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Wednesday, 6 May 2015

The best recommendations come from readers.

From Richard.

I’ve been a fan of RJ’s books for quite a while. I’m on my 2nd reading of the Ellery Mountain series. Like all of RJ’s books, the characters are believable as are the situations they develop in. All of the books in this series are tied to the rest in a very realistic story line. I don't want to say too much to give away any of it, My favorite characters are Finn, Liam and Michael.
When you get into this series, you won’t be able to put it down until you finish, then you’ll want more…
Enjoy!

A series of books set in and around the fictional town of Ellery, in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Love and friendships form against the backdrop of adventure, murder, addiction and PTSD in this place where love is always guaranteed...

The Fireman and the Cop - #1

Rescuing cop Finn Ryan from a burning precinct was easy; it's keeping him alive after that which fireman Max Harrison finds difficult.

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The Teacher and the Soldier - #2

Ex-soldier, Daniel Skylar, falls hard and heavy for school teacher Luke Fitzgerald. How can he make him stay in Ellery?

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The Carpenter and the Actor - #3

Jason McInnery, hounded by the paparazzi after his brother's death, runs to the one place where he hopes people will not sell him out. The place where he was born.

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The Doctor and the Bad Boy - #4

No one has every understood Mitchell Askett. The bad boy. The alcoholic. The loser. Buying into the Ellery Mountain resort and placing down roots in the community for himself, his sister and his niece puts him on the radar of the Fridays and Dr. Liam Wolfe.

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The Paramedic and the Writer - #5

Paramedic Jamie Llewelyn moves to Ellery to start a new life away from the City. Attached to the hospital and working for his friend Liam Wolfe he's happy—even if he has to keep coming up with excuses to miss the Friday meet ups. He had peace and he could finally make a difference in a community that needed him.

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The Barman and the SEAL - #6

Travis Baranski, Navy SEAL, is the first veteran to attend the Ellery Mountain Veteran Center. He is having a hard time coming to terms with what he had seen and what he has done. When he has a very public meltdown in Ellery stores it is Avery Gideon who steps up to the plate and helps him.

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The Agent and the Model - #7

Michael is returning to Ellery Mountain after six years away with only sporadic and short visits to his nan. He has nightmares even now about what happened to him in the park and doesn't feel safe in the small Tennessee town. In fact he feels safer in the big city.

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Reader Recommends RJ Books: A Reason to Stay

Tuesday, 28 April 2015

By Ann

There is no bad ... ho hmmm ... didn't drool over book of rj's! I'm way partial to the Sanctuary series & just reread A Reason To Stay ... before reading this request! Start at the beginning & you won't EVER be disappointed.

Great reading to you!

Heroes - Sometimes the wars you need to fight are the ones you left at home...

The Book

When SEAL, Viktor Zavodny, left small town America for the Navy he made sure he never had a reason to return for anything other than visiting family. He wanted to see the world and fight for his country and nothing, or no one, was getting in his way. He fights hard, and plays harder, and a succession of men and women share his bed.

But a phone call from his sister has him using his thirty day down time to go home instead of enjoying his usual thirty nights of random sex and sleep.

What he finds is a mystery on the Green Mountains and the only man attempting to make sense of seemingly unrelated deaths. His childhood friend and first love... Lieutenant Aiden Coleman, Sheriff.

There were reasons Viktor left his home. Not least Aiden Coleman with his small town innocence and his dreams of forever. Now Adam and Viktor need to work together to save lives and prove there is a hero in all of us.

When it's done, if they make it out alive, can Aiden persuade Viktor that he has a reason to stay? Maybe forever?

Heroes Series

Book 1 - A Reason To Stay
Book 2 - Last Marine Standing

Reader Recommendations: Crime and Thrillers

Friday, 10 April 2015

Hi *waves*, I'm Janet, RJ's new PA and I've been let loose on RJ's blog. I'm an avid M/M Romance reader. I have too many favourites to mention in one session so I'm going to hijack her blog occasionally to rave about them. What RJ doesn't know... *whistles innocently*...

At the moment I'm on a crime/thriller spree.

Love is a Stranger
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Loving a total stranger can be very hard work sometimes.

How do you love someone who exists entirely in the shadows? How do you love a man who describes himself as dead? How do you get that ghost to love you back? Ex-SAS soldier Ben Rider falls in love with his enigmatic married boss Sir Nikolas Mikkelsen, but Nikolas is living a lie. A lie so profound that when the shadows are lifted, Ben realises he's in love with a very dangerous stranger. Ben has to choose between Nikolas and safety, but sometimes danger comes in a very seductive package.

Boystown: Three Nick Nowak Mysteries
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Boystown: Three Nick Nowak Mysteries takes place in Chicago during the early 1980s. Haunted by his abrupt departure from the Chicago Police Department and the end of his relationship with librarian Daniel Laverty, Nick Nowak is a beat cop-turned-dogged private investigator. In this first book of the series, Nick works through three cases: a seemingly simple missing persons search, an arson investigation, and a suicide that turns out to be anything but. While working the cases, Nick moves through a series of casual relationships until he meets homicide detective Bert Harker and begins a tentative relationship.

Laurel Heights
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Detectives Scott Turner and Will Harrison are sent undercover after an apparent murder/suicide in Laurel Heights, an exclusive gay housing community. Will the two closeted officers be able to hide their attraction while each believing the other is straight? And is there a killer amongst them waiting to claim his next victim?

Cut & Run

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A series of murders in New York City has stymied the police and FBI alike, and they suspect the culprit is a single killer sending an indecipherable message. But when the two federal agents assigned to the investigation are taken out, the FBI takes a more personal interest in the case.

Special Agent Ty Grady is pulled out of undercover work after his case blows up in his face. He's cocky, abrasive, and indisputably the best at what he does. But when he's paired with Special Agent Zane Garrett, it's hate at first sight. Garrett is the perfect image of an agent: serious, sober, and focused, which makes their partnership a classic cliché: total opposites, good cop-bad cop, the odd couple. They both know immediately that their partnership will pose more of an obstacle than the lack of evidence left by the murderer.

Practically before their special assignment starts, the murderer strikes again – this time at them. Now on the run, trying to track down a man who has focused on killing his pursuers, Grady and Garrett will have to figure out how to work together before they become two more notches in the murderer's knife.

The Next
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He never thought he’d become one of the agoraphobic sludges of New York City—trapped with one view of a courtyard and a head full of wrenching memories. Dumped, disconnected, and depressed, he surrenders to spying on the neighbors as his only entertainment.

Until one day, without warning, the lascivious and suspicious behavior of the closeted lawyer in the huge apartment across the courtyard leads him to a spine-tingling conclusion… his neighbor is a murderer.

Perhaps collaborating with the beautiful and fierce Detective Marzoli to catch the killer can finally breathe life back into a man suffocated by the stranglehold of a tragic past. Unless the killer across the way decides to make him… The Next.

Lessons in Love
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St. Bride’s College, Cambridge, England, 1905.

Jonty Stewart is handsome and outgoing, with blood as blue as his eyes. When he takes up a teaching post at the college where he studied, his dynamic style acts as an agent for change within the archaic institution. He also has a catalytic effect on Orlando Coppersmith.

Orlando is a brilliant, introverted mathematician with very little experience of life outside the university walls. He strikes up an alliance with Jonty and soon finds himself heart-deep in feelings he’s never experienced. Before long their friendship blossoms into more than either man had hoped.

Then a student is murdered within St. Bride’s. Then another…and another. All the victims have one thing in common: a penchant for men. Asked by the police to serve as their eyes and ears within the college, Jonty and Orlando risk exposing a love affair that could make them the killer’s next target.

Reader Recommended RJ Books... The Texas Series

Sunday, 8 March 2015

By Marinieves

I love the Texas series ... because it develops from two families that for years had secrets , hated each other but love made them come together.

The sense of family that Jack and Riley have created and the learning process as a family.

I am really interested in reading the Sanctuary series because it shows the desire to protect its members.

The Montana series showed the siblings willing to work together and acceptance towards someone who wanted to help and protect their legacy.

The Christmas Throwaway - shows that sometimes a stranger can become a very important part of your life. Also give you the love and family you always wanted and needed.

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The Heart of Texas - Book 1

A story of murder, deceit, the struggle for power, lust and love, the sprawling life of a rancher and the whirlwind existence of a playboy. But under and through it all, as Riley learns over the months, this is a tale about family and everything that that word means.

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Texas Winter - Book 2

Riley’s past comes back to haunt him both professionally and personally.

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Texas Heat - Book 3

The story of one hot summer in Texas with a Gay Rodeo, a bar fight at the Rusty Nail, humor, angst and a love between two men that just grows stronger every day.

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Texas Family - Book 4

Jack and Riley Campbell-Hayes begin a journey that will change their lives forever.

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Texas Christmas - Book 5

Six men with lives linked to the Double D... Danger comes to the Double D from Liam's past and threatens everything Jack and Riley hold dear.

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Texas Fall - Book 6

Jack could lose the other half of his heart when Riley is kidnapped.

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Reader Recommended RJ Books... Sanctuary

Saturday, 7 March 2015

By, Emma Burbidge, London :)

So, for anyone new to RJ books, I recommend Sanctuary, starting with Guarding Morgan. Right alongside Morgan Drake, who is witness to the murder of a young woman, we are slowly introduced to the concept of Sanctuary, run by Jake Callahan, but originally planned and started by Jake's father Max.

Morgan is sent to meet up with Nik, a former FBI agent, who is the epitome of bodyguard, when his FBI handler (also Nik's former FBI partner) is wounded after the FBI safe house is compromised.

What follows is a great mix of action and M/M romance, and the beginning of a tangled web of crime and deceit being unraveled over the course of the series. We meet a whole bunch of strong, interesting characters along the way. Each book is the story of a new couple, and we follow their parts in the developing overall story arc, as well as watching them meet and wrestle (sometimes almost literally) with their feelings for each other.

It is possible to read each book as a single, but with the continuing overall plot, I recommend starting at the beginning and working through to Worlds Collide, where we reach the dramatic conclusion of the series story arc, with Dale and Joseph - a former SEAL turned Sanctuary agent and an active Navy SEAL, who we first met in The Only Easy Day.

This final story also reintroduces us to Viktor, who is part of Joseph's SEAL team, and whose story can be found in Heroes series book 1: A Reason to Stay. :)

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The Sanctuary Series

Book 1 - Guarding Morgan
Book 2 - The Only Easy Day
Book 3 - Face Value
Book 4 - Still Waters
Book 5 - Full Circle
Book 6 - The Journal Of Sanctuary One
Book 7 - Worlds Collide

Christmas Reader Recommendation from Stacia

Saturday, 29 November 2014

I love the Christmas season, family, the songs, children laughing, the decorations, the lights and most of all the books. Books are important to an advid reader like myself. I have picked several of my favorite holiday stories to share with you. The following books are in no certain order.

1. Cherish Your Name by Mary Calmes

If you’ve read any of the Warder Series by Mary Calmes, you are familiar with Malic Sunden. He has this hard exterior and doesn’t want to be happy but he is. Dylan is his Hearth. I loved this book because it showed Dylan’s family. The most important reason I love this book is it shows Malic’s softer side. It’s a fantastic holiday read. I have it on audio and have listened to it many times.

2. Grumble Monkey and the Department Store Elf by B.g. Thomas

This is a story about learning to be proud of yourself even if your blood family is not proud of you and that a true family are those who love you and accept you for the way you are. Nick learns how not to be a scrooge and not to think this world would be better off without him. All because of a department store elf named Kit he rescued from a snow storm.

3. Snowbound in Nowhere by Andrew Grey

Ok besides the fact that Andrew Grey wrote this, I cannot tell you why I like this story. I just do. Maybe it’s because you find something or someone special when you least expect it. Also it reminds me of A Smokey Mountain Christmas J

4. The Christmas Throwaway by Rj Scott

This is by far my favorite Christmas story ever. I have read it several times. When I got the audio I listened to it more times that I can count. I listen to this when I am in a bad mood or I’m sick. It’s my go to book. What I love about it is it shows you what a family really is. It is not always the one chosen for you, it could be the one you chose for yourself.

5. Turkey in the Snow by Amy Lane

What’s not to like about this book? I mean, sexy grown men knitting. I love the series. The characters are moody, funny and pigheaded.

6. Christmas Cole by B.g. Thomas

I adore this story, a lesson in humility and in being yourself and not losing sight of who that is. Like Dorothy says, “There’s no place like home.”

7. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Good vs. Evil. Good wins out in the end. Well I’m not quite sure I’d call Scrooge evil. A mean, stingy grouch, yes but not evil, mabye. I like to read this around Christmas time and then I’ll go watch the movie, the one with Patrick Stewart playing Scrooge. The adaptation with George C. Scott is my favorite though.

8. Letters From Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkein

From the author who brought us the magic of Lord of the Rings brings the magic of the North Pole. Here is the description I found that explains this magical treat. “Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien’s children. Inside would be a letter in a strange, spidery handwriting and a beautiful colored drawing or painting. The letters were from Father Christmas.

They told wonderful tales of life at the North Pole: how the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place; how the accident-prone North Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell through the roof of Father Christmas’s house into the dining room; how he broke the Moon into four pieces and made the Man in it fall into the back garden; how there were wars with the troublesome horde of goblins who lived in the caves beneath the house, and many more.” I read this book every Christmas.

9. Something For Santa by AKM Miles

I like this one just because it’s sweet, romantic and it’s Christmas. Two men, both needing someone to help them. Derek is determined to pay his mother’s medical bills after she passes. Max needs help with his son, Michael. Derek, who plays the department store Santa ends up working for Max, taking care of Michael. On payday money was exchanged but as time went on hearts were exchanged. Love it!

10. Twas The Night Before Christmas

I know it is technically a poem but it was in a book J Christmas wouldn’t be the same without the story about the jolly old elf and his eight tiny reindeer each year.

When I put a call out to the readers in my RJ Scott group for Christmas recommendations Rebekah asked if she could talk about Luke 2.

Over to you Rebekah
The Book Of Luke is an incredible journey of a man from birth to death to life again. Luke the author was a doctor by trade and yet did a marvelous job of conveying an awesome story about an amazing man.

We start with the announcement of this man's cousin's immanent birth to someone who longed for children and no hope of having any. You get the impression of their reserve and excitement about the news. The announce of his own birth was less well received. His mom Mary hadn't married yet and scandal was something husband to be Joseph didn't want any part of. But the supernatural being who had announced both births told Joseph everything would be just fine that Mary his wife to be was carrying someone miraculous.

The king of that day decided on a census and taxes. Even in ancient days no one could escape taxes. So Joseph takes his pregnant wife to the city of his birth Bethlehem. Everybody and their dog must have been from the same city cause all the hotels were full. What were they supposed to do call ahead? Hey no phones back in the day. One of the hotel owners offered them a place in a stable. Thought that was a little a tacky. The man couldn't even let a pregnant lady have a bed. Wouldn't you know it, that baby decided it was a good time to make an appearance.

There were some shepherds staying in a field not too far away. They were awakened by a bright light and a voice coming out of the sky. The writer at this point has really got me hooked I can imagine the light emanating off a paranormal being against a star studded heaven with a loud beautiful voice telling them of a baby who's going to save the world. Then the writer builds up to filling the sky with beings of light and voices singing. You can feel the excitement of the shepherds as they talk among themselves about going to find this baby. You can tell from the writers description that when they find the baby they are held in awe of something so tiny that was going save a world.

The book goes on to tell about the life he led and many of the rituals the Jewish people observe. The miracles he performs are astounding. There are words of wisdom and warning. There are scenes of friendship and caring. The scene of his friend's betrayal and his death leaves you sad and shows the cruelty of the time. Then there is the triumphant coming back to life. They had expected him to perhaps lead an army and free Israel, in the end he freed their hearts and left them with hope. It was an inspiring read. I really enjoyed it.

'Tis the Season......

To start, a big Thank You to RJ Scott for providing the space for this post.

Christmas is just around the corner and all sorts of things are happening. Whether it's because of the way things are set up in the US were the adverts on television and the setups in the different stores have "stuff" set up for Christmas before even Thanksgiving comes around (as of this writing, I have seen Poinsettias being sold - which I've associated with Christmas for a long time - already for sale and, quite frankly, living in Florida? Way too early to see them unless the plan is to keep them indoors) has made me a little bit of a Scrooge around this time of year. I steadfastly refuse to listen to any carols before Christmas week and tune them out whenever I hear them.

My reading list around this time of year is.....eclectic....and not necessarily season/holiday specific. It also varies from year to year and has a tendency to include books and authors that give me the 'warm and fuzzies' that get me in the proper mindset as opposed to being seasonal (the exception to this is A Christmas Carol, but not necessarily read every year). Some (but not all) authors that make for holiday reading for me include Andrew Grey, Andrew Q. Gordon, Amy Lane, Mary Calmes, RJ Scott (naturally :)), and a few others. If I feel too Scrooge-like, then I read either Steve Berry or David Gibbins. Thriller writers, yes, but do the trick for me to get over the "Bah, humbugs."

Having said that, this time of the year is one of my favorites. I love the traditions that go with it, the greenery, and, yes, the cooler temperatures. (On a side note, even after three-qaurters of my life spent in Florida, Christmas still isn't quite Christmas without snow, but that's another issue.)

I love the time spent with family and the blending of two different tradition styles that is in our home. We put up the outside lights and tree and decorate it last weekend of November as opposed to right before Christmas the way Mom grew up with in Poland. Opening any gifts is usually done Christmas Eve and not on the traditionally December 6 (if we visit Poland around that date, we usually do a little something with whichever close friends we might be with then - that depends on how things work out as we know a few different families).

The dinner setting for Christmas Eve is semi-traditional too. A traditional Wigilia (Polish for Christmas Eve) has about 12 courses from appetizers to dessert. Usually being just me and my folks, we pick some of our favorite foods and have that and not the full dinner. Our setting usually has barszcz (pronounced bar-sh-ch and is beet soup) with uszka (ooshka, Polish mushroom filled tortellini) which we usually make at home (though we cheat with the dough for the uszka and use won-ton wrappers). This is usually followed by either fish or another dish picked that does not include meat (in Poland, Christmas Eve eating does not involve any meat).

Dessert is usually a wonderful walnut torte Mom bakes. Naturally, we have all sorts of other baked goods, but those vary from year to year depending on what everyone feels like having. As far as table setting goes, sometimes we follow Polish tradition and have hay underneat the tablecloth (to denote the stable), sometimes we don't, but, despite there usually only being just the three of us, we always set an extra place setting at the table. Later in the evening we watch Midnight Mass from the Vatican.

Christmas itself we usually have ham. Dad usually finds a nice ham in the store which Mom cooks further (and, to our tastes, it tops anything we've ever bought in the store) and assorted side dishes that depend on mood. We do try for something different than the usual here and 'fancy' things up a little bit.

All in all, what I really enjoy about the holiday season is spending time with family and enjoying each others company.

Yvonne's recommendations

8 eggs, separated
8 3/4 oz. (248 g) powdered sugar
8 3/4 oz. (248 g) walnuts, finely ground
juice from one lemon
3 Tablespoons (44mL) bread crumbs
Baker's Joy spray and bread crumbs for pan
Spray pan with Baker's Joy and spread the crumbs on the sides and bottom of pan (round form preferred).
Turn over on to 350 F (about 177C) degrees.

Beat egg yolks and powdered sugar together at high speed until thick and white in color.
Gradually add lemon juice and beat.
Change to low speed and add ground walnuts and bread crumbs.
In separate bowl, beat egg whites into stiff peaks and fold into batter.
Pour mixture into pan and bake for 35-40 minutes (time dependent on oven, might take longer in some). Check center with toothpick and if it comes out clean, the torte is done. If not, bake a little bit longer.
Cool torte in pan for about 10 minutes, then take it out of the pan and cool completely on wire rack.
Wrap torte in plastic wrap and store overnight in refrigerator.
Cut into 2 layers the following day and pour two tablespoons of cognac on the inside of the torte.

Icing

1 cup (237 mL) of finely ground walnuts
4 egg yolks
8 3/4 oz (248 mL) powdered sugar
8 3/4 oz (248 mL) unsalted butter
1 Tblspn. (15 mL) dark rum
2 Tblspn. (30 mL) cognac
1 tspn. (5 mL) black walnut extract
Walnut halves for decoration (preferrably dipped in chocolate)

Beat egg yolks and powdered sugar until white in color.
Gradually add softened butter and beat well.
Slowly add ground walnuts, rum, cognac, and walnut extract
Refrigerate the resulting mixture for an hour.
Ice the torte between the layers and on the outside and smooth the icing with a hot knife.
Grind one cup (237 mL) of walnuts and cover the icing completely.
Add the chocolate covered walnuts on the outside edge of the torte.

Freeze torte overnight and serve it the next day.

This recipe is a base for any nut torte.

Where the recipe calls for finely ground walnuts, just exchange with finely ground almonds, hazelnuts, or any other nuts you might wish, and substitute extracts accordingly.

This torte can be stored in the freezer for up to one week, but has to be tightly covered with plastic wrap.

Let It Snow by Heidi Cullinan: A very enjoyable Christmas book. Fantastic characters, so very different from each other. Small town guy meets fancy City guy. Well worth reading for a great romance. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17608230-let-it-snow?from_search=true

Beautiful Harmony (Conquest 5.5) by S.J. Frost: I love this series, it was a real treat reading about Robbie’s and Kyler’s. Very romantic and sweet Christmas story. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13254529-beautiful-harmony?ac=1

A Present in Swaddling Clothes by Andrew Grey: A very sweet and loving read. I do like Christmas book with a family feel, this book does have that even while they are going throw troubled times. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13030902-a-present-in-swaddling-clothes?from_search=true

The Twelve Days of Randy (Special Delivery 2.5) by Heidi Cullinan: This book was funny in lots of places. A great Christmas read with lots of M/M loving.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10139274-the-twelve-days-of-randy?from_search=true

Christmas at the Lakelands’ (Brac Pack 33) by Lynn Hagen: I do like a Christmas treat while reading a long series. I would love to go to a Brac Village Christmas, they seem to still have lots of fun even though there are lots of problems going on with the towns residents. I also love a catch up with some of my favourite characters. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18723608-christmas-at-the-lakelands?ac=1

Hells visits my blog with her Christmas Read recommendation...

Thank you Hells... RJ X

Who Needs Christmas?

Christmas holds no joy for me; it was ruined 8 years ago when I started to work in retail. Every year I’m subjected to constant Christmas songs for 9 hours a day, I witness usually lovely people turn awful while rushing to get the best presents and those cute little children turn into brats.

I started to avoid anything Christmas themed including books because real life Christmas was an even bigger disappointment after reading the wonderful endings most Christmas themed books have.

That was until 2012 when a new series based on Christmas caught my attention. A group of twelve elves left the North Pole to be free of all things Christmas and have been living together for decades. All this time they have gone without finding their mates, but when the first of the twelve finds his, the rest have hope for themselves.

For the 12 days of Christmas Joyee Flynn released a book about her kinky elves who hated Christmas. Unable to resist I bought the first one, Screw Santa. Now these books aren’t for everyone, they are a bit of fun and a simple easy read. If you're looking for light entertainment, a lot of humor and poking fun at existing elf and Christmas legends this could be for you.

The titles of the books alone make me laugh, Stripe My Pole and Flush The Twinkles always make me giggle. After reading the first I liked it enough to read the second, then the third and so on till I finished the series. For the first time in years I enjoyed something Christmas themed.

I love the humour in these books, it reminds me of the joy and fun that Christmas can be. The Elves all have their own reasons for hating Christmas which do add to the plot of the books but to me the aim is to show that Christmas is what you make of it. Spending time with family and friends is what’s important and that Christmas is a time when that’s possible.

The next year as Christmas came around again, feeling like it arrives earlier and earlier, I started my usual Bah Humbug attitude. The Christmas decorations started going up just after Halloween, the stores started getting the early Christmas themed gifts in and the Toy adverts on the TV started taking over.

Looking through my e-reader for my next re-read I came across the Who Needs Christmas folder and I remembered the fun I had reading them the year before. Memories of sitting on my lunch at work and laughing out loud like a crazy person making my day better flooded me and I knew I would be reading them again.

Now I had something to look forward to, I eagerly counted down the days till the day I could start. The books became my Advent Calendar getting to read one each day on the run up to Christmas Day. The second reading was like the first, I loved every minute of these books and they never failed to put a smile on my face.

Now its 2014 and its November, the Christmas decorations are up, the adverts are playing on the TV and I’ve heard my first Christmas song. I’m already Bah Humbuging, I ordered all my Christmas presents online, they’ve been delivered and are in there hiding places so I have no need to shop in December at all. I scowl at every twinkle light I see and growl when asked if I want gingerbread in my Latte at the coffee shop.

The only thing I’m looking forward to is my now Christmas tradition of re-reading my Elves who hate Christmas. The date is marked in my diary and I’ve made sure there already loaded on my ereader, the countdown has begun.

Who Needs Christmas? By Joyee Flynn

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1. Screw Santa
2. Hell’s Bells
3. Stupid Mistletoe
4. Holy Stockings
5. Down With The Tunes
6. Frosty Melt
7. Shove Your Tree
8. Stripe My Pole
9. Bite My Cookies
10. Flush The Twinkles
11. Hanging Antlers
12. Wrap It Up

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My Christmas - Reader guest post from Yvonne

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