Dawn's Reading Nook: Blog Tour Stop/Giveaway: Christmas Comes to Dickens Anthology

Check out the new holiday anthology that sounds great and don't forget to enter the giveaway for a chance to win a $30 Gift Card (of choice), and a free book from each of the ten authors. The tour is sponsored by Goddess Fish Promotions and check here for all the tour steps.

Box Set Title: Christmas Comes to Dickens

Box Set Blurb:

Welcome to Dickens—a quaint New England town bustling with excitement and anticipation for the upcoming Christmas holiday. We have the annual tree lighting in the town square, a snowman building competition, ice skating on Grosvenor’s Pond, and horse-drawn sleigh rides. You’re welcome to cut down your own Christmas tree at Gridley Meadows, or join in the caroling on the Common.

Dickens offers an abundance of heartfelt wishes, a few much needed miracles, and—quite possibly—a touch of magic! Families reunite, new friends are made, and old flames take a second chance at happiness. All while celebrating this most joyful time of the year.

Join us as our best selling and award-winning authors fill your holiday stocking with ten brand new novellas ranging from sweet to sassy.

Anthology Purchase Link: https://books2read.com/DickensChristmas

Free Cookie Book Link: https://books2read.com/dickens-cookie

YouTube Trailer Link: https://youtu.be/aagiP09D00g

Individual Book Title: Santa’s Wish

Author: Jan Scarbrough

Blurb for Santa’s Wish

Roz Henry’s world has collapsed. She’s lost her boyfriend and her job. Her grandfather is sick. Christmas with her grandparents brings her face-to-face with her old boyfriend, the boy next door.

Cooper Brown has his own problems dealing with the death of his wife. Forced together during holiday festivities, they slowly rekindle their love. Will Christmas magic help them overcome Roz’s career ambitions and Cooper’s grief, and bring them together for a second chance at love?

Excerpt A: Santa’s Wish

When she arrived at her grandparents’ house, she noticed a plumber’s panel truck parked in the gravel driveway almost up to the detached garage. Roz pulled in behind it. She was early. Three days early to be exact. Grandma Tress wouldn’t expect her, so Roz thought it best to ring the front doorbell. She didn’t want to startle the old woman by walking in unannounced. Maybe she should have called in advance, but she’d been so upset that she hadn’t been thinking clearly. She’d just thrown a few things in her suitcase and got on the road.

Her grandparents’ home was a two-story clapboard house, built in the1900’s, with a pitched roof and a front porch right on the street. She and Grandpa Henry used to sit side-by-side in the porch swing and count cars as they came down the street. The old porch swing was gone now, a relic of hot summer days long ago.

Her grandmother came at the sound of the ringing bell and drew the door open. “My goodness, Rosalind! You’re early.”

“I had time off,” Roz said, not wanting to admit she’d been fired—or “laid off” as she’d been told.

“I’m so glad to see you!”

Pulled into Grandma Tress’s arms, Roz felt how frail the gray-haired woman had become. She still wore her hair long and parted down the middle, like her hippie days, and a loose-fitting print dress decorated with yellow daisies.

“Mrs. Henry, you’re going to need a new disposal.” A man came around the corner out of the dining room and into the living room. He stopped dead in his tracks.

Cooper. Roz dropped her arms as her grandmother turned around. Her gaze met Cooper’s for a long sober moment. He nodded. Then he focused on Grandma Tress. One mystery solved. Cooper still lived in town. Maybe she would get a chance to put things right.

Author Bio:

Jan Scarbrough writes heartwarming contemporary romances about home and family, single moms and children, and if the plot allows, about another passion—horses. Living in the horse country of Kentucky makes it easy for Jan to add small town, Southern charm to her books and the excitement of a Bluegrass horse race or a competitive horse show. Her newest contemporary western romance series is the Ghost Mountain Ranch. Jan leaves her contemporary voice behind with two paranormal gothic romances, Timeless and Tangled Memories. Her historical romance, My Lord Raven, is a medieval story of honor and betrayal. A member of Novelist, Inc., Jan self-publishes her books with her husband’s help.

Author Media Links:

Website: https://janscarbrough.com/

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Jan-Scarbrough/e/B001K8768A

Twitter: https://twitter.com/romancerider

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/jan-scarbrough

Newsletter: https://janscarbrough.com/contact/

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