Susan Hatler

Guest Author: MELINDA CURTIS

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Hey everyone!!

I’m super excited to have a special guest author here today to help celebrate my new release, Forever Yours in Christmas Falls. Please give a warm welcome to: MELINDA CURTIS

Hi! It’s Melinda Curtis waving at you today as I take over Susan’s blog. If you haven’t met me yet, I write sweet romance for Harlequin and sweet romantic comedies. I’m married to my college sweetheart and have 3 kids in college (although to be fair, 1 is married, about to become a father, and going back to get his master’s degree part-time). I’m living in the midst of a home remodel that began in February (Mr. Curtis promises me we’ll be done by Thanksgiving). How do I know Susan? Well, she and I became friends at a local romance writer chapter meeting (mumble-mumble) years ago. She was instrumental in pulling me into the Return to Christmas Falls series.

I want to congratulate Susan on her latest release – Forever Yours in Christmas Falls! I had the pleasure of reading her story last week and it’s a cute, enjoyable read! I love the way Susan injects sass and spunk into her heroines, and I’m very fond of stories about girls having a crush on their older brother’s best friends, which has nothing whatsoever to do with my having crushes on my older brothers’ best friends when I was a teenager…right? LOL!

To celebrate Susan’s release, I’m offering a prize pack with two autographed books – Make Me a Match (3 sweet romantic comedies about matchmaking men in Alaska), Support Your Local Sheriff (a small town sweet romance, my most recent Harlequin release) – plus a DVD of the movie Support Your Local Sheriff (starring James Garner!). My mom is a huge James Garner fan. To enter, tell me if you’re a James Garner fan or not in the comment section. If so, I’d love to hear which of his movies or TV roles are your favorite (Maverick, Rockford Files, Support Your Local Sheriff, Murphy’s Romance, The Notebook, etc.). International winners will receive 3 ebooks.

I had 3 releases this month – Support Your Local Sheriff, Rumor Has It in Christmas Falls, and Heartwarming Holiday Wishes. It was hard to pick which book to feature here, but in keeping with the holiday theme – and because it’s 99 cents – read on to learn more about Heartwarming Holiday Wishes!

This is the fourth year the Harlequin Heartwarming authors (authors of sweet romance) have banded together to put out a holiday collection set in Christmas Town, Maine. That makes 40 total novellas in 4 different collections. Each year, we pick a theme and share characters and locations in this small town whose economy revolves around Christmas. This year, the theme was magic stockings. Characters received or found stockings with notes inside giving love advice – kind of like finding Santa’s fortune cookies!

My contribution to the set – Merry Christmas Carol – is about a couple who always volunteer, but don’t spend enough time doing things for themselves. Carol teaches in a rough part of Philly and is crushed when her “mathletes” rob a house before Christmas. Mike set aside his college dreams to care for his father, who is in a wheelchair. They shared a kiss one New Year’s Eve years ago, but they haven’t talked about it since. In fact, they avoid each other diligently at the holiday season. But this year, all their best-laid plans for helping the town celebrate Christmas seem to go awry and they can no longer avoid talking about that kiss.

Heartwarming Holiday Wishes is a really fun set – 10 stories with quirky characters, tender romance, and beloved holiday traditions. Also included in the box is a coupon worth $1 off a Harlequin Heartwarming regularly priced purchase at Harlequin’s web site. That’s like getting the box set for free!

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Thank you so much for being here today, Melinda. So interesting regarding the crushes on your older brothers’ bffs. 😉

Good luck to everyone on Melinda’s giveaway. Happy reading!!

🙂 Susan

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Comments

  1. I am a fan of James Garner, and I enjoy Rockford Files, Murphy’s Romance, and love The Notebook!

  2. I loved James Garner in the Rockford Files. He was a great actor and made the show so exciting to watch. I was wondering if he was the one that starred on the show as a grandfather when The show lost John Ritter ? The show was Eight Simple Rules To Date my Daughters. I thought he was wonderful in the show and really gave the show some much needed strong male lead when John unexpectedly passed away.

  5. My favorite out of these is Rockford files. I use to stay up to watch this show when I was younger. I am a fan of James Garner. I know you didn’t mention this movie but I also enjoyed him in The Ultimate Gift. Have a great weekend.

  6. I loved James Garner in the Notebook, and I like his earlier movies too. I just finished reading Heartwarming Holiday Wishes this morning. Each story had me lost in a new place with new people and I loved it. I am so thankful that I have found good, clean, sweet romance authors. You guys are some of my favorite people. I read at least half of a book, if not an entire one before I got to sleep at night. Which makes my 5:00 wake up call difficult, but so worth it. Have a wonderful day!

  8. I love James Garner. I have liked him in everything I have seen him in. I loved Devine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood & he was great in Eight Simple Rules.

  10. I adore James Garner! Grew up on Rockford Files but renewed my love in The Notebook! Thanks Melinda and Susan…I’m loving these blog posts 😊

  12. I loved James Garner in the Notebook. I vaguely remember hi in the Rockford Files. Thanks for this great contest.

  14. I loved James Garner in The Notebook! I’ve also enjoyed many other tv shows and movies he has been in…..

  18. I am a fan of James Garner. I liked him in the Notebook. I also really liked him in the show Eight Simple Rules.

  19. I love James Garner. Think Murphy’s Romance is my favorite, but The Notebook is a very close second. Being “a certain age” myself, really enjoy movies with older love stories.

  20. Oh I love James Garner! One of my favorites is ‘Move Over Darling’. Another old goody is ‘The Thrill of it All’ and ‘The Great Escape’. My friend and I loved watching those growing up. His more recent ones I’ve enjoyed are, Maverick, My Fellow Americans (my hubby and I laugh pretty hard while watching this one), The Ultimate Gift, they’re all great!

  21. Wow Rockford Files was such a good show to watch and so was he in the Notebook a wonderful movie. Thank you Melinda for taking over for her and you wrote a great blog. Thank you for the chance!

  22. I love James Garner! Raised watching him. I really liked Rockford Files but then, I liked anything that he was in!!!

  23. I watched James Garner growing up …. In the Rockford Files. My favorite movie of his is Maverick… I don’t know that I’m a fan, but watched with my dad so I have fond memories of that time. 😊

  26. I loved James Gardner I the Rockford Files. He played a great character and the interaction with his costars made the show go by too quickly… plus he was very handsome.

  28. I loved James Gardner in the Rockford Files. He played a great character and his interactions with his co-stars made the show go by too quickly. Plus back in the day he was a “hunk”.

  29. I enjoy James Garner in Maverick, Rockford Files, and Murphy’s Romance. I love ME TV because on Saturdays’ they are showing Maverick. I enjoy your books Melinda. Susan is a new author but her book will go on my list to get. Thanks for the giveaway.

  30. I did like James Garner in The Notebook. I don’t know if I have seen him in anything else.

  32. love James Garner as Maverick and Rockford Files, also the movies, a very handsome funny man

  33. When I was a little girl my Daddy loved to watch the westerns that were part of the Walt Disney Sunday night TV show. Maverick was one of them and Bret Maverick was our favorite of the Mavericks and James Garner was perfect in that role. He soon branched out to movies and he and Doris Day made one or two together. She is another favorite! I don’t know if he ever played a part that I didn’t like so I am in agreement with your mom!
    Thanks for this awesome giveaway!
    Blessings!
    Connie
    cps1950(at)gmail(dot)com

  35. My dad and I watched the Rockford Files together ! He was a huge fan and I became one too ! ☘️ It brings back such great memories ! I loved him in Maverick with Jodie Foster !

  40. i love James Garner grew up with Maverick loved Murphys romance and rockford files also eight simple rules and all of the movies

  43. I haven’t watched much of him that I can recall but what I have seen I’ve enjoyed 😊 Thanks for the chance to win!

  45. I think I’ve only ever seen James Garner in the Notebook and Space Cowboys. Great actor in both of those, though!

  47. Congratulations on the release. James Garner was fantastic in Rockford Files but I also enjoyed him with Doris Day.

  48. Love James Garnett and he was one good looking man when he was just starting out . Grew up with Maverick, loved him in the Rockford files. My dad enjoyed watching him and it was dad and me in front of the TV. That Notebook showed he wads still a wonderful actor.
    Carol L

  50. I love watching Murphy’s Romance with the conversations between James Garner and Sally Fields as he arrives and she comments what she is fixing for dinner.

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