Friday, December 29, 2023

🎅🎄4th Day of Christmas Author Spotlight🎄🎅: Lacey Daize



Lacey Daize
Lacey lives in New Mexico with her four critters. She’s a Jill-of-all-trades by day, but loves writing in her spare time. She dabbles in a variety of pairings, but jumped feet-first into the deep end of omegaverse the first time she read it. She loves the play on social expectations and the different ways to express romance.






Omega's Forever Home 
Summary:
Harris Cove Billionaires #1
Beau is an omega with perpetual wanderlust, ready to enjoy life in a new city.
Ever since leaving home at eighteen, Beau has wanted to see as much of the world as he can. However, the pay of a bartender doesn't leave much in savings for vacations to far-flung places. So instead he decided to move every few years to a new destination, where he can see the sights and experience a place before moving on. His next destination? The beachside billionaire enclave of Harris Cove. But is there more for him in the city when he meets a gorgeous alpha at the overlook outside town?

Kent is a billionaire alpha on the rebound, trying to erase the regrets of his last relationship.

Settling down with an omega to start a family had once seemed within reach to Kent, then he found his now-ex in bed with another man. It's been months, but the hurt and anger still haunt him. Then he sees a gorgeous omega at the overlook off the highway leading to Harris Cove. The man is beautiful, but is he ready for a new relationship?

Can a bartender on the move and a billionaire with regrets find love in each other?

Omega's Forever Home is a 26.5K word , non-shifter, M/M, Mpreg romance.





Peppermint Kisses for the Omega
Summary:
Mountain Springs Omegas #1
When Liam's Christmas plans are upended he decides to take his mom's advice and plan a friends' getaway at the family cabin.

Liam's loved his alpha best friend, Alex, ever since he presented as an omega, but he'd rather keep the other man in his life as a friend than scare him off as a lover. That doesn't keep him from wanting to spend every possible second with him, so he invites the alpha to help plan the getaway at the cabin.

Alex has loved his best friend Liam for years, but kept his attraction to the beautiful omega to himself.

Alex would like nothing more than to claim and breed his best friend, but doesn't want to risk losing the omega if the interest isn't mutual. So he hides his feelings. But that doesn't stop him from jumping at the opportunity to spend several days with the other man at the secluded mountain cabin.

Arriving several days ahead of the rest of the group, Liam and Alex set about readying the cabin for the holiday getaway, but a surprise heat in the middle of a snowstorm means they are forced to confront their emotions. Do they dare admit their mutual attraction, or do they attempt to fight their instincts?

Recipe for Romance
One Alpha
One Omega
10 Years Mutual Pining
One Cabin
One Snowstorm
One Heat
Mix well, garnish with peppermint hot chocolate.

Peppermint Kisses for the Omega is an 11.5K word , non-shifter, M/M, Mpreg romance, featuring two oblivious men, some knotty fun, and plenty of peppermint hot chocolate.






Pumpkin Batch Cutie
Summary:
Holiday Surprise #1
Scott wants it all; an alpha and a family of his own. But for now he's content to be the cool uncle.

It's hard to be patient sometimes, but Scott knows that his perfect alpha is out there somewhere. In the meantime he's taking care of his niece, and decides to take her to the nearest pumpkin patch for a day of fall fun. But when she gets lost in the corn maze he panics.

Dom's ready for a new start, he just needs to get his business off the ground.

Dom just moved back to Valle Granja in order to start his own business as a large animal vet. Unfortunately there's not much for him to do while waiting for his license and other important paperwork to be processed. So in the meanwhile he's helping out his uncle on the family's pumpkin patch. But he doesn't expect to help a gorgeous omega in crisis mode.

Neither man expected to find the other that way, but when it's right, it's right.

Pumpkin Patch Cutie is a 14.5K word , non-shifter, M/M, Mpreg romance




Team's Omega
Summary:
Gimme MMMMMore #1
What's an omega to do when he has to interact with an entire lacrosse team of handsome alphas every week?

Ash loves his job working at the Valle Granja University Library. He gets to help students find the information they need for their classes and research. However, one thing is missing in his life: an alpha. Unfortunately none of the men he's dated seems to quite meet his needs.

That is until one of the local lacrosse teams needs a temporary place to review training and game footage.

Ash quickly becomes attracted to several of the flirtier teammates. But the jock and nerd thing was just a romance trope, right? They'd never actually be interested in him. And if they were, how would he be able to pick just one?

Team's Omega is a 15k word, non-shifter, MMMMM, mpreg, omegaverse romance.






Breedable Boys from Outer Space
Summary:
Staff Sergeant Avery Carson is a simple man with simple goals—until he learns aliens have arrived on Earth.

Avery never had lofty dreams, and a stint in the Army seemed as good a way as any to both flee his small hometown and get a head start on his job as a mechanic. Eventually, he'd find himself a husband, and if they were lucky they'd be able to scrape together the money to adopt a kid or two.

If they were very lucky, considering the cost of adoption.

That changes when all the gay soldiers on his base are summoned to a special briefing in Washington, D.C. There he is presented with a unique opportunity. If he accepts, he'll have the man and he'll have the kids.

The catch? Well, there are several. One—the man is an alien from an all-male world, and Avery would be expected to breed him. Two—his fledgling family would have to be hidden from the public until humanity was ready to accept extraterrestrial life. Three—one of the side effects of contact with the aliens is increased sex drive.

Ok, maybe number three wouldn't be so bad.

But is the payoff worth the price?

Breedable Boys from Outer Space is a 20k word, non-shifter, MM, mpreg romance.



Omega's Forever Home

Peppermint Kisses for the Omega

Pumpkin Batch Cutie

Team's Omega

Breedable Boys from Outer Space


🎅📘🎥Friday's Film Adaptation🎥📘🎄: Olive, the Other Reindeer by Vivian Walsh & J Otto Seibold



Summary:
Olive is merrily preparing for Christmas when suddenly she realizes "Olive... the other Reindeer... I thought I was a dog. Hmmm, I must be a Reindeer!" So she quickly hops aboard the polar express and heads to the North Pole. And while Santa and the other reindeer are a bit surprised that a dog wants to join the their team, in the end Olive and her unusual reindeer skills are just what Santa and his veteran reindeer team need. Colorful graphic illustrations accompany this zany dog story from the well-known author and artist team, Vivian and J.otto Seibold. Adorable Olive and her hilarious adventures are sure to make anyone's Christmas merry.






When Santa cancels his annual flight because of a hurt reindeer, a young Christmas loving dog named Olive is convinced she has what it takes to get Santa's flight off the ground and save Christmas.

Release Date: December 17, 1999(Made-for-TV)
Release Time: 45 minutes

Director: Oscar Moore

Cast:
Drew Barrymore as Olive
Jay Mohr as Tim
Joe Pantoliano as Martini
Peter MacNicol as Fido, Olive's pet flea
Dan Castellaneta as The Postman
Billy West as Eskimos
Edward Asner as Santa Claus
Tim Meadows as Richard Stans
Michael Stipe as Schnitzel, Blitzen's flightless cousin
Tress MacNeille as Mrs. Claus and the news reporter
Matt Groening as Arturo, the elf that Schnitzel threw Olive into
Diedrich Bader as Zookeeper








Vivian Walsh
Vivian Walsh's best selling book, "Olive, the Other Reindeer," is based on her Jack Russell Terrier. Olive is a relentlessly active, determined, well-loved, and sometimes confused lap dog. Olive is flattered that in the animated version of the book she was portrayed by the fabulous Drew Barrymore. The TV special was put together by Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons.

The Mr. Lunch books are about the adventures of a dog who is a professional bird chaser. These books were based on the diligent and earnest efforts of another pet Jack Russell terrier.

The goal of this particular author is the share the love of story and books amongst the young. Her next title will feature two of the larger creatures in the animal kingdom: a hippo and another hippo.

VW lives in sometimes sunny San Francisco with her many children.




J.otto Seibold(Illustrator)
J.otto Seibold has illustrated, and in some cases also written, 15 books for children, including Quincy, the Hobby Photographer; Penguin Dreams; and the Mr. Lunch books. He lives in San Francisco.



Vivian Walsh
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EMAIL: vivianlwalsh@yahoo.com

J. Otto Seibold
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Film
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