This month has been full of snow, cold, and incredibly beautiful skies that make it all worthwhile. What’s January been like for you? I know British Columbia isn’t the only place in the northern hemisphere that’s had plenty of cold!
Winners this Week
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Laurie Larsen’s winner is Alicia Haney!
Merrillee Whren’s winner is Trixi!
Lindi Peterson’s winner is Cathy French!
Shannon Taylor Vannatter’s winner is Cindy Yake!
Congratulations!
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Specials this Week
Liwen Y Ho’s Lawfully Cherished will be free through February 2.
Reader Gathering
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StoryChats @ InspyRomance
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Last Week on Inspy Romance
On Monday, Merrillee Whren offered a character interview… and #giveaway
On Tuesday, Narelle Atkins discussed hometown setting in CCR
On Wednesday, Tara Grace Erickson mused about the end (wrapping up a series)… and #giveaway
On Thursday, Carolyn Miller celebrated Love on Ice release day
On Friday, Liwen Y Ho debated the ins and outs of unrequited love
On Saturday, Jan Thompson chatted about puzzles of love, puzzles of life
Next Week on Inspy Romance
Monday: Heather Gray
Tuesday: Toni Shiloh (From the Ground Up + #Giveaway)
Wednesday: Shannon Taylor Vannatter (Redeeming the Bad Guy #Giveaway)
Thursday: Teresa Tysinger (Romance Off the Page + Giveaway)
Friday: Janet W Ferguson (The Making of an Unlikely Rock Star Romance Writer with Author Emily Conrad)
Saturday: Valerie M Bodden (The Third Annual Inspy Romance Awards)
New Releases
February 2022
Kiss Me Like You Mean It, Cowboy (Cavanagh Cowboys Romance 4) by Valerie Comer
Checked Impressions (Original Six Hockey Romance 3) by Carolyn Miller
Say It’s for Good (Laurel Cove Romance 4) by Teresa Tysinger
In Search of a Prince by Toni Shiloh
Her Secret Desire (Big Apple Blessings 3) by Laurie Larsen
January 2022
Postcards by Elizabeth Maddrey
Love on Ice (Original Six Hockey Romance 2) by Carolyn Miller
Waiting for Right Now (Finding Home Book 4) by K. Leah
Truth is a Whisper (Wolf Creek Ranch 1) by Mandi Blake
Dancing with Dandelion (Bloom Sisters 7) by Tara Grace Ericson
Hope for The Cowboy (Whispering Oaks Ranch 1) by Hannah Jo Abbott
Hometown Heroes (Kellursburg 5) by Merrillee Whren
Her Tycoon Hero (Sydney Sweethearts 1) by Narelle Atkins (re-release)
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Valerie Comer is a USA Today bestselling author and a two-time Word Award winner who writes where food meets faith and fiction. She injects experience laced with humor into her green clean romances. Her life on a small farm in western Canada provides the seed for stories of contemporary inspirational romance. Like many of her characters, Valerie and her family grow much of their own food and are active in the local foods movement as well as their church. She only hopes her creations enjoy their happily-ever-afters as much as she does hers, shared with her husband, adult kids, and adorable granddaughters.
January has been hot, wet, sultry and stormy. Pretty typical.
Like Mary said its been hot here. I think we have had one of the hottest Januarys in years, We are not use to humidity or the temps not going below 22C over night which happened for most of the past week. thankfully we had a cooler day yesterday and today is a dry heat and going down to around 15 overnight. then back up tomorrow.
I love the photos.
Indeed, hot, humid, four seasons in one day and a few more months of it to go. So thankful to whoever God inspired to create air conditioning!
Congratulations to all the winners!
We live in Alabama and it’s been cold here too! We’ve had to let the faucets drip most nights this month.
Our summers here tend to be hot/dry OR cooler/wetter. We don’t tend to have high humidity and heat at the same time!
Thanks! I find I can manage the heat much better if it cools down enough at night for a good sleep!
YES on AC! Here in BC we broke all kinds of heat records this summer. We only have a couple of AC window units (all we really need most of the time) but those with none at all suffered terribly, and dozens died.
Thanks!
Wow, that IS cold for you guys! Hope it warms up a little soon.
Florida finally decided to participate in winter!! Lows in some places were in the 20s last night. Where I am, we were to be 30, and it got there! It was 51 in the house this morning when I got up at 6. I’m enjoying it! We’re to be done to 35 tonight, but Thursday and Friday we’ll be close to 80 again.
Thank you all so much!! We had our coldest day in years today at 24 degrees this morning!
Congratulations to the winners and thank you for my win. Here in west Texas it has been warm and and has also been cold, typical for Texas weather. We might get some snow this coming Thursday , it’s supposed to get very cold, our low is supposed to be 15 and the hight in the low 20’s, so we shall see. Have a great week and stay safe.
Here in Ohio we’ve had some snow and a lot more cold weather than usual. Winter skies are some of the prettiest!
Brr!!!! That sounds cold for Florida!
Yikes! That’s impressively cold!
Sounds chilly!!!! And congrats.
I agree on winter skies!
Oregon coast has been pretty nice this last week….a bit frosty in the morning but by afternoon, you have to switch to your lighter weight jacket. Plus the sun has been out each day. This next week we’re going back to our usual rain & about 45-ish degrees. January has been a mixed bag of weather, from snow/ice to flooding due to massive amounts of rainfall to sunny days. It makes me wonder what our spring will be, lol!
Congrats to the winners! Happy SONday everyone
Our coldest winter in 4 years!!
Sunshine is wonderful!
So not record-breaking then! Interesting.
Yes, we definitely don’t get enough here! Even in the middle of summer :-)
Oooops….my comment went under Trudy’s!
Yes, we definitely don’t get enough here! Even in the middle of summer :-)
Ooops, sorry about the misplaced comment!
Happy Sunday. Congratulations to the winners. We have had cold temperatures. It has not been as low temperatures as we have had in the past. They are calling for a big snow storm to hit us this week. Thank you for sharing your pictures. God bless you. Have a marvelous week.
Thanks, and have a great week!
No worries, these things happen!
me too. I have a cool house but once after a few days and when it gets muggy and doesn’t get below 20 overnight then it heats up and does take time to cool down. today we are going for 35 but a cool start so its not too bad inside but I am ready for a nap.
I’m sure. 35 is too hot for me. We were over 35-42 in the daytime for weeks this summer. It was crazy for here in the mountains.
Congrats Everyone!! I can’t wait for the new month of new books & contests
WTG!! Yay it’s going on February will more new stories to come & excited to year about everything.
Thanks!
There’s plenty happening in February, for sure!
Congrats!
:)