Today we visit with Kathy L Wheeler and learn more about her anthology, Regency Christmas Kisses. Kathy L Wheeler and Amanda McCabe worked together to bring us five perfectly perfect Christmas romances! Let's hear more about Kathy and her books! Take it away, Kathy!
I was approached by one of my best friend’s ever, Amanda McCabe, to do a Regency Christmas novella in mid-October. The conversation went like this:
Amanda: Hi Kathy! I know it's short notice, being October and all, but would you want to do a short Christmas novella collection? I have a couple novellas we can use, and you could do one connected to your Regency series? If you have time, they're short and kind of fun! We can talk about it more this weekend....
Kathy: Wait, what? Not write one. I can certainly share... We need to talk.
Amanda: I wish I had thought of it sooner, Xmas anthologies always do so well…
And, a Christmas Anthology was born and thus, Lady Felicity’s Feud with Christmas. I worked like crazy for three weeks, aiming for 20k words, on the hook: She hates Christmas…
So, not to give anything away: to get the hero’s aunt off his back to marry some silly girl, all he has to do is secure the heroine’s assistance for his aunt’s pet annual Christmas Charity project. But since our heroine will have nothing to do with Christmas our hero must come up with something to garner her attention and not send her running for the hills.
One really fun thing to note: My husband wrote a song for our anthology. He played the harpsichord and bass, and we worked on the lyrics together. There’s no release date yet, but I’ll keep everyone posted via my newsletter. You can sign up via my website.
Well, that is all kinds of awesome! I love that! I can't wait to hear it. I also love how the anthology unfolded. And 20K words in three weeks? Your computer must have been on fire!
Amanda: Hi Kathy! I know it's short notice, being October and all, but would you want to do a short Christmas novella collection? I have a couple novellas we can use, and you could do one connected to your Regency series? If you have time, they're short and kind of fun! We can talk about it more this weekend....
Kathy: Wait, what? Not write one. I can certainly share... We need to talk.
Amanda: I wish I had thought of it sooner, Xmas anthologies always do so well…
And, a Christmas Anthology was born and thus, Lady Felicity’s Feud with Christmas. I worked like crazy for three weeks, aiming for 20k words, on the hook: She hates Christmas…
So, not to give anything away: to get the hero’s aunt off his back to marry some silly girl, all he has to do is secure the heroine’s assistance for his aunt’s pet annual Christmas Charity project. But since our heroine will have nothing to do with Christmas our hero must come up with something to garner her attention and not send her running for the hills.
One really fun thing to note: My husband wrote a song for our anthology. He played the harpsichord and bass, and we worked on the lyrics together. There’s no release date yet, but I’ll keep everyone posted via my newsletter. You can sign up via my website.
Well, that is all kinds of awesome! I love that! I can't wait to hear it. I also love how the anthology unfolded. And 20K words in three weeks? Your computer must have been on fire!
Can you share a little about all the stories in Regency Christmas Kisses?
Snowbound Christmas – Amanda McCabe
(A sequel to "The wallflower's Mistletoe Wedding")
Years ago, fate parted Helen Layton and Charles St. George. Now a wealthy widow and a famous artist, they are stuck together in a Christmas blizzard! Can old pain, and true love, bring them back together?
Lady Felicity’s Feud with Christmas – Kathy L Wheeler
(Part of the Rebel Lords of London series)
Christmas does not come easy for a young woman who has seen too much tragedy around the holidays. Lord Lexum is snared into obtaining Lady Felicity’s assistance for a Christmas event. Can he find a way to show Felicity Christmas also means hope?
A Partridge in a Pear Tree – Amanda Mc Cabe
A National Reader's Choice Award Finalist
Spend the holidays at a Regency England house party! Seeking an heir to her fortune, a widow challenges her family to a wild holiday scavenger hunt in the novella "A Partridge in a Pear Tree"--and two lost, lonely people find a lasting love and true family seeking the Twelve Days of Christmas...
Five Gold Rings – Kathy L Wheeler
(Part of the My True Love Gave to Me anthology from the Oklahoma Romance Writers.)
The noblest of England’s finest families vie for the honor to attend Pemberton’s Annual Christmas Ball—most especially those with daughters of a marriageable age. Something Bartholomew Dixon, Viscount Weston, in all accounts, typically avoids like the plague but for one idiotic wager. He’s acquired four of the five rings required to win…but what of the fifth?
Nine Ladies Dancing – Amanda McCabe
(the sequel to A Partridge in a Pear Tree!)
Spend Christmas in the magic of Regency England! The lovely, red-headed Gordon twins, studious Jane and vivacious Kitty, are excited to attend their first Kirkwood Christmas Ball at Swan Court—-and are filled with plans for the future. Kitty has dreams of marrying the Duke of Tremanton, while Jane thinks the handsome new vicar, Harry Phillips, might suit her. But Christmas has a magic of its own—and the universe has its own idea of romance! Will all end well, under the mistletoe?
Thank you so much, Kathy! I can't wait to read all of these!
Snowbound Christmas – Amanda McCabe
(A sequel to "The wallflower's Mistletoe Wedding")
Years ago, fate parted Helen Layton and Charles St. George. Now a wealthy widow and a famous artist, they are stuck together in a Christmas blizzard! Can old pain, and true love, bring them back together?
Lady Felicity’s Feud with Christmas – Kathy L Wheeler
(Part of the Rebel Lords of London series)
Christmas does not come easy for a young woman who has seen too much tragedy around the holidays. Lord Lexum is snared into obtaining Lady Felicity’s assistance for a Christmas event. Can he find a way to show Felicity Christmas also means hope?
A Partridge in a Pear Tree – Amanda Mc Cabe
A National Reader's Choice Award Finalist
Spend the holidays at a Regency England house party! Seeking an heir to her fortune, a widow challenges her family to a wild holiday scavenger hunt in the novella "A Partridge in a Pear Tree"--and two lost, lonely people find a lasting love and true family seeking the Twelve Days of Christmas...
Five Gold Rings – Kathy L Wheeler
(Part of the My True Love Gave to Me anthology from the Oklahoma Romance Writers.)
The noblest of England’s finest families vie for the honor to attend Pemberton’s Annual Christmas Ball—most especially those with daughters of a marriageable age. Something Bartholomew Dixon, Viscount Weston, in all accounts, typically avoids like the plague but for one idiotic wager. He’s acquired four of the five rings required to win…but what of the fifth?
Nine Ladies Dancing – Amanda McCabe
(the sequel to A Partridge in a Pear Tree!)
Spend Christmas in the magic of Regency England! The lovely, red-headed Gordon twins, studious Jane and vivacious Kitty, are excited to attend their first Kirkwood Christmas Ball at Swan Court—-and are filled with plans for the future. Kitty has dreams of marrying the Duke of Tremanton, while Jane thinks the handsome new vicar, Harry Phillips, might suit her. But Christmas has a magic of its own—and the universe has its own idea of romance! Will all end well, under the mistletoe?
Thank you so much, Kathy! I can't wait to read all of these!
Bio: Kathy L Wheeler
Kathy L Wheeler (aka Kae Elle Wheeler) loves the NFL, the NBA, musical theater (don't ask how her how many times she's seen Phantom of the Opera (12); or Wicked (7)), travel, (Europe, Grand Cayman, Mexico, All over the US), reading (practically a book a night), writing (15 books and counting) and karaoke (well....what can she say). She assists other authors in critiquing, formatting, and creating covers for their publishing dreams. She writes contemporary and historical stories where the heroines save themselves and the heroes who honor their courage with suspense and humor.
website ~ bookbub ~ facebook ~ twitter ~ pinterest ~ amazon
Kathy L Wheeler (aka Kae Elle Wheeler) loves the NFL, the NBA, musical theater (don't ask how her how many times she's seen Phantom of the Opera (12); or Wicked (7)), travel, (Europe, Grand Cayman, Mexico, All over the US), reading (practically a book a night), writing (15 books and counting) and karaoke (well....what can she say). She assists other authors in critiquing, formatting, and creating covers for their publishing dreams. She writes contemporary and historical stories where the heroines save themselves and the heroes who honor their courage with suspense and humor.
website ~ bookbub ~ facebook ~ twitter ~ pinterest ~ amazon
Bio: Amanda McCabe
Amanda McCabe wrote her first romance at the age of sixteen--a vast historical epic starring all her friends as the characters, written secretly during algebra class (and her parents wondered why math was not her strongest subject...). When not writing or reading, she loves yoga, collecting cheesy travel souvenirs, and watching the Food Network--even though she doesn't cook. She also writes as Laurel McKee. historical Elizabethan mysteries as Amanda Carmack., and Eliza Casey...
website ~ bookbub ~ facebook ~ twitter ~ pinterest ~ amazon
Amanda McCabe wrote her first romance at the age of sixteen--a vast historical epic starring all her friends as the characters, written secretly during algebra class (and her parents wondered why math was not her strongest subject...). When not writing or reading, she loves yoga, collecting cheesy travel souvenirs, and watching the Food Network--even though she doesn't cook. She also writes as Laurel McKee. historical Elizabethan mysteries as Amanda Carmack., and Eliza Casey...
website ~ bookbub ~ facebook ~ twitter ~ pinterest ~ amazon
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