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Happy Holidays!
I'm in a festive mood this month as we've gotten more snow before Christmas this year than we ever had since we moved to this area decades ago. It gives me a warm, cozy feeling, which leads me to read and write a lot of warm, cozy stories. I've been concentrating on my contemporary romance pen name this year, and I haven't put out anything else for myself. I intended to write a cozy fantasy LitRPG, but the idea slipped through my fingers. If I don't jump on a story when it's
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Dec 22, 20252 min read
Early Christmas Treats!
"I've read a few litRPG books, and this was definitely one of the best! It's like the old DnD cartoon where friends end up in a dangerous land and bicker about money, love and philosophy, like how friends do. Throw in some genuine surprises and graphic gore, and you have a tale any DnD player can get behind." GRAB YOUR COPY OF SHUDDER OF SPECTERS HERE! " Far from average, Christine Rains manages to tie together hot sexy, geeks, costumes, humor, and best of all, romance in one
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Dec 5, 20251 min read
Release Day for The Twelve Knots of Christmas
She hates the fuss people make over the holidays, but these gorgeous Alphas are about to give her a gift she never knew she wanted. Christmas has long lost its magic for Mariska Belmont. She has no time for the festive fluff because she’s preparing to move to the west coast for the job of her dreams. Yet when she meets three hot Alphas at a Christmas tree farm, she’s torn between working under sunny California skies and her growing feelings for the pack. The Alphas of Silver
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Nov 3, 20251 min read
Review of Step Into Christmas
Blurb: Get ready to sleigh into the holiday spirit with Step Into Christmas, a heartwarming collection of short stories, each one...
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Jan 20, 20251 min read
A Geeky Christmas Treat!
One more gift from me to you. Happy Holidays!
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Dec 18, 20241 min read
Review of Re-Writing Christmas
Blurb: When Nova McKay heads to her elderly neighbour’s house for their regular afternoon tea, she’s greeted by an unfamiliar face....
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Dec 25, 20232 min read
Review of Pastels and Jingle Bells
Blurb: Trish Ackerly never expected to cross paths with Ian Rafferty again, but when she spots the former bully of her childhood years...
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Dec 11, 20232 min read
Knot My Secret Santa
Blurb: She’s falling for her Secret Santa and his perfect gifts. What she doesn’t know is that he’s her boss. Avery Bell is excited for...
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Dec 4, 20232 min read
Review for Murder Aboard the Mistletoe
Blurb: When Mollie McGhie attends a Christmas party aboard the Mistletoe, she was planning on sipping eggnog, decorating a nautically...
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Apr 4, 20222 min read
Happy Holidays & Freebies!
Happy holidays from my home to yours! It's been a big year, and I've a lot to be grateful for. Right now, though, I want to show you how...
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Dec 23, 20211 min read
Review for Smitten with Candy Canes
Most books I read, I leave my review on Goodreads and Amazon. "Smitten with Candy Canes" is included in a big romance collection called...
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Aug 23, 20212 min read
Celebrating the Settings in TOTEM
Image Credit: Alina Matveycheva on Pexels.com One of my favorite thing about writing and reading is going to places I've never been. TOTEM takes place all across Alaska. It's a gigantic state and most of it is wilderness. It has the highest number of missing persons, but most aren't investigated due to the extreme environment and lack of resources. (California has the highest number of open missing persons cases.) There's a lot of mystery about the US's last wild frontier. An
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Release Day for Sisters of the Pale Claw
Three sisters. Seven totems. One chance to save the world. Saskia, Kinley, and Ametta Dorn are polar bear shifters descended from an ancient bloodline where spirits, humans, and gods once shared the same breath. Together, the sisters run a home renovation business which specializes in the unique needs of supernatural folks. Their work keeps their community safe, hidden, and rooted in a land that remembers them. When Ametta becomes the target for a ruthless shifter hunter, h
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Feb 132 min read
Celebrating TOTEM's Covers
Image credit: tran duy anh from Pexels.com I've changed the covers for the TOTEM books far more than any other books I've written. It's one of those things that I have so many ideas in my head, because so much is happening in the series. While it has driven me bonkers at times, I have learned a lot about Photoshop and what goes into making a cover that will hook a reader's attention. I've always liked urban fantasy and paranormal romance covers with people on them. The dynami
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Feb 93 min read
Celebrating 10 Years of TOTEM
Image credit: Dan Parlante on Pexels.com Ten years ago, I published the first novella in my urban fantasy series, TOTEM. It's still the longest series I've written. I love the unique Inuit myths and lore that I wrapped my characters in, and I often long to return to that world. Yet too many new ideas occupy my muse. To celebrate my ten year book anniversary, I have compiled all nine novellas together into one massive collection. I'm releasing it not only in ebook format, but
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Feb 22 min read
Review of Life Hacks for Healing & Harmony
Blurb: It’s not too late to tap into self-compassion and leave your troubles behind. Imagine a life where you don't dwell on problems, conflict, and hardship. Can you reimagine a new reality of self-compassion, replacing your harsh inner critic? The result? Inner calm becomes your default state. What if the secret to joy and contentment isn't hidden at all but waiting to be unlocked through a simple, transformative framework? The Three-Elements-of-Ease will show you how to C
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Jan 264 min read
Review of Space Worms
Blurb: The galaxy just got ridiculous. Space Squad 51 is on the job. Nikili Echols works the docks, living a quiet, predictable life until the freighter Red Dorry is late. When the ship opens, the crew is gone. Orbital Rescue Services Squad 51 arrives, assuring Nikili everything will be all right. But when they go in, screams and roars erupt from inside, and a smear of blood is left at the hatch. Nikili knows the team and crew need help before more ORS teams can arrive. Ste
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Jan 192 min read
January Freebies
Demons vs. Vampires OF BLOOD AND SORROW is FREE January 15th - 19th! In the game of Alphas vs. Omegas, someone is changing the rules so no one wins. KNOT DEAD YET is FREE January 15th - 19th!
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Jan 151 min read
Review of Something in the Walls
Blurb: Newly minted child psychologist Mina has little experience. In a field where the first people called are experts, she’s been unable to get her feet wet. Instead she aimlessly spends her days stuck in the stifling heat wave sweeping across Britain and anxiously contemplates her upcoming marriage to careful, precise researcher Oscar. The only reprieve from her small, close world is attending the local bereavement group to mourn her brother’s death from years ago. Then s
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Jan 123 min read
Review of Hagitude
Blurb: What is Hagitude? It means being at ease with the unique power women embody in the second half of their life. It means having a strong sense of who we are and what we have to offer the world. And a firm belief in our place in the ever-shifting web of life. For the woman who wishes to flourish without chasing eternal youth comes Hagitude. International bestselling author Sharon Blackie ( If Women Rose Rooted ) interweaves myth, psychology, landscape and ecofeminism, re
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Jan 62 min read
Happy Holidays!
I'm in a festive mood this month as we've gotten more snow before Christmas this year than we ever had since we moved to this area decades ago. It gives me a warm, cozy feeling, which leads me to read and write a lot of warm, cozy stories. I've been concentrating on my contemporary romance pen name this year, and I haven't put out anything else for myself. I intended to write a cozy fantasy LitRPG, but the idea slipped through my fingers. If I don't jump on a story when it's
christinerainswrit
Dec 22, 20252 min read
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