Romy Sommer

Yesterday I posted the first instalment of my contribution to the Written Fireside August blog hop , and here's the second instalment. Watch out for the complete collection of short stories from Harper Impulse this Christmas, and don't forget to enter the Rafflecopter contest below for a truly amazing prize: $70 in Amazon vouchers plus at least a dozen books. Part Two: Charlotte stared sightlessly out the window until rain began to spatter against the grimy glass. Just her luck. The one day she hadn’t brought an umbrella. She climbed off the bus at her usual stop, raising her collar against the sleety rain and tucking her gloved hands deep into her pockets. Jingle Bells spilled out from a store, and the Christmas lights strung overhead reflected in the puddles. The pedestrians hurrying along the busy pavements all seemed to be heading in the opposite direction, an inexorable tide she had to fight against. Something she seemed to be doing a lot of lately. No-one unde...

Fifteen authors,  Fifteen stories,  One shared starting paragraph. Read a taste of what's coming for Christmas... Written Fireside began as a series of round-the-campfire type tales, a serial story written by a number of different Harper Impulse authors. I had a huge amount of fun taking part in For Clara and His Way Home and I'm delighted to be taking part in the latest story. But this time we're doing something a little different. This time fifteen authors have each written a short story starting with the same opening paragraph, which was written by Georgia Beyers, winner of Harper Impulse's Written Fireside contest . All fifteen stories have a Christmas theme and will be published by Harper Impulse as a free Christmas read. BONUS: as part of this blog hop, you also get a chance to win, by entering using the Rafflecopter link at the bottom of this post! So my apologies for the very unseasonal post, but here is the teaser for my contribution to the ...

Fifteen Harper Impulse authors are writing fifteen Christmas short stories all from one starting paragraph. We're sharing our story snippets throughout August and have a giveaway - 14 books/ebooks and a $70 Amazon gift card. Any mentions on blogs, shares on Facebook, tweets, hollers over the fence to your neighbor about it, would be greatly appreciated. Come on by, bring some friends, enter our ‪#‎giveaway‬ and read the first snippet from Lori Connelly You can enter the Rafflecopter giveaway here:  http://www.rafflecopter. com/rafl/display/667520627/