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Today Author TM Smith shares a guest post about one of her favorite Christmas traditions, a new ornament every year.
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Here at the Smith/Middleton household we have several fun traditions we do every year. On Thanksgiving we gather to eat, drink, be merry and put together our shopping lists for Black Friday. After all the shopping is done and we're back home warming up the leftovers for dinner, we set up the tree while listening to carols and wrap presents. Every year though, we must get a new ornament for the tree. And every year at least one from the past winds up in the trash, broken or discolored. There are ornaments on our tree that are over forty years old, baby's first Christmas, a Covid era one with Santa wearing a mask, that sort of thing. I can look back on many of them and remember either where and when they were bought, the significance, or whom gifted them to me.
One of my favorite movies is The Muppet's Christmas Carol, my dear friend Lusch and I along with my sister, would watch every year. Sadly, he passed away several years ago, but an ornament he gifted me one year of Kermet as Bob Cratchit with Tiny Tim singing their song from the movie sits front and center on my tree every year. I push that little button, that song comes to life, and so many memories with him come back and that is so precious to me. It's like that with so many of our ornaments, pulling them out of the box and unwrapping them, placing them gently on the tree, remembering the significance, it's truly my favorite day of the year.
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To celebrate the event, TM Smith has made her best-selling series box set, The Survivor trilogy, Free on Amazon now through December 14th. So be sure to grab your copy while it's on sale!
Frank Moore is a rookie with the Dallas Police Department when he and his partner answer a call in Devonshire, one of the city’s more affluent neighborhoods. They think the young boy in various pictures throughout the home has been kidnapped until they find him, shaken but alive. Officer Moore recognizes the pain in the kid’s eyes, having lost his own mother to cancer when he was just a boy. He steps in, making sure Taylor is placed with a loving foster family. Over the years, Frank becomes a permanent fixture in Taylor’s life.
A decade later, the case remains unsolved and the once gangly, uncertain teenager is now a college graduate who knows exactly what he wants. He’s coming home to the man that helped mold and shape his life, the man he’s loved for as long as he can remember, Frank Moore. But Taylor isn’t the only person returning to Dallas, and while Frank is distracted by his own conflicting feelings and the new bond growing between the two, the past creeps up on them, determined to finish what was started ten years earlier.
Lover... Life has not always been kind to Shannon Dupree. On the outside he’s carefree and fun loving, but when it comes to his past he’s evasive and secretive. Running away from emotionally bereft parents at just fifteen, Shannon escapes life with them but steps into the waiting arms of the devil.
Rory Landers is a rising star at the Bureau. His personal life, however, is nothing to write home about. He hopes to take his limited relationship with Frank Moore to the next level when they finally solve the Langford murder case, but that doesn’t turn out as planned. On the plus side, he meets free-spirited college senior Shannon Dupree.
Rand Davis finds himself fortysomething and single when his partner of more than a decade is unfaithful. Taking over the Cold Case Squad frees up some of his time, and Rand welcomes newfound friendships within the Langford-Moore family circle. He thinks relationships are not in the cards for him until he meets an agent with an attitude and a vivacious blond that make him want so much more.
Past, present, pain, and suffering collide, ushering in the possibility of a life and love worth fighting for. Although their personalities couldn't be more different, their three hearts beat the same. Shannon, Rory, and Rand learn the definition of love, commitment, and strength and if they allow themselves, the trio will find all that and more—in each other.
Fighter... Dedication and smarts have given Blair Cummings a leg up in the Bureau. His job is all-consuming but rewarding. It doesn’t leave much time for a love life though, not that Blair believes in love. In his early thirties, he’s only ever been in one long-term relationship due to his inability to commit to anything other than his job and his family.
Born into a family that’s as successful as they are hateful, Howard Manning Tullor Junior ran so far away from his last name that he wound up in the arms of Satan himself. Freedom comes at a high price but it’s one Mannie is willing to pay, setting him on a path that leads him to a quiet, laid-back FBI agent.
Their attraction is unexpected, and yet, welcomed. Blair seems to have finally found something worth fighting for, but Mannie, still haunted by ghosts of the past, wonders if he’ll ever be able to move on. The two are working toward their future, but can a budding romance survive when past and present collide?
This book contains adult content and is intended for mature readers.
The Survivor trilogy box set is currently FREE on Amazon December 14-18
Smith is a single mom of three disturbingly outspoken and decidedly different kids, one of which is Autistic. Besides her writing, she is passionate about Autism advocacy and LGBT rights. Because, seriously people, Love is Love!
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ReplyDeleteLove your ornament tradition! My parents always gave my sister and I a new one every year, too. :-)
ReplyDeleteSuch a great series - all the feels!
ReplyDeleteI love this series.
ReplyDeleteI love your tradition.
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