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“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” — Edith Sitwell

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Crisp, cold days. Cozy, crackling fires. Hot chocolate and a good book while snuggled under an impossibly soft blanket. January always makes me want to stay home, make a pot of warm soup and homemade bread and just be cozy and content.

I always read through Lynn Kurland’s ‘Nine Kingdoms’ series every winter and rediscover why I love them so much. Miach is one of my all-time favorite heroes and I love to settle back and drop back into a world I’d love to visit if it were a real place. I always close the last page of the final (as of now) book with a mixture of happy sighs and sadness that there’s not more to read yet. That to me is the mark of a great book-when it stays with you long after you’ve put it back on the shelf. I hope my own books resonate the same way with those who read them.

After the whirl of the holidays (which I adore), January presents itself with new opportunities. A chance to ponder the past year and make plans for the new one ahead. It always feels like everything’s fresh and new, with unlimited possibilities. There’s still craziness happening out in the world, but winter gives us the chance to just sit for a while, curled up in a comfy chair and dreaming of what ‘could be’ in the coming months.

I wish you moments of peace, quiet evenings with a favorite book in hand and many ‘possibilities’ coming true this year.

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Though February is short, it is filled with love and sweet surprises.

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February is a fun month for me. We have several family birthdays, I have 6 brothers so super bowl is always a big deal, and there’s a lot of chocolate consumption. Life can’t get any better than that. Just thinking about chocolate and raspberry in anything makes me happy. And hungry.

It’s also a month of flowers and a conscious effort of romance. Life is often chaotic and crazy so I like the idea of a holiday dedicated to making the effort to pause and plan time with loved ones, whether that be a spouse, a family member or close friends. Letting someone know you love them is always a good thing. 

As a child, my mom always made us a red and pink dinner on Valentine’s Day. She’d make spaghetti and spread red-dyed butter on the french bread. We’d have pink frosted cookies and strawberry lemonade. It was always a fun night and we’d sit around the table just talking and laughing. It always makes me feel loved whenever I think of the effort she went to. 

In the midst of scheduling conflicts, winter storms and, for some of us, the dreaded ‘single-awareness day’, I hope you take the time to find moments this month to let someone know you love them and to remember those sweet moments when someone showed love to you. 

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Between the last frost and the first bloom, there’s a moment in March where anything feels possible.

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I love March. I know it’s still chilly and overcast in most places, but it has always heralded the beginning of spring for me. My sister and I love celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. We dress in all the green we can find, watch Celtic Thunder videos, cook a dinner of corned beef, soda bread and green jello salad, and speak in truly terrible Irish accents. We hype up those sneaky leprechauns to the little ones and act shocked when the milk turns green, tiny green footprints appear on the toilet seat and the leprechaun traps are tripped, leaving gold coins…but not a one was caught (they’re so fast, those tiny fairy creatures!). It’s just a happy, silly holiday that marks the transition from winter to spring. 

I think it’s the green that makes me feel happy-it’s such a fresh, hopeful color that makes everything feel light and filled with possibility. It’s also a holiday that embraces magic and enchanted creatures and, as a fantasy romance author, that makes me sigh and smile happily. Even in the midst of the coldest, most miserable weather, you can find the promise of spring and all the magical romance your heart desires in a book.  Spring is on it’s way!

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Spring is nature’s way of reminding us that life always finds a way to bloom again.

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April always seems to appear out of nowhere. Maybe because Easter changes each year so it’s hard to anticipate its coming like the other big holidays. Or maybe it’s because you’re never sure if you’ll be hunting (or hiding) eggs in the snow, rain or a lovely mild day. Either way, I love seeing the fresh green on the trees and the pastel coloring everywhere you go. Spring is an awakening where you suddenly notice the world around you after hunkering down in the cold for a few months and everyone seems to be anticipating those glorious warm days to come.

This year, April is going to be busy with bridal celebrations for a family member, visits with my brother and, hopefully, a new release. I’m working hard on getting it finished and I hope you’ll love it as much as I’ve loved writing it. Life seems poised with breathless anticipation of happy change to come and I can’t wait to see what’s around the bend in the road.

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