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this book was way too short!!! I Want more Vero and Victor!!!! So good. So good!!!
If you’re looking to stuff that kindle/ nook or however you read digitally, now is the time. Midnight, January 1, starts a new year and the end of this amazing sale.
On a very cold and windy December 26, 1987, I got married.
Yeah…it surprised me, too! Lol
From those first seven years in Wisconsin, which saw us buy our first home, experience parenthood, and sit on too many hospital and community boards to remember…
To our move to New Hampshire and the new life we started.
From all the family vacations and visits…
and my ever-changing weight and hair…
To our daughter’s marriage…
and becoming grandparents ( which we both agree is just the best thing ever!)
From the good times, the bad, the illnesses, the family deaths; our first dog, cat, and rabbit, and now our present “baby”
We’ve weathered every storm, every hiccup, every setback, every difference of opinion, by remembering the three tenets we always agreed on: Family, Faith and Finances.
Here’s to the next 38 years…still dancing through life together.
Since I’ve been working so diligently these past few months on a few new projects for 2026, I figured now was a good time to start promoting them – which in itself is a shameless plug for my work, but…hee hee.
First…new books.
March brings VENDETTA, the second book in the FBI Profiler series.
A high-speed car accident and the bombing of his wife’s car convince FBI SSA Tucker Petrie that he is the target of a killer. Discovering who the person is before another attempt is made becomes the focus of Tucker’s life. With his former partner and best friend, Kella Calloway, by his side, Tucker and his team form a shadow investigation into a series of FBI agent killings no one in power has connected the dots to yet. With the clock ticking, and another agent killed, Tucker, Kella, and the team do everything in their power to put an end to the killer’s plan of revenge.
In May, I’m releasing a book about the grieving process I went through when my mother died, suddenly, in 2023, titled, “My love to you all.”: A daughter’s journey through grief.
“Grief comes in waves, tsunamis, and droplets.”
When her mother died unexpectedly, Peggy Jaeger used her writing blog to help her navigate through her grief. Detailing her mother’s tortured life – and their oftentimes contentious relationship – allowed her to understand the decisions and events that comprised her mother’s 87 years and made her the woman she’d grown to be. With brutal and, at times painful honesty, Peggy details her mother’s life; one that knew suffering, heartache, supreme loss, mental illness and paranoia.
This is the story of how two women – mother and daughter – learned the power behind the gift of forgiveness and helped Peggy come out on the other side of her grief a stronger, wiser, and more understanding person.
No date is set for this book yet, but another suspense, CHILDREN OF THE PROPHET, will hopefully becoming to you sometime in the early fall.
I don’t have the blurb officially written for this yet, but the premise came to me a few years ago when the 25th anniversary of Waco occurred. I watched a documentary about it and started wondering what in the world happened to all the kids who’d survived the tragedy. That’s when an idea sparked about 2 girls, members of a religious cult, and a similar tragedy occurs and they are left as the only survivors. What happened to their lives as they grew up? This one is a suspense and there have been times when I’ve been writing it I’ve had to step away because it’s…too much.
As far as reprints go, I got the rights back to Dirty Damsels and am going to release it under my own brand, independently, probably in July 2026. Here’s the new cover – and I’ve added an epilogue and changed a few things inside, so if you’ve already read it, there are some new parts you might want to explore.
What happens when a modern day Cinderella has a one-night stand with a man named Prince?
Cynderella Jones, Ella to her friends and family, owns a thriving and successful cleaning service called Dirty Damsels. 32, single and a self-imposed recycled-virgin, Ella is looking to keep her company private and her bed empty of going-nowhere relationships, But when her business manager tells her he’s heard scuttlebutt about a takeover, she realizes she needs a plan to protect her business. Before she can, she has to navigate through a week where sick calls and marriages lighten her workforce. When she goes out on a cleaning call for a very influential client, she meets a man so hot, so exciting, she literally comes out of her exiled celibate-state and has one hot night of passion with him.
But when Cynderella discovers he’s the front man for the supposed takeover, she scrambles to protect her company…and her heart.
That’s it for now. I have a new series in the works but want to keep it on the down low for a while because I want to get at least two of the books written before I start promoting it…but it’ll be a goodie!
Every year I make a new vision board for the year ahead of me.
Why, you ask? Well, I’ll tell you…
A Vision Board allows me to see, visually, what I want to manifest in my life for the year ahead. Whether it’s financially, career-wise, or in personal relationships, defining and actually seeing every day what I want my life to look like is something I believe in, wholeheartedly. I truthfully feel if you speak what you want into the universe, and make a visualization of those wants, they will come true for you.
This is my 2026 vision board: (ignore my feet at the bottom of the photo!)
There are some key elements I want to point out.
My word of the year, 2026, is DISCIPLINE. ( more on that in another blog to come)
my mantra of the year, 2026 is SUCCESS IS MY DESTINY
I am dreaming BIG for this year and manifesting an increase in book sales, personal wealth and in my relationships.
I am going to be FOCUSED and FEARLESS in my undertakings as I try several new things to elevate my writing career, gain new readers, and increase sales of my books.
This board sits on the windowsill in front of my desk ( as do all my vision boards each year) so that I can look at it several times a day while working and remember the goals I have for the year. I will speak into the universe over and over the things I want to happen to my life, and while I am speaking them, I am performing tasks to ensure they happen.
You may think this sounds like a lot of hooey, nonsense, and extra work that isn’t needed. If you think that, fine. I won’t try to change your mind. I’ll just tell you two facts.
11 years ago, I wrote a story and entered it in a contest. My vision board that year (2014) had a picture that said, “Get published this year.” I won the contest, and my first traditionally published book was contracted and published in 2015.
5 years ago ( 2020) while in the middle of lockdown, my vision board had a picture that said, “I want to teach.” I did 4 writing lectures via zoom that year when I had never done any before, and since then have gone on to do dozens in person and via zoom.
Still believe it doesn’t work? Okay. But for those of you who see this as a tool to change your views on what you want in life and how to get it, a vision board just may be the thing that takes you there, or at least to the next level.
If you have questions, or if you are in a writing chapter and need a guest speaker, I actually have an entire class on vision boards. Just hit me up and we can discuss.
Saturday, 12.13.25, I attended the premier A VERY MERRY BOOKMAS FAIRE in Manchester, NH. When I say premier, it was because this was the first time this event has been put on. Billed as a holiday book fair, it was meant to draw romance readers and encourage a little book holiday shopping. As a first time event, I had some hopes it would go well, but my expectations weren’t too high because it was, after all, a first time event.
I lovelovelove when I am wrong. And I was…SO WRONG!
Not only was this the most organized event I have been at in years ( YEARS!) it was also unbelievably well attended by the romance book reading community. I spoke with two women who drove 4 hours to attend that morning. Several had stayed over in hotels the night before, having traveled from up to six and seven hours away!!
MINDBOGGLING, I tell you. And so very heart-warming.
Lila Gray and her incredibly well-trained crew of volunteers, were what made this event the absolute success it was. I have never been to an event where the authors and readers were so well taken care of and seen to. This is what a reader event should be. I even told Lila at the end that I think she should do this full time – be an event organizer, because she is brilliant at it!! She is also a brilliant writer, so I don’t think she’s going to take me up on my suggestion, lol!
I met so many wonderful readers and influencers that I actually follow on Instagram and TIktok! And guess what? They follow me, too! Again…mindboggling.
I am a horrible picture taker when I am at these events because I am always so busy talking to people, selling my books, and generally having a great time that I forget to use my phone and snap away. These are the only ones I took before the event started of my table:
Whenever I go to one of these events I am hopeful I will sell a few books to new readers. This event? I sold out of 4 titles ( a first for me!) and did some serious sell-damage to the rest. Everyone was in the mood for holiday romance books, and these are the titles I brought with me.
I came home exhausted because the drive was 1.5 hours for me, which doesn’t sound like a lot, but my sciatica says it’s too much, lol, but so elated emotionally, spiritually, and career-wise that I had trouble sleeping Saturday night because my excitement level was still so high.
I saw old, treasured author friends and readers, and made some new reader friends as well.
In all, it was day I am not going to soon forget. I can’t do the event in 2026 ( and yes, it’s already booked solid with authors) but I am hopeful Lila Gray, the organizer, will let me know when the 2027 sign up form comes out because I am definitely going to move hell and high water to be at that one! Thank you to all the organizers and volunteers. I seriously don’t know how you will surpass this event next year, but you know what? I have a feeling you will.
Happy holidays, everyone. And don’t forget: Books make great gifts!
So, today’s book isn’t a romance or holiday love story, but a love story about…food.
The DICKENS HOLIDAY ROMANCE COOKBOOK, titled IT’S A DICKENS OF A COOKIE is chockful of delicious and festive sweet recipes you can serve your guests (and yourself!) during the holiday season- or really any time of the year.
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Dickens … the Dickens kitchens that is!
The authors of the Dickens Holiday Romance Series are baking up a storm to make your holiday perfect. Look for new recipes this year. Plus, many, many more from previous years.
The series authors wish you and your loved one a joyous holiday season!
No tropes in this one, kids…just fun food to savor and die for!
So this book is in another series, not the Dickens, but the HEAVEN’S MATCHMAKER one. I’m including it because LOVE MATCH takes place during the holiday season. You can tell just from the cover flower arrangement it’s a holiday book!
Running away from a public scandal may be cowardly, but to Layla Warton, it’s her best option.
After her politically connected fiancé is indicted for a laundry list of crimes, Layla wants to put the public ridicule and shame of her guilty-by-association status behind her. Not easy to do when all her supposed friends and supporters lose her number and the taint of scandal-adjacent destroys the successful design business and life she’s built for herself.
Happy childhood memories and the blessing of a local friend push her toward the tiny New England town of Heaven where she spent summers with her loving grandparents. Hiding out in the town until the scandal dies down is the perfect plan.
With the paparazzi hot on her tail, an ancient family home she needs to get livable, and a contractor too hot for her sanity, Layla worries she’ll never be able to get her old life back.
But would that really be such a bad thing?
Tropes: small town, matchmaker, starting over, public scandal, surviving celebrity, later in life, divorce, and second chances at happiness
So the next book on my list isn’t necessarily a Christmas book, but a Thanksgiving one. Since the holidays around this time of year all get lumped together, I figured why not include it. It’s only available if E-copy, so you’ll need an ereader to get it.
Hope Kildaire gave up her dream of becoming a nurse practitioner when a car accident killed her father and left her mother an invalid. Working two jobs and caring for her mother leaves the twenty-seven-year-old with no time for fun or relationships. When a law firm representing her paternal grandparents sends her several letters, Hope ignores them. She despises the family who disowned her father and wants nothing to do with them.
Lawyer Tyler Coleman’s job is simply to obtain Hope’s signature on a legal document. Getting it is harder than planned, though, when an unexpected attraction blossoms between them. If Ty is honest with Hope about why he’s in Willow Springs, he’ll fulfill his assignment but may risk hurting her.
The opportunity to have everything she’s ever desired is at Hope’s fingertips. Will her dream come true at the expense of Tyler’s love?
Tropes for this little gem include: smalltown, holiday vibe, surviving loss, independent woman, inheritance, bettering yourself, family strife and secrets, and past tragedy
Peggy Jaeger, Author 