'Timeless Treasures' authors share warm fuzzies about the holidays
The holidays have different meanings for us. For some it's rejoicing, for others it's remembering, for still others it's about looking ahead. This holiday season, the Timeless Scribes — Ruth A. Casie, Lita Harris, Emma Kaye, Nicole S. Patrick and Julie Rowe — have a new holiday anthology, Timeless Treasures: Stories of the Heart, out this week. Each story gives you a perspective on what they are looking forward to most for this holiday season. The authors join HEA today to share their holiday traditions and to let us know what their stories in the anthology are about.
Ruth A. Casie, author of Whispers on the Wind
I look forward to a house full of family. As empty nesters, we enjoy the tumult and excitement when our kids and grandchildren ''move in." It's watching football, group games with the Wii, cooking together, late nights, and morning French toast breakfasts. While we talk to each other often, it's a time when we re-connect as a family. It's exhausting, sometimes frustrating, and I even can't wait for the quiet when everyone goes home, but I always look forward to the next time. For me, the holidays are all about family.
In Whispers on the Wind , a newly minted knight plans to secure his place in his adoptive family through marriage. But the fates have other plans for him. Will he be willing to give up the life he's always wanted to be with the woman he loves? "I repeated over and over, my destiny was with Leticia...but my heart was with Cay."
Lita Harris, author of Trusting Kindness
The holidays have always been about family and friends to me. As we've gotten older and the children have grown, we are spread out across the country so we don't see each other as much as we'd like. My daughter and I have a tradition of baking cookies from recipes that have been handed down. My favorite part of the season is when we get together and prepare the holiday dinner. The time spent in the kitchen gives us time to catch up and remember the people who have left us, which makes the rest of us value the time we spend together even more. The day ends with everyone gathered at the table and we just spend time as a family. Even the cleanup is fun. Christmas is always a long day, but from beginning to end it is a wonderful time together with family.
In Trusting Kindness, former lovers are reunited one winter night on a boardwalk at the Jersey Shore. Will a common cause reignite their passion or extinguish it forever? "Hmm, the last time we saw each other — would that be the night you kissed me on the beach while your girlfriend was inside the carousel house waiting for you? Or the night you left? You remember, the night you said, 'See ya,' and you never did? Pick one."
Emma Kaye, author of Losing Patience
My favorite part of the holidays is experiencing the joy of Christmas though my kids. Their excitement is contagious. I can't talk to them without their happiness and anticipation rubbing off on me. Will Santa come? Will he eat more of the carrots or the cookies we leave out for him? Where will our Elf on the Shelf decide to hide each day? It's all so much fun, I feel almost like a kid again.
In Losing Patience, a wish sends a man back in time, but can he save the woman he loves, or is he doomed to repeat the mistakes of his past? Best friends get a second chance to put aside their fears and fight for true love.
Nicole S. Patrick, author of The Colors of Courage
The holidays for me are all about spending time with my family. I'm lucky enough to have both mine and my husband's parents still with us, so it's extra special for us to have the whole family together. And my boys get the chance to share their joy on Christmas with their grandparents. There are traditions we've kept through the years such as baking tons of cookies and having a bit of spiked "nog" on Christmas morning. Those things I treasure the most.
In The Colors of Courage, a midnight kiss on New Year's may lead a U.S. Marine and a struggling artist toward more than they've ever dreamed of for their future. It's a story of hope, where new love gets a chance to blossom for two people who've had lots of uncertainty and changes to their lives.
Julie Rowe, author of Medal of Honor
I look forward to spending time with family and friends, sharing laughter and stories from the year. As each year passes, those personal connections become more and more important to me. Life today is so fast paced, I sometimes forget to stop and appreciate all of the people I love and who love me.
In Medal of Honor, a talented surgeon loses the opportunity to connect with her father when he's killed a few days before Christmas. The investigating detective helps her come to grips with her father's death, and shows her that it's never too late to let love into her life.
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