A list of Holly Jacobs' series in order!

Here's the thing...I write a lot of books that are tied.  I'm not sure why...I take that back, I do know why.  I love my characters and always want to know what's happened after I write the end.  If I write another book in the series, I can find out along with readers!  I've got a lot of series and lately I've had a lot of readers asking about them...so here's the series and the books in order!

Oh, the fairies!  These were some of my earliest books!  They're being released now.  The first three are out now, and Fairly Human will be out at the end of July!

Mad About Max
Magic for Joy
Miracles for Nick

Words of the Heart...
These are heartwarming, bigger stories.  I was using the tagline Romance+ to describe them!

Carry Her Heart's on sale in July!
These Three Words
Coming soon...
Hold Onto Her Heart





I had so much fun with this series!  I loved writing a middle aged heroine!

Maid in LA Mysteries
Steamed
Dusted
Spruce Up
Swept Up

I've had a lot of requests for a new Quincy book...and I've been mulling! I'll keep you posted!

Nana Vancy accidentally cursed her family to bad weddings...and spends the first three books trying to break the curse!
Everything But a Groom
Everything But a Bride
Everything But a Wedding.





After she's broken the curse she's bored...so she ttries her hand at matchmaking!

Everything But a Christmas Eve
Everything But a Mother
Everything But a Dog!

My dogs would be so annoyed if I didn't mention they were the cover models for Everything But a Dog...they're still waiting for the PUParazzi to hound them!  (Yeah, I know that was bad!)





They talk about Christmas in July. So maybe it wouldn't be so odd to start my Cupid Falls series this month!

Christmas in Cupid Falls
A Simple Heart: A Cupid Falls Novella

(There are a few more Cupid Falls books in the pipeline!)

Oh, I should have mentioned this series after Everything But...
When I heard that Montlake was rereleasing that series and WLVH Radio Series, I wrote a trilogy of short stories to bring them all together!

Nothing But Love
Nothing But Heart
Nothing But Luck




And speaking of WLVH Radio series...
Pickup Lines
Lovehandles
Night Calls
Laugh Lines

And yes, I've heard that readers hate these covers. I liked Pickup Lines and Night Calls (which had a dog based on our dog at the time...a 200 lb Old English Mastiff) but I see your point on the other two.  Hopefully the stories are good enough to distract from the covers!  LOL

This series was one of my first! I set it on Erie, PA's very real Perry Square.  But then I went ahead and fictionalized the square and added new businesses!

Do You Hear What I Hear?
A Day Late and a Bride Short
Dad Today, Groom Tomorrow
Be My Baby
Once Upon a Princess
Once Upon Prince
Once Upon a King
Here With Me

I so loved Valley Ridge!  The first three books were a wedding trilogy.  The fourth was just because I loved it in VR and wasn't ready to say goodbye!
You Are Invited
April Showers
A Walk Down the Aisle
A Valley Ridge Christmas

And last but not least, Whedon PA.  This was a very special family...

Unexpected Gifts
A One-of-a-Kind Family
Homecoming Day
A Father's Name

Hope that helps you read the series in order!

Holly

Act Locally

There's a saying...Think Globally, Act Locally.

I try to put that in action.  I'm not talking big things, but rather a series of little things I do. I have my own bags I take shopping.  I try to shop at local farmer's market's in season.  This year, I made friends with a organic farmer there who said he could still supply my eggs this winter.  I've been driving the extra five minutes to get those eggs there.  Now, you might think that extra drive wastes gas, but I reasoned that I ultimately saved money because those eggs didn't need to be transported from an mega-chicken farm to my store.  And I was supporting local enterprise.

Like most everything in life, it's all about finding a balance.  We have a garden. We've worked at controlling our heating costs by lowering the thermostat, dressing in layers and using the fireplace.  We've worked at controlling our electric consumption with simple things like turning off lights, using energy efficient appliances...  The last few years I've concentrated on water.  We have a dual flush toilet (which still gives me glee!) and last year I put in a water barrel.

But as I shoveled my neighbor's sidewalk the other day, I thought, there, my little corner of the world is clear.  I realized that I put that saying — Think Globally, Act Locally— in action in more than my greening of my life.  I do it around my own neighborhood.  I try to look after older neighbors.  I know the neighborhood kids and pets by name.  I feed the birds.  None of them are huge matters, but I like to think my little corner of the world is nicer for it.

So, maybe while the "act locally" mentality appeals to my green and thrifty side, there's more to it.  Maybe acting locally relates to being a good neighbor.  Helping where you can, offering a smile or friendly hi.

I think that sense of neighborliness comes into play in a lot of my books.  The new trilogy that starts in April (A Valley Ridge Wedding) has that sense of community.  Neighbors don't rely on Twitter or Facebook to know what's going on in town...they go to MarVee's Quarters (which once was the Five and Dime, but when Marilee and Vivienne bought they renamed it because of inflation).  One of my heroes helps an elderly neighbor when her mailbox is vandalized.  Neighbors help clear fallen trees not because they had to, but because they need cleared.  The people in the town comfort those with broken hearts and the cheer for true love to find a happily ever after.

I'm working on the fourth Valley Ridge book now, A Valley Ridge Christmas.  The heroine lives by the motto, I Can't Change The World...But I Can Try.  I think the world would be a nicer place if we tried to live by it, and spent some time acting locally when we can!

Holly