Happy New Year from Steelestories! And here’s a cover reveal for Isas’s Daughters, book two in the Reclusive series – available January 2, 2026!

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In order to get you ready for book two, I gave away five copies of book one – Reclusive. The winners were Linda R, Sindu, Sue H, Gpayseur, and Andrea W!  Congrats!!

2025 was a jam-packed year – the grands are growing like weeds. Had another super week at the beach and Camp Granddar. This was the little one’s first Camp Granddar and I think it was a hit. Took the older one to Universal for his 10^th birthday and spent some quality time at Hogwarts.

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Enjoyed more performances at Tanger again this year – Book of Mormon, Beauty and Beast, The Wiz, and The Outsiders. I entered the Goodreads challenge again this year to read 100 books, to date I’ve read 131 and when I write this, the year’s not over.

This year’s counted cross stitch ornaments are here – didn’t do as much this year due to some physical problems with my hands and several other health scares for me and mine, but I did keep typing. One of the roommates created a whole tree just for my ornaments! If you’d like to see past ornaments, head over to my pinterest page – here

PK Corey and I went to the Valdese Christmas in November sale and the 3-day Hickory Christmas Show this year – exhausting but wonderful. Hope to see you all there next year.

Had four new books published this year – Reconnections, The Favor (my first historical if you don’t count time travel), Reclusive and Christmas at Monroe House as well as another audio book – Small Changes.   

Also added another e-only book to my paperbacks – Homecoming!

Hope your 2025 was wonderful and 2026 is even better! Stop by and see me sometime and let me know what you’re reading.

Check out my 2025 Christmas novella – Christmas At Monroe House!
On pre-order now and live on November 4!

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Marian has one week to get the historic house ready for Christmas. She’s short-staffed and frantic, so of course she’s expected to host some old historian around so he can write the book she wanted to write.

Evan had plans for the holidays—a ski trip to rekindle his relationship. Now he’s forced into giving up the trip to investigate a historic mansion for a book he needs for tenure. Well happy damn holidays…

Check out this year’s Christmas Novella – Christmas at Monroe House

Marian has one week to get the historic house ready for Christmas. She’s short-staffed and frantic, so of course she’s expected to host some old historian around so he can write the book she wanted to write.

Evan had plans for the holidays—a ski trip to rekindle his relationship. Now he’s forced into giving up the trip to investigate a historic mansion for a book he needs for tenure. Well happy damn holidays…

And check out my previous Christmas novellas!!

Just wanted to give you a heads up about some sales on August 19 – Before You will be on sale for $.99 –

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When Jocelyn decides to take a two-week vacation away from the chaos of the city and work, she expects to just relax and enjoy. Instead, after taking an impromptu exit off the highway the car quits and she’s stuck in some Podunk town in nowhere North Carolina. But the scenery is great – especially the guy who tows in her car.

Noah is helping his cousin out for the afternoon at the garage and is more than pleasantly surprised when the city girl shows up needing help.

Neither can foresee what drew her to that exit or what they will uncover trying to discover what has frightened her so. But they will do it, together. (You can see more of this family in Moe’s Christmas!)

Rth Rising – first book in the Rth Rising series will also be $.99!

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Kat Stans always knew she wanted to be a doctor.

Davd Palfy always knew he wasn’t about to get truly involved with anyone.

The computer that  controls the colony has other plans for both of them.

When Kat is assigned by the head of the Enforcers to hunt down and return a ‘shirker’-any colonist who tries to escape the computer’s authority-she sets out to complete her assignment.

This shirker, Davd, a handsome and mysterious fellow enforcer, is more than she bargained for, and sparks fly when he turns the tables on her, capturing and kidnapping her away from all she knows.

And check out Sherri Hollister’s latest – Rockstar on the Run another story for $.99 on the 19th – time to fill your eBook!

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In the exhilarating world of music, Flintlock and Steel rises to fame after winning a battle of the bands competition, transforming a group of small-town boys into rockstars. Eight years later, front man and guitarist Cypress Jones grapples with the past as he discovers he’s a father, hoping to mend broken relationships and revive lost dreams. Loretta Barker, his childhood friend, struggles with her lingering feelings for Cypress but is wary of trusting him with her heart and their child. When a fake relationship is proposed to boost their careers, neither anticipates the emotional turmoil that will ensue as past wounds resurface. Join Cypress and Loretta on a journey of love, heartbreak, and the quest for redemption in the high-stakes world of rock and roll.