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Thanks to EVERYONE who came by during our weekend blog hop. We used a random generator and a winner was chosen to receive a .pdf copy of Courage of the Heart – Congratulations to bakinstuff!
Please don’t be sad if you didn’t win…
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Although the Stuff Your Stockings Christmas Blog Hop may be over, there is still time to visit my other blog for the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop (it ends December 24) – I’ll be giving away a pdf copy of my book Common Bond, Tangled Hearts.
I grew up celebrating Hanukah, I’ve always been lucky to have friends and family who celebrate other faiths and traditions. We enjoy lighting our menorah, spinning the dreidel and eating fried foods like latkes and donuts in our own home. We also have fun at my best friend’s house every Christmas Eve listening to carols, eating party fare and exchanging presents. Like me, my kids grew up having the privilege of seeing, and respecting, many different traditions.
While Hanukah is not one of the major Jewish holidays, celebrating it as a family is always a delight. The menorah, a nine-candle holder, is used to hold the burning candles; we light one for each of the eight nights and add one more the next until the entire candelabra is burning bright. The ninth candle, the Shammas, is used to light all of the other candles. I’ve always given my kids eight presents each and even now, as adults, they still get a present for each night – some may be as small as a scratch off lottery ticket. The most beautiful aspect of all though is watching my daughter and her husband, and my son and his girlfriend, standing around the table as their father chants the prayers and kindles each light; even with everyone’s busy schedule we still manage to have at least of the eight nights together.
By the way, I often use the all-inclusive “Happy Holidays” greeting. While I am never offended by specific holiday greetings such as Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukah, I don’t always know what an individual celebrates. In December alone, some of the holidays observed are: Ashura, Las Posadas, Bodhi, Hanukkah, Festivus, Yule, Santa Lucia Day, Winter Solstice, Christmas, Boxing Day, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s Eve…whew. And that doesn’t even begin to include January’s festivals.
I included a Christmas celebration in my novel Courage of the Heart, it starts Christmas Eve with an Episcopalian church service and follows through with the family celebration and dinner on Christmas Day. I will give away a .PDF copy of Courage of the Heart to one person who shares a favorite holiday tradition in the comments below – please be sure to include your email as well. The winner will be announced no later than midnight on December 19th.
Whatever you do celebrate, I hope you have a holiday that fills your heart with joy.
Each participating author has a contest on their blog with so many treats up for grabs it’s enough to make every reader’s Christmas just that much happier!
Participating Authors (Click name to visit site)
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Fall 2011 Chelle Cordero Sampler
This Chelle Cordero sampler is free for your enjoyment. All of Chelle’s novels are available in both print and ebook editions for every reading device, through online retailers and in select bookstores around the world. Chelle’s writing workshop, Living, Breathing, Writing: A Lesson A Day is available in both print and ebook for Volume 1, and Volume 2 in ebook.
Download the
2011 Sampler of Chelle Cordero Novels
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This sampler of Chelle Cordero‘s novels is free for your enjoyment. All
of Chelle‘s novels are available in both print and ebook editions for
every reading device, through online retailers and in select bookstores
around the world.
Buy Links for Chelle’s Novels (some)
Smashwords (multiple e-book formats)
Amazon.com (print & Kindle)
BarnesAndNoble.com (print & Nook)
I blogged over at Lindsays Romantics today about “Real People” – please stop by and let me know what you think…
Imagine a lazy afternoon stroll down the aisles of your favorite bookstore ~ imagine seeing a book that interests you. Pick it up, flip through the pages, see if you like it…
Just imagine…
You can sample each of my novels – just like that. Click on the widgets below and read the first few pages. Take your time browsing… enjoy.
Common Bond, Tangled Hearts
Layne Gillette’s world is turned upside down when a man she has never met shows up to lay claim as the father of her 6-year old son. When Layne’s abusive “ex-husband” shows up, they are torn apart by danger, kidnapping and lies.
Amazon – print
Amazon – Kindle
Smashwords – ebook formats
A Chaunce of Riches
Ben Johnson was hired as a bodyguard for a rich widow and her kid, but he never expected to be working for the woman who had abandoned him just when he had needed her the most. Damn it all, he still wanted her. Samantha Chaunce never thought she would have to explain why she married the rich man instead of Ben. Or that her husband had been murdered…and Ben was the prime suspect.
Amazon – print
Amazon – Kindle
Smashwords – ebook formats
Hostage Heart
Life was hard after the hurricanes swept through, destroying her parents’ home and livelihood… An errand for her boss – a chance encounter with a crew of bank robbers – a kind man who tried to help her … a man who isn’t all he seems … no, he is so much more.
Amazon – print
Amazon – Kindle
Smashwords – ebook formats
Final Sin
Deputy Sherriff Commander Jake Carson has his hands full… investigation of a brutal multiple homicide, a troubled son and a vindictive ex-wife. He meets young, free-spirited paramedic Julie Jennings. When Julie becomes the subject of an obsession, it puts both of them in danger…
Amazon – print
Amazon – Kindle
Smashwords – ebook formats
Courage of the Heart
COURAGE OF THE HEART shows us that sometimes love is the only cure for the very deepest of emotional wounds. The story of the two lovers takes a series of unexpected and fast paced turns where lives, sanity and love are put in jeopardy. Their commitment to one another results in a spirit that binds them together and helps them to overcome physical and emotional dangers.
Amazon – print
Amazon – Kindle
Smashwords – ebook formats
Within the Law
Tom gave up on ever falling in love again the day that he buried his high school sweetheart and fiancé. He started a career in law enforcement just so that he could find her murderer and rapist. Just when he is about to see justice done, he meets Alli Davis-the defense attorney for the murdering rapist who took his love from him.
Amazon – print
Amazon – Kindle
Smashwords – ebook formats
His Lucky Charm
What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas… this time it follows Brandon and Caitlyn across the country and into a world of espionage and danger. The one thing that Brandon knows for sure is that he can’t afford to lose his lucky charm, Caitlyn.
Amazon – print
Amazon – Kindle
Smashwords – ebook formats
Bartlett’s Rule
Bartlett’s Rule shares the story of Lon and Paige’s love affair; a romance filled with hardship, emotion, danger and triumph. Falling in love was never the challenge; being there for each other, knowing just what to say and making it work is the real test. Paige and Lon are real; they are human, they cry and they laugh. Paige has to learn to trust. Lon has to learn to be patient.
Amazon – print
Amazon – Kindle
Smashwords – ebook formats
If you live in New York’s Hudson Valley and use the Ramapo Catskill Library System, you can borrow FIVE of my books because they are in the catalog:
Final Sin
Within the Law
Forgotten
Bartlett’s Ruleand an early edition of Courage of the Heart (doesn’t have the pretty cover!)
You can borrow these books from ANY RCLS member library
What?!?! You don’t live in New York!
Well, then take this list to your local library and
ask them to get my books for you…
Common Bond, Tangled Hearts by Chelle Cordero ISBN-13: 978-1935407935
A Chaunce of Riches by Chelle Cordero ISBN-13: 978-1935407263
Hostage Heart by Chelle Cordero ISBN-13: 978-1935407713
Final Sin by Chelle Cordero ISBN-13: 978-1935407133
Courage of the Heart by Chelle Cordero ISBN-13: 978-1935407188
Within the Law by Chelle Cordero ISBN-13: 978-0982115046
Forgotten by Chelle Cordero ISBN-13: 978-0979654572
Bartlett’s Rule by Chelle Cordero ISBN-13: 978-0979654534
(all published by Vanilla Heart Publishing)
Of course you can always purchase my books from any Barnes & Noble info desk (a few stores even have my books on their shelves!), Amazon.com and several Indie bookshops carry my books on their shelves as well (2 locations in Rockland County – Raider Books in Suffern & The Arts Alliance in Haverstraw)
Hope you enjoy the read!
Chelle
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