Dec 31st Goals or Resolutions I’ll Strive For In 2020

The Resolutions I make are more like goals for the coming year. So…. Lets get started.
When my hubby and I left the fifth wheel all snug in a storage space under its cover until next spring, I said the holidays will be here before you know it. He chuckled and said, “Don’t I know it.”

In the blink of an eye, Christmas is knocking at the door, filled with family, friends and a great time to be had by all. Well, mostly. Some tragic events befell several friends and family this year. I shed many tears for those individuals this year. For those I pray a for a better, kinder 2020.

Another year passed, but what was accomplished? Surprisingly, I met all of my 2019 New Year’s resolutions of 5,000 words written each week, won NaNoWriMo, 50,000 words in 30 days (but it was close),a new book contracted, I managed two, and spend quality time with family and friends. My list was short but attainable. I try to keep it that way each year.

This year in front of the Christmas tree decorated with bright multi-colored lights and ornaments that evoke wonderful memories, I ponder what the New Year will bring. First and foremost I’m going to slow down, take time to notice what is changing around me. I seem to always be focused on what’s coming up several hours from the present or days or weeks ahead. Life is to short to live life in that fashion. You miss so much. I hope, no let me rephrase I will do the following:

Have more quiet, reflective walks with Mystic my dog. We have great conversations as we tour the neighborhood or hike in the mountains. One sided sometimes, but my dog is a great listener and doesn’t judge.

Spend more playtime with our Eclectus parrot, Taco.

Take time to appreciate and enjoy each day.

Keep the those with negative thoughts or words at bay. Life’s to short.

While working towards my professional goals, I’ll up my word count goal to 6,000 words written in a week this year.

I hope to have one or two more books contracted and published.

Take more time for family and friends, you don’t know how long they will be around. The future is not a given so make the most of your present.

Last but not least, spend more time camping in our new fifth wheel for long weekends from Spring to Fall. All the comforts of home on wheels! LOL

I best get back to my WIP, or one of my goals will be slipping away before 2020 even gets started! LOL

What are your New Year’s Resolutions or goals? If you don’t make any, why not? Do you just take life as it comes and hope for the best?

Start your New Year off with a BANG. Take a peek at my New Release, CHARM ME AGAIN.Breaking the curse is only the first step to forever. Spend a few hours in a magical, fantasy adventure. Pick up a copy today! Available at: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and Itunes

A little about Charm Me Again!

For several months a Scottish Highland Ghost has haunted Daylan, in his personal life, his professional life and at his forge. Yet, being a talented warlock, he is no closer to discovering what the ghost wants or why he chose Daylan. A trip to his estranged sister’s home in Colorado may have unforeseen consequences especially when family history leads him to a shocking discovery.

As his attraction blooms for Josie, a yoga instructor in his sister’s studio, he realizes there may be more to Josie than he can imagine. When an ancient rogue Fae Warrior set on revenge kidnaps her in an attempt to claim her as his own, a devastating curse comes to light.

Daylan’s world spirals out of control as he searches for Josie. Can he break the age old curse to save her and their future, or will she be lost to him forever?

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Posted in Authors' Secrets Blog and tagged 2020, goals, New Year, Resolutions, Tena Stetler by Tena Stetler with 9 comments.

Dec 13th Celebrate the Full Cold Moon on Friday December 13th

The full moon of December — which is the final one of this decade – arrived last night. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, this December’s full moon, which is rising in Gemini, is being called the Cold Moon, the Long Night Moon and the Moon before Yule. It’s been said, the full moon is the culmination of a cycle. It’s all about peak intensity: concentrated energy from the preceding phase overflowing, spilling out into emotion, action and matter.

I can attest to that. Been a roller coaster of a week of emotional upheaval and taking action in my world, how about yours?

What better way to Celebrate the cold, winter full moon that a new release where emotions run high and action must be taken? CHARM ME AGAIN fit that bill perfectly.

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Breaking the curse is only the first step to forever. Two families long divided brought together through love, understanding & an adventure of a lifetime. Join the magical adventure, pick up a copy today.

Daylan, a warlock, is being haunted, but what the ghost wants is a mystery. His magical powers bring him no closer to an answer—until he encounters Josie, a Yoga instructor.

But when she is kidnapped by an ancient Fae Warrior set on revenge Daylan must rescue her before the rogue claims her as his own. During his quest, his world spirals out of control, and a devastating curse comes to light. Could the ghost hold the answers he needs?

Can he break the age-old curse to save Josie and their future, or will Daylan lose her forever?

Turning the pages for a peek-

Without warning, Shay and his Fae warriors materialized beside the group. An eyebrow raised, he nodded. “We’ll take it from here.”

“Not with Josie inside,” he protested.

A loud boom shook the ground and the side wall of the building collapsed. Purple smoke billowed up and Shay cursed. “Get him. Don’t let him get away.” The warriors rushed forward toward the building. A column of the purple haze rose upward and spread across the sky dimming to lilac. Shay and the warriors disappeared with the haze after one of their own.

Josie stumbled out coughing and choking. Daylan rushed to her side as she collapsed in his arms holding her hands out, palms up. The group formed a circle around them as he eased her to the ground.

Summer’s eyes widened as she pointed to the subtle orange glow rising from Josie’s palms. “I believe her latent magic must have saved her.”

One more celebration –

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Since this is the last full moon of December, why not celebrate it with my last 99 cent sale of the year A WITCH’S HOLIDAY WEDDING? A Heartwarming Holiday Tale to warm you on this cold moon December! The hope of wildlife rescue, the magic of family & friends shines through this Thanksgiving tale of true love. https://amzn.com/B01MA1GYIB

What’s it about?

Elemental witch, Pepper McKay and former Navy SEAL, Lathen Quartz built Lobster Cove Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center on enchanted McKay land. Wedding planning goes awry when the couple spends Thanksgiving with family in Colorado, a Maine snowstorm fills the center with injured wildlife, Lathen finds himself drawn into a covert military mission, and Pepper wants to cancel the wedding. Is she having second thoughts? Will the nosy McKay ghosts, Lathen’s werewolf pack, Pepper’s parents, and her best friend help or hinder the wedding and holiday plans?

Sneak peek between the pages – After she set her glass down, Lathen brushed a couple strands of hair out of her eyes and searched her face.“Are you all right?”
“I’m tired, my wedding is in a couple weeks, I have ghosts fighting over who is going to do what. Guests that have no idea the place is haunted and… Your family and pack, my parents, Gwen… To top it all off, the head of my clan, who is a ghost, is sitting in front of me wanting to know who is coming to the wedding and whether the ghosts will be outed. How could I possibly be all right?”
“When you put it that way.” Lathen chuckled. “It sounds just a bit… I don’t know…crazy?” His right eyebrow winged up. She saw mischief sparkle in his eyes. “We could still elope,” he offered

Thank you for taking a peek. Happy Holidays to you and yours!

Posted in My Say What Blog and tagged A Witch's Holiday Wedding, Cold Moon, December Yule, Sale, Tena Stetler by Tena Stetler with comments disabled.

Dec 9th Charm Me Again, A New Release by Tena Stetler

Happy holidays to all! I am so excited, today is the release day for my book, Charm Me Again!

We are on a virtual book tour through Bewitching Blog Tours for Charm Me Again. So much fun! Pssst… there are prizes to be won also. If you want to follow along, the tour stops & dates are listed at the bottom of this post.

Have a seat and grab an insulated mug. I’ve got hot chocolate, hot cider and coffee. Choose your pot, they’re labeled. Pick your choice of a Snicker-doodle, Chocolate Chip or Peanut butter cookie from the plate. Yep, I baked them myself. Lets see what CHARM ME AGAIN is all about. Then we’ll get to the Holiday Extravaganza Feature about Twinkle Bright and Elves Secret Santa! Thanks for joining us!

A little about Charm Me Again –

Breaking the curse is only the first step to forever.

Daylan, a warlock, is being haunted, but what the ghost wants is a mystery. His magical powers bring him no closer to an answer—until he encounters Josie, a Yoga instructor.

But when she is kidnapped by an ancient Fae Warrior set on revenge Daylan must rescue her before the rogue claims her as his own. During his quest, his world spirals out of control, and a devastating curse comes to light. Could the ghost hold the answers he needs?

Can he break the age-old curse to save Josie and their future, or will Daylan lose her forever?

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A sneak peak between the pages of Charm Me Again!

Suddenly the wind increased and changed direction bringing a cold chill to the warm day. She tugged her sweater close around her as a thin maroon line formed along the flat bottom of a dark, boiling cloud spreading across the sky. Moments before there’d been only an occasional fluffy white cloud floating in the bright blue sky. Oh, no, not again.

The line slowly drifted to vertical and spread open to reveal a sparkling interior. Four striking creatures, sharp-angled features with fierce expressions on their inhumanly handsome faces appeared. Gleaming swords hung at their sides as they slipped out of the cloud and stepped onto the ground not more than fifty feet from her and Daylan along the tree line of the property. Holy shit. This can’t be happening.

She rubbed her eyes but when she opened them the men were still there. Dressed in heavy boots, jeans, and formfitting leather vests, shimmering silver bands adorned their muscular upper arms. Two of them had thick shoulder length blond hair, the others had jet black hair hanging in waves past their shoulders.

She jumped up and opened her mouth to scream. But Daylan reacted faster clapping his hand over her mouth while still facing the advancing creatures. To her surprise, a soft giggle escaped from her lips. They look like a group of medieval bikers. Their apparent leader, his reddish sable hair hung well beyond his shoulders in waves, paused a few yards in front of them.

The others flanked the leader in a V formation. Her heart beat a tattoo against her chest. The vision taking place in front of her wavered and spun. I will not pass out. I will not faint. I absolutely will not. She pried Daylan’s hand away and sucked in a deep breath then blew it out slowly.

The wind settled down to a light breeze that flipped strands of her hair over her face and eyes. Raising a hand, she brushed the hair out of her face and licked her lips nervously.

In the distance a door banged, a dog growled, then eerie silence prevailed.

“You can see the Fae, the cloud, and feel the change in temperature?” Daylan whispered, his voice tinged with surprise.

Everything snapped into focus and she nodded her eyes went wide. “Fae?” I’ve lost it. This isn’t happening. For god sakes one of them has a pointed ear sticking through his hair. Catching movement out of the corner of her eye, Devlin, Summer, and Piper joined them. Piper remained behind Summer, voicing her displeasure in low menacing growls.

Holiday Extravaganza Feature –

Twinkle Bright – Elves Secret Santa

Direct from the North Pole, welcome to the Elves Secret Santa party! Here at the North Pole it’s extremely busy, but we still have time for a little holiday fun and shenanigans.

Let me introduce myself. I’m an elf and my name is Twinkle Bright because my elf hat has twinkle lights wound all around the scalloped edge and the pointy top.

I make yummy Hot Chocolate for Santa and the elves from a secret family recipe passed down from generation to generation. My hot chocolate keeps everyone warm and toasty inside at the North Pole. There is even an automatic dispenser in Santa’s Sleigh providing him with hot chocolate during his travels on Christmas Eve. It goes good with the cookies the children leave for him.

While I am mixing up large batches of hot chocolate, I listen to Christmas Carols from a variety of pop, country and rock artists. I always taste each batch to insure it’s up to elf standards. . You would think I’d get tired of hot chocolate, but no — never. I love the steaming chocolaty drink. I usually keep mine in an insulated mug so it stays warm while sampling the cookies in the elves’ bakery. Frosted sugar cookies and gingerbread cookies are my absolute favorites.

Now, I’m going to let you in on a little secret. But you must promise not to tell…anyone.

We do a secret Santa gift exchange around here and this year I got Bob, her job at the North Pole is name checker to make sure Santa has all the correct spellings of the girls and boys. One year she spelled Chrys’ name Chris and wow what an uproar.

Luckily Santa caught it, but we had to rush to change all the tags on her packages. Whew!

I’m getting Elf Bobi a package of 120 different color markers in a jewel encrusted case for marking off the correctly spelled names after she checks them.

Do you think she’ll like that?

Do you like fudge? Great, I’ll share with you my favorite Fantasy Fudge Recipe.

3 cups of sugar

3/4 cup butter

1 – 5 oz can of evaporated milk (do not use sweetened condensed milk)

1 – 12 oz package semi sweet chocolate chips

1 – 7 oz jar marshmallow cream

1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract

You may add chopped nuts if you wish

Bring sugar, butter and evaporated milk to a full rolling boil in a large saucepan over medium heat, stir constantly

Cook for four minutes or until a candy thermometer reaches 234 degrees.

High altitude takes about 5 minutes.

Remove from heat and add chocolate chips and marshmallow cream, stir until melted.

Add vanilla and nuts. Stir until blended.

Pour into a greased 9×13 pan, spread evenly.

Cool completely and cut into squares.

About the Author:

Tena Stetler is a best-selling author of award winning paranormal romance novels. She has an over-active imagination, which led to writing her first vampire romance as a tween to the chagrin of her mother and delight of her friends.

With the Rocky Mountains outside her window, she sits at her computer surrounded by a wide array of paranormal creatures, with a Navy SEAL or two mixed in telling their tales. Her books tell stories of magical kick-ass women and strong mystical males that dare to love them. Travel, adventure and a bit of mystery flourish in her books along with a few companion animals to round out the tales.

Colorado is her home; shared with her husband of many moons, a brilliant Chow Chow, a spoiled parrot and a forty-five-year-old box turtle. Any winter evening, you can find her curled up in front of a crackling fire with a good book, a mug of hot chocolate and a big bowl of popcorn.

You can find her at the following links below: Stop by she loves to chat!

Website: https://www.tenastetler.com

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Thank you so much for stopping by to help me celebrate my new release Charm Me Again! I know you’re going to love it!

Here’s the list of the other stops on the Charm Me Again blog tour. Stop at each one and register for a $15.00 Amazon Gift Card and a book of your choice by Tena Stetler.

December 2 Momma Says: To Read or Not to Read
http://mommasaystoreadornottoread.blogspot.com/

December 3 Books 4 Book Nerds
https://booknerdbooks.wordpress.com

December 4 The Book Junkie Reads
https://thebookjunkiereadspromos.blogspot.com/

December 5 3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, and Sissy, Too!
http://3partnersinshopping.blogspot.com

December 6 Ilovebooksandstuffblog
https://ilovebooksandstuffblog.wordpress.com/

December 9 T’s Stuff
http://www.tsstuff.net

December 10 Supernatural Central
http://supernaturalcentral.blogspot.com

December 11 Boundless Book Reviews
http://www.boundlessbookreviews.com

December 12 Celia Breslin
http://www.celiabreslin.com/blog/

December 13 Lisa’s World of Books
http://www.lisasworldofbooks.net/

December 16 Booklikes
http://roxannerhoads.booklikes.com

December 17 Fang-tastic Books
http://fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com

December 18 Paranormalists
https://paranormalists.blogspot.com/

December 19 Roxanne’s Realm
http://www.roxannerhoads.com/

December 20 The Creatively Green Write at Home Mom
http://creativelygreen.blogspot.com/

December 20 I Smell Sheep
http://www.ismellsheep.com/

Posted in Authors' Secrets Blog and tagged Blacksmith, Charm Me Again, Christmas, Colorado, Fae, fantasy, Holiday, Paranormal Mystery, Paranormal Romance, shifters, Tena Stetler, Witches, yoga by Tena Stetler with comments disabled.

Dec 4th #L&SR’s #Wednesday’s Blog Challenge Book Boyfriend or Girlfriend

Welcome to #L&SR’s #Wednesday’s Blog Challenge December 4, 2019, Book Boyfriend or Girlfriend This was another difficult topic, so many book boyfriends so little time, but I finally narrowed it down to a few.

Let’s start with –Troublemaker by Linda Howard. Book Boyfriend Morgan Yancy, an operative and team leader in a paramilitary group. Loved his character and his interactions with the heroine and her dog.

The Witness by Nora Roberts. Book boyfriend would be The police chief Brooks Gleason is a laid back law man with a hippy mother. I found Brooks characteristics to be fun and sexy.

The Very Thought of You by Claire Marti – In this one book boyfriend would be Jake Cruz. Yeah he was a hunky fireman with a soft spot for animals. Do we see a pattern forming here? LOL

And I would be remiss if I didn’t mention A Demon’s Witch. Yeah it’s my own book, in fact my debut novel back in 2015. But the hero, Bruce is just to smoking hot to ignore. Keeping a lid on all the paranormal beings inhabiting Washington D.C., is a daunting job. Bruce, a six hundred year old demon and the Territory Overlord of the Western Hemisphere, keeps his finger on the pulse of DC’s power players through the activities at his highly successful Wycked Hair Salon. His movie star good looks and body builder physique keeps his dance card full and the rumor mills running. Within these walls, his anonymity is safe, mostly.
Pssst…. I’ll let you in on a little secret… Shhh… I modeled him after my own real life hero I’ve been married to for many moons. Just don’t tell anyone. Okay?

Alas, I need to get back to my writing cave where deadlines loom, so let’s see what other authors list as their Book Boyfriends or Book Girlfriends. L&SR

Pssst… While you’re here, don’t forget to check out my paranormal romance/mysteries click here.

So excited! I’ve got a new release, Charm Me Again, December 9, 2019, available for pre-order now. Please check it out. (By the way, the hero, Daylan, is also my book boyfriend. Who can resist a powerful warlock? Come on admit it, no one. LOL

Teaser from CHARM ME AGAIN –

For several months a Scottish Highland Ghost has haunted Daylan, in his personal life, his professional life and at his forge. Yet, being a talented warlock, he is no closer to discovering what the ghost wants or why he chose Daylan. A trip to his estranged sister’s home in Colorado may have unforeseen consequences especially when family history leads him to a shocking discovery.

As his attraction blooms for Josie, a yoga instructor in his sister’s studio, he realizes there may be more to Josie than he can imagine. When an ancient rogue Fae Warrior set on revenge kidnaps her in an attempt to claim her as his own, a devastating curse comes to light.

Daylan’s world spirals out of control as he searches for Josie. Can he break the age old curse to save her and their future, or will she be lost to him forever?

Also, don’t miss my holiday Sale A WITCH’S HOLIDAY WEDDING is only 0.99 cents, for a limited time! Download a copy and join the magical, holiday adventure. A little about A WITCH’S HOLIDAY WEDDING.

Elemental witch, Pepper McKay and former Navy SEAL, Lathen Quartz built Lobster Cove Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center on enchanted McKay land. Wedding planning goes awry when the couple spends Thanksgiving with family in Colorado, a Maine snowstorm fills the center with injured wildlife, Lathen finds himself drawn into a covert military mission, and Pepper wants to cancel the wedding. Is she having second thoughts? Will the nosy McKay ghosts, Lathen’s werewolf pack, Pepper’s parents, and her best friend help or hinder the wedding and holiday plans?