Hello, Readers! It’s a busy release week, and I have a lot to share with you. Here are the announcements for today:

Like holiday movies? Just a reminder, you can find my post from yesterday at USA Today’s Happy Ever After with a binge-worthy list of great movie examples. Take a look to see if there are any you’d like to add to your must-watch list.

All this week, I’m at Just Contemporary Romance with a Christmas blog post and a couple of giveaways. Come and join in the conversation, then enter for a chance at a gift card prize.

And if you’re on Facebook, stop by my Facebook Author Page tomorrow – or any time. 😉 But I especially hope you’ll swing by tomorrow, as I’m participating in a fifteen-author blog hop, and there will be lots of prizes, including a $100.00 gift card Grand Prize.

Other guest posts and giveaways are coming up, too, so watch this space!

And now for your Teaser Tuesday clip.

This is from the brand-new release, Snowbound with Mr. Wrong. We’re with our hero – otherwise known as Santa – when he first realizes who is playing his Miss Elf:

He’d had Michael’s word there would be a new elf this year.

He swallowed his irritation. Or tried to. “Lyss—”

“Hello, Santa!” she interrupted with a meaningful glance at the kids around them.

“Saved by an elf,” he murmured. “Almost put my boot in my mouth with that one, didn’t I?”

He was still trying to pick his jaw up off the floor after the enthusiasm of her greeting. Too bad she hadn’t meant that beautiful smile for him. Too bad she had dumped him months ago, or he’d have had more chances to see that smile of hers.

“Thanks for the warm welcome,” he added. “A big surprise, considering the chill of your last good-bye.”

“Those Arctic blasts at the North Pole will do that to an elf.” She smiled again, but her eyes didn’t meet his. “So…Santa, are you ready to hear some wish lists?”

“Sure am,” he said in his best jolly-old-Saint-Nick voice.

He followed her to the velvet-covered chair set in a cleared space beyond the fireplace. Though the flames danced behind a safety screen several yards away, he’d already started to sweat.

And it didn’t have a thing to do with the fire or the extra padding inside this Santa suit.

Thanks for reading! You can find the full Chapter One and buy links here.

All my best,

Barbara