Advent Calendar Day 6

 

So This is Monday. ;-) 

So This is a giveaway. Though it's really for those of you who are newer to my work or just never got around to picking up the Christmas stories. 

The thing is, mystery and suspense are my passion, no question, but there's just something about Christmas stories. The SO teases me about my loathing for "heartwarming," but every hardboiled dame has a sentimental streak, and I'm no different. I like puppies and hot cocoa (pref with brandy) and old fashioned Christmas cards with sparkly glitter that somehow ends up on your cheeks for the rest of the day. I don't deny it. 

I like writing Christmas stories, so take that.  

Enywhoo I'm giving away 200 copies of The Dickens with Love, (which is possibly my all time favorite Christmas story), on Prolific Works. Click here. The password is happyholidays1 (space and case sensitive) and it would be super  nice of you if you signed up for my newsletter (you can always unsubscribe). 

What the Story is About...

Three years ago, a scandal cost antiquarian book hunter James Winter everything that mattered to him: his job, his partner, and his self-respect. But now the rich and unscrupulous Mr. Stephanopoulos has a proposition. A previously unpublished Christmas book by Charles Dickens has turned up in the hands of an English chemistry professor by the name of Sedgwick Crisparkle. Mr. S. wants that book at any price -- and he needs James to get it for him. There's just one catch. James can't tell the nutty professor who the buyer is.

Actually, two catches because the nutty Professor Crisparkle turns out to be totally gorgeous -- and on the prowl. Faster than you can say "Old Saint Nick," James is mixing business with pleasure -- and in real danger of forgetting that this is just a holiday romance.

Two hundred copies, and when they're gone, they're gone. So get 'em while the gettin's good.

And when you've read the story, here's the coda I wrote for James and Sedgwick.