Christmas is fast approaching. Lively, busy days for so many of us!

We just bought our Vermont-grown tree and plan to decorate it on Sunday. Off to Christmas afternoon tea tomorrow at the Inn on Boltwood in Amherst, MA, an annual event with my mother, my youngest sister (I have three sisters!), my daughter and my two young granddaughters.

Be sure to take a moment to enter my holiday contest. (US only). I chose the calendar on a recent trip to Ireland. It features watercolor illustrations of Irish hedgerows and farmland. Aren’t they beautiful?

The winner will also receive signed hardcover copies of Declan’s Cross and The Angel, reader favorites with Irish settings. The covers have changed in subsequent paperback and e-book reissues but the content is the same.

“…smart and satisfying.” ~Kirkus Reviews on Declan’s Cross

“A hint of magic combined with a suspenseful plot and a setting that is so vibrant it is almost a character in and of itself makes for a winning combination.” ~The Huntress Reviews on The Angel

Wherever the holidays take you this year, I wish you the merriest of times!

Merry Christmas,

Carla