Seasons of Love

Romance and recipes for the holiday season.

We invite you to enjoy the Southern Tier Authors of Romance debut anthology, Seasons of Love. We will celebrate Thanksgiving to the New Year with some of your favorite tropes-from sworn off love and second chances, to forced proximity, or enemies to lovers. You know love will always find a way.

We'll journey from the Adirondack Mountains through the Finger Lake Region, and on to Manhattan, as we pay homage to the beautiful state of New York. And while the romance is always sweet, our recipes offer more for you to savor.

Best-selling and award-winning authors are joined by new debuts in these heart-warming, never before published, short stories.

The Carousel, by Joan Koster: She's a kindergarten teacher still living at home. He's a professor of anthropology who hasn't been home in years. A lie and a secret separated them nine years ago. Can a carousel ride reawaken the flames of love?

Someone to Love, by Judy Baker: Molly's life as a high school science teacher feels complete. Who's got time for love? Cody's a scientist on a mission to solve environmental issues. He's sworn off love after a devastating loss. When a classroom science contest brings the two together, sparks fly, but both pump the breaks on their feelings. Can these two overcome their fears and let love in?

A Crooked Dog Christmas, by Thea McGinnis: A small-town Christmas tale set in charming Hammondsport. Newly discharged from the army, Angus MacAngus finds himself in a comical tug-of-war with an overzealous dog trainer when a lost dog finds him along the shore of Kueka Lake.

Christmas Once Again, by Carol Henry: Rhianna's Christmas spirit died after her husband's death three years ago. But when her two young girls beg to take a sleigh ride to get a Christmas tree, she's surprised to find the owner was her high school crush. Since Scott's fiancé walked out, he'd given up on love-until the girl he'd had a secret high school crush on shows up at his tree farm. Can they give-in to their renewed attraction and together find Christmas Once Again?

All I Want for Christmas, by M.L. Stoughton: Newly divorced and facing Christmas without her kids, Samantha is looking forward to a getaway with her sister. But a last-minute cancellation leaves her alone at the cabin, and an overnight snowstorm has her stranded, without power. Sam's only hope for warmth is to go next door; however, the grumpy cabin owner has made it clear that he prefers the company of his dog.

The Christmas Sale, by Karen Denise: Christmas is five weeks away and it will be a big pay day for Noelle Stanley if she can have Owego's McKenny House sold before Santa arrives. But the buyer has stipulations; he wants more than Noelle's real estate skills to secure the sale. Will she stick with the plan and be singing fa la la by Christmas?

A New Year's Story, by GL Robinson: After the loss of her mother and a tough breakup, English nanny Erin Montgomery is hoping for a new beginning in New York. However, from the moment her plane landed, she's had nothing but bad luck-from losing her luggage to a mix up with her dates. The last thing she needed was a condescending lecture from a stranger. At least his dog was cute. Will her dreams of a new start in the new year be destroyed before it even begins?

New Year's Kiss, by Jennifer D. Bokal: Gwen Westbrook wants to spend New Year's Eve with her friends and forget all about the local entrepreneur she's never met but has been fighting with over email. Santiago Bauer is ready to enjoy his New Year's Eve and leave the stress of trying to negotiate with the environmental advocate for the city behind. When the two meet, can they put aside their disagreements long enough to ring in the New Year?

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