Yesterday a reader asked me why I don’t have any Christmas books. I gasped and then replied, “I’m failing. I have quite a few and they are absolutely my favorite things I’ve written.”
So without a lot of words and fan-fare. I present my Christmas catalog. All are available wherever you get your ebooks and in paperback.
Give A Little Love – Very Christmasy
Brooke Jordan thought her Christmas was going to be boring, particularly since she’s stuck working in Montego Bay, Jamaica, instead of home in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her family. Paradise isn’t paradise when you’re not where you want to be, but this Christmas is anything but uneventful. Three airplanes land on the island and Brooke finds herself in exchanges that cause love, temptation, and HATE to surface.
Marcus Thompson has pain in his past, but he’s decided it’s time to try love again. A widowed orphan from a wealthy family, he’s alienated from his grandfather and wants a family of his own. His feelings for Brooke can’t be denied, but she won’t give him a chance to prove he’s not the playboy she thinks he is.
Though she finds Marcus tempting, Brooke is determined to get off the island without falling for his charms. The two people she trusted the most betrayed her in the worse way, and she isn’t prepared to risk love again. But when her worst enemy stands on her doorstep needing the generosity that has always been a part of Brooke’s character, she begins to question who she is and what she’s allowed heartbreak to do to her. Will she let anger and hate take over and turn her into someone else? Or will she find that even in her pain, she has the capacity to give?
The Winter Reunion
Everyone knows the woman in the “viral” video that hit two million views on YouTube. Humiliated, Tamar Johnson changed her name and disappeared behind the embarrassing video that captured her losing her virginity on prom night. But who was the guy?
NFL Running Back Stephen Pierce is football’s darling. He’s spent his entire career doing community service work with at-risk kids, and endeared fans as a devoted Christian, even claiming celibacy. It’s time for his high school reunion. Stephen is determined to get his EX, Tamar, to come out of hiding, even going as far as posting their prom picture on Instagram in hopes that she would accept the challenge to show up.
Tamar isn’t interested in the reunion, but her boss is. She writes for a small magazine. Stephen Pierce is a BIG story.
With reunion activity in full swing, the tension between Tamar and Stephen reaches an unbearable level. Before it’s over will the world find out who the real Stephen Pierce is? And will Tamar survive spending time with the only man who’s ever had her heart?
The Winter Wedding (Not quite as Christmasy and can completely skipped before The Winter Baby, but why? I love this story.)
“Will you marry me?”
From the moment Stephen Pierce asks the question, he and Tamar Johnson’s lives spiral out of control…
Tamar Johnson has had enough scandal to last ten lifetimes. Her reluctant claim to fame as the infamous woman in a viral video of her losing her virginity on prom night was shameful enough to send the preacher’s daughter into hiding for twelve years. Now she’s back in the public eye dealing with one scandalous and painful situation after the next and praying the secret she’s kept won’t be the one to finally destroy her and the people she loves.
Life’s been good for NFL’s darling Stephen Pierce. But now the superstar running back’s problems are catching up with him. Tamar Johnson said yes to his marriage proposal, but he still can’t get a read on her feelings. His life off the field gets messier as he once again becomes the target of media coverage and paparazzi photographs. A trashy reality television show has everyone wondering if he’s the celibate Christian man he’s claimed to be all these years.
When a tragedy happens, Stephen is challenged in ways he never expected. Will he stand strong in the face of adversity, or will a crisis of faith reveal who he really is to himself and his fans?
The Winter Baby – I love this beautiful Christmas story and feel honored that God gave it to me to tell.
An unexpected road trip. Angry emotions. A recipe for the perfect storm…
Clyde Stowe is a reformed bachelor turned devoted boyfriend, but when Kim Haynes refuses to break her vow of celibacy their romance ends. An unexpected road trip forces them together where angry unresolved emotions push them even further apart. What they don’t expect is for nature to intervene in ways they aren’t prepared for.
Kim made it through Hurricane Katrina, but is she strong enough to survive this storm? Can Clyde find the courage to turn back to the God he abandoned long ago? And will Tamar and Stephen survive them both?
Righteous Ways – Christmas Family Drama
Sometimes we find hope in unexpected places…
Samaria Jacobs would be living a platinum life as the wife of successful music producer, Mekhi Johnson, that is if she weren’t on her way to prison. Samaria has always been a bit of a Grinch this time of year, but she feels like she has absolutely nothing to be grateful for. Flailing between depression and anxiety, Samaria finds solace in forsaking her privileged lifestyle in favor of volunteering at a women’s shelter. Will the desperate situation of an old friend make her examine her life at its lowest moment and find that even in her fear, shame, and sorrow that God has given her the capacity to love?
All She Wants – Lots of Christmas (Book 1 in my Bennett Family Series)
Homeless! Lenise Reid never thought that would be her story. Widowed with a baby, Lenise was making it work as a single mother until a fraudulent transaction wipes out her balance at the bank leaving her with no money. Living paycheck to paycheck takes on new meaning as her world is turned upside down, and she ends up sleeping in her car. Cole Bennett’s first date with Lenise was all he needed to know she was a woman he wanted to pursue, so when she ghosts him, he goes on a mission to find out why. What he finds is a woman so wounded that even in her most desperate state she struggles with his charity. Cole has more to give than Lenise knows how to receive. Will past hurt keep her from accepting the most precious gift God has to offer?
All The Pastor Wants – Lots of Christmas (Books 6 in my Bennett Family Series but was written to stand alone.)
Rory Bennett is a pastor with deep pockets and a heart of gold. Though he loves his ministry, all he wants for Christmas is for Sweet Delights Bakery owner Robin Pendleton to see him as a man and not just a preacher.
Robin Pendleton has been fighting her attraction to her handsome pastor/long-time friend Rory, but she has hurt, responsibilities, and secrets that make her question if she’s worthy of all he has to offer.
Will a meeting under the mistletoe change their lives this holiday season?
All She Dreamed – Not really that Christmasy. Story begins right before Thanksgiving and ends on New Years Day.)
Sienna Ingram is determined to marry a man with money. Living in Forest Hills her entire life and planning upscale events for the rich and famous residents have exposed her to the best that money can buy. Her older sisters have all married wealthy Bennett men. She’s not interested in becoming another Bennett wife, but she does want one of Forest Hills richest citizens.
Mason Jones has settled in Forest Hills invested money from his inheritance in a new business venture. No one knows he’s a Bennett including Sienna, the woman who captured his attention and made him plant roots. When he hires her to plan a party, forcing proximity to work with him, he doesn’t expect her to steal his heart and break shortly after.
Sienna has fallen for him too, but he’s not wealthy, so she quickly buries her feelings for him. Mason is determined to win her over, but will it be too late for them once he realizes why she rejected him in the first place?
Rhonda McKnight 