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SHADES OF ANTHOLOGY BOOK 9
Pub Date: July 22, 2023

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​About the anthology

  • 8 authors = 8 ways to season love
  • Love + holidays = a reason to celebrate!​
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Love or hate the holidays?

Nothing mixes together quite like a special day and a special someone. From a time of giving or thanking, to scaring or a new year, if you think holidays alone or with families can be tough, just add in some romance.

What if we weren’t ready for our soulmate when we met them? What can a woman who pondered this question for 21 years do to discover answers on Pride Day?

Can moon-crossed lovers be together or is it too dangerous for werewolves and humans to mix? With the approaching New Year, Amina resolves to fight their attraction but is this the one resolution she should break?

Reflecting on her life, a journalist wonders will love in the 90s be a near miss with the one that got away or will that Thanksgiving be something she will be grateful for?

Can listening to music being created, also create love? Will Yoshie’s Christmas concert practices lead to more than just hearing beautiful music when she crushes on the guy practicing in the room next door? Or will it end on a sour note?

What happens when you mix an Irish immigrant with dreams of land ownership and a logger in 1830 America with Christmas? Can Betsy navigate love and 1850 politics to build a life where her dreams of equality can come true?

How complicated can a love life be? Tom is married, 4 kids, divorced, dating again with a family, and now a New Year get together with the ex? See what happens when the path to true love isn’t always straight.

When Lelise is dumped right before her New Year international trip with her boyfriend, will her grief help or harm her? Can her shattered heart make more room for her to love again?


Is there a countdown to meeting love?

Mingling traditional and non-traditional romances, Write Volumes is celebrating the seasons of love with 
Shades of Holiday Love! 

Anthology Table of Contents:


RENDEZVOUS by Jhoselin (Jojo) Dominguez
BANK HOLIDAY by G. T. Naya
CHRISTMAS CONCERTO by Sheila M. Cronin
PRIDE by Jen B. Wang
FEAST by Karen Brailsford
1850 A CHRISTMAS TWINKLING by Margot McMahon
UNABASHED by Fannie Price
POPULAR MECHANICS by Randall Jon Van Vynckt



 




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© ​Karen Brailsford 2020-2022
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    • Dalai Lama Global Vision Summit (talk + guided meditation)
    • Inner Visions >
      • An Appreciation
      • Forward
      • Life As We Know It And See It
      • Precipice and Presence
      • Sentient and Prescient
      • The I Am of Resonance
      • The Glass Is Always Full
      • You Will Know
    • Sacred Landscapes (excerpts) >
      • Spiraling
      • Sacred Landscapes of the Soul
      • Go Directly to Jubilee
      • Bring the Party
      • A Life Is God Writ Large
      • Soot into Soil
      • In the Here and Now
      • Creation Story
      • In This Skin
    • Still I Rise by Maya Angelou (recitation)
    • Go Directly to Jubilee! (talk)
    • God's Love Keeps Lifting Us Higher and Higher (talk)
    • Paintings
  • Agent
    • Aevitas Creative Management
    • Writer's Digest
    • His Name Is George Floyd
    • Kamala's Way
  • Write Volumes
    • Short Stories >
      • It Takes All Kinds
      • All is Nothing
      • Ever After
      • Dinner Parties
      • Shades of Love
    • Essays >
      • Feast
      • Floating Like Butterflies
      • Mommy, Still
    • Poems >
      • Covid: Covert No More
      • Harriet and Me
  • Unity
    • Smells Like Teen Spirit
    • From Grief to Grace
    • Rising in Joy
    • Blessed by a Dress
    • This Is How You Pray
    • For A Reason, for a Season, or for a Lifetime
  • Media
    • Download Kit
    • Articles and books
    • Podcasts, radio and video >
      • The Peace Studio Summit 2021
      • The Jenny McCarthy Show
      • In the Flow With Rev. Skip
      • Waking Up in Daily Life
      • The Only One in the Room
      • Bridges & Blessings with Rev. Julie
    • Press
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