Have you ever felt invisible? Trace Murphy knows what that feels like, too. She’s been the head concierge at Sea Glass Inn for more than ten years but has recently begun to notice that the staff sometimes takes her for granted …
So, this Christmas, Trace Murphy has put everyone around her on the naughty list!
When a new boutique hotel in town tries to woo her away from the inn, will she jump at the new job offer? Or will the handsome guest in the Florence Suite help to change her mind?
That’s the premise of my December release, A Sea Glass Christmas.
I thought the Sea Glass Inn series was complete with book 4, Beneath a Billion Stars. But I couldn’t get Trace out of my mind. After all, she appeared in the first four books! And though there was a hint in that last book that things might be going her way, I had this funny twist in my gut that, well, maybe not so much. The more I thought about quirky, hard-working Trace, the more I wanted to find out what happened to her next.
So I wrote her story earlier this year. Although this is book 5 in the series, several early readers have said it can stand alone (small spoilers from previous books but you could still read this and go back to the others with lots of questions in your mind.)
A Sea Glass Christmas released earlier this month and the reviews have raised my own spirits!
“Delightful story with a surprise twist!”
“This is a story you need to read!”
“Charming, captivating story!”
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Before I go, my question to you is … What’s the one thing you must do on Christmas Day? One year I decided to make homemade Egg McMuffins on Christmas Day, but dubbed them “Egg McBinis” because of our name. Even my 31-year-old still wants those! Okay, your turn:
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I really don’t have something I must do on Christmas Day. The book sounds great!!!
I have all sorts of food which we have at Christmas, mostly out of habit, which is great – apart from dates, which I don’t really like, my husband doesn’t really like and my kids won’t eat, but somehow it doesn’t feel like Christmas unless I buy them.
Thank you, Trudy!
That’s funny, Ruthie. I could say the same about fruit cake :-)
I would have to extend the idea to the holiday season as a whole…
When I was young, my oldest sister had gotten married, moved away and started her own family. They would spend Christmas proper with her husband’s family but they would make the drive from Long Island up to where we lived in rural upstate New York (a 4 hour drive) to celebrate Christmas with our family at Thanksgiving.
Now my wife and I are the distant ones and only my brother and sister remain in upstate NY. We don’t exchange gifts anymore (we’re old and don’t need more clutter, lol), but it wouldn’t be Christmas without our trip to see my family at Thanksgiving.
Also, one childhood tradition that lingered into adulthood while Mom was still living and able to host us, one for Christmas morning. It was originally intended as way to keep the kids from waking up Mom and Dad at the earliest possible moment. We would wake up to find, next to our bed “Something to eat, something to read and something to play with.” These were not wrapped. We didn’t do stockings but this would be like that. The eats would be something like an apple, an orange or a tangerine. The reading was a book, possibly a miniature one or comic book but more likely a full chapter book. My parents were both teachers so we all got to reading early and often :). Something to play with varied the most. It could be a small toy or maybe a book of crossword puzzles. Just something to keep us occupied (and presumably quiet).
We didn’t have special food that I remember. I’m often kind of jealous when I read in stories about the families that have Mom’s Special Cinnamon Rolls for Christmas morning. Maybe I’ll learn to cook such a thing some day.
Merry Christmas and congratulations on your new book. I already have it in my TBR pile.
We have to have our cinnamon rolls before we open presents.
I am going to check out the Sea Glass series. And I downloaded your free novella. Thank you and Merry Christmas!
family meal
I have to cook and clean up.
We always have a ham dinner on Christmas Day. Merry Christmas.
Thank you, Lincoln. What fond memories! I especially love your parents’ tradition of gifts for the kids to wake up to. Brilliant! ☺️
You’re welcome! I’d eat the cinnamon rolls first too!
Lovely!
Loved the book and the whole series. Reading the Cooper Reunion now. Is there going to be more for that family or a stand alone? I’m not very far into it yet.