Sprinkle a little Christmas magic into your life with 26 ALL-NEW, never before released romances. Each title - exclusive to this set - is inspired by a favorite holiday movie, spun into a fantastic love story by a NY Times, USA Today, and/or award-winning, bestselling author and delivered to you in this wonderful collection full of cheer for the coming season.
This is one of a series of posts highlighting the authors of the Christmas book collection: LOVE, CHRISTMAS - MOVIES YOU LOVE. You can order this book collection for only 99 cents on-line from a variety of retailers.
Nancy Radke's novel is included: The Holiday (Christmas)
The Holiday (Christmas)
Author: Nancy Radke
Wanting to get away from Seattle rain, and men in general, Jodie swaps her small Seattle apartment for a home in Maui. She arrives in a torrential rainstorm and finds a shipwrecked sailor, complete with dog, already in possession. In keeping with the movie, “The Holiday,” this story is sweet and light.
Nancy 's writing experience with LOVE, CHRISTMAS - MOVIES YOU LOVE
1. What is your main objective in bundling your works with other authors?
I write both historical and contemporary romance, all clean and wholesome. I bundle with other authors as a way to advertise my books. We share advertising costs under the able direction of Mimi Barbour. I’m not that great on marketing skills, and this gets my book out to all their readers, and their books to my readers. It’s a win win for all of us.
My “special” addition to the Love, Christmas 2 set was to make Pins for Pinterest and some Facebook posts. I made them for all 26 authors, trying to make each one reflect the individual story.
2. Most authors require a large time commitment just in writing and editing a new book. Was this your first book set, a new book was required with a deadline?
This was not my first book set, as I have books in the Unforgettable series, and in the Sweet & Sassy series. All of those were written to a deadline. I love to write in the morning, but found the story I chose to write, The Holiday, followed me around all day, so I had to stop now and then and write down what was happening in the book, as it kept playing out in my mind. My only problem with the story was keeping it short enough to fit into the set. Because it “wrote itself,” I finished well ahead of the deadline. As a former schoolteacher, I edit all my own books, with a proofreader follow-up for things I missed. Still miss some things, but not much.
3. When will you publish your writings outside the LOVE, CHRISTMAS collection? When will you publish your writings outside the LOVE, CHRISTMAS collection?
This December I plan to publish The Holiday, as well as Trouble Never Knocks from the “Sweet & Sassy at the Beach” collection. I also have two other books I am writing that I plan to bring out in the first few months of next year, Terminal Pursuit, and a new Trahern western.
I lived in Hawaii for five years, which helped for story details.
Over the years, I wrote 30 books. During this time I also authored the Show & Tell Bible, which is a digital Bible for children. It is a huge undertaking, requiring thousands of hand-drawn pictures. I have artists doing most of the drawings, narrators (English and Spanish) who read the script, people who do the sub-titles in both languages, and photographers gathering background photos. The entire Old Testament (over 7 hours) is finally finished. I’m now working on the Gospels and Acts. Along with the DVDs, our group is producing coloring books, activity books, and lesson booklets. I also have a songbook I need to publish.
Author Genre: Romance, Mystery, Children's
Website: Nancy Radke
Author's Blog: Show and Tell Bible
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Author Description: Nancy Radke grew up on a wheat and cattle ranch in SE Washinton State. She attended a one-room country school through the eighth grade. She learned to ride bareback at age 3 (Really! It was a common practice.) and when she got off or fell off, she would pull her horse's nose to the ground, get on behind its ears, and the horse would lift its head so she could scoot down onto its back. She spent most of her childhood exploring the Blue Mountain trails that bordered the ranchlands. She and a friend once took a trail that turned out to be a two day trip. They always rode with matches and pocket knives, so made camp and returned the next day. These long rides worried her parents, but provided plenty of time to make up stories. Her first novel was set in the Blues, and is entitled APPALOOSA BLUES. TURNAGAIN LOVE was the first one published. It rated a four star review from Affaire de Coeur. Scribes World said "Turnagain Love has some fascinating twists and turns, unexpected complications, and charming scenes." It is light and humorous.
Her next book was CLOSED DOORS, a novel about a man who couldn't read. This was especially interesting to Ms. Radke, as she taught remedial reading, sixth grade, and other classes as a school teacher. All her stories are linked by characters who know each other from book to book. For example, Zack and Jennel show up in two more books besides TURNAGAIN LOVE. Also her books have a theme, such as the theme for TENNESSEE TOUCH, which is that just being alive is dangerous, so you can't be so cautious that you miss out on life. Her favorite character is Hugo, who is the hero in SONGS FOR PERRI. Hugo shows up in SPIRIT OF A CHAMPION and in the first book of the new BROTHERS OF SPPIRIT series that she is writing with her son, Nolan Radke, entitled HEIGHT OF DANGER.
She has gone through survival and outward bound training, including long-distance ocean swimming. Facts from this training shows up in COURAGE DARES and SPIRIT OF A CHAMPION. Her western ranching background shows up in the pioneer series, The Traherns, and APPALOOSA BLUES, which is now available. Her critique group used to say that she talked and wrote backward. This really helped when writing the Traherns, as the dialect seemed very natural. APPALOOSA BLUES, an AMAZON TOP 100 BEST SELLER, is the common book for both the Trahern series and the Sisters of Spirit Series.
Ranch life gives a person a can-do attitude, so when she decided to write and produce a children's Bible on DVD, she never doubted she could do it. Never mind that she had to learn to use a Mac, Photoshop, and the Final Cut Studio programs. The first volume of the SHOW AND TELL BIBLE took eight years to complete. It is two hours long, contains 650 hand-drawn pictures, and gives the impression of a picture book being read by a well-loved parent or grandparent. Little children are absolutely enthralled by it. The second volume is three hours long, 850 pictures, concluding with Esther. It was finished in three years, so she really did manage to speed up.
The feedback from parents and kids has been tremendous. Nancy is working on the third volume now, which will complete the Old Testament. When the entire Bible is finished, she plans to do other children's books on DVD. And for her romance fans, there are more of those coming. For people who love cookbooks, those on Amazon are written by a different lady with the same name.
Author's Book List
Love, Christmas - Movies You Love - The Holiday Series Book 2
Sprinkle a little Christmas magic into your life with 26 ALL-NEW, never before released romances. Each title - exclusive to this set - is inspired by a favorite holiday movie, spun into a fantastic love story by a NY Times, USA Today, and/or award-winning, bestselling author and delivered to you in this wonderful collection full of cheer for the coming season.
Mimi Barbour – A Wonderful Life - Though Mary works with troubled teens, can she and an angel help a man living a nightmare?
Leanne Banks – A Royal White Christmas - Can a secret prince be a Christmas wish-come-true for a small-town girl?
Joan Reeves – Brianna’s Season For Miracles - Her seductive persona hides what she's ashamed of... What will happen if the man she's fallen for discovers her secret?
Mona Risk – Jingle With My Princess - The doc and the princess... He saves lives, but she may save his heart.
Rebecca York – Can She Get Home for Christmas? - Will a killer stop her from getting home for Christmas?
Jacquie Biggar – Mistletoe Inn - A grieving man finds the greatest gift is love.
Alicia Street – Miracle on Christmas Tree Street - A single mom discovers her business partner is more than he seems.
Nancy Radke – The Holiday (Christmas) - Jodi's house-swap to Maui came with a small dog and a shipwrecked sailor.
Katy Walters –Letters from the Snowman – The snow revealed a precious love.
Stephanie Queen – Holiday Affair - Melissa goes from riches to rags but will she find gold in a holiday affair?
Aileen Fish – Almost Christmas in Connecticut - Can a wounded warrior learn to trust her celebrity chef crush after discovering his secret?
Rachelle Ayala – A Christmas Creek Carol - A reclusive writer is given a one-star review on her life by characters from her past, present, and future.
Dani Haviland – The Polar Xpress - She prefers dogs to men…until she rescues the doctor.
Traci Hall – Love, Actually (By the Sea) - Two strangers. One intimate night. Reunited a year later, can it actually be love?
Taylor Lee – The Ref-er-ee - With a family this discombobulated, it will take a referee to save their Christmas.
Donna Fasano – Her Mr. Miracle - It’s Christmas Eve and Veronica is stuck in a nearly deserted seaside town... She needs a miracle.
Cynthia Cooke – A Christmas to Remember - A Christmas storm. Wedding plans in peril. Has a lost love been found?
Susan Jean Ricci – A Joyous Holiday Inn - Can Twigg restore the joy of Christmas to Chloe’s indifferent heart?
Tamara Ferguson – Two Hearts Home for Christmas - Can a long ago promise of love bring two lonely wounded warriors home for Christmas?
Suzanne Jenkins – Christmas with the Clouds - Tracy isn’t interested in love until an unexpected Christmas visitor changes her heart.
Natalie Ann – How Gavin Stole Christmas - Can Jolene help Gavin find the Christmas spirit when he’s the epitome of Mr. Bah Humbug?
Ev Bishop – A Sharla Brown Christmas - For single parents Sharla and Jake, Christmas is the loneliest time of the year…until it’s not.
Alyssa Bailey – In the Spirit of Christmas - Chase can protect Tara from danger, but can he protect his heart?
Stacy Eaton – Finding Love on Christmas Vacation - Christmas isn't the same for Lucy without her father...until she meets his friend Maverick.
Jen Talty – The Christmas Getaway - A mix-up in reservations leaves a mother and her son to share a cabin with a broken-hearted stranger.
Melinda De Ross - Boyfriend Wanted for Christmas - A thirty-something singleton’s desperate yet humorous quest to find a boyfriend in the seven days before Christmas.
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Christmas on Cougar Mountain
- Silver Bell Book 2A fictional sweet romance, with humor, concerning a problem that many parents face. Kellen takes his son to Cougar Mountain to retrieve their escape artist collie, after a young woman finds the dog on the freeway. While he and his son are there, she helps his son learn to control his level of activity. She trains dyslexic people, and offers to help his son. Kellen thinks it is just a scam to get his money, as no one can help a dyslexic child in that short of time, can they? Forced to stay when the road to her home is washed out, he falls in love with her. A fun, easy read.
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Height of Danger
- Brothers of Spirit #1Charged with finding out who is trying to stop a dam project, Owen finds himself sidetracked with the head engineer's beautiful daughter.
Having lost her family, Laura seeks the father she has never known.
Those attacking the project plan to use her against her father.
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The Sunniest Gal From Tennessee
- Trahern Western Pioneer Series #13What's a single woman to do?
In danger of losing her sunshiny smile, Mary Trahern leaves New Haven and heads west.
She has only enough money to take the train to Cheyenne.
Once there she will have no job, no friends, and no money.
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The Toughest Man in the Territory
- The Trahern Western Pioneer Series #12Traherns are hard to kill, and Regan Trahern is one of the toughest.
Waterfalls and bears can't conquer him, how about a young lady?
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The Loneliest Man in the Mountains
- The Trahern Western Pioneer Series #11Matthew's brother brings Hero's colts out to Trey.
He finds out why animals and men make good companions.
He discovers why 'he who finds a wife, finds a good thing.'
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The Richest Man in Texas
- The Traherns Pioneer Western series #10He was searching for Trey.
He found gold and a girl.
How can he keep them?
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A Tennessee Christmas
- Sisters of Spirit Book 1A lost child, gone forever.
A lost parent, unable to recover.
A lost woman, in need of help.
A crazy dog who can bring them together.
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The Bravest Woman in the Town
- The Trahern Western Pioneer Series #9She smuggled guns and clothes.
He wore a Yankee uniform, but acted as a spy.
What would happen if they got caught?
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The Quietest Woman in the South
- The Trahern Western Pioneer Series #8He's got him a mule and he's headed back to Tennessee.
He's picking up strays along the way.
Evil men follow for one reason or the other.
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The Tallest Man in Texas
- The Trahern Western Pioneer Series #7He lost it, then wanted it back. A good name is hard to restore.
He had to prove himself to the most important man in his life.
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The Stubbornest Girl in the Valley
- The Trahern Western Pioneer Series #6He was not ready to love again.
She refused to leave him.
A stubborn woman, once she makes up her mind, won't change it very fast.
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The Happiest Man in the Territory
- The Trahern Western Pioneer Series #5She's not looking for a husband.
He's not looking for a wife.
When he proposes, she runs away.
It all starts with a bull from Baltimore.
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The Luckiest Man in the West
- The Trahern Western Pioneer Series #4Trey's cousin. He's searching for gold.
She's searching for land.
Neither can't do without the other.
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The Prettiest Girl in the Land
- The Trahern Western Pioneer Series #3She went looking for love.
He went looking for her.
She was traveling mighty fast.
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Appaloosa Blues
- Sisters of Spirit #8His father killed her grandmother. Is there any chance for them to find love?
Ranching in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon.
Hero: Adam Trahern (The Trahern Series), the great-great-great grandson of Trey and Mally Trahern and Charlie Web and his wife, Kimana.
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The Smartest Horse in Texas
- The Traherns Western Pioneers #2The cowboy finds a woman.
His stallion finds a filly.
Trouble is, the stallion belongs to his cousin, Trey.
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The Handsomest Man in the Country
- The Trahern Western Pioneer Series #1Mally searches for a better future.
A marriage arranged by a wagon train scout.
Once married, the man of her dreams rides by.
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Spirit of a Champion
- Sisters of Spirit #7To save her brother's life, she must stop the prize fight.
The ticket are sold, the bets have been made.
Someone is trying to kill her to stop her
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Tennessee Touch
- Sisters of Spirit Book 6She's in Seattle, he's in Green Bay
She hates football, he's a quarterback
She distrusts men, he's a ---well, you get the picture.
Good thing he's a pilot too.
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Scorpion's Trail
- Sisters of Spirit Book 5One woman, several men, who is wearing the mask?
A courageous heroine searches for her stepbrother in Mazatlan's Golden Zone.
It isn't over till it's over.
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Courage Dares
- Sisters of Spirit Book 4A tragic past; a dangerous present.
A cliffhanger on real cliffs.
The fighter pilot and the peace-loving mapmaker.
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Stolen Secrets
- Sisters of Spirit Book 3*Murder, mystery and mayhem with a dollop of humor for flavor.
*She must prove her innocence or lose the only man who cares.
*Dogs, cats, and houseboats in Seattle.
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Closed Doors
- Sisters of Spirit Book 2A successful man with an oppressive secret.
Will she help him, or destroy him?
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Turnagain Love
- Sisters of Spirit #1Two people hired to renovate the same house; he by the husband, she by the wife.
Alone together on an island.
Neither one willing to leave.
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