Big news! Quick news!

(And now you can be grateful that I'm not trying to write a Dr. Seuss style story.)

Vacations Like This is available on Netgalley right now!!! WOOT WOOT WOOT! This is feeling sooooo real and exciting, seeing book reviewers reading it! I'm so excited to share it with all of you on January 4!

Other fun things: You can go enter a Goodreads giveaway for Vacations Like This as well...

Other big, fun exciting things: Neighbors Like That, Christmas Like This, and Friends Like These will be moving into Kindle Unlimited this month! (Hopefully very soon, but unfortunately the exact date is out of my control. 😫) So stay posted, and I'll let you know as soon as I can for my KU readers!

Reading update:

I just finished the audiobook of The Guest List by Lucy Foley. If you enjoy thrillers or Agatha Christie style mysteries, then give this one a try! (For my clean readers, it's not completely clean.)

Now I'm listening to Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn! (steamy regency)

(Are you seeing a theme now? I've finally discovered how to listen to audiobooks. All I needed were some airbuds apparently. LOL)

Writing update:

Doing LOTS AND LOTS OF WRITING.

Seriously. It's been an amazing month(s) of writing. 👆(which is why I've been reading historical and mystery. I only read romantic comedy when I'm NOT writing romantic comedy. Strange, I know. LOL)

As far as stories in progress: accidental marriage coming in hot as Jordan Boone's story. 😉

Lots of love and awkward hugs,

Carina Taylor

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And some fun book recs before you go!

Note from me, Carina: Julie Christianson is one of my favorites! She writes fun, fresh stories that are delightful! And she's just a lovely human. You won't regret reading her stories. ☺️

This isn’t a wedding. This is war …

I get it. We were in elementary school. Just a couple of kids on the playground. But after Nash Hendrix called me Enemy instead of Emily, his stupid nickname ruined my life.

Now our best friends are getting married, and they expect me to stand across the aisle from Nash the Ruiner without killing him?

Whatever. I can survive being maid of honor. It’s only for one weekend.

Until it’s not.

When I get roped into wedding planning at the same places Nash is fundraising, I’m ready to blow up our temporary truce.

All I wanted was to start over. New job. New permanently-single status.

But the more time we spend together, the more I feel like … not murdering him.

Is it possible Nash and I don't hate each other?

No way. He’s still my enemy.

My big, dumb enemy.

My big, dumb, gorgeous, sweet-talking, dog-loving —

Emi, you’re doomed.

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Sometimes, it takes a corset and an island getaway to bounce back from a disastrous breakup.

In the winter chill of New York City, Cozette Fay attempts to turn up the heat with a fun and sexy Ms. Claus roleplay. Unfortunately, her aloof boyfriend is more confused than aroused.

She says fa-la-la to her fizzled relationship and escapes to the tropics for Christmas where she meets Nico, a van-driving beach-hunk who secretly owns the hotel on private Simona Island. He upgrades her room, takes her on adventures, and can't seem to keep his eyes or his hands off of her despite claiming there's a non-fraternization policy.

It shouldn't matter that Nico won't share anything about himself outside of their tropical snow globe—she's there to reunite with herself, after all—but the closer they get, the more it seems he may be the Santa to her Mrs. Clause all year round.

Readers who enjoy Christmas with You from Tracy Alverez or The One Night Stand Before Christmas from Jana Aston would enjoy Holiday Hotel.

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