leave her unaffected. Yes, they
were only words, little letters etched into stone, but they signified so much
pain. So many memories. They were everything, just as Daniel had once been…and
still was.
A car roared to a stop behind her on the drive. Turning slightly from the grave, she glanced
back in time to see a man in a well-worn ranch jacket get out of an oversized
truck. Stepping out, he caught her gaze
and gave her an acknowledging dip of the head.
Reaching back in the truck, he pulled out a cowboy hat
and slipped it over his slightly too long locks.
Though she didn’t recognize the brunette man with his
stubble-ridden cheeks, flickers of annoyance filled her. He had no right to interfere with her
grief. He had no right to disturb her
time with Daniel... (continued)
Please feel free to check out Danica's other books on Amazon!
As many of you know BTGN has kindly offered a Grand Prize for this blog hop including a $100 Amazon Gift Card and a $25 Amazon Gift Card. To enter to win, simply leave a comment below and two random commenters will be chosen and put into the main drawing.
Also, please stop by the other stops on this blog hop for a chance to win not only the grand prize drawing, but their drawings as well!!
Good luck!
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Your Christmas Story sounds wonderful!
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Thank you, Casey :)
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Cat shifters are fun! :)
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I would like one of those too :) We can dream together!
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It is far too hot to think about hot summer nights. ..but thank you for the giveaway :)
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A blue diamond set in anything - or a maid. :) Thank you! heather1974 at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteThanks for the snippet from your Christmas story. I always wanted a BRAND SPANKIN NEW CAR for Christmas sitting in the driveway with a big RED bow around it. :)
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For a long time now I've wanted a Kindle :)
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I enjoyed the excerpt. I would like a remodel of my house for Christmas. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I always wish for more money for Christmas so that I could give my daughters everything I want to give them.
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I have always wanted a sweet new Camera!
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So true!! What kind of car? :)
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Thanks for participating in the hop! I just bought my first home and could really use the GC.
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Katie :)
A laptop or a phone - stuff I couldn't afford by myself!
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I would love to have a Kindle Fire HD...but will not spend the money on myself as long as I can buy for someone else. Thanks for the participating in the giveaway!
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Thanks for the excerpt! I always watch kitchen gadgets for Christmas...usually because Christmas cooking convinces me that I desperately need something!
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I've always wanted a really good camera for Christmas. OR maybe some professional cooking classes.
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A horse!
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I am still waiting for my motorcycle.
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Cool excerpt, looks like a good read!
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I want a winning lottery ticket for Xmas :D
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Hi! Hmm. Good question! I want a laptop! :D Or a big giftcard! hehe Thank you for the fun hop and giveaway! :)
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That is a brilliant question and one that has taken a lot of thought. I think the Christmas gift I have always wanted my entire life (even if it is silly, and this goes way, way back to being a child) is to go and celebrate Christmas in the town that is depicted in a painting by Norman Rockwell. I think it is somewhere in Massachusetts (Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas?). I can't remember. It was just so perfect, or seemed so, and I can remember always asking Santa for that town as a child (I was odd :P) so if that can be Christmas gift I've always wanted, I'll go with that :D I loved that painting so much, I bought a print of it for my mother years ago that she still has hanging on her wall today.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the chance to enter the giveaway and may you all have a very Merry Christmas in July!
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