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Anna D. Allen is an award-winning writer noted for her eclectic style in the genres of speculative fiction and Regency Romance. She is also a scholar specializing in the people and lost communities around Cane Creek, Calhoun County, Alabama, in the mid-19th Century. Her fiction is available from Smashwords, ibooks, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon. (Original cover art by Adam Tetzlaff)

Christmas Revels 

Four Regency Novellas

 

 

“This delightful quartet of stories has everything on your wish list—passion, emotion, laughter, and love. Do not wait ‘til Christmas to open!” – Anne Barton, author of Scandalous Summer Nights

 

Anna D. Allen - A Light in Winter or The Wicked Will – Debt-ridden Connor Grayson inherits his uncle's title and ruined estate. But in order to receive his uncle's money, the new Viscount Roxbury must marry an ancient crone—a fate he considers... until he meets her companion.

 

Hannah Meredith - The Lord of Misrule – Everyone expects the Earl of Morrell to propose to Alice Caruthers during the Christmas holidays. Finally! But when the earl’s best friend arrives as the lucky First Foot on New Year’s Eve, Alice’s world turns upside-down.

 

Kate Parker - God Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen – Newlywed Eugenia, Lady Hunter, wants to impress her aristocratic in-laws with her first Christmas house party — but blackmail, dead bodies, and being snowed in with a killer are not part of her plan.

 

Louisa Cornell - A Perfectly Dreadful Christmas – Three not-so-wise gentlemen, a pregnant stranger, several tumbling footmen, and an unexpected snowstorm will turn Elizabeth's Perfectly Ordinary Christmas into a disaster ... or a Christmas miracle with the man she loves.

A Christmas Wager  

A Regency Romance Novelette

 

​London rakehell, Gerard Windham, Viscount Knowles, tired of his debauched life, escapes to the countryside and his cousin’s family for the Christmas season in the hope of avoiding another night in his cups. But during the festivities, he cannot resist the temptation of a wager—that he can seduce any woman in the room. His friends pounce on the chance of easy money and select a dour old maid, much to Gerard’s dismay. Things take a turn for the worse when Gerard learns she is none other than….

 

Country spinster, Elizabeth Bedford, lives a dull life with her father, but when the charming Viscount Knowles turns his attention on her, she decides to take her own gamble.

Lake People and Other Speculative Tales

 

From a padded cell to Jacobean England to a distant planet, the fiction of award-winning writer Anna D. Allen is as eclectic as ever in this collection of short stories.

 

Bella would be a master mage… if only she could remember her vocabulary.

 

On the planet Caledonia, little Ellie Fisher-Jones quickly discovers tree-climbing just isn’t the same when the trees talk.

 

What’s a Horsewoman of the Apocalypse to do when she wearies of bloated babies? Go shopping, of course.

 

In space, there are no rest stops.

 

Sir Henry’s collection of Egyptian antiquities is the finest in Europe. Now, if his granddaughter Beatrice would just stop raising the dead....

 

Alison hears voices. Some people think that’s a bad thing. The voices disagree.

 

Thomas Reed just wanted to buy some land. He didn't intend for the village midwife to go up in flames in the process.

 

The Natives say if suitable offerings are made, the Lake Spirits return what was lost to the waters. But Kate never lost anything… so what out on the dark lake is watching her?

 

Ten tales relating snippets of the human experience, each with a speculative twist, from dark fantasy to science fiction—plus a touch of warped humor, along with a dash of creepy

 

Charles Waverly and the Deadly African Safari

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1911. East Africa. The great golden age of the safari, when men came from all around the world to Africa for the opportunity to shoot animals in the wild.

 

Unfortunately, Charles Waverly-Alcott hates hunting. Charles would rather stay at home and read a good book, but his father, Sir Edmund, a great huntsman, has pulled Charles from school in England to go on a hunt in Africa. Charles can’t understand why, as his father barely tolerates his presence on good days. He just knows the whole venture is bound to leave his father disappointed with him yet again.

 

Without warning, the merely annoying turns deadly, forcing Charles on an unexpected adventure across the mystical African wilderness. With lives in the balance, Charles fears he will fail. But with a little magic on his side, he just might make it-- if the lions don’t get him first.

Mrs. Hewitt's Barbeque
Seven Eclectic Tales of Food, Humor, and Love

 

Mrs. Hewitt throws the very best of parties - don’t be left out!

Welcome to the eclectic world—or is that worlds?—of award-winning author Anna D. Allen’s debut collection of short stories: Mrs. Hewitt’s Barbeque: Seven Eclectic Tales of Food, Humor, and Love.

Mrs. Kelly searches the sands of Egypt for something she lost, while millennia earlier, Nakht the tomb-painter hopes no one discovers his secret.

Could the buzz of one bee change an entire city any more than the quest for one sandwich could change a man's life?

Oh, and then there’s Dottie who is on a rampage because of what Miz Susan did, while Officer Travis has his hands full with protesters Laurie and Mickey.

If only everyone could have gone to Deborah Hewitt’s barbecue, possibly none of this would have happened.

In the course of seven distinct, yet somehow connected, stories, we find that love is transcendent, humor is important, and food... well... food might just be what it’s all about. But it’s not as simple as all that.

These are not cut-and-dried stories all told from the same viewpoint and formula. Each story is a part of its own remarkable world. And each world, as drawn by the author, is a living, breathing entity. Each character, we can be assured, has a life far beyond what we see on the page.

So come in, have a seat in the shade, and pour yourself a glass of strawberry lemonade. This is one barbecue you simply don’t want to miss.

Includes: "Mrs. Kelly's Ghosts," "The Thwarted Reuben," "A Bee Buzzed," "Chains," "In the Green Fields of Eternity," "Dottie's Dachshunds," and "Mrs. Hewitt's Barbeque."

Christmas Revels II:
Four Regency Novellas

 

Anna D. Allen - The Vicar's Christmas – Margaret Trent never needs anything or anyone, but when two London solicitors show up on her doorstep, she needs a hero. Enter Henry Ogden, mild-mannered village vicar. Hardly the stuff of heroes . . . until adversity brings out unexpected talents.

Hannah Meredith - A Christmas Equation – A chance meeting between a reluctant viscount and a self-effacing companion revives memories of their shared past—a time when they were very different people. With secrets to keep, Sarah Clendenin wishes Benjamin Radcliff gone . . . but he’s making calculations of his own.

Kate Parker - Crimson Snow – A trail of blood drops leads Jane Merrywether to a wounded stranger—the only person standing in the way of her wicked guardian becoming an earl. John Rexford, long-thought dead, has returned to claim his inheritance and his promised bride . . . if he can survive a murderous Christmas.

Louisa Cornell - A Perfectly Unregimented Christmas – After years at war, Viscount Pennyworth returns to his ancestral home to find some peace and quiet and to avoid the holiday he loathes. But four naughty boys, a bonnet-wearing goat, a one-eyed cat, a family secret, and one Annabelle Winters, governess, make this a Christmas he’ll never forget.

Christmas Revels III : Three Regency Novellas

When days turn dark, Christmas brightens the way... Come Revel with us again!

Anna D. Allen - Magdalena’s Christmas Rake – Thomas Eddington comes home for a family Christmas to discover his mother in a matchmaking mood. Worse, she has invited his childhood nemesis, "Mad Maddie" Winslow, to act as chaperone to the eligible debutantes. For her part, Magdalena Winslow hopes to go unnoticed. She certainly wants nothing to do with a London rake, and she’s not afraid to let him know it.

Hannah Meredith - Christmas Promise - When skaters at a Christmas house party find a dead man beneath the ice, the squeamish local magistrate relies on Eve Franklin to help with the investigation. Complications arrive with Lord Adam Downing, who is searching for the dead man - and stolen jewels - on orders from the Prince of Wales. Eve must now convince the aristocrat to view her as an equal—but he sees her as so much more.

Kate Parker - The Christmas Rose - Lord and Lady Trenton have an exemplary society marriage—an amicable partnership. Simon dedicates himself to his Parliamentary responsibilities and estate concerns. Emma devotes herself to their children and her charitable endeavors. But when the stress of the coming Christmas season fractures their facade of marital harmony, they discover what they both really need and want. Each other.

Christmas Revels IV:
Four Regency Novellas

The Revels Continue…

Anna D. Allen - The Sergeant’s Christmas Bride – Sergeant Jacob Burrows just wants a place to bed down for the night. He never expects to be confronted by a lady with a gun. Elizabeth FitzWalter intends to drive the stranger off her land, until she realizes he meets her most pressing need.

Hannah Meredith - Home for Christmas – When Charity Fletcher receives a mysterious bequest—a house by the sea—she hopes to rebuild her life. Lord Gilbert Narron leases a seaside house to hide from his memories of war. Charity’s refuge is Gil’s bolt-hole… but what both are seeking is a home for their hearts.

Kate Parker - A Memorable Christmas Season –The last thing Lady Roekirk expects at her Christmas party is a dead traitor in her parlor… or the Crown’s Spymaster helping her hide the body. Thirty years earlier, she’d been forced to wed another and Lord Keyminster became a spy. After this long, does their love stand a chance?

Louisa Cornell - A Perfectly Unforgettable Christmas - Every day, Lucien Rollinsby endures a memory of Christmas Eve. Not even his lovely new neighbor can make him forget that horrible night five years ago. Caroline McAlasdair remembers that Christmas Eve, too. But if Lucien recalls her presence there, it will destroy their only chance at happiness forever.

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Miss Pritchard's Happy, Wanton Christmas (and the Consequences Thereof)

A virtuous lady, a dashing soldier, and wicked weather…

(Please Note – This novel contains graphic love scenes.)

Christmas, 1814, on the road from Rockleford…

Miss Eleanor Pritchard, long-time companion to an aging noblewoman, learns too late that a Christmas invitation does not include her. But with deadly weather looming, a lonely holiday is the least of her concerns.

Home from war, Major Hugh Dalton plans to spend Christmas with his mother, but an ice storm forces him to seek shelter in the ruins of an abbey—a delay with the potential to change two lives.

Lady de Kiernan's Headache and Other Speculative Tales

Aliens, dragons, and vampires… oh my.

From award-winning author, Anna D. Allen, comes another eclectic collection of speculative short fiction.

•With a dragon on the loose, Lady de Kiernan must uncover a vanquishing spell.
•An immortal weaver wanders the wide world.
•A dark creature seeking blood follows Tessa to Vienna.
•Grandma won’t get out of bed? Time for a specialist.

Nine tales of fantasy, science fiction, and the downright weird to fascinate, horrify, and delight.

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