It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

If you're hard at work writing your next novel this time of year, you're more dedicated than me...  Christmas is my favorite time of the year.

In my hometown, there's a Christmas tree fundraiser for the Special Olympics, to which area businesses donate and auction off decorated trees. They're all displayed in the lobby of a local hotel...

And they try to cover everybody's potential tastes, like this one for Star Wars fans: your very own Darth Vader tree, light saber included...

Or for the glam girl in your life, there's the jewelry tree...

For the outdoors-y type, there's the reindeer tree...

And for holiday revelers, there's the wine tree and the liquor tree...

But for me, none beats the Grinch tree, because when he realized the true spirit of Christmas, his heart grew three sizes that day!  Even his dog Max seems happy at the transformation.

The auction of the trees raised more than $20,000 for Special Olympics, ensuring a Merry Christmas all around!

I hope your holidays are filled with family and friends, good food and fun presents!  See you next year.

Leigh
www.leighcourt.com

Dreaming of a White Wolf Christmas is Available Now!

Dreaming of a White Wolf Christmas
Oct 2017

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-White-Christmas-Terry-Spear/dp/1492645176
Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dreaming-of-a-white-wolf-christmas-terry-spear/1125526072?ean=9781492645184
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/dreaming-of-a-white-wolf-christmas/id1202348414?mt=11
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Terry_Spear_Dreaming_of_a_White_Wolf_Christmas?id=KHwFDgAAQBAJ
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/dreaming-of-a-white-wolf-christmas
Indigo: https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/dreaming-of-a-white-wolf/9781492645177

Excerpt from Dreaming of the White Wolf:

***

Candice had been writing for two days’ straight, working on her publisher’s book deadline, when she wrote the end, smiled, and set the book aside. She would start proofing it tomorrow after she’d given her brain a break. Now she’d do what she always did when she finished a book, or reached a good stopping point in one. Clean house. Check her backlog of emails. Pick up some more groceries. And take a run on the wolf side.

She finished vacuuming and dusting, swearing every window must let all the outdoors in, and then started a batch of gingerbread cookie cutouts to celebrate finishing another book and the Christmas holiday season. While they were baking, she finally settled down to check her emails. Fan mail always came first, and one from her website got her attention right off. She opened it up and read: Hello, I’m Owen Nottingham, private investigator for White River Investigations, White River Falls, Minnesota and my client, Strom Hart, hired me to locate you. Your parents, John and Cynthia Hart, left you an inheritance and you need to see the lawyer about it so that you can claim it. I need to verify that you are the right woman first. Is there any way that we can possibly meet and get this taken care of so you can collect your inheritance? Strom Hart will be the one to receive it by the end of the month otherwise. His assistant, Jim Winchester, said Mr. Hart is your uncle.”

She reread the message again, not believing her eyes, tears filling them. She quickly looked at the date of the message. Two days ago! She knew she shouldn’t have neglected her emails, but when she was into the story, she couldn’t break away.

She ground her teeth, raised her fingers to respond, and heard a knocking at her door. No one came here. Never. Ever. Not even salesmen.

She glanced at her phases-of-the moon calendar. The waxing gibbous was just beginning. She should be fine. Just to be on the safe side, in case the person at the door was trouble, she pulled a can of mace from her desk drawer and headed for the door. She peered through the peephole. A handsome black-haired man waited at the door, with rugged features and intense blue eyes. He was dressed in a black suit, a red shirt, and a dark purple tie covered in red, purple, and gold Christmas balls. She raised her brows.

“I’m Owen Nottingham,” he said to the door, holding up his PI license and driver’s license. He couldn’t know that she was watching him, so he must have hoped she was there, observing him. “I tried getting hold of you on your contact form on your website about your inheritance. Your contact form might not be working, so I had to locate you in person.”

So this was the man who had sent the message. But was he for real? He had to be. He wouldn’t have come all this way to see her if he wasn’t. But how had he found her?

She opened the door, the bells jingling on her Christmas wreath, and he glanced down at the can of mace in her hand. He smiled, his gaze holding hers with such intensity, it was as though he could see clear through to her soul. “Really, just a PI doing my job.”

A chilly breeze carried his scent to her. Wolf scent. She felt so lightheaded all at once, she grabbed the door to keep herself upright, and dropped the can of mace on the tile floor. It clattered, but she couldn’t reach for it if her life depended on it.

Oh. My. God.

This couldn’t be real. He couldn’t be real. No wonder he was talking to the door. He must have heard her footfalls as she’d approached.

He took a deep breath at the same time and his eyes widened in surprise when he smelled her scent. His hand shot out to grab her arm and steady her. For a minute, as she tried to control her breathing, her heart rate, neither of which she could steady. She felt like she was going to pass out.

“Hell, you’re the wolf I saw across the White River, aren’t you?”

***

  Owen could sweep me off my feet any day! Hope you enjoy Dreaming of the White Wolf, available now! 😊

Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
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Merry Christmas!

In honor of the holiday, here are some Christmas photos. First, our Christmas tree. I love it.

Next is the tree from Rockefeller Center, in New York City. Isn't that beautiful? We witnessed a proposal on the ice skating rink, which was fun.

I love the decorations at the Tiffany store on Fifth Avenue in NYC. Here's an example:

People enjoy the holiday in many different ways. Here are New Yorkers skating at Bryant Park.

And here we are enjoying the Boston Pops Christmas show, which is wonderful and you should definitely go if you ever get the chance.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our Fierce Romance followers!

Merry Christmas

On this happiest of holidays:

Care deeply,
Think kindly,
Act gently,
And be at peace
With the world

For this is
The spirit of
Christmas

I wish you all a very, merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

See you in 2017!

Leigh
www.leighcourt.com

Time to Go Wassailing!

Apple Cider Wassail with Sliced Apples
Serves 16
Ingredients:
• 1 gallon apple cider
• 3 TBSP brown sugar
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• cloves
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 2 thinly sliced oranges
• 6 cored apples cut in 1 inch pieces
Directions:
1. Add cider, apples, and cinnamon sticks to a large pot and bring to a boil over medium heat.
2. Reduce heat and add remaining spices and brown sugar. Stir to dissolve sugar.
3. Simmer 20 minutes.
4. Add orange slices with cloves stuck in the oranges.
5. Simmer 5 more minutes.
6. Serve in Christmas mugs.
I can’t find my original recipe or crockpot cookbook, which has lots of great recipes so this is really similar. I leave mine on low and guests serve themselves, and then refrigerate and just heat up. It makes the house smell so fragrant. :)Some add orange juice, cranberry juice, or pineapple juice. But I like it simpler and it tastes great. 

Every year, I make this at Christmas though. It’s one of our traditions. Maybe in medieval days, I went a wassailing!

And here are what my fae say to Santa:  https://terrylspear.wordpress.com/the-world-of-fae/




Hope you find something great about the day!

Terry Spear
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
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A Very Jaguar Christmas! Avaialbe for Preorders Now and Coming Oct 4th!

Demetria  is feeling blue, but she and Tammy, Everett's sister, get together for drinks and movies, but when one of the ladies drops a glass on the floor, Everett comes over to ensure the two of them are okay. So much for the start of his vacation. But he's fine with it, as long as it affords him the chance to see Demetria again. Little does he know, the next morning when he gets a call from his mother at her jaguar daycare, their whole jaguar shifter world will change forever and he and Demetria will be given the assignment that will challenge them to the end in A Very Jaguar Christmas.

Excerpt from A Very Jaguar Christmas

He checked again on Demetria, but she hadn’t moved, so he went into the kitchen to begin Operation: Cleanup.
Even though he would have been at home still playing his game and killing the dragons plaguing their world, he was glad to be here as a brother, a friend, and a Golden Claw agent, whose mission was to take care of jaguars in need. Still, he’d never believed he would be serving as a maid.
He was nearly done mopping the floor when he saw something move out of the corner of his eye and turned to look. Demetria was leaning against the wall next to the china cabinet, looking half asleep, her dark hair in curls about her shoulders.
“Are you okay? Do you need something to help settle a hangover?” he asked, continuing to mop the floor.
She snorted. “What are you doing?” Her words were still fuzzy.
“Cleaning up after the party and ensuring Tammy gets to work tomorrow. You don’t want to see Martin when he gets a call that one of his trainers didn’t show up first thing in the morning. Or hear how upset David would be if he learns he had to be out training all night and his mate doesn’t come into work the next morning to teach. She had just…vanished.”
Demetria sighed. “Got it.”
“Why don’t you get some sleep, if you can? I’ll leave first thing in the morning.”
She nodded and turned, and nearly fell.
He sighed, set the mop against the counter, and stalked toward her. She held up her hand to ward him off. “I can do it.”
“Yeah, and you’ll make it by the time I leave in the morning.” He gently scooped her up in his arms, feeling way too much like he was taking her to his bed, and carried her down the hall to the room she indicated was her bedroom, putting her in her own bed. He covered her up, and, well hell, kissed her cheek. Which is what he had wanted to do before they ended their time together last night. Well, kiss her lips, hug her, more.
Her eyes widened a little, he smiled, and said good night. Then he went back to his maid duties.
When he was done, he removed his clothes except for his boxer briefs and stretched out on the couch, covering himself with the afghan, wrapping himself in Demetria’s scent, and thinking this was as close as he might ever get to heaven.

 Preorders available now!  Coming Oct 4!

 

A Very Jaguar Christmas (Book 5)

Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/Very-Jaguar-Christmas-Heart/dp/1492621803

B&N:http://tinyurl.com/he7fyol

iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-very-jaguar-christmas/id1128526691?mt=11

Kobo:https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/a-very-jaguar-christmas

BAM: http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Very-Jaguar-Christmas/Terry-Spear/9781492621805

Merry Christmas!

On this special day...

Care deeply
Think kindly
Act gently
and be at peace with the world.

For this is the spirit of Christmas.

I hope your holiday is filled with love and laughter!

Leigh
www.leighcourt.com

Moving Day Sale of Teddy Bears!! Never Before Offered for These Low Prices!

I’m moving! This isn’t want of those ploys where a business says: Moving Sale and then they say the same thing next year and the next and the next.
I’ve never discounted my bears like this, but I had the brilliant idea as I’m packing box after box that if I can sell them at a moving day price, I don’t have to box them up too! Not leaving for a while, so this will give me time to ship them out when they sell.
Mohair Bears–15 inch (price $135-$165 a yard for the mohair fabric) Regular price $59 for the undressed bears, $65 for the Poodle Skirt Bear (the skirt and sweater cost $15.00).
Undressed bears now Moving Sale Price: $39 each.
$49 for the Poodle Skirt Bear. Shipping is $9.75 US per bear.

Sugar Plum Fairy-15 inch Mohair

Peaches-15 inch mohair

Sugar Plum Fairy-15 inch Mohair

Suzie Q, 15 inch alpaca wool, with poodle skirt and sweater

Santa bears with fully lined cloaks, mohair beards, sack of toys and rabbit fur trimmed hats. 10 1/2 inch plush bears–Regular $65, On Moving Sale: $45 each

Santa Bear with tapestry cloak.

Santa Bear with tapestry cloak

Mohair Santa bears-Regular $65, Moving Sale: $45

Santa Bear with tapestry cloak–golden mohair

Santa Bear with cloak made from an antique quilt–golden mohair

Bears of the Kingdom–Regular, $165, Moving Sale: $79 each

Red Mohair Wizard 19 inch, wire and wooden body, wooden shoes– One of a Kind

Merlin, Wizard Bear

19″ pale yellow distressed mohair bear, mohair beard, wooden body and wire arms, and wooden hand-carved shoes, lined wizard cloak, hat, and gown. One of a Kind

King Arthur Bear, velvet cloak, antique tunic with metal embroidery, wood and wire bear, plush, One of a Kind

Prince Charming Bear

Prince Charming complete with sword, antique hat decoration, and collar, antique brocade vest. Wooden body, wire arms, wooden hand-carved shoes. He’s ready for anything! He’s a string mohair bear, 19″ tall.
One of a Kind

Doctor bear with antique quilt for baby bear, golden mohair bear, antique glasses, wooden body and wires arms

Just let me know if you’re interested in a bear. First come, first serve!

Accepting paypal for bears and will ship as soon as I can.

Happy Saturday!!!

Terry
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”
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A Little Holiday Romance

I don't think it's a surprise to anyone that the holidays are fast approaching. Thanksgiving is in-YIKES!-about two weeks, and after that the holiday season just races full speed ahead. I try to hang on to every moment and savor it, but if time wants to fly at Mach 4, it can pretty much do what it wants. Because of that, I want to take the opportunity now to plug my short holiday romance, A Sense of Duty, which is available at Amazon. Although it's set against a Christmas-themed backdrop, I figure if you get it now, it will be available for those quiet moments you steal as you're prepping for the wonderful onslaught of holiday stuff. The Christmas season will be here before you know it, so why not take the time now to join Rick on his journey to capture Heidi's heart, even though she doesn't realize it's him under his Santa disguise?

Happy Reading!
Cameo

Merry Christmas to all!

I hope everyone woke up yesterday to find lots of Christmas presents stacked under the tree and experiencing the giddy excitement of tearing open wrapping paper to see what magic you'd received.

For me, I got the best Christmas present that a writer -- and an avid reader! -- could hope for: an iPad Mini.

Talk about excited!!! I spent most of Christmas day filling up my device with new books and old favorites:

And swooning over the cool keyboard that (as a writer) will let me WRITE books as well as read them:

(That's me behind the camera -- hi everybody!)

Given the fact that the iPad mini can do email, FaceTime, texting, search Google, find weather forecasts, has a GPS, camera, and that I can play the addicting Words With Friends, I may never let this device out of my hands.

BEST. PRESENT. EVER.

Frankly, I'm astonished I could drag myself away from it long enough to type this post.

Happy Holidays everyone!

Until next month,
Leigh
www.leighcourt.com

Happy Holidays!!

 From all of us here at Fierce Romance, Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas!