Christmas & Cannolis
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GENRE: Contemporary Romantic
Comedy
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BLURB:
With
Christmas season in full swing, baker Regina San Valentino is up to her elbows
in cake batter and cookie dough. Between running her own business, filling her
bursting holiday order book, and managing her crazy Italian family, she’s got
no time to relax, no room for more custom cake orders, and no desire to find
love. A failed marriage and a personal tragedy have convinced her she’s better
off alone. Then a handsome stranger enters her bakery begging for help. Regina
can’t find it in her heart to refuse him.
Connor Gilhooly is in a
bind. He needs a specialty cake for an upcoming fundraiser and puts himself—and
his company’s reputation—in Regina’s capable hands. What he doesn’t plan on is
falling for a woman with heartbreak in her eyes or dealing with a wise-guy
father and a disapproving family.
Can Regina lay her past
to rest and trust the man who’s awoken her heart?
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EXCERPT
I spotted my customer in the seat my mother indicated. His
back was toward me, but I could tell he was tall from how much of him shot up
from the chair. Since I didn’t know how to address him, I simply said, “Excuse
me?” when I finally arrived at the table. I was all set to introduce myself and
ask how I could help him, but before the words could form in my throat I was
struck mute. Truly. I stopped short, my mouth falling open like unfilled cannoli
shells, and no sound came out.
He turned to me at the exact moment a slice of midday
November sunlight streamed through the window, landing right on him and
surrounding his head in a halo of bright, brilliant light. I wouldn’t have been
surprised if a choir of angels started belting out celestial high notes because
the guy could have been a charter member of the Messenger of God club.
Facially, he looked a little older than my thirty-two, but
not over the forty-year mark yet. Where my hair is the color of wet ink, his
was a shock of silver threaded with faint stripes of peppery black above his
ears. It looked so thick and touch-worthy, the tips of my fingers were actually
tingling to clutch the ends and grab on. Eyes the color of threatening storm clouds—gray
and tinged with pale shards of blue—peered up at me, a question pulling at
their corners. Eyelashes most women had to pay for framed his lids naturally.
His jaw was square, his cheekbones carved from marble by a master sculptor.
But his mouth—Madre di Dio, his mouth. It was about as
perfect as two lips meeting in the center of a face could be. Full and thick
with that natural rimmed outline women were forced to create with a liner
pencil, it was the most kissable mouth I’d ever seen. Tinted the color of aged
Barolo—my father’s favorite wine—ripe and smooth, full-bodied and intense, it
simply stopped me in my tracks.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Peggy Jaeger is
a contemporary romance writer who writes about strong women, the families who
support them, and the men who can’t live without them.
Family and food
play huge roles in Peggy’s stories because she believes there is nothing that
holds a family structure together like sharing a meal…or two…or ten. Dotted
with humor and characters that are as real as they are loving, Peggy brings all
topics of daily life into her stories: life, death, sibling rivalry, illness
and the desire for everyone to find their own happily ever after. Growing up
the only child of divorced parents she longed for sisters, brothers and a
family that vowed to stick together no matter what came their way. Through her
books, she has created the families she wanted as that lonely child.
Tying into her
love of families, her children's book, THE KINDNESS TALES, was illustrated by
her artist mother-in-law.
Peggy holds a
master's degree in Nursing Administration and first found publication with
several articles she authored on Alzheimer's Disease during her time running an
Alzheimer's in-patient care unit during the 1990s.
In 2013, she
placed first in two categories in the Dixie Kane Memorial Contest: Single Title
Contemporary Romance and Short/Long Contemporary Romance.
In 2017 she
came in 3rd in the New England Reader's Choice contest for A KISS UNDER THE
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS and was a finalist in the 2017 STILETTO contest for the same
title.
In 2018, Peggy
was a finalist in the HOLT MEDALLION Award and once again in the 2018 Stiletto
Contest.
A lifelong and
avid romance reader and writer, she is a member of RWA and her local New
Hampshire RWA Chapter.
Website/Blog:
http://peggyjaeger.com/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/peggy_jaeger
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Press:
https://catalog.thewildrosepress.com/all-titles/6235-christmas-and-cannolis.html
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December 18: Notes From a Romantic's Heart - review
December 19: Lauries Thoughts and Reviews
December 20: Harlie's Books - review
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December 31: Books,Dreams,Life
January 1: T's Stuff
January 2: Bookaholic
January 3: Sharing Links and Wisdom
January 4: Book Magic - Under a spell with every page - review
January 7: Locks, Hooks and Books - review
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January 9: Two Ends of the Pen
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My Review
Christmas and Cannolis is the first book I have read Peggy Jaeger. After reading this she has earned herself a new fan. I enjoyed this fun and delightful Christmas romance. It had me laughing out loud at times. Regina and Connor had perfect chemistry together, making it easy to turn the pages to find out what would happen with them.
I give Christmas and Cannolis four and a half stars. I look forward to more by this author in the future. Great read!
I received this book from the publisher. This review is 100% my own honest opinion.
I give Christmas and Cannolis four and a half stars. I look forward to more by this author in the future. Great read!
I received this book from the publisher. This review is 100% my own honest opinion.
Thank you so much for hosting me today and for introducing CHRISTMAS AND CANNOLIS to your followers and readers. And #blessyou for the lovely review
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