It’s a Kindle Countdown Sale!

Reader favorite, A Portuguese Christmas, is on sale for only 99ยข! Kindle Countdown sale. Grab your ebook today before price goes back up. Also available in paperback, Large print paperback, and audiobook. Love can come softly, like holiday snow. Or sweep you away like a riptide. World-class surfer Krystal Walters would have appreciated the beauty […]

Sneak Peek Excerpt: A Portuguese Christmas

As we continue into the holiday season, this week I want to share a first chapter excerpt from my sweet holiday romance, A Portuguese Christmas Love can come softly, like holiday snow. Or sweep you away like a riptide. Chapter One: It was simply the way it was in Portugal, another morning dawning so brilliantly. […]

Is Halloween observed in Portugal?

In my research for A Portuguese Christmas, I learned that Halloween is not observed in Portugal, although the observance of the American Halloween exists in the more rural areas. On October 31st and November 1st, children go from door to door and ask for sweets, such as honey, walnuts, and small cakes. However, November 1st […]