Susan Hatler

New Release & Giveaways

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Hi Fabulous Readers,

I’m thrilled to be here with you celebrating the release of my novel, Forever Yours in Christmas Falls, which is part of the Return to Christmas Falls holiday romance series. This week will be filled with GUEST AUTHORS, GIVEAWAYS, and a GREAT time, so keep checking back EVERY DAY.

First, I’d like to share an excerpt of Forever Yours in Christmas Falls with you:

“Whoa, whoa, whoa,” Dallas said, his tone suddenly condescending as he held his palms up and shook his head. “You must be in the wrong building, Morgan. I’m the one who rented this place. I’m opening up a furniture store.”

Chills vibrated through me. What the . . .?

Visions of opening my own beauty salon evaporated before my very eyes.

“Um, I don’t think so.” My hands thrust to my hips. “No way, you must be in the wrong place. I rented this beauty salon from Coraline of Coraline’s Classic Beauty Salon and look around you, Dallas.” I gestured wildly. “This is clearly a beauty salon, not a furniture store.”

“I don’t see that much beauty in it, to be honest.” He looked around at the garish décor. “Those chairs are the same color as the antacid I usually drink after a plate of ‘cue and slaw. Coraline clearly wanted me to make my mark on this place.”

I sucked in a hard breath. He wasn’t wrong with his antacid description, but those orange chairs were mine to use not his. “Let me worry about the color of my chairs.”

“They aren’t your chairs, Morgan. I rented this business space, not you.”

I choked and grabbed the purse I’d dropped on a small counter next to one of the antacid-colored chairs. I dug around in it. “You must’ve had too much beer with your ‘cue and slaw, Dallas. You didn’t rent this place. See, I have the lease right here.”

“Let me read that.” He took the papers I thrust at him, his fingers brushing against mine and sending tingles up my arm. His gaze met mine as a shiver rolled through me that I hoped with every fiber of my being he didn’t notice. The corner of his mouth hitched up. “Missed me, huh?”

“You wish,” I said, kicking myself for not having a better retort. Whatever. Anyone with eyes could tell the man was attractive. Not my body’s fault for reacting that way. Not like I was going to throw my arms around him and kiss him.

Although the thought wasn’t exactly unpleasant. . . .

“Maybe I do wish.” His gaze simmered as I glared at him, but this only seemed to make him more amused.

To celebrate the release of my novel and this multi-author holiday romance series, I’ll be giving away 2 autographed *paperbacks of Every Little Kiss (*US only, e-book for international) and 5 e-book copies of Every Little Kiss.

To enter this giveaway, please comment below with your favorite holiday movie and also a question you’d be curious to ask the authors of this series. The winner of this giveaway will be announced in the comments below. Thank you for being here and good luck.

Be sure to stay-tuned this week for GUEST AUTHORS and GIVEAWAYS all week long, so be sure to keep checking back. Happy reading!!

🙂 Susan

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Comments

  1. My favorite holiday movie is While You Were Sleeping. I know, it’s not your typical Christmas movie, but I love it!
    Did you read each others’ books, and then edit them so they tied in so well, or did you just know what information had to be included? I’ve read two of them so far, and I LOVE them!

  3. There are so many favorites, but I’m going with White Christmas!

    Question for the authors:
    Is it hard to mesh your characters with the other writers’ characters? Occasionally in a series like this, there will be some interaction between them…is it all preplanned, or do some of you write first, then have to edit in conversations and such afterwards?

  4. I enjoy watching The Holiday.
    How did you and the other authors keep the central tone for your books – was there a map with details or messageboard you used?

  5. my favorite holiday movie is The Nine Lives of Christmas on Hallmark. And my question is: Do you have one of your books you would like to see turned into a Hallmark movie?

  6. I think I’d have to go with Its a Wonderful Life and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
    I think I’d love to ask about the inspiration behind the main characters (and their names).

  7. White Christmas.
    I want to know if you ever run into a roadblock in your story and have to change paths.

  8. My favorite holiday movie is The Christmas Kiss or The Santa Clause. Love both. My question would be, how did the writers cone up with the idea for this series, and what inspiration they use to come up with their ideas?

  10. I love the classic holiday movies ruldolf the red nose reindeer and frosty the snow man.
    How many books will be in the series!!!!
    On a side note thank you so very much for writing clean books! They are so hard to find! Please never change that!!!! You are truly a gem! Love your books!

  12. White Christmas! Does the following author read the books previous before she writes her book?

  14. My favorite christmas movie is Mrs. Miracle i watch it with my daughter every year. We also love White Christmas! Thanks for chance!

  15. The Grinch and ELF. . My girls and get together a couple of times during the holiday season to watch them and have a lot of laughs. Have a great week.

  17. My favorite holday move is Family Man 🙂 The question I would be interested in asking all the authors, is do they usually feel more inclined and inspired to write a holiday themed book at that particular time of year or do they feel it makes the holiday feel more like “work” to them? Thank you for the chance!

  19. My favorite is miracle on 34th street. I would like to ask how the authors come up with the storylines.

  22. Sadly, I only recently discovered A Christmas Story, but it’s my favorite movie.

    Question – I know some of the books belong to other series. Are these stories standalones?

  24. Love The Christmas Card & also White Christmas, such a hard choice I love almost all the Christmas movies. Thanks for your generosity.

  25. I love While You Were Sleeping!!
    With multiple authors, how do you decide what the town will be like?

  26. I’m a sucker for the classics, like It’s A Wonderful Life and White Christmas. Although, I would never forgive myself for missing the Charlie Brown Christmas special or non-stop Christmas movies on Hallmark. Yeah, I’m also a total sucker for Christmas.

    My question is how long did it take to collaborate and work on this Christmas Falls series? How did the authors manage the overlap of characters with their novels and how did they communicate about who would be inputted in what story? Did the creator of the characters write the scenes in different novels where they were secondary characters or just communicated heavily with each author who inserted their character into their story? Just wondering…

  27. I love Elf and It’s a Wonderful Life! To the authors, do you like to write holiday stories? If so, which holidays?

  28. I’ve been hooked on some of the Christmas movies that have been streaming on Netflix the last several years. My favorite of those is The Christmas Kiss. I could rewatch it over and over again (and have) whether it’s Christmas time or not.

    When you create series that are about different characters in the same town and cross over in books, how do you plan out your characters appearances and personalities in the other authors books. Do you tell each other your characters quirks/traits or do you talk through those scenes together and help write them? I love series written by multiple authors and have wondered how you write each other’s characters into your book so flawlessly.

    Loved your book in this series! 💖 I couldn’t put it down.

  29. It has to be the Alastair Sim version of “A Christmas Carol”, followed by “Christmas in Connecticutt”, “The Holiday”, “Holiday Inn” and “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer”.

    I like some of the Hallmark stuff – Hallmark has produced some enjoyable, even (at times) intellectually
    worthwhile, emotionally alive Christmas films.
    As for my question – do you and the other writers aspire to adapting these books for a film/television version? I would love to know more about what is involved in doing this.
    Appreciatively,
    Kira

  30. My favorite Christmas movies are either White Christmas or Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol. In the first I always get chocked up when the general walks into the dining room and his soldiers are there. In the second I just love the songs.

  31. I like all of the holiday movies but I always take time to watch Charlie Brown’s Christmas movie. I love the Peanuts gang.

    My question would be Do you get to name the title of your books or does the publisher?

  34. Favorite Holiday movie is White Christmas with Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney. My question would be do you get to have input on the book covers?

  35. My favorite is an oldie “The Bishop’s Wife” with Cary Grant and Loretta Young. Love it .
    How are the Authors chosen with a series this big ?
    I love this excerpt here. Definitely going to be reading this series.

  36. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation or Charlie Brown Christmas

    Who came up with the town Christmas Falls?

  38. I love Hallmark’s The Christmas Card! It had a dual purpose to the story. We’re any real life experiences used in the series?

  41. The Holiday with Cameron Diaz and Jude law. How did you all meet and come up with ideas for your holiday series?

  43. Thank you all for participating in my giveaway. I loved hearing the questions you’d ask the Return to Christmas Falls authors and we’ll be considering them for our daily posts on Sweet Romance Speak: https://www.facebook.com/pg/sweetromancespeak/

    And now for the winners of an autographed *paperback of Every Little Kiss (*US only, e-book for international) . . . congratulations, Lynette Dyer and Julie Carpenter!

    And the winners of an e-book copy of Every Little Kiss are Shawna Gavas, Shannon H., Chanel Munroe, Jackie Wisherd, and Alison.

    The winners should email su***@su*********.com to claim their prize. Happy reading, everyone!! ☺

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