by Dianne Castell

I loooove Christmas! Okay, sometimes it can be a total pain in the neck getting there with gifts to buy, things to decorate and baking and cards to mail. But even with all that going on there’s that hint of magic. Everyone has that glow, something special’s going on. I guess that’s why there are so many engagements announced. How can two people in love resist not shouting it to the world! Well, I have two Christmas anthologies out that do just that.

In The Morgue the Merrier (Kensington Zebra) Rosemary Laurey, Karen Kelly and I wanted to write three connecting Christmas stories. And we wanted to create a little unique Christmas magic all our own. What better place to have a Christmas story than in Christmastown, in a wild snow storm and with three ghosts…ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future…to reunite three couples made for each other. We could have made this a sweet dreamy picture-perfect Christmas town but opted for the cheese. Reindeer on the roofs, Santas with gyrating Elvis hips, elves in trains and a bazillion lights everywhere. This Christmastown is just the place to escape from the everyday ho-hum of life, have tons of fun and bring lovers together forever.

In I’m Your Santa (Kensington BRAVA) Lori Foster, Karen Kelly and I give a gift to our readers by revisiting characters from past books. We all get letters asking what happened to one character or another so in I’m Your Santa we did just that. For my story it’s back to O’Fallon’s Landing and a visit with LuLu Cahill who wants to be anywhere but Home for Christmas. And then there’s Sebastian, a soldier on leave, left at the alter and facing a bed and breakfast full of relatives expecting a Christmas Eve wedding. Sometimes going home for Christmas brings it’s own set of complications along with the fun and love of family.

I wish you all a great Christmas and holiday season and hope The Morgue the Merrier and I’m Your Santa get you in the mood. And when things don’t go as smoothly as you’d like, think of Holly and Case and LuLu and Sebastian. They found happiness and magic in the chaos and so will you.

Hugs, Dianne Castell

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