Did you know that one of the main benefits of volunteering is to make YOU happier?
This summer, for the next few weeks, I’ll be highlighting some ways you can volunteer in your community.

Week One:

Although sometimes overlooked, begin by recognizing the needs of your own family first. Elderly grandparents may need a shopping trip or Saturday morning company. Young families would appreciate help looking after their little ones. The possibilities are endless!

What are some ways you can volunteer within your own family? Please leave your comments below.

It’s a Christmas in July promotion!

Travel to the beautiful country of Portugal and enjoy A Portuguese Christmas

Love can come softly, like holiday snow. Or sweep you away like a riptide.

World-class surfer Krystal Walters would have appreciated the beauty of her surroundings—a quaint cottage in a fragrant Portuguese olive grove—if a wipeout hadn’t changed all her holiday plans.

Now, suffering the dizzying aftereffects of multiple concussions, she’s determined to make it home to Rhode Island for Christmas, even if she has to defy doctor’s orders. Except those orders are being enforced by Adolfo Silva. A man as arrogant as he is ruggedly handsome.

Spending every waking moment working to make the family olive farm a success, Adolfo barely has time to savor a traditional Feliz Natal. But the moment Krystal disappears under a mountain of sea water, his focus shifts to a sun-kissed spitfire with golden hair, sky-blue eyes, and a will as immovable as his own.

Keeping her safe is his first priority, but this bold, courageous woman’s wings won’t be clipped. Before they can plant the seeds of a future together, he’ll have to convince her that spending Christmas—and maybe every holiday to come—with him isn’t the end of the world.

Because she’s become the center of his.

A Portuguese Christmas is available in ebook, paperback, and audiobook. Snag your copy of today!

Free on KU!