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 I wrote a dark little mermaid story for this collection--an expansion of a story I wrote years ago called "The Ugly One." I'm very pleased with the way it turned out and how nicely it fits into this collection of tales of supernatural love turned bad.

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Beautiful Redemption is Out Today!!!

 I wrote the story for this one as Katia Kozar because it's a bit different from my usual stuff. My writing mentor and I have an ongoing conversation about pen names--I have more than three, which is a lot of work, but I write in a number of distinct and different genres and I like to keep niche separation. He maintains that readers are buying the brand, which is me. I believe they're buying the niche and that I'm basically irrelevant. But I'm gradually transitioning back to one name, so it'll be interesting to see if he's right.

Anyway, Beautiful Redemption, a collection of Second Chance Romances is out today. It's only 99 cents and it's available on all polatforms. My story is called "Second Honeymoon."

Here's the link.

Dream House is out today

 As part of a group of books (15 to be exact), I am publishing Dream House today. The series is called Chasing Serendipity (you can find all the books here) and the common premise of the stories is that they al take place on New Year's Eve and all recount the beginning of a love story. 

My story turned out to be something of a sequel to my story "Fake Out" although it's totally stand alone. I'm looking forward to reading the other stories in the series. I fell in love with a couple of my new characters--which is a problem I have as a writer. I'm much more character-driven than I am plot driven, so my stories often read like episodes in a long-running television show that keeps adding new characters to keep things fresh.

I love my Pacific Northwest town of Silver Birch and wish I could live there for real instead of just in my mind, although I do tend to like sunnier weather.

Seeking a Plus One by Tabitha Bree

 

Seeking a Plus One by Tabitha Bree

We meet our heroine Alexis in the middle of a job review from hell and she is instantly relatable. And that’s even before she has to deal with the entitled coworker who spends his days writing features and playing ping pong with one of his bros while she’s toiling in the obit department of their online newspaper and proofing ads on the side for barely minimum wage. She’s worked at the paper for seven years, working her way up from intern but because he’s the son of the owner…he walked right into a cushy, high paying job. She hates Robbie Marshall. And when she realizes, as she writing up an obit for a woman who lived a rich full life, that she’s jealous of her. It’s a new low, she thinks, even for a Monday. Then she gets the bad news about her beloved dog Wilson.

This is an enemies-to-lovers book and it’s pretty satisfying. It’s both cozy and steamy (without being clinical) and it touches on some serious issues, like catastrophic medical debt and the hard choices people who are underpaid and underemployed have to make. 

As a pet owner who has faced similar experiences at the vet, I don’t quite buy that the doctor wouldn’t do the life-saving surgery before being paid in full—my vets have always worked with me—but we like where Alexis’ priorities are. 

This short read is enjoyable and breezy. And the story continues! You can buy it here.

A Visit From St. Nicholas...Day Twenty-four

 I always thought that this poem by Clement Moore was actually called "The Night Before Christmas" but officially, it is "A Visit From St. Nicholas." It was published anonymously in 1823 (how mind-boggling is it that 1823 was bearly 200 years ago?) and claimed by Moore in 1837. Moore is a family name on my maternal side and I've always wondered if I might be related to the poet. Probably not, becuase he was born in New York City and none of my relatives ever left Virginia until my father went away to war in 1941.

This poem is an absolute classic and I have friends who collect the variously illustrated versions, of which there are many. Here's one.

Letters From Father Christmas...Day Twenty-three

 J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, was a fond father, and this is a collection of the notes he wrote to his children on Christmas. Here's the blurb:

Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R.Tolkien’s children. Inside would be a letter in strange spidery handwriting and a beautiful coloured drawing or some sketches. The letters were from Father Christmas.

They told wonderful tales of life at the North Pole: how all the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place; how the accident-prone Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmas’s house into the dining-room; how he broke the Moon into four pieces and made the Man in it fall into the back garden; how there were wars with the troublesome horde of goblins who lived in the caves beneath the house!

Sometimes the Polar Bear would scrawl a note, and sometimes Ilbereth the Elf would write in his elegant flowing script, adding yet more life and humour to the stories. No reader, young or old, can fail to be charmed by the inventiveness and ‘authenticity’ of Tolkien’s Letters from Father Christmas.

You can purchase this book in all the formats here. I love this cover...