Merry Christmas everyone!

We have a tree!

It's pretty much the most important thing you'll learn in this newsletter. 🤷‍♀️

Is it an ugly Christmas tree? Maybe. But we don't say that out loud because we don't want to give it low self-esteem.

• What I'm reading right now:

Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco.

{trade secret: whenever you see me reading thrillers, mysteries, and historical books you can know that I'm drafting a romantic comedy! I only read romcoms when I'm done writing a story. 😂}

• Writing update:

I'm onto the editing phase for book 5 in A Love Like This series. 😍 Jordan and Tuesday are coming in hot. I love them. And I look forward to you seeing more of the Boone cousins in Vacations Like This! (Because trust me, they are in there.)

Vacations Like This snippet:

"You know you're welcome to help yourself to the food in the fridge…but you probably already know that considering how I found you," I smiled and offered as I pulled out a tub of cream cheese to put on my bagel. I ate bagels the proper way—with as much cream cheese as could fit. Ruin a perfectly good bagel with peanut butter? Not on your life.

I'd developed an immense love of carbs over the last five years. It was a love I'd cultivated and nurtured, careful never to let it stagnate.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

Vacations Like This will be going into KU the same week it releases!

To my wide readers, preordering it now ensures that you'll get a copy from your favorite platform!

Preorder Vacations Like This

To my Kindle Unlimited readers; hang on! It's coming to KU January 6!

In the mean tome you can add it to your TBR shelf on Goodreads! Or vote for it as a most anticipated read of 2022. 😜

Lots of love and awkward hugs,

Carina Taylor

P.S. I have some fun closed door romcoms for you today!!

She’s bad at reading signals. He’s sent all the wrong ones.

Jenny… Of course Noah would come back, and right when my life is a mess. I swear we had the best carpool friendship. Until he asked me out, then changed his mind, and then asked me out again, only to ghost me. I hate him so much. Almost as much as I love him and miss him—the old him before he became the worst ever.

I don’t know what to think, but I know what I’m going to do. I’m locking my heart in a vault where he can’t reach it. My crush on him may have been obvious and embarrassing, but now that he’s in carpool again, I’m making sure the only thing getting crushed around here are his hopes for a do-over.

Noah… I’m the worst. I chose my job and my assignment over the best person I’ll ever know. I have so many secrets I might as well be an international spy. Except there’s nothing glamorous about me. Especially my career. I’m working in phone support just to be in Jenny’s carpool again.

It’s not a great plan, but at least it’s taking me in the right direction—towards a future with Jenny. This time, I’m not going to screw everything up. Hopefully.

Read in KU

Ever heard of love at first sight? What about love at first push?

Because I may have hurtled Topher to the ground so that car wouldn’t hit him, but I’m pretty sure I’m the one who fell that December day.

How could I not? There’s just something about him.

It’s not just that he’s drop-dead handsome, like Henry Cavill and Chris Hemsworth had a baby.

Or that he talks in a delicious British-like accent and calls me “love” (swoony swoon swoon, am I right?!).

Or that he’s impeccably dressed all. the. time.

He’s also mysterious. And I feel like he really gets me, even though we’re so different.

Like he...sees me.

Which is kind of terrifying for a girl whose past keeps her off social media and out of the public eye—for good reason.

But as long as we stay in our little bubble, I feel safe with Topher.

As long as he’s just an average Joe and I’m me, absolutely nothing can tear us apart.

Read in KU