Holly Jacobs' November Newsletter

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Hi, everyone!!  I hope you're having a wonderful fall!  We're gearing up for Thanksgiving here.  Looks like we're going to have a full house!  Anyone who hangs out with me on social media knows that I love talking about cooking.  So here's my Thanksgiving cooking tip...brine your turkey.  There are a ton of recipes online. I make mine a little different each time, but the results have all be wonderful!  The kids have informed me they never want to do turkey any other way!! Today's my newest book's official release!  This is another of my women's journey/romances, like Just One Thing and Carry Her Heart!  Speaking of Carry Her Heart....there is a sequel!  Thanks everyone who's written and asked me what happened next.  I'll send out more info on it in 2016!  Back to the new release:

These Three Words Sometimes the deepest love isn't discovered...it's rediscovered. Starting over is never easy. Addie and Graham “Gray” Grayson should know: they are a couple on the brink. But they weren’t always. Childhood friends who fell in love, they complemented each other perfectly: her sunny, gregarious outlook was an ideal foil for Gray’s quiet, careful personality. But when an unexpected heartbreak sweeps them into grief, they’re forced to question the fraying bonds that once held them so tightly. Just before Addie walks away for good, Gray’s life is suddenly left hanging in the balance—and Addie’s waiting for news at the hospital. But she’s not alone. Through the stories other families share, she remembers what first brought her and Gray together and realizes how much of their connection still remains. Can letting go of the past also mean embracing the future? Perhaps the words they once said to each other can become a bridge that leads them back to love, to hope, and to a second chance that could last a lifetime. Kindle eBook Amazon Audible Barnes and Noble Books a Million Everything But a Groom was on Booklist's Top 101 Romances in the last Ten Years list!!!

Two of my earliest stories have been rereleased as eBooks for Kindle. Cinderella Wore Tennis Shoes Bosom Buddies. Ethel and Ella were featured in USAToday's Happily Ever After blog! This year's prize-palooza continued!  Congrats to: July—Margot August—Joyce September—Joan October—MaryLee I've gone back to my roots and have been writing some short stories for Kindle. 1. Labor Day 2. There He Was 3. Thirteen Weeks Carry Her Heart won a Golden Leaf Award!!  There's a sequel in the works...more details soon!

~~~~~ This is the last newsletter of 2015! I'll be giving away gifts to random newsletter subscribers in November and December to round out our year of prizes.  And you can be sure that there will be some other special gifts just for newsletter subscribers next year.  I've said it before...I really appreciate all your support and I love being able to show it in some small way! Wishing you a wonderful end of 2015 and I'll talk to you all in early 2016! I'm just waiting to solidify some release dates! Really, thank you!! Holly

13 Weeks

I love the heroine in my new novella, 13 Weeks.  Doran is a traveling nurse who specializes in palliative care.  I've had two loved ones use Hospice care in their last days, and I can tell you from experience that all the nurses, aides and volunteers who work within the program are very special people.  I once called in the wee hours once because my loved one was in pain and the meds I had on hand weren't cutting it.  Someone was at my door an hour later, stronger medication in hand.

But it was more than the medical support.  The amazing people who worked for the program held hands as much as they gave medications.  They listened...not just to the patient, but to the whole family.  They met my family at our most vulnerable time and helped us through it even as they helped our loved ones.

It seemed natural to write a heroine who had that kind of strength...that kind of heart.

I've wrote about those losses before in the award winning The House on Briar Hill Road.  Yes, the story is fiction, just as 13 Weeks is, but at their heart, both dealt with my own personal experiences of loss.

Though 13 Weeks deals with a difficult time, I think the ultimate message is a hopeful one.  It's about finding where you belong.  More than that, it's about recognizing home when you see it.

I hope you pick up the novella.  This time next month my next full-length novel, These Three Words is out!  If you've followed my books, you know I love to write series.  And though TTW's isn't part of a series, if you pay attention you just might find a character you'll recognize.

Holly

These Three Words

Sunday Shorts

13 Weeks

I started my career writing short stories.  I loved looking at a  small clip from a couple's relationship. This last year, I've been using my "Sunday Book" time to go back to my roots and write some short stories and a couple novellas. These are my Sunday Shorts!  I've had a blast returning to my roots!

In Labor Day a couple tells their daughter about how they met...and while it was over the Labor Day holiday, that's not the only reason for the title. (And after the short story came out, there was a story in the news that echoed it.) In There He Was, a Myth Buster's episode inspired me.  A minor explosion forces the heroine to look at exactly what love looks like.

This October, I have a novella, 13 Weeks, that's available for pre-order now.  A traveling nurse, by definition, travels.  Doran has spent most of her life moving from one place to another.  When she comes to Erie, PA (where else?) she meets Paul.  He's a man who has roots as deeply planted as the old elm in his backyard.  Helping them discover what really matters was so much fun.

I hope you enjoy all three of my return-to-my-roots!!  There are a few more coming out soon!

Holly

Labor Day

There He Was