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Some of the Best Christmas Reads Coming in 2020

by Chautona Havig ·

Look out for some of the best Christmas reads available now and coming this fall... and it's just the tip of the Christmas tree! via @chautonahavig

After several failed attempts to get this episode out all month, it’s here… some of my favorite Christmas books, the books others recommended to me, and some of the exciting new and best Christmas reads coming this fall!

From older books I rarely see people mention, to some people always recommend to me, and especially some of the exciting collections coming this  Christmas (lots of books for a tiny price or “FREE” on Kindle Unlimited–affiliate link), What more can we ask for?

Single books, series, collections–this episode has it all.

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Some of the Best Christmas Reads Coming in 2020

Some of the Best Christmas Reads Coming in 2020

First up: some of my favorite Christmas books–ones I recommend you read this year!

Contemporary:

Two Tickets to the Christmas Ball

  • Two Tickets to the Christmas Ball— Donita K. Paul
  • Snow Angels & Hope for the Holidays by Cathe Swanson. She writes delightful characters with quirky and eccentric elderly and snarky fun for others.
  •  Love, Laughter, and Luminarias —Jaycee Weaver
  • 12 Days of Snowmen (think I said it wrong in the podcast)—Monzon
  • Gingerbread Treasures by Rebekah Jones
  • Sincerely, Jem by Kate Willis
  • Like a Winter Snow  (a semi-sequel” to Secrets of Paper and Ink)—Lindsay Harrell
  • Christmas at the Red Door Inn with Liz Johnson
  • A Caffeine Conundrum— Angela Strong. Hilarious. Must-read romantic mystery
  • Melody Carlson and Karen Kingsbury both have really sweet Christmas books—fluffy but that’s always a nice thing about Christmas fiction—you can take it fluffy then.

the hope of christmasHistorical:

  • A Very Austen Christmas (If you like Regency and Austen, this is a fun way to have quick reads that way)
  • Michelle Griep’s books, 12 Days at Bleakley Manor and A Tale of Two Hearts (She also wrote The Old Lace Shop, but I found the first-person/present tense jarring for a historical novel)
  • The Hope of Christmas Collection— WWII fiction stories at Christmas time. Jodie Wolfe, Linda Matchett, Teri Wangard

Christmas Books Recommended to Me

  • Tinsel in a Tangle—Laurie Germaine
  • Saving Ebenezer— S. Daniel Smith. This book about Scrooge’s story AFTER the end of A Christmas Carol. I’m so excited because Dan will be on the podcast this fall, so watch for that episode.
  • “Red Boots” by Kate Willis (a FREE short story on Amazon—just 9 pages)
  • Christmas Carol Society and 24 Days before Christmas by Rebekah Jones
  • Once upon a Christmas— last year’s collection with contemporary retellings of such stories as:
    • Little Mermaid
    • Cinderella
    • Snow White
    • Sleeping Beauty etc.
  • Taking Chances— a four-book series by Joanne Markey. Who doesn’t love kids, couples, and puppies?
  • Amanda Tru’s Christmas Card Series—a new one coming in September, too!
  • Heard good things about Catching Christmas by Terri Blackstock and Restoring Christmas by Cynthia Rushti
  • A Wreath of Snow —Liz Curtis Higgs.

melodies of christmas love2020 Christmas Collections to watch for!

  • Hearts Aglow: The FIFTH ANNUAL Christmas Lights Collection —Toni Shiloh, Cathe Swanson, Jaycee Weaver,
  • Melodies of Christmas Love—Lynnette Bonner, Lesley Ann McDaniel, Annette Irby, Dawn Kinzer, Sylvia Stewart, JoAnn Durgin, and myself.
  • Something Borrowed: Christmas Weddings Collection
  • Amish Christmas Miracles: Their WEBSITE
  • Joy to the World (A Regency Collection)  Carolyn Mille,  Amanda Barratt, Erica Vetsch
    Five Golden Rings by the CrossRoads Collection authors: We’ve done a couple of sets before—Under the Christmas Star and When Snowflakes Never Cease.

Those aren’t even a drop in the bucket of the amazing Christmas books coming, but they’ll give you something to get started on until releases start rolling out this fall!  Meanwhile, I guess I’d better finish mine!

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Episode 43: A Chat with Allison Pearl
by Chautona Havig

Great Things Happen When You Mix Danger and Donuts

Suspense is a personal favorite genre, so when I heard about Allison Pearl’s series, I knew I wanted to read them and chat with her about them.  I only made it about a quarter of the way into the book before the interview, but that’s mostly because I spent way too much time deliberating over whether I should finish the book, Sprinkled with Sabotage, or set it aside and go read the first two.  

That’s actually a difficult thing about books in a series that stand alone.  You can read them out of order, so the dilemma begins–kind of like whether to read The Narnia series in order of publication or in chronological order.

Nah, everyone knows you need to read in order of publication.  Hmm… maybe that solves my question on Allison Pearl’s books, too.  Hmmm…

From the fun way she named the protagonists to our discussing the idea of a high-speed chase through the West Virginia mountains (I bet she could get those folks up to forty miles-per-hour! Trust me, if you’ve ever driven some of those roads, you’ll know that IS high speed in that area!), we talked about just about everything.  Faith in fiction, what got Allison writing suspense in the first place, locales for books, and… of course, what is coming next!

The Love and Danger in St. Claire series by Allison Pearl is full of danger, tension, and sprinkled with romance for the heart-throbbers among us.

Sprinkled with Sabotage

Synopsis: Lizzy Bennet loves life as a lawyer in the city. And not just because of the miles it puts between her and her ex. However, when she’s attacked on the street just hours after learning her identity was stolen, she tries to call home for help and ends up with the last person she expects: the very same high school boyfriend who broke her heart.

He says he’s there to help, but she’s not so sure, and now, all the endless questions and regrets are clouding her judgment and preventing her from seeing the dangerous saboteur closing in. Small-town auto mechanic, Koby Knightly, is looking forward to seeing a car show in the city. But when an unexpected call from his old girlfriend disconnects suddenly, he rushes to her aid. Throwing his plans out the window, Koby makes it his mission to protect her and discover the identity of the person trying to frame her.

Will he also be able to figure out what went wrong between them back in high school or will a killer get to her first?

Available in print, on Kindle, and also through Kindle Unlimited.  Or, read the first books in the series:

  • Glazed Suspicion
  • Dunked in Trouble

You can learn more about Allison Pearl, her upcoming books, and more on her website.

Find out what else her publisher, Anaiah Press has to offer HERE.

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