Dear Santa 2012: Letters from authors, characters and readers – Part 1
Dear Santa letters from authors, characters and readers in 2012. Featuring: Gena Showalter and Darynda Jones
Don’t you just love Christmas? Chocolate can be eaten in copious amounts with no judgment, in fact I judge you if you don’t eat at least one whole box of chocolates yourself and alcohol can be consumed freely, just so you can properly get in the ‘spirit’ of things. But, what would Christmas be without Santa? So yes, he may break into our houses every year and eat all our mince pies and drink our brandy and okay, he is a bit judgmental, deciding who has been naughty and who has been nice; but it just wouldn’t be the same without him. So, hear our pleas Santa, we have written these letters just for you to let you know how very good we have been this year…
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Letters to Santa from your favorite authors, characters and readers
Dear Santa,
Considering the fact that I have been super good this year and I hardly ever lie about such things,
I would love a new pair of handcuffs. Mine are missing. I think my new neighbor took them. He
is the son of evil incarnate. Don’t stop at his place. I would also love a T-Shirt that says ‘Reapers
do it with the Dead.’ And since you’ll be here anyway, could you also drop off a year’s supply
of hot chocolate? With marshmallows? And a pair of boxers that say ‘Don’t act like your not
impressed.’
On second thought, if you do happen to stop at my new neighbor’s house, can you grab my cuffs
with said new neighbor in them? You can drop them anywhere.
Oh, and if it will fit in your bag, world peace.
Thanks and happy holidays!
Charley Davidson
(from author Darynda Jones)
Fourth Grave Beneath my Feet by Darynda Jones
Charley Davidson, grim reaper extraordinaire, reluctantly returns to solving mysteries when a woman claims someone is trying to kill her. Despite everyone saying she’s crazy, Charley believes her. Throw in the sexy Reyes Farrow, now out of prison and out of her life, and things heat up—literally, with an arsonist terrorizing Albuquerque.
Dear Santa,
It has been a great year in the literary world and I must say…from my requests last year you have given me everything on my list. My family is doing great, my great reads continue, friendship with my UTC gals-even tighter, I’m meeting more and new authors and I got the purse I wanted. But one thing I always wanted is to attend a big conference. My goal for the next year is to attend ONE and I should be content. I ask that you back me up on this. I know it sounds totally fan girl but I could just imagine being in a room with authors I love…….all in ONE room. *thud*
With love,
~Angela from UTC
Dear Santa,
I have a DELICIOUS cookie for you, but I’m afraid you gonna have to work for it, and before you ask me if I’ve been a good girl, I must ask you, have you been a good boy??? Because if you have been paying attention to my literary endeavors, a good answer would be, “no ma’am, I’ve been a naughty, naughty boy”….And you might just get that cookie after all.
No, but seriously, here are some the things I like to have in 2013:
1- Another hero like JZB, so I can I dream again.
2- Ms. Gabaldon to hurry and publish the final novel of the Outlander series, I think 3 + years of waiting is long enough.
3- Chronicles of the Warlands published on audio.
4 -T-h-e- -g-i-r-l-s- -a-t- -U-T-C- -t-o- -f-i-x- -t-h-e- -s-e-a-r-c-h- -w-i-d-g-e-t-… Damn! You work fast….LOL
5- World peace….OK, OK, I’ll settle for a night with David Gandy (refer to the book Dark Lover for specifics).
And last but not least, for all my family and friends to be healthy and prosperous.
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Dreaming of a hard..oops!….White Christmas
Dear Santa,
I don’t want a lot for Christmas, just a few small things I need. I want Kyle Gilchrist (ONE NIGHT RODEO by Lorelei James) to wake me up like he does Celia. Then I’ll walk to the Christmas tree and find Kalen Black (BLACK MOON by J.D. Tyler) waiting sitting by the fire all wrapped and pretty waiting for me to unwrap. Of course, I might’ve been a little naughty this year, so Grant Waters (FALL INTO YOU by Roni Loren) will have to take matters into this own hands to make sure I get the appropriate punishment. After that, I just want to ride on the back of Deuce West’s bike (UNDENIABLE by Madeline Sheehan). See? Not a lot. And that way you don’t have to decide whether I’ve been naughty or nice. 😉
Love,
Francesca from UTC
Dear Santa,
Since this letter came via armed messenger—and that messenger now has a gun pressed against your temple—you don’t have to double check to know I’m on the naughty list. You have five seconds to change your mind about my status before yours is deemed code red. And I’m not talking the color of candy canes. I’ll wait. Good choice. Here’s the deal. I’m a contract killer, as hardcore as a man can be, and the few friends I have call me “grumpy.” Truth is, they wouldn’t call me anything if they’d ever come face to face with the beast living inside me. Oh, yeah. Did I mention I’m half man, half monster? Anyway. There’s this girl. Vika Lucas. She’s hot, she’s delicate, she’s deaf. She’s also my greatest enemy’s daughter. I want her. It’s true I threatened to kill her the first time I saw her. Her dad, the owner of a dark and twisted circus, had just locked me in a cage and placed me in the menagerie as the main attraction. I was having a bad day.
If you could deliver Vika’s heart by Christmas, that’d be great.
Your friend, Solomon Judah
PS: You do realize I was speaking figuratively about her heart, right?
(from author Gena Showalter)
Last Kiss Goodnight by Gena Showalter
Captured and bound in a twisted zoo, black ops agent Solo meets Vika, the beautiful deaf girl who holds the key to his freedom. Despite the monster inside him craving violence, Solo finds himself protecting her. As hostility turns to forbidden love, they must fight for their survival.
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Dear Santa,
I would like bigger bookshelves and more free time to read my TBR pile… If you have an oversize Elf (6′ +) I would be happy to give him a good home 🙂
xoxo, Kat
Dear Santa,
I would love for you to bring my husband home for the holidays. I also would lurve to have a date with Ash, Zsadist, Julian and Travis I have some other book boyfriends but that is good for now. Oh and if I could get an unlimited amount of money for books alone would be amazing. Thank you and I hope you are bundled up for the ride and have a cookie or two for me. When you get back be sure to kiss Mrs. Santa.
Dear Santa,
I’d love to not be sick this holiday. I have lots of cleaning to do, guests to cook for and all I want to do is crawllllll back in bed and snuggle up with the new Gena Showalter book *huge coughing fit sigh*. I’d also like a few of the author autographs on my list. It seems I never can get to a showing with them *another huge coughing fit sign*. Lastly, I can’t wait for 2013 to come fast enough to see what wonderful books have been made into movies *fingers crossed they don’t get screwed up*. Oh and I’d love for world peace also but I’d settle for everyone who wants one to have a good paying job, to put a roof over their head and food on their table and for everyone who is missing their loved ones, to have them close if not physically, at least in their hearts and know they are safe.
Big hugs to you and the mrs
Carey
Dear Santa,
I’m writing in hopes that you overlook that …*ahem*… small incident earlier this year involving me and a trumped up stalking charge by the UTC gals. I mean, come on… if you didn’t want to be stalked, you wouldn’t ask for it by creating and maintaining a fabulous blog w/ lots and lots of awesome posts w/ my favorite authors. And BTW, their giveaways kinda puts yours to shame… *cough*… anyway… where was I? Oh yeah…
Oh great Jolly Christmas guy, please bring me an uber sexy, adoring multi-billionaire like all the other gals have. Who will sweep me off my feet, teach me all the naughty smexy stuff and who will allow me to lounge around in my comfy pants and read. But could you rewire him so he’s a bit more… manly? And that he doesn’t do the whiplash emo stuff and expect me to make up for his f’d up childhood? But don’t over do it and make him an alpha a-hole that I’d have to kick in the nads to remind him that I’m a person not a posession, and that that alpha crap doesn’t apply well in real life.
Thanks Santa!
P.S. If they’re all taken… I would settle for a pretty well off, former CIA/Seal who secretly longs to settle down and run an animal rescue. As long as he’s tall enough to reach high shelves for me, he can have a *few* emotional and physical scars.
Dear Santa,
I have pretty good for the most part this year except for those er naughty…anyway I would love to have a tablet for Christmas so if you can somehow get at least one of those rafflecopter widgets to choose my entry or a kind soul to gift me one I’d be eternally grateful, also if you can get persons to realize violence is not the soluton to problems that would be great!
Merry Christmas to all!!!
You ladies have some really GREAT Santa letters 🙂 And as far as the handcuffs go…**whispers** they’re at my house with Reyes cuffed to my bed. And I am far from done with this naughty man…**cracks whip**brings out the fruit/whip cream…lots of lube, and OH My, here are some nipple clamps…..
So Charley, you’re shit out of luck–just sayin’.
The only man I could handle after recovering from Reye’s mad skills would be Lothaire–then stick me with a fork, I’m done. But I’ll die one happy, sated, hurtin bitch 🙂
Happy Holidays
trish.dechant@gmail.com
Dear Santa,
I would love some bookshelves for my books and the future books I want to buy. A cabinet to keep my candles, oils and silk things in. Of course a Kindle, gift cards to bookstore would be nice. But Santa since I have been good this year, I really would like a hit sexy guy to be naughty with. I want to be on the naughty list next year, lol!
Merry Christmas all! I hope you have a healthy, happy and loving Christmas and New Year!
Dear Santa,
I’d love a bigger bookshelf and more time to read 🙂 I’d also love health for all my family and friends.
Marry Christmas!
dear santa —
to wake up & find mr cute & sexy under the tree ready to fix breakfast (as well as a nice dinner) and cuddle with would be really nice. and a couple magic helpers for a few hours a day to take care of the annoying things that need to be done so I can have time to enjoy that cuddle time with mr cute & sexy while reading those wonderful books you’ll be including under the tree (along with a few preorder cards so that i can enjoy the pleasure of books for christmas all through the year). — what do you mean you weren’t planning on including any books! I wasn’t that bad this year!
merry christmas & may you new year bring only good things. 🙂
Dear Santa,
I have been a good girl (unfortunately). This year I would like for you to bring me some hot book heroes such as Wraith, Ares, & Than from Larissa Ione’s books, or a sexy Dom from either one of Kallypso Masters or Cherise Sinclairs books. I would also like some fun items such as cuffs, blindfolds, paddles, etc to use with them. (I know this will put me on the naughty list for next year but that’s fine with me!)
If this is not possible, I would settle for a few new bookshelves, a new laptop, and lots of gift cards to buy more books.
Thanks so much 🙂
June
manning_J2004 at yahoo dot com
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to all!
Dear Santa I would like there to be more hours in the day so I can read more each day. I’d also like a lot of hot books to read in those extra hours your going to bring me.
Thank you.
Dear Santa,
I’d like lots of Amazon gift cards so I can buy all the delicious books I’ve been reading about!
For Christmas I just want some time to myself. A day where I can do whatever I want. **Sigh** It would be a lovely gift.
Dear Santa, I would to be able to convince my mom to come visit to the US. I would love to show her there is more to see than just home. As well as show her my life.
Dear Santa,
I would really like my own house – for my books. I don’t mind sharing but I really need more space for my books and I will need a new house for it with nice big bookshelves.
Dear Santa,
I am feeling materialistic this year. I want a Tiffany silver keyhole ring. Yes, I want peace on earth and Heath for everyone, but I really want a ring. Please.
Thanks,
Ann
Ann(dot)sheiring(at)gmail(dot)com