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Sholio ([personal profile] sholio) wrote2026-10-19 11:13 am
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Get your books, get your books here

My latest will be out in early November, so download it for free if you want one!

As usual, this link will disappear when the book goes live on Amazon, because KU.

christmas romance cover with a family in the snow and a bear silhouette

Download from Bookfunnel until Nov. 1:
https://dl.bookfunnel.com/p62g6eb0je

This is in the same series as last year's Christmas Wolf, but like most of my Lauren books, it's a standalone romance with no need to read the previous one.

Also, please enjoy the map of the Christmas tree farm, because I've never tried to make a map before and I'm ridiculously happy with it. (This was hand-drawn in ink with added watercolors.) Click to see it bigger.

hand-drawn ink and watercolor map in a cute cozy style with a dog in the corner, showing small houses and trees in the layout of the tree farm

There's a lineart version of this in the book, but not the color one because it makes the epub file too big.
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[personal profile] sovay 2026-10-19 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Also, please enjoy the map of the Christmas tree farm, because I've never tried to make a map before and I'm ridiculously happy with it. (This was hand-drawn in ink with added watercolors.)

That's delightful.
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[personal profile] sholio 2026-10-20 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much! :)
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[personal profile] rionaleonhart 2026-10-19 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations on the new book! And that map is absolutely wonderful. I'm so charmed.
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[personal profile] sholio 2026-10-20 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!!
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[personal profile] philomytha 2026-10-19 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
That is an utterly adorable map *_*. All the best books have a map somewhere.
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[personal profile] sholio 2026-10-20 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
It is so true (about books with maps). And thank you!
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[personal profile] radiantfracture 2026-10-19 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Hurray! And what an excellent map.
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[personal profile] sholio 2026-10-20 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :)
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[personal profile] goss 2026-10-20 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
I love your map! ^__^
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[personal profile] sholio 2026-10-20 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you!!
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[personal profile] adore 2026-10-20 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations :) and the map is darling!
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[personal profile] sholio 2026-10-20 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :)
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[personal profile] sheron 2026-10-20 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
♥♥♥
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[personal profile] sholio 2026-10-20 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
<3333
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[personal profile] snickfic 2026-10-20 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Your map is freaking adorable. <3
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[personal profile] sholio 2026-10-20 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :)
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[personal profile] sweetsorcery 2026-10-20 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations on the new book!

That map is so cute. Well done. :D

It also reminds me how much I wish Biggles books had maps in them.
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[personal profile] sholio 2026-10-20 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
Biggles books SHOULD have maps! Now that I think about it, I'm shocked they don't. (And thank you!)
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[personal profile] leesa_perrie 2026-10-20 09:58 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I love the map!!
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[personal profile] brightknightie 2026-10-20 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
The map is charming. I love the tiny people (and animals) walking the paths. I bet that if your new book were on physical shelves and people could flip to the map, the map would help sell the book (even though it would be black-and-white in that case).

Please forgive me for asking when I could just go look at Amazon under your other name, but... have you by chance published any Christmas- or winter holiday-themed books that are not shifter books, under any name? (Romance perfectly fine, but mystery or fantasy even better.) I love to read on-season books in December, and while of course I have plenty of old favorites to re-read, I'd be delighted to enjoy a new one by you. Thanks!
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[personal profile] sholio 2026-10-23 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Sure, I don't mind being asked! I do have a series of Christmas cozy mysteries under my Julie Ecker pen name; this is the first one:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CKMYYVX5

Those are the only ones, I think!
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[personal profile] brightknightie 2026-10-23 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay, thank you! I have now purchased Maisie's Christmas Cottage Murder ("Mistletoe Falls Book 1"). I look forward to reading!
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[personal profile] sholio 2026-10-24 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, wonderful; thank you so much! :) I hope it makes excellent holiday reading.
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[personal profile] osprey_archer 2026-10-20 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
The map is so beautiful! I love the horde of tiny houses.
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[personal profile] umadoshi 2026-10-20 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay impending book! I love the map. <3
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[personal profile] silverflight8 2026-10-20 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
What a gorgeous map! congrats on the book!
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[personal profile] dirty_diana 2026-10-20 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Congrats! That map is so cute!
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[personal profile] grammarwoman 2026-10-20 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Huzzah for the book, and the lovely map!
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[personal profile] scintilla10 2026-10-23 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
omg I love your map!

Congrats on the newest imminent release. :)
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