The Holidays—Love ‘em or hate ‘em? by Cassandra Gold

Ah, July!  Here in Missouri, it’s hot, sticky, and unpleasant.  Lately, it’s been either thunderstorms or high 90s with crazy humidity.  What better time to turn my thoughts to a cooler time of year.  🙂

When I was a kid, I adored Christmas.  I couldn’t wait for December to roll around, and once it did, I’d count the days until Christmas Eve.  Then I’d set out milk and cookies (or pie) and hope Santa brought me good presents.  Christmas Day was spent in a happy haze of candy, presents, dinner, and family.

Now that I’m an adult, I’ve become a major Grinch.  I hate the holidays.  I dread seeing the decorations pop up at the local Wal-Mart, because I know it’s almost time for frenzied shopping (complete with traffic jams at all the stores), too much food, and forced, prepackaged cheer everywhere I look.  I still spend time with family and friends, of course, but I’ve made an effort to ignore the material aspects of the holiday and focus on the rest of it.

The thing is, despite my dislike of the holiday season in general, I look forward to holiday books.  I don’t care if the story features Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Solstice, or New Year’s Eve, they’re all good.  In a book, I can recapture that feeling of holiday spirit, the joy and magic of Santa and flying reindeer and happy families.  There’s nothing like the ending of a great holiday romance to restore my good cheer.

What about you all?  Do you love the holidays, or hate them?  Do you read holiday romances?  If so, what kind do you like best?

Cassandra’s Bio:  By day, Cassandra is a (relatively) mild‐mannered middle school teacher. At night, she lets the characters in her head out to play as she writes erotic romance. Unfortunately for her husband, neither of Cassandraʹs personas enjoys doing housework.  Find out more at www.cassandragold.com

Fantasies: Christmas by Cassandra Gold

James Hastings is having a bad week. All he wants to do is buy a six-pack and spend an evening moping. Instead, he wins a weeklong trip to Hawaii, thanks to a young man at the liquor store.

Tattoo and piercing artist Travis Barton is surprised when the cute guy he helped out wins a trip and invites him to come along. Still, he’s not about to pass up a free trip to Hawaii. Despite how different he and James are, they find themselves drawn to each other.

Travis’s idea of a no-strings fling goes against James’s nature, but it might turn out to be just what he needs…

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