LAST CHRISTMAS

From New York Times Bestselling Author Marquita Valentine comes a collection of second chance holiday romances + a bonus short story sure to get your heart pounding.

Warning: This collection contains second chance kisses hot enough to melt the coldest of hearts.

This collection includes:

The Christmas Bride (Brides of Holland Springs Series)

A Navy Seal must convince his Christmas bride that what they have is more than just a Vegas fling.

His Christmas Wish (Holland Springs Series)

A soldier in the Army returns home to his estranged wife in the hopes of reconciliation.

All For You (Boys of the South Series)

A former bully attempts to win more than just the forgiveness of the woman he tormented in high school.

Bonus Short: Maxim (The Romanovs-not available for sale at any retailers)

Release Date: December 10, 2019

Valentine Publishing, LLC

Second Chance Romances

Contemporary Romance

Review copy provided by publisher

Liza’s Review:

Last Christmas is an anthology for second chance romances from Marquita Valentine. I had only read one of the stories prior to getting a copy for review. 

I had read The Christmas Bride prior to the Last Christmas anthology and it only made me want to go back and revisit The Brides of Holland Springs series again. I absolutely adored Logan's and Willow's story from start to finish. I had all the happy feels for this story and was so happy to revisit these characters.

Rating: 5 stars (A)

His Christmas Wish (Holland Springs series) was a new to me story, and I found myself falling for Sage and Joaquin pretty quickly in the story. While I didn't love how Joaquin "tricked" Sage into communicating while they were separated, I found myself totally falling for this sweet story. A bit of a modern day Romeo and Juliet without the deaths, and families battling it out through car dealerships. This story had me laughing out loud a few times and hit all my happy places.

Rating: 5 stars (A+)

All For You (Boys of the South series) honestly was a struggle for me. I won't lie, I hate the idea of someone bullying another person, and it took me a bit to get through this story. Wes had bullied McKenzie while in high school to get her attention and honestly was about the biggest ass on the face of the planet. He lied to her and not only did he not protect her, he seemed to encourage his friends to also bully her. As he returns home for Christmas break, he suddenly seems to need to make things right after discovering a guy in his dorm had committed suicide following years of being bullied. While I have no doubt Wes did care for McKenzie, he acted like a 5 year old on the playground pulling a little girl's hair to get her attention. This one story didn't work for me, which makes me very sad as I adored the other books in the Boys of the South series.

Rating: 2.5 Stars (C-)

Maxim (Short from the Romanovs) was brand new to me. I actually have all the Romanovs books on my kindle, but hadn't read the series yet. This story was full of yummy suspense and action, and I loved every moment of this fast-paced introduction to this series. I'm sure I would have known more about the other characters had I read all the books in the series first, but this short has me wanting more, and I'm so glad there are several stories for me to binge soon

Rating: 4 Stars (B)

Rating for the collection: 4 Stars (B+)

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Burn For You

Burn For You (Boys of the South Book #5) is the newest release from Marquita Valentine. The release date was April 21, 2014. From the back cover.~

Beau Montgomery is not the typical single dad for three reasons:

1.      He’s rich and famous.

2.      He needs a nanny, like yesterday.

3.      He has no idea if eight month old, Mia, is actually his daughter.

Only, number three doesn’t matter to him at all, because he’s determined to give up everything to be a standup dad, including racing, partying, and his very favorite vice, women. Until that is, he’s invited to race at Monaco—a dream he’s always had. Now, all those things he’d sworn to give up are at his fingertips, including the very inconveniently hot nanny, Landry Basnight, who’s travelling with him

Landry Basnight is the typical college graduate for three reasons:

1.      She’s broke and in debt up to her eyeballs.

2.      She needs a job, like yesterday.

3.      Nothing exciting ever happens in her life.

Only, number three is about to change, because she’s been hired by Beau Montgomery, son of NASCAR Racing Royalty. Landry’s parents are big fans of the Montgomerys, while she couldn’t care less—all she wants to do is make a dent in her student loan bill. However, that doesn’t stop her from falling in love with her little charge, nor does it make it easier to resist Beau’s charms.  In fact , she doesn’t resist at all.

Lines are crossed and then forgotten as Beau and Landry grow closer, but when Beau’s ex-girlfriend, the woman he’s loved since high school, and Mia’s mother shows up, everything starts to fall apart for the new couple.

Will their love weather the storm, or will Beau abandon Landry for the family he’s always wanted?

I’m a huge fan of Marquita Valentine. I was lucky enough to get an early review copy of Burn For You and have to say I fell hard and fast for Beau in this book.

I’ve loved all the books in this series and seem to add a new book boyfriend to my list with each book. Have to say that I don’t think anyone can top Beau in this series. I love a sexy man, but add in a sexy man who loves a little girl who might not even be his, and you have a heart-melting hero.

I really wasn’t a fan of Beau’s ex Paisley through much of the book. I felt like she was stringing him along and using Mia to keep him around. I kind of felt like she was trying to keep Landry and Beau apart when Landry first took the job as nanny to Mia, and it made me dislike her even more. However, I loved that Landry made such a huge effort to make sure Paisley could still see and talk to Mia each day while they were all in Monaco. It honestly made me love Landry even more than I already did.

Beau and Landry were a super sweet couple. Landry and Beau had pretty great chemistry from the moment they met, yet really did try and fight their mutual attraction to make sure Mia came first. I loved Landry and Beau together and thought they made the sweetest little family with Mia in the mix. I honestly saw them as a family pretty much from the moment Landry started working as Mia’s nanny and was worried Paisley would continue to try and mess with Beau’s life. I never really saw the truth about what was going on with Paisley and really felt bad about much I didn’t like her. I did actually end up having respect for Paisley by the end of the book.

Burn For You is an amazing addition to the Boys of the South series. While this book can easily be read as a stand-alone, the first 4 books in the series are fabulous too and I highly recommend reading the books in order.

Burn For You (Boys of the South #5) Promo Event

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Welcome to the promotional event for Burn For You by Marquita Valentine.

Title: Burn For You (Boys of the South #5)

Age Group: New Adult

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Release Date: April 21, 2014

Cover Designer: Sarah Hansen at Okay Creations

Hosted by: Wordsmith Publicity

Book Description:

Beau Montgomery is not the typical single dad for three reasons:

1.      He’s rich and famous.

2.      He needs a nanny, like yesterday.

3.      He has no idea if eight month old, Mia, is actually his daughter.

Only, number three doesn’t matter to him at all, because he’s determined to give up everything to be a standup dad, including racing, partying, and his very favorite vice, women. Until that is, he’s invited to race at Monaco—a dream he’s always had. Now, all those things he’d sworn to give up are at his fingertips, including the very inconveniently hot nanny, Landry Basnight, who’s travelling with him

Landry Basnight is the typical college graduate for three reasons:

1.      She’s broke and in debt up to her eyeballs.

2.      She needs a job, like yesterday.

3.      Nothing exciting ever happens in her life.

Only, number three is about to change, because she’s been hired by Beau Montgomery, son of NASCAR Racing Royalty. Landry’s parents are big fans of the Montgomerys, while she couldn’t care less—all she wants to do is make a dent in her student loan bill. However, that doesn’t stop her from falling in love with her little charge, nor does it make it easier to resist Beau’s charms.  In fact , she doesn’t resist at all.

Lines are crossed and then forgotten as Beau and Landry grow closer, but when Beau’s ex-girlfriend, the woman he’s loved since high school, and Mia’s mother shows up, everything starts to fall apart for the new couple.

Will their love weather the storm, or will Beau abandon Landry for the family he’s always wanted?

 ** Burn For You can be read as a stand-alone**

Mad Libs with Landry ~ “My Dream Man” – We got Landry to play a game of Mad Libs. Check out what happened!

ADJECTIVE amazing                           

ADJECTIVE smart                                 

CELEBRITY  Chris Hemsworth                        

CELEBRITY  Cam Gigandet                               

ANIMAL tiger                       

VERB       lick         

NOUN    house   

NOUN    desk      

PART OF BODY    mouth  

ADVERB lightly                    

ADJECTIVE sweet                                

ADVERB slowly                   

ADJECTIVE hot                     

ADJECTIVE muscular                         

PART OF BODY    knee      

ADJECTIVE fast                    

NOUN    table     

NOUN    sofa       

My "Dream Man" should, first of all be very amazing and smart. He should have a physique like Chris Hemsworth, a profile like Cam Gigandet, and the intelligence of a/an tiger. He must be polite and must always remember to lick my house , to tip his desk and to take my mouth when crossing the street. He should move lightly, have a/an sweet voice, and should always dress slowly. I would also like him to be a/an hot dancer, and when we are alone he should whisper muscular nothings into my knee and hold my fast table. I know a/an sofa is hard to find. In fact the only one I can think of is Beau.

Mad Libs with Beau ~ “Driver’s Manual” – We got Beau to play a game of Mad Libs. Check out what happened!

NOUN (PLURAL) engines                                  

NOUN (PLURAL) helmets                                 

ADJECTIVE slow                  

NOUN    chair     

NOUN    table     

NOUN    counter                 

ADVERB sexily                     

VERB       smack  

VERB       drive     

NOUN (PLURAL) tires                        

ADJECTIVE blurry                                 

VERB ENDING IN "ING"    thrusting              

VERB       run         

NUMBER 1                             

ADJECTIVE fast                    

VERB ENDING IN "ING"    bending                

NOUN    track     

NOUN    drive shaft

ADJECTIVE tight                                    

ADVERB hotly                      

NOUN (PLURAL) fingers                   

VERB ENDING IN "S" holds                               

SHAPE    curve    

NOUN    woman

Traffic engines, signals, and pavement helmets do not always resolve traffic conflicts. A/An slow light, for example, does not resolve the conflict between a/an chair turning left at a/an table while an oncoming chair is going straight through. The right-of-counter rules help resolve these kinds of conflicts. They tell drivers who goes sexily and who must smack in different situations.

- A driver approaching a/an table must drive the right-of-counter to towers already lawfully using the table.

- If drivers approaching from blurry directions reach a/an table at about the same time, a driver thrusting must run to approaching towers going straight or thrusting.

- At a/an table not controlled by engines or signals, or where one or more drivers stop at STOP engines at the same time and they are at fast angles to one another, the driver on the left must drive the right-of-counter to the driver on the right.

- A vehicle bending a/an track from a driveway, drive shaft, tight road, or any other place that is not a/an track, must stop and run the right-of-counter to towers on the track, and to pedestrians.

- Drivers must drive to pedestrians hotly using marked or unmarked fingers.

- You may not enter a/an table if towers are backed up on the other side and you cannot get all the way through the table. Wait until towers ahead holds, so you do not block the table.

- A driver entering a traffic curve, sometimes called a/an woman, must run the right-of-counter to drivers already in the curve.

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April 23, 2014 - Marquita  Valentine and Sawyer Bennett are co-hosting

Marquita and Sawyer’s Double Release Celebration on Facebook. There will be fun

discussions, they will be answering your questions, and there will be prizes!

The event begins at 9:00 am EST and will last all day.

To Join: https://www.facebook.com/events/220745951447242/?ref=5&source=1

About the author 

New York Times Bestselling Author, Marquita Valentine, writes sexy heroes that make you swoon and sassy heroines that make you laugh. She’s the author of the bestselling contemporary romance series, Holland Springs, and the new adult romance series, Boys of the South.

 Marquita met her husband aka Hot Builder at Sonic when they were in high school. She suggests this location to all of her single friends in search of a good man—and if that doesn't work, they can console themselves with cheesy tater tots. She lives in North Carolina in a very, very small town with Hot Builder and their two children.

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