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The Magic of Christmas

Posted on 12.22.16 | Alicia Street | 2 Comments

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Most people call this season a magical time, and when I think about what makes it so, I think of all the traditions that we revisit year after year—rituals that are shared by so many others at the same time that they become larger than our individual acts.

I love seeing cars with Christmas trees tied on top, people carrying bags of packages wrapped with red bows, neighbors stopping by with a tin of holiday cookies. And that special glow everyone gets decorating the home in sparkling lights and ornaments that we take out of storage only once a year and only at this special time.

When I watch Christmas Carol every year I can’t help remembering the way at age five, I hid behind the sofa the first time I saw the black-robed ghost of Christmas future. Then last year I saw my friend’s little daughter do the same thing!

Back when I was a dancer living in New York City, I once had a rehearsal that ended late at night and I didn‘t have the money for a cab. So I took the stairs down to the subway platform below street level—a dark and desolate place in a not-so-savory neighborhood.

There was only one other person there, and by the nervous look she gave me when I arrived, I guessed she wasn’t feeling too safe either. I just hoped the train would arrive before any bad dudes discovered two defenseless women were down in this enclosed space where I doubted anyone would hear a call for help.

It was almost Christmas and I clung to the joy that always fills me this time of year. I quietly began singing to myself “Deck the Halls.” The middle-aged woman waiting several feet away must have heard my tiny song because she started singing it too, joining me word for word. Soon we were standing close together singing one carol after another until the subway arrived.

We didn’t know each other’s names and we got off the subway at different stops, but when we parted we exchanged a smile that told me we had shared in the special magic that is Christmas.

 

Those special moments are what inspire me to write a holiday romance each year. This year’s romance, Her Christmas Secret, is a mistaken identity story about a toymaker who courts a cold-hearted investor in her desperation to help her sister’s family.

 

1800x2100_holidayluvbundle_2I’ve also bundled four of my earlier Holiday Luv romances into a boxed set.

 

Wishing you and yours a joyous Christmas, happy Chanukah, blissful Kwanzaa, merry Solstice ~ and of course a wonderful New Year.

Critters Open Our Hearts

Posted on 10.06.15 | Alicia Street | 2 Comments

I’ve always loved animals. When I was a kid having one of those run-ins with my parents that produced tears, I always looked for my dog or cat to cuddle up and give me furry consolation. Little did I know what a healthy move that was.

NewHisXmasPromiseToday research shows that hanging out with a critter is good for both mental and physical well-being. It increases your level of the hormone oxytocin, which reduces stress and makes you feel happier. Petting a dog has been shown to lower blood pressure and cortisol levels and produce an antibody that improves the immune system. 

Aside from the highly trained service dogs that work with wounded veterans and handicapped individuals, the use of therapy dogs—untrained pets that are tested for behavior and handling—do wonders in nursing homes, hospitals, mental health centers, and other places where unconditional TLC is needed.

His Christmas Promise, my novella in the boxed set features a mixed breed therapy dog whose loving nature brings healing and change to a family—not to mention an unexpected romance.

Pets and romance are a great match because animals have a way of opening our hearts. Releasing today, Christmas Pets and Kisses rings in the holiday season with sixteen all-new sweet and heartwarming romances from New York Times, USA Today and National bestselling authors. It’s a romantic collection of Christmas tails…uh, tales as adorable pets with fins, paws, feathers, and hooves bring holiday magic with the gift of true love.

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Eliza: The Hanley Girls is the first book in a new Sweet Historical Western Romance by USA Today bestselling author Alicia Street.

The Hanley Girls series is based on the Harvey Girls, those brave and adventurous women who worked in the diners set up to serve the railroad passengers as the train lines extended into the rugged western territories during the late 1800s. At the time, the only respectable positions for women were wife or schoolteacher or governess.

A staff of women who were trained and housed in a dorm and given strict rules of conduct to follow was a new concept in Victorian America. But in the American West people did things in bold, adventurous ways.

Eliza, who has never even eaten in a restaurant or traveled this far from home, takes a job as a Hanley Girl to save her family’s farm—and she finds herself in a whole new world.

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