*~*Love, Laughter & Merrily Ever Afters – Karen Erickson Spotlight & Giveaway*~*

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Title:   Love, Laughter & Merrily Ever Afters
Author:    Violet duke, Sawyer Bennett, Karen Erickson, Melody Grace, Mari Carr, Marquita Valentine, Janelle Denison, Jessie Evans, Cathryn Fox & Alannah Lynne
Release Date:   November 25, 2014   
Genre:   Contemporary Romance, Holiday Themed
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TEN fun, romantic holiday novellas by ten New York Times & USA Today bestselling authors

An all-star gathering of some of today’s most popular NYT and USA Today bestselling romance authors in a fun-filled collection…holiday style! With the overwhelming response to the chart-topping summer boxed set, we’ve brought together even MORE of your favorite authors for a winter compilation, and this time, we’ve giftwrapped TEN stories for you all. From the funny & sweet, to the steamy & heartfelt, each novella is packed with a whole lot of romance, and hand-picked to infuse perfectly-portioned holiday cheer into your busy days this season…along with hot bursts of holiday steam for those winter nights.

And at just ***99 CENTS*** that’s a huge savings of over 95% off retail for the individual books sold separately!  This is an extremely limited edition bundle available for just 5 weeks so get your copy today!

 

THE BOXED SET INCLUDES:

IF I RETURN — by USA Today bestselling author Sawyer Bennett

WILD IRISH CHRISTMAS — by New York Times bestselling author Mari Carr

SEDUCING SANTA — by New York Times bestselling author Janelle Denison (aka Erika Wilde)

DECKING DREW — by New York Times bestselling author Violet Duke

FAIRIES & WISHES — by USA Today bestselling author Karen Erickson (aka Monica Murphy)

TWELVE DATES OF CHRISTMAS — by New York Times bestselling author Jessie Evans (aka J. Evans) 

HOLIDAY SPIRIT — by New York Times bestselling author Cathryn Fox

UNWRAPPED — by New York Times bestselling author Melody Grace

A CHRISTMAS HEAT WAVE — by New York Times bestselling author Alannah Lynne

HIS CHRISTMAS WISH — by New York Times bestselling author Marquita Valentine

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Who doesn’t love a good Christmas book around the holidays? 😉


Title:   Fairies & Wishes
Author:    Karen Erickson
Genre:  Romance
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Lily is a holiday fairy, but this Christmas season she’s given a new assignment–teach a lonely doctor how to love again. Tim finds the holidays depressing and always throws himself into his work to forget the pain. One night he runs into a beautiful redhead and knocks her to the ground. His new patient is a little odd, but totally sexy. He starts a relationship with the mysterious Lily but things don’t add up. Is she what she seems? Does he want to fall in love with a woman he knows nothing about? Oh, yes he does?





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“I’ve never been kissed like that before,” she said, her voice tinged with wonder, quaking fingers still pressed to her mouth.

Tim frowned. What did she mean by that? Surely she’d been kissed before. At least he hoped.

Her other hand still clutching at the front of his jacket, she shifted, bringing her body closer to his. Amazing, he thought, considering the cramped quarters of his sports car. “I want you to kiss me again.”

He started to protest, but she shushed him with a single finger pressed against his lips. “Please?” She drifted the tip of her index finger across his lower lip in the subtlest of caresses.

Tim felt that touch as if she’d stroked the tip of his cock.

His lips met hers and this time he took it slower. Brushing her mouth again and again with his own, until he heard a tiny sound of frustration come from her. Her lips opened beneath his, and he slipped his tongue tentatively between them, her luscious taste filling his head, heating his skin.

“Mmm,” she murmured, her mouth opening even wider, her shy tongue brushing against his. Her fingers fumbled with the zipper on his leather jacket, and then she lowered it, hands diving inside to press against his chest.

Tim slid his hands into her hair, cupping her head, drinking from her lips. She tasted sinfully sweet, her tongue twining with his, hands greedily sliding up and down his chest. She seemed to want to get closer to him, her lower body shifting restlessly as she squirmed in her seat. He grabbed the lever at his side and slid his seat back, then cupped her shoulders and hauled her onto his lap, his mouth never leaving hers.

A coo of delight escaped from her, and she pressed her chest to his, her breasts soft and tempting nestled against him. Her hands moved up to wrap around his neck, clutching at him as if she couldn’t get enough and he could relate. Little moans sounded low her throat as she thrust her pelvis against his, driving him out of his mind with lust.

“Goodness, you’re a wonderful kisser,” she murmured against his mouth.

 He chuckled, skimmed fingers across her soft cheeks. “Thanks. You’re not so bad yourself.”

“I don’t want you to stop.” She pressed another lingering kiss to his lips and sighed. “I want you to keep doing it.”

“Lily, we’re in my car in the driveway in front of my house. I can think of somewhere a lot more comfortable to continue this. Like inside the house, on the couch.” His couch would be a hell of a lot more comfortable than the front seat of his too small car.

She smiled, her little pink tongue darting out to lick at the corners of his lips. “I don’t care where we are as long as you keep on kissing me.”

Well hell, he couldn’t resist that. He pressed his open mouth to hers, their tongues sliding lazily against each other’s, hands roaming. If he allowed himself, he soon wouldn’t care where they were either, as long as they were still lip locked.


Karen’s Favorite Holiday Recipe

Okay, I’m a total cheater. When I make sugar cookies with my kids, I use the Betty Crocker sugar cookie pouches. It’s just so much easier! We can bust those cookies out in no time. But I do make homemade frosting and the secret I learned from my grandma to make the frosting taste extra delicious? Include a splash of coffee. Yes, coffee! Sadly, she doesn’t make sugar cookies during the holidays anymore but I do. Trying to keep up the tradition!

Frosting recipe:

2 cups powdered sugar

1 stick salted butter

1-2 tablespoons of milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Splash of coffee

Stir until desired thickness/consistency. Taste test to make sure it’s sweet enough to your liking! Then get to frosting all those cookies. 😉

Here’s a link to a photo from a couple of years ago – me making all the cookies and various holiday goodies and the mess I leave behind (note the diet Coke in the photo, too funny):


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10253846_523211614448056_8127598825030572113_nKaren Erickson lives in central California with her husband, three kids, one dog and too many cats. Being a romance writer and bringing her characters to life is her greatest dream come true.

She’s also known as New York Times and USA Today bestselling new adult author Monica Murphy, the name under which she does all her social media (leading a double life is tough!).

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56 Comments

  8. I really enjoy decorating my Xmas tree and finding new ornaments. Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂

    1. Yeah, I shouldn’t answer these things with my three year old screaming nearby. LOL! I enjoy making peanut butter chocolate chip cookies for “Santa” every year 🙂

  12. I like baking, but I really like making mashed potatoes. I also like making all the gifts for the family special with lots of tape and ribbon so that they have to work for it. 🙂

  13. My favorite thing to make around the holidays is homemade candies. I have lots of different recipes and only make them at this time of the year. That way everyone looks forward to them.

  17. Cookies are my favorite to bake around the holidays…snickerdoodles and chocoloate chip are musts!

  21. Entered your contest. Thank you for the chance. Already pre-ordered Love, Laughter and Merrily Ever After and can’t wait to read it!

  22. I love to make hot chocolate and then add Bailey’s. I’m not much of a cook or baker so this is as gourmet as I get!

  24. I like making dips and spreads to keep on hand and love to just make a meal of them. Usually I make a salmon spread and a spinach dip. I also like to make a large batch of Chex Mix to nibble on throughout the holidays.

  25. I love baking everything, but I am usually in charge of the pumpkin pies and cookies for the kiddos!

  29. My kids and I love to make rice krispie treats shaped into Christmas trees and candy canes, top with white chocolate and decorations. So Yummy!!

  34. Cookies, bars, and more sweets! lol
    I wish I was as good as my sister at making fun festive adult drinks though! =)

  40. Christmas wreaths (basically rice crispies squares but in wreath shapes and with cornflakes, green food coloring a chewy red hots.)

  42. Gingerbread houses and chocolate chip cookies are a huge part of the holiday food in my house 🙂

  44. Green beans deluxe, pumpkin bars and christmas cookies..oh yeah and peanut butter balls aka buck eye balls.

  46. I love to bake my famous sugar cookies! I also make fudge & cinnamon hard candy! Thank You!

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