Here are a few of my favorite personal experiences from this year in photos and video. Hope you enjoy.

April 2016
Hotel Rio, Las Vegas 
RT Romance Lover's Convention
Steampunk Party

*Unfortunately, I cannot get the video to be vertical. 

July 2016
Visiting the Dale Chihuly glass museum and garden, beneath the Space Needle in Seattle, WA.

June 2016
​Family trip to Sedona, AZ

As we close 2016, my heart goes out to everyone who has suffered loss this year. Sending peace and love to everyone.
XOXO, Tess

Sending hugs, humor and happiness to one and all. Merry Christmas!
​XOXO, Tess

Happy holidays to one and all! This is my husband's favorite time of year, after Halloween and Thanksgiving, that is. We've put up our tree and we're getting ready to wrap up this year's crop of presents. I'm more of a Nightmare Before Christmas gal myself and love Halloween best of all holidays, but I do enjoy the good company and tasty food of the holiday season. I also like giving gifts that make people smile. So below I've got a few gifts for you just for stopping by. Then let me know what's the best gift you've ever given or received.

 ~ Holiday Contest ~
​Enter to win a Haunted Hollow Themed Pendant*
plus a copy of Before My World Turned Blue, book two in the Haunted Hollow series (ebook).
All you have to do to enter is join the mailing list for my monthly newsletter, The Life Romantic. I'll send periodic news about my latest books and adventures and you can unsubcribe at any time.

After that, keep scrolling down to read an excerpt from my current work in progress, Howling for You, book three of the Haunted Hollow .

Here's an excerpt from the first draft of my newest novel, HOWLING FOR YOU, book 3 in the Haunted Hollow series. It has not yet gone through editing, so please forgive any mistakes. Tell me what you think.

Some recent pictures from walks around Alameda.

I was walking down the street at the Barlow in Sebastopol with my mother recently and stumbled across this lovely skirt in the window at the Mad Mod Shop. I had to go inside for a closer look. The entire shop was gorgeous, with vintage inspired fashion and other pretty things. For more about the shop, visit their website: MadModShop.com

☃❄✳☃Holiday Hop☃❄✳☃
Visit my Facebook page any time this week and just for stoppying by you can download a free copy of the first book in my urban fantasy romance series, The Haunted Hollow!

PLUS, I’m giving away a swag pack, complete with a Haunted Hollow themed pendant and a free download of book two in my series, to one lucky winner!  This prize is for US only, but I’ve got a few ebooks if someone outside the US wins.

All you have to do to enter to win my prize is LIKE my Facebook page and subscribe to my newsletter: http://eepurl.com/bXppBD.
My prize is available during each day of the hop!

So now that you’ve entered to win my holiday treat, comment below with your favorite holiday movie. I love Nightmare before Christmas.
 
After visiting me, head on over to the event page and hop to all of the 100+ authors, bloggers, and book pages giving out prizes. Happy Holidays! https://www.facebook.com/events/1101537709967416/

Do you have fairy doors in your town?

Of course you do! To celebrate the end of fall, I’ve teamed up with more than 60 fantastic science fiction romance authors to give away a huge collection of novels, PLUS a Kindle Fire to one lucky winner! 
 
You can win my novel BRING ME TO RUIN, plus books from authors like Cathryn Cade, Laurie A. Green, Pauline Baird Jones, Sabine Priestly, Veronica Scott, Carol Van Natta and MORE. #scifirom #sfrb #sweepstakes
 
Enter the giveaway by clicking here: bit.ly/sci-fi-rom