It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas (Reads) GIVEAWAY: Once Upon a Christmas (+ guest post)

today’s book: once upon a christmas by mikal dawn

Christmas is only 21 days away according to Google (if we get to Dec 25th and we have days left over, blame Google, not me lol.), BUT now ’tis the season when I start craving cozy Christmas reads. (Okay – I crave them all year round but now’s when I can get away with talking about them LOL) This year I’m continuing my annual blog series spotlighting new and recently-released Christmas reads, and I’m super excited! Christmas books make me happy!

So… snuggle in, grab your fave hot beverage and comfiest blanket, turn on some Christmas tunes and start your own bookish Christmas list! Oh… and did I mention there are GIVEAWAYS with EACH POST in this series??!! (Because authors are awesome!)

Today’s next featured book is a super-cute novella collection of contemporary romance fairytale retellings + author Mikal Dawn (my DUCKY!!) interviews each of the main characters about their Christmas favorites!

ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS
GENRE: Inspirational Christmas Romance / Retellings
RELEASE DATE: September 26, 2019
PAGES: 435

Embrace the magic of the Christmas season with these contemporary twists on timeless tales.

Upon a Dream — A rare sleeping disorder keeps Talia from performing, but when Philip recognizes her gift, he’ll do whatever it takes to see her onstage.

Claim My Heart — Li Na and Colin Wen face off in a Mulan-esque courtroom battle where the real win might be losing their hearts.

A Snow White Christmas — Sheltered heiress Amala White flees her conniving stepmother’s plans and finds refuge with a handsome orchard owner and his seven quirky uncles.

Christmas Ella — Reality TV meets Cinderella story when a location director is swept off her feet by a rising star.

A Splash of Love — Las Vegas glitz meets Land of Enchantment culture in A Splash of Love, a modern twist on the Little Mermaid.

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If you don’t know me personally, let me let you in on a not-so-secret fact: I happen to love Christmas. And winter. And especially snow. But mostly Christmas. Shocked? If you are, then we’ve never talked. Ha! Because I don’t think there’s one person, even on social media, who doesn’t know about my love for Christmas (and snow). And I have NO shame in it! 🙂

One of the things I love about Christmas is the stories that surround it, whether that story is in the form of a Hallmark movie or a paperback that I can curl up on my couch under a blanket with a hot cup of coffee in-hand, or the Story of Christ’s birth, death, and resurrection all for our salvation. I just love stories! And this year, I had the opportunity to join four other amazing women/authors to write a collection of fairy tale retellings with a twist. Enter Once Upon a Christmas. The main characters in these stories are so much fun, sweet, and are characters I wish were real. So I’m going to pretend they are (because I’m an author and pretending is something I do best). It’ll be a short interview, just one question, but will hopefully give you some insight into their personalities.

What is your Christmas favourite? Whether it’s a gift, recipe, ornament, book, or something else.

Talia from Upon a Dream: Goodness, I have several, but I do have a favorite gift. It’s a “My boyfriend is a theatre geek” t-shirt! Which fits, because he really is.

Your heart-eyes are showing, Talia. And it’s sweet.

Li Na from Claim My Heart: Ooo. I have several favorites! But I’ll go with my favorite ornament. When Colin and I had our almost-first-kiss, there was the obligatory mistletoe involved. So to commemorate that, the next Christmas he made me—yes, MADE, ladies! I have a winner!—a small stained glass mistletoe ornament. It almost topped the gift he gave me a few minutes before the mistletoe.

That is romantic. And since I know the first gift, I’m with you. It almost topped it.

Amala from A Snow White Christmas: My favorite gift is people to do life with. I have to be honest, spending time with Marcus and the uncles was more than I could dream of.

I think that’s the sweetest thing. I’m so happy for you, Amala!

Ella from Christmas Ella: Well, I love to travel. On one of my trips, I visited the Netherlands where Santa is known to stuff gifts into wooden shoes rather than stockings, like in our culture. So, I brought back a wooden shoe! I love that shoe.

I love that idea!

Brie from A Splash of Love: I’m a little stuck on this one. But…my favorite is probably an ornament. It’s the tackiest “Welcome to Las Vegas” ornament! And it sits right in the center front of my Christmas tree. I love it.

LOL!!!  

So, what about you? What’s your Christmas favourite? I’d love to hear it!

Thank you so much, readers, for indulging my imagination! Merry Christmas!

Mikal Dawn is an inspirational romance author, wedding enthusiast and proud military wife. By day she works for an international sports ministry, and by night she mutters to imaginary friends, performs sketchy Google searches, and procrastinates (like any good writer!). When she isn’t writing about faith, fun, and forever, she is obsessively scouring Pinterest (with coffee in hand, of course!) for wedding ideas for her characters.

Born and raised just outside of Vancouver, Canada, Mikal has lived throughout the southern and Midwest United States, currently residing in Oklahoma (and hoping it’s their last move!) with her husband, two of her three kids, and one ferocious feline.

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Mikal Dawn is offering one of my readers a print copy of Once Upon a Christmas! (US only) This giveaway is subject to Reading Is My SuperPower’s giveaway policies which can be found here. Enter via the Rafflecopter form below.

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What about you? What interests you most about Once Upon a Christmas by Mikal Dawn, et al? What is your Christmas favorite?