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UPDATE: CLICK THIS LINK FOR THE WINNERS NAMES!

My very first book for Kensington Brava was a Christmas novella. I was so excited to get the call from my agent telling me I’d been invited to be a part of the 6-pack anthology JINGLE BELL ROCK.

I’d been dying to write for Brava for months, and had even received a query from an editor there asking if I’d be interested in writing for them. She’d read my gIRL-gEAR books and thought I’d be a good fit.

Of course I was interested! And when the opportunity to write A BLUE CHRISTMAS came along, I jumped. Not only was I being offered the chance to write for Brava, my story would be included in a collection with several author friends I’d known for years.

Writing Blue and Jessie’s story was the first time I’d let myself go, knowing I wasn’t working within the same restraints I had been, and the novella turned out to be the steamiest thing I’d written to date. I think I caught my editor off guard! She called after she read it, and told me that she’d passed it around the office to check with the other editors to see if they thought it needed to be toned down. But everyone agreed that it was good to go, and I was thrilled.

What I love so much about the physical relationships in Brava is how no matter the emotion of the moment, the story in the end is all about love. Blue *thinks* his initial seduction of Jessie is about revenge, poor deluded man! In their case, they had a previous relationship, but in my other stories, where the characters are meeting for the first time, those intimate encounters are still based in their growing emotional commitment to one another.

Due to an early shipping mix-up of author copies of JINGLE BELL ROCK, I ended up with tons – and I’m quite sure most everyone who wants one already has one, especially considering there were six authors involved and we all received multiple copies to share! But if you don’t have a copy and would like one, I have TWENTY of them left on my bookshelf and will give them all away now. I’ll even send one to a friend if you have a copy already and would like to share the wealth!

All you have to do is post in the comments and tell me that you’d like a copy and whether it’s for yourself or for someone else. I’ll draw names on Saturday, December 23rd, 8:00 p.m.ish central. They won’t ship out in time for Christmas, but then love knows no seasonal bounds!

And since today is my usual Tuesdays with Alison Q&A, feel free to ask me questions!