Welcome to my annual 12 DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS!
If you’re new to this – here’s how it works:
1. Each day from December 1 through December 12 I will put up a new giveaway HERE on my website with instructions on how to enter, a detailed description of the prize, and some stuff about the book or series. Each giveaway is different and each has ONE WINNER. MY GIVEAWAYS ARE ALWAYS OPEN INTERNATIONAL
2. Each giveaway runs UNTIL DECEMBER 13.
3. Winners are CHOSEN and NOTIFIED on December 14. I will be notifying winners USING THE EMAIL USED TO COMMENT ON THIS BLOG – and all winners will BE LISTED AT THE TOP OF EACH GIVEAWAY POST HERE ON MY WEBSITE on December 14.
4. Winners have 24 hours to respond, then another winner will be chosen.
5. ALL PRIZES WILL BE MAILED ON DECEMBER 15. If I’m waiting on a winner to respond and they miss the December 15 mail date, that prize will be mailed when I get around to it. I live in the middle of nowhere so a trip to the post office is a “thing” for me. 🙂 So make sure you’re checking for winners on the 14th.
6. I will send newsletters announcing giveaways on December 1, December 6, December 12, and a Winner newsletter on December 14. I NEVER send this many newsletters in a month so sorry if that feels spammy.
7. You can also FOLLOW MY BLOG. I will also make a blog post HERE announcing ALL WINNERS on the 14th. If you want to follow this blog there will be a form at the bottom of each post to do that. Then you get an email when I POST HERE. I don’t do that often – December is the exception because of the 12 Days and my yearly “Wrap-up” post.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
THAT’S IT! I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THIS!
All prizes this year are self-care book boxes filled with holiday and luxury items
NOW LET’S GET ON TO THE FIRST GIVEAWAY!
DID YOU MISS A GIVEAWAY?
FIND THE OTHERS HERE
GIVEAWAY 1 – https://wp.me/p2C2YB-3GR
GIVEAWAY 2 – https://wp.me/p2C2YB-3Hd
GIVEAWAY 3 – https://wp.me/p2C2YB-3HP
GIVEAWAY 4 – https://wp.me/p2C2YB-3I6
NOW LET’S GET ON TO THE NEXT GIVEAWAY!
IN EACH POST I WILL HIGHLIGHT A BOOK
TODAY’S BOOK HIGHLIGHT IS DAMAGED GODS
FUNNY, DARK, SPICY, MONSTER ROMANCE!
DESCRIPTION
When I answered an ad for a caretaker at Saint Mark’s Sanctuary I thought I’d be dusting chandeliers and polishing floors. I didn’t expect to be tricked into a curse, going in debt to a monster, and being forced to take a self-paced “Let’s Learn Magic” course so I can fix a two-thousand-year-old problem.
And that monster?
Not your ordinary, everyday beast.
He has hooves, and horns, and fur on his legs.
But ya know where he doesn’t have fur?
Yep. There.
Which is fine.
Except he doesn’t wear pants.
Nothing at Saint Mark’s is exactly what it seems.
The entire inside is magic, the hallways upstairs are nothing but parties from the past, and the super-hot guy who lives in the dungeon?
Yeah.
Not human.
My name is Pie and all I want is to be a normal girl with an average life.
I refuse to get stuck in this curse.
I refuse to learn magic to break it.
And there is no way in hell I will fall in love with a monster.
Famous.
Last.
Words.
THE MONSTERS OF SAINT MARK’S is a fun paranormal monster romance series about a girl named Pie who accidentally stumbles into a monster’s 2000-year-old curse only to find she’s exactly where she’s supposed to be.
Inside the pages you’ll find…
Enemies to Lovers
Grumpy/Sunshine
Monster Romance
Forced Proximity
Only One Bed
Curse/Contract Romance
He Falls First
Touch Her and Die
Possessive Hero
Found Family
Hidden Identity/Secret Magic
Beauty and the Beast
LISTEN TO THE DAMAGED GODS AUDIOBOOK TEASER!
NARRATED BY JASON CLARKE AND HATHAWAY LEE
(Almost 12 HOURS long! Definitely CREDIT WORTHY!)
FOUR BOOKS IN SERIES
FIND THE OTHER THREE BOOKS HERE
GIVEAWAY #4
DAMAGED GODS BOOK BOX
WHAT’S IN THE DAMAGED GODS GIFT SET!
- Signed paperback
- Book Box with full-color printing inside and out!
- Pie’s Apothecary Tote Bag
- Damaged Gods Magnet
- Damaged Gods and Pie’s Apothecary Stickers
- Pie’s Apothecary Zipper Pouch
- Pie’s HEA Spelling
- Book Review Checklist Notepad
- Library of Flowers “Honeycomb” Salt Soak
- Tokyo Milk “Be Bold” Candle Tin
- Tokyo Milk “A Little Something for You” Soap
- Scrunchie!
- Shower Steamer!
- Fuzzy Socks!
- Organic Cotton Tea Towel
- 2026 JA Huss Swag Bag (Sticker Sheet, Sticker, Lip Balm, Pen, Drawstring Bag)
AND HERE’S HOW TO ENTER TO WIN TODAY’S GIFT SET!
ALL GIVEAWAYS ARE ALWAYS OPEN INTERNATIONAL!
(1) COMMENT HERE on the blog (below) and tell me –
What is your favorite ‘Holiday’ Tradition?
(Can be any holiday! Doesn’t have to be Christmas!)
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MY ANSWER
Christmas Cookies! It just never gets old!
I’ve been making my Aunt Dorothy’s “Old Fashioned Cut-Out Cookies” since 1990. Wow. Thirty-Five years. That’s kinda crazy. But I still love them. My whole life I’ve been eating those cookies at Christmas. She used to make hem thin, but I’ve always made them thick. Sometimes, when the kids were small, I’d make huge ones. Every kid would get a huge iced cookie with their name on them.
AND HERE is a sneak peek of tomorrow’s giveaway!
Make sure you stop by and enter!
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ONE – I ust got myself a TIKTOK ACCOUNT! yes, I know, I know. I’m years behind he times. I just really don’t like socials and I didn’t want a new one. But I finally took the plunge.
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TWO – FOLLOW THIS BLOG – FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW and you will be notified via email whenever I put up a new blog post. I usually do this about once a month unless I’m having a cover reveal, or a new release, or something special like this 12 Days of Giveaways. This is not a newsletter list. It’s ONLY tied to BLOG POSTS.
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FOUR – or if you don’t like to get emails – YOU CAN JOIN MY FACEBOOK GROUP. This is where I hang out on the daily. We’ve got a nice group going with ZERO DRAMA. And if you ever have a question about something, you can tag me in there and I’ll answer you. I’m literally in there all day, every day.
FIVE – If you like more personal things, then my Instagram is the place to be. This is where I post everyday stories about my writer life.
SIX – All my books release early on Patreon before they release to the public. YOU CAN CHECK OUT MY PATREON HERE.
I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY AND NEW YEAR.
Stay calm, stay safe, and let’s have a great 2026!
WINNERS FOR ALL GIVEAWAYS will be chosen on December 14 and announced on my blog and in my newsletter. All gifts will be mailed on December 15th with priority mail, so hopefully you get them before the big day. ALL MY GIVEAWAYS ARE ALWAYS OPEN INTERNATIONAL.
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I am a lover of Halloween, I love dressing up and getting/giving candy! For Christmas, I just love time with family and playing games like bingo or UNO or even karaoke.
Baking cookies!
My Mama, my doggo and I curl up every Christmas and watch the entire Harry Potter series in order and it’s honestly my favorite thing to do!
There are so many but one of my favorites is taking my dog to look at lights. He stares out the window like the angel baby he is. Begs for treats and gives all the happy wags.
Honestly just family and friends getting together and sharing memories.
Christmas morning monkey bread!!
Making gingerbread houses! We did this when I was a kid and now that I have one of my own I love carrying on the tradition!!
Honestly I just love getting together with my family and friends and spending time together. And bonus if there is good food 🙂
I agree cookies are the best part. Especially since its the only time my mom will make spritz cookies.
My favorite holiday tradition is driving around looking at all the beautiful decorations and enjoying hot chocolate, cookies and cuddles at home afterwards.
Advent Calendars. Of any an all kinds.
Baking treats for gifts.
Baking the Christmas cookies my nonna brought with her from Italy!
Going to the tree farm to pick out our Christmas tree
Making trifle with my middle son. Any time spent with my sons is wonderful
Favorite holiday tradition is definitely eating all the baked goods on Christmas
Taking my dogs to see all the Christmas lights. My oldest dog loves looking at them.
It’s kind of a new tradition but I love to wear Christmas jammies while me and the family drive around looking at the pretty lights
My favorite tradition is matching Christmas Jammie’s!! We did it when I was a girl, not matching, but then I have done it with my girls!! This year will be epic! I have a brand new granddaughter and the whole family will be matching!!!!!
My favourite tradition on Christmas morning is watching «Tre nøtter til askepott» (three wishes for cinderella) in our pyjamas while drinking hot chocolate with wipped cream!
My favorite holiday is Christmas and as for traditions, I would say just to take some time off of work during the season is my favorite part. Kids are out of school and we just make memories together. Never go on vacation, but just spend time together. Now that my kids are older, it’s nice to have them home for the holidays, even if just for half a day.
Making Christmas cookies. I have a recipe for spritz cookies from my Great Grandmother that I make every year.
Every year since I was a baby, we go over to my grandparents (now just my grandpa and uncles house) for homemade spaghetti and meatballs on Christmas Eve. Then we take an extra long way home to look at Christmas lights.
Once we got home, we’d have a big present waiting under the tree for each of us (my sister and me) that had a new stuffed animal or doll, and a new pair of Christmas pajamas. We’d put them on, and spend the rest of the night before bed drinking Coco, eating cookies and popcorn while watching all the classic Christmas cartoons and movies.
I’m 33 now, and I still do this, but it’s with my own 3 kids- they get the Jammie’s and toy. I get the memories.
May not count to most but for me I don’t count it the Christmas holiday season till I start rewatching Gilmore Girls in December.
Just baking for my neighbors. Don’t really have any other tradition per say
I didn’t grow up with any traditions and never created my own. I just do whatever I can do to be festive for that holiday.
Any holiday will fit my favorite tradition and thats making deserts. I replicate a pie or cake my mom used to make on diffetent holidays
The first thing we do for the holiday season…go to Bronner’s in Frankenmuth, MI and pick out our annual family Christmas ornament!
Happy holidays 🎄❤️🎄
I love the lights, going up into the mountains to get a tree, and all of the simple/traditional decorations that can be done with a low budget. The cookies are a huge bonus 😋
Our Boxing Day family party, we go out for lunch and then all, up to 25 of us to one house and party until we drop ❤️
One tradition my family and I have during this season is making a new ornament for the tree. Every year since my oldest was born we have made ornaments from scratch for the tree. I love seeing how much better each child gets every year with making them. I grew up in a house that didn’t have any family traditions and when my oldest was born we didn’t have a lot of money to buy enough ornaments for the tree. But I did have enough stuff to make salt dough ornaments so we did that. And now we’ve done it for 10 Christmas’. My kids look forward to it and so does my husband. I’ve even got my sister in law into making and sending us salt dough ornaments my nephew made since we all live in different parts of the world now.
I put my lights up Thanksgiving evening and then we make cookies, cookies, and more cookies. I love lights and continually buy them and my husband will put them up, but I got told this year, no more lights that have to be unwound and untangled! lol
My favorite tradition is wearing matching Christmas Jammie’s and driving around to see the lights.
My daughter and I always make homemade cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving. None of us liked the canned jelly stuff so we decided to try and make our own. It even tastes good in some ginger ale mixed with orange juice. Delish!
Baking cookies/sourdough! And decorating with my little one!! Also a new one is christmas family pjs!
My favourite Christmas tradition is one that my parents dud for us, that I did with my children, who now do it with my grandchildren..going downstairs to make sure Father Christmas has been. I can remember the sheer delight and anticipation of my dad saying, yes, he’s been and similarly, my kids’ reactions..it’s a moment of joy 😊
Waffles for breakfast on Christmas morning. I started this when my kids were small, it’s a fun breakfast that’s easy to do amongst all the Christmas chaos.
Making cookies!! I do big cookie platters with like 6-8 different cookies types. For about 10 people. My kids 19 & 15 still love to help. I’ve been doing it for about 12yrs. A few days of baking and audiobooks is my most relaxing laid back thing and I absolutely love making the treats and even trying new cookie recipes and giving them out to family and friends.
I use to live out of town, but always had to work the day after the holiday (retail). So I would come home to visit on eve and we would do a small meal and open gifts with immediate family only, right at midnight. This way, I could spend breakfast with my mom before heading home. My actual holiday was spent peacefully at home enjoying Chinese food. No longer how its done since I moved back home to help with family, but it was one tradition I loved and miss. Still got to see my immediate family, some mother daughter time, and not deal with the over the top hecticness that is the holiday.
Easter brunch is my favorite. My mom made the absolute best brunch and since she passed I have kept it up. Babci scrambled eggs are something my sim longs and my kids all can’t wait for. Hopefully my granddaughter will love them too
I can’t say it’s my favorite but it’s the most important we as a family (and my girls are 28 and 26) pick a new angel ornament in memory of my oldest daughter we have done this to bring her home since 2001 the first year without her
I love everything about the holidays! The cookies to the family meals to sitting and drinking coffee on Christmas morning. I love the music and the Christmas Eve midnight service.
My favorite ‘Holiday’ Tradition I love going and seeing the Christmas lights with the grandkids this Sunday I’m going down to see them and we are doing a Christmas Parade it a new thing for all of us but I’m excited!
I love the Christmas lights and baking cookies with my son. I use to bake cookies with my aunt and grandma. They are no longer with us but when I bake it always reminds me of those beautiful memories.
Christmas breakfast girl kids and grandkids
Walking our property to select a tree, holiday treats, family gatherings.
I love Thanksgiving, just being with family and friends with all the delicious food. Also, sometimes my bday is on Thanksgiving (like this year, I turned 40) so it makes it extra special. I also love our tradition of Christmas Eve at my mom’s and then I love waking up Christmas day seeing how excited and happy my 3 girls are.
My favorite holiday tradition is decorating the house. It’s something my parents didn’t do while I was growing up, so I take decorating pretty seriously. No one comes to see my house over the holidays, our family gatherings are all down South at their houses. But I enjoy the softness and coziness of my house so much when it’s decorated for Christmas. 🎄🎄
Opening gifts with the kiddos on Christmas Eve before the rush of Christmas day.
Driving around looking at Christmas lights with my family. This tradition started in the 60’s. My dad would bundle us kids in the car to look at the lights on Christmas eve and while we were gone Santa would have miraculously arrived
Holiday dinners with the family gathered around, enjoying good food and good company.
My favorite part of Christmas is actually putting up the Christmas tree.
For halloween, it would be going to haunted houses with my daughter and handing out candy and watching horror movies all night with both kids.
I also put together movie night boxes for my kids to open on Christmas eve. Pajamas, a bag of popcorn, a couple snacks, hot coca, a soft cuddly blanket and a new movie, we spend Christmas eve watching the movies before bed.
Spending time with my family, Christmas lights and advent calendars.
Our family tradition is to make cookies and give out as gifts. I have so many memories of my grandmother, mom and I in the kitchen together.
My grandmother’s birthday was on December 7th day before mine so my tradition is to always put up my tree on her birthday. And when she was in hospital I bought her an hummingbird ornament that now goes first on my tree at the top every year and my three boys first ornaments go on second.
I love lighting the candles on the menorah for Hanukkah, especially when it includes other people. There’s something special about that small action and moment that goes back so many generations. It’s my quiet in a loud world.
I don’t really have any except decorating and my Christmas village. I work right up to Christmas to make everyone’s dogs beautiful. I do usually go the day after Christmas and see if there’s any Christmas village stuff or blow ups for outside that are 50% off that I need for the next year
I too am a huge baker and enjoy making cookies presents for my friends.
The food, I just love all the holiday food.
I too am a huge baker and enjoy making cookies presents for my friends this is a great personal gift when prices are so high.
Son and granddaughters live in FL so when we go down, spend time with them and baking cookies.
On Christmas morning we go to my mom’s for brunch
I love opening cozy PJs on Christmas Eve. When I was a kid we used to open the jammies and then my Dad would read the Night Before Christmas to my sister and I. My husband and I have continued the tradition with my kids, and if my dad happens to be visiting he does the Night Before Christmas reading 🙂
My favorite holiday tradition was always dinner with my grandparents and extended family. My grandparents would make a HUGE dinner for Thanksgiving and Christmas and invite the whole extended family (10-12 people). When you finished your plate my grandma had tapped a scratch off ticket to the bottom of the plate (the 1st year she did it I accidentally put it in the skin because I didn’t know). Then we would do dessert, Christmas stockings (grandma always did practical gifts like socks, shavers, lip balm, roll of quarters) and then gifts. Followed it up with laughs and competitive card games. I miss those days.
I would love to see a picture of your aunt’s cookies if you ever feel like sharing!
A tradition we have is opening up a new pair of pajamas on Christmas eve.
Having dinner with my family and eating pizzelles
Baking cookies with my daughter on Christmas eve. She will be 14 this year but still loves making them.
My favorite holiday tradition is gumbo with the family on Christmas eve. Christmas eve was my grandmother’s birthday so it was alway birthday celebrations not Christmas. Something about has always been so special to me, even though my grandmother has passed, we still celebrate her birthday and have gumbo on Christmas eve, leaving Christmas celebrations for Christmas day ❤️💚🎄
Sandi Lee
My favorite is decorating the Christmas tree, I find that it’s just beautiful to stare at all the time when I’m done. Another one is just sitting around on Christmas Day with my family and just enjoying each other’s company, we laugh a lot!! We are a bunch of smartasses so it gets crazy and wonderful and awesome all at the same time! Good food. Good family. Good day!!
On Christmas Eve, whatever family is in town, all gets together and goes to our favorite Mexican Restaurant. We started this tradition over 25 years ago? Back then, the kids were all small but now they’re grown with kids of their own. The owners expect us every year and it’s gotten to where they put us in a separate room now because there’s so many. We look forward to this all year!
I love getting together with my whole family and decorating the tree, I also love opening a gift in Christmas Eve. 💚❤️
My favorite tradition is having my family over for Thanksgiving. I took over hosting when my mom passed and I have truly come to love having my family come to our house for turkey and family time.
Christmas cookies and the classic movies.
Baking and decorating Christmas cookies with my grandchildren
Food! For every holiday there is a special dish that is made. Heaven forbid if there are no deviled eggs for Easter, no lemon meringue pie for my birthday, no honey baked ham for Thanksgiving and no pecan sweet potato casserole for Christmas.
We take turns opening our presents so we can enjoy what was given and received.