There was a nice article about me in the Erie Times News today. You can view it online at http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071230/NEWS02/712300417

I can't believe tomorrow's New Year's Eve...wishing you all the best new year yet!

Holly

www.HollyJacobs.com, RT Bookclub Award Nominee for The House on Briar Hill Road
EVERYTHING BUT A GROOM, Avalon Books, 12/07
EVERYTHING BUT A BRIDE, Avalon Books, 8/08
SAME TIME NEXT SUMMER, Harlequin Superromance, 8/08
THE PTA MOM trilogy, Harlequin American Romance, starting 10/08

Today just gets better and better....

Lesa Holstine wrote a review of Everything But a Groom that's been picked up by USAToday.com!!
http://tinyurl.com/29zux2

My thanks so Lesa, and thanks all of you for the congrats about The House on Briar Hill Road being up for an RT Bookclub Award!!

Hall

http://www.hollyjacobs.com/, RT Bookclub Award Nominee for The House on Briar Hill RoadEVERYTHING BUT A GROOM, Avalon Books, 12/07EVERYTHING BUT A BRIDE, Avalon Books, 8/08SAME TIME NEXT SUMMER, Harlequin Superromance, 8/08THE PTA MOM trilogy, Harlequin American Romance, starting 10/08

Romantic Times Bookclub just announced their annual award nominations, and October's THE HOUSE ON BRIAR HILL ROAD, was up for Best Everlasting Love of 2007! It's great news to end the year on.

Speaking of ending the year...just wanted to wish all of you a Happy New Year!!

Holly

Well, I got an early Christmas present today...
titles for my PTA Mom trilogy that starts next October for Harlequin American Romance.

(I just did a nice little drum roll on my desk for you... LOL)

Once Upon a Thanksgiving
Once Upon a Christmas
Once Upon a Valentine's Day

My regular readers will remember my other Once Upon trilogy...Once Upon a Princess, Once Upon a Prince, and Once Upon a King. They were set here in Erie, and this new series is as well. This time, there's no royalty in sight...just three very overworked, PTA volunteering single moms! Of course, I need to finish writing them if they're to hit the shelves next year for their holidays! So, I'm back to work. But before I go, let me wish you all a marvelous holiday!! Thanks for your friendship and support!

Holly

Holly's December Newsletter

What Happens when a Hungarian grandma curses her own family to wedding disasters? She spends an entire trilogy trying to undo her curse. Check out the first book of a new trilogy, Everything But a Groom, the first book in my Everything But...series.

What are people saying?

"Charming..." Publisher Weekly

"Holly Jacobs has done it again! Everything but a Groom is a heart-warming and uproariously funny story." ~Kelley A. Hartsell, June 2007. All rights reserved.

"...it seems too good to be true, and too good to pass up Jacobs' very sweet tale of love." ~Marie Hatton, Booklist (starred review)

"...a sweet and charming love story awash with fun and humor." RT BookReviews 4 Stars

"Brilliantly funny Holly Jacobs hooks us with another best seller waiting to happen; EVERYTHING BUT A GROOM." ~CataRomance

"This lighthearted story is the perfect quick read that will warm the coldest winter night. EVERYTHING BUT A GROOM is a guaranteed keeper." ~ Diana Risso, RRT

Watch for Everything But a Bride, 8/08 and Everything But a Wedding, 12/08.

By now, my regular readers know the drill. Avalon Books are hardback and library bound, which means they're expensive. If you want to order them (and I know so many of you do...thanks for that) they're available online at Barnes and Noble and at Amazon. But you can save money and help build my library contacts if you ask your local library to order a copy!

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OCTOBER RELEASES:

THE HOUSE ON BRIAR HILL ROAD, is still available at eHarlequin.com.as well as other online bookstores. And if you're someone who invested in Amazon's new Kindle eReader, it's available in that format. As well in most other eBook formats.

My free online short story, The Moments, is still running at eHarlequin.com. Make sure you check it out. It's tied to the book, though I've been assured you can read the book first then the story, or vice versa, without ruining the other for yourself.

*********Cindy Carlson read The House on Briar Hill Road and wrote a lovely song, On Briar Hill, in its honor. She's graciously allowed me to post it here.On Briar Hill, copyright Cindy Carlson.
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Once Upon a Prince, En Busca De Su Princesa: (Looking For His Princess) will also be released in October as a US Spanish reprint. And last holiday season's DASHING THROUGH THE MALL, is available in a hardback, large print reprint (library bound) either at your local bookstore, or online at Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

CONTEST:

There's a new contest on my website...check it out and enter!

I'm so looking forward to the holiday season. My son arrived home from college and we'll have him here for a month, and my eldest is coming home for a week at Christmas. We'll have a houseful, but I'm so looking forward to it! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season, and that the new year is filled with joy!

~Holly

http://www.hollyjacobs.com/

EVERYTHING BUT A GROOM, Avalon Books, 12/07

EVERYTHING BUT A BRIDE, Avalon Books, 8/08

SAME TIME NEXT SUMMER, Harlequin Superromance, 8/08

THE PTA MOM trilogy, Harlequin American Romance, starting 10/08

I make a practice of "pimping" for friends. I love talking about their books, and giving shouts out for their accomplishments. Today's pimp is for a good friend, and fellow writer, Susan Gable. She and her husband, who's had more than ten years working as the head IT guy for a local Erie coporation that runs a local Erie tv station, as well as other stations throughout the country, have started a new business, www.PCWebDoc.com.

The cool thing about their computer business is they can fix your computer...even if you don't live in Erie. They can connect with your computer over the internet, and fix it while you watch. Wow, I love technology!

Since it snowed about a foot of snow here yesterday (and I spent more than three hours snowblowing and shoveling), the whole they-do-it-online-so-you-don't-have-to-drive-your-PC-anywhere, is a huge plus!!

If you live in Erie, you've seen their ads running on tv. Let me just give another friend-brag and say my buddy, Susan wrote them. Yes, she's a romance writer by day, and a script writer by night! Everytime I see one on, I smile!

Anyway, this was my friend pimp of the day. LOL

Hope wherever you live, you're warm! Me, I'm staying next to the fireplace today!

Holly