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Merry Christmas

Dec. 20, 2019

Today is the start of my holiday vacation here at Wickedly Romance! I am of course still over at Rita Reviews for today and then I will be off until after Christmas. I am taking some time to just enjoy the holiday with my family. I hope that each of you get the chance to do the same thing.

Merry Christmas for Past Years Updated 2025

I hope that everyone enjoys the holiday as much as I plan on. I have some baking to do and I got the new Lani Lynn Vale arc. Oh my goodness, I am so excited to read this one which I will be reviewing in January. It’s the first book of her new SWAT 2.0 series. I’ve been sharing the covers, so I know y’all are just as excited as I am.

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The final newsletter for 2019 went out yesterday. It has the code in it if you are looking for it. There will NOT be another newsletter until 2020. The newsletter will be the first Monday of 2020. That’s right, I’m changing the day the newsletter comes out. Mondays will be Wickedly Romance Newsletter’s new day.

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  1. Shannon Holmes says

    December 20, 2019 at 8:04 am

    Merry Christmas! And a Happy New Year.

    Reply
    • Casey says

      December 30, 2019 at 7:01 pm

      Happy new year!!!

      Reply
  2. Kelly Kimmell says

    December 20, 2019 at 8:34 am

    Merry Christmas to you, hope you enjoy the holidays.

    Reply
  3. Wehaf says

    December 20, 2019 at 9:28 am

    Merry Christmas; enjoy your time off!

    Reply
  4. bn100 says

    December 20, 2019 at 5:14 pm

    Merry Christmas! What will you bake?

    Reply
  5. Bea LaRocca says

    December 20, 2019 at 8:20 pm

    Merry Christmas to you and your family!

    Reply
  6. Dianna says

    December 21, 2019 at 12:51 am

    Enjoy your holiday — I hope you make lots of happy memories.

    Reply
  7. Sarah L says

    December 21, 2019 at 1:00 am

    Merry Christmas to you and your family!

    Reply
  8. Rochelle Haynes says

    December 21, 2019 at 5:33 am

    MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

    Reply
  9. Dailywoman (Lacey) says

    December 21, 2019 at 12:36 pm

    Merry Christmas to you! I hope you enjoy you holiday. Looking forward to reading more reviews in January.

    Reply
  10. Mary Gardner says

    December 22, 2019 at 11:12 am

    Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!

    Reply
  11. Tabathia B says

    December 22, 2019 at 2:28 pm

    Enjoy your holidays. I am also a big fan of Lani’s books, but her first two series will forever be my favorites.

    Reply
  12. Antoinette M says

    December 23, 2019 at 4:39 pm

    Have a wonderful vacation! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

    Reply
  13. AuntySuzany says

    December 23, 2019 at 10:57 pm

    Merry Christmas! % Happy New Year.

    Reply
  14. Megan B Dixon says

    December 24, 2019 at 2:49 am

    Merry Christmas!

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  15. Virginia says

    December 24, 2019 at 3:33 am

    Merry Christmas!

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  16. Debbie Yoder says

    December 24, 2019 at 6:35 pm

    Marry Christmas,enjoy your time off!

    Reply
  17. Austin Akwa says

    December 25, 2019 at 7:15 pm

    Merry Christmas!

    Reply
  18. Sarah Hayes says

    December 26, 2019 at 7:10 pm

    I hope you had a wonderful holiday! Wishing you the best in 2020

    Reply
  19. AuntySuzany says

    December 26, 2019 at 7:33 pm

    hope you had a Merry Christmas!

    Reply
  20. Shirley Emitt says

    December 27, 2019 at 2:42 pm

    Merry Christmas, look forward to your reviews in 2020.

    Reply
  21. Nidhi C says

    December 27, 2019 at 3:04 pm

    Wishing you a very happy new year. Enjoy your holidays. Looking forward to your blog posts in 2020.

    Reply
  22. James Jenkins says

    December 28, 2019 at 12:36 pm

    Looking forward to 2020 … ‘Happy New Year’ to you and yours!

    Reply
  23. Janell Wagner says

    December 28, 2019 at 3:20 pm

    Great you can take some time for you and your family

    Reply
  24. Corey Olomon says

    December 28, 2019 at 8:55 pm

    Have a Merry Christmas!

    Reply
  25. Audrey Stewart says

    December 29, 2019 at 2:29 pm

    Happy Holidays! I love your blogs. You do a great job at them. I also like that you aren’t all clumped in with those mommy bloggers that have giveaway forms that are longer than your arm and take over an hour to do all the task.

    Reply
  26. Gabrielle says

    December 29, 2019 at 2:47 pm

    I hope you had the merriest possible Christmas and I wish you a very happy New Year!

    Reply
  27. Christine says

    December 29, 2019 at 3:01 pm

    Merry Christmas and here is to a wonderful New Year and lots of great books.

    Reply
  28. Ghram Myers says

    December 29, 2019 at 3:24 pm

    Hope you and everyone else had a Merry Christmas and are going to have an Amazing New Years.

    Reply
  29. Sandy KLocinski says

    December 29, 2019 at 5:06 pm

    Hope your Christmas was a good one! What goodies did you bake? Looking forward to reading more reviews in 2020

    Reply
  30. Gwendolyn Jordan says

    December 29, 2019 at 5:56 pm

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

    Reply
  31. Wendy Browne says

    December 30, 2019 at 10:13 pm

    Hope your holidays went well!

    Reply
  32. Darren Scrubb says

    January 2, 2020 at 1:37 pm

    I hope that the Holidays are wonderful and also memorable. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

    Reply
  33. mary rudy says

    January 2, 2020 at 6:48 pm

    Merry Christmas, all the best for 2020

    Reply
  34. Leanne says

    January 3, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    Hope you had a merry Christmas and and all the best in the new year .

    Reply
  35. Mya Murphy says

    June 19, 2020 at 3:10 am

    Life just seemed so normal Dec. 2019..full of hope and wonder.. Now, we have 2020.. Sigh.. I would love to go back just one day in Dec 2019. I do believe nothing will ever be the same.

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