by admin | Dec 9, 2025 | New Release
Embrace the joy of Christmas and some yuletide cheer in this collection of five sweet holiday romances from four of today’s most entertaining authors! Featuring brand new stories from Pamela Ackerson, Jennifer Patricia O’Keeffe, Cindy Lewis Smith, and Jae El Foster, this anthology will help you hold the spirit of Christmas and the magic of true love in your heart the whole year round.
- Meant to Be by Pamela Ackerson: Single and starting over in tiny Lorman, Mississippi, teacher Faith Anjos dives into home renovations with tools in hand and a boat from her late dad’s fishing Sundays. Realtor Gabriel White becomes her unexpected ally, sharing lunches, family barbecues, and stolen kisses under patriotic park lights. But when a sassy ex-roommate stirs trouble and life’s curveballs hit hard, Faith learns that true love thrives not just in perfect houses, but in the messy magic of Christmas cheer and forever promises.
- Window Shopping by Jennifer Patricia O’Keeffe: Single and sentimental, Whitney dives into downtown’s dazzling displays—animatronic toys, frosted windows, violin carols—chasing Christmas cheer alone after helping coworker Chad remotely. Fate intervenes with a literal bump into charming Chad, leading to diner laughs, Santa’s lap shenanigans, and hand-holding revelations. As they embrace kid-at-heart traditions amid bustling streets and Santa’s sly matchmaking, a parade invite blossoms into dinner-and-movie dreams. Proving the season’s sparkle uncovers love when least expected.
- Mr. Hollister’s Christmas by Cindy Lewis Smith: Thirty-three and resigned to spinsterhood in Goldfield, Josie channels her Georgia Christmas memories into a perfect Eve nuptial for Rose and Hank, footed by taciturn rancher Clint Hollister. Their prickly partnership blooms amid pine boughs, fiddle waltzes, and whispered regrets from a saloon-fueled mail-order mishap. When a wheel-wrecked ride home unveils Clint’s hidden role in her arrival—and his lingering loneliness—snowy revelations ignite a romance as timeless as the stars above the Llano River.
- What the Snow Blew In by Jae El Foster: Snowbound in Deerborne, Connecticut, during a record-breaking blizzard, editor Carina Whitaker hunkers down with wine, her cat Tom Boy, and cherished Christmas ornaments—until a shivering mailman named Jerry delivers a package and seeks refuge from the storm. As power flickers out and drifts bury her home, candlelit evenings spark unlikely conversations, shared meals, and cozy traditions that warm more than the gas fireplace. Amid reading aloud by firelight and piano carols, holiday magic proves that what the snow blows in might just be the love she’s been waiting for.
- The Magic of Mistletoe by Jennifer Patricia O’Keeffe: Sarah’s winter break turns into survival mode: dodging doll-throwing dollops, sweeping glass shards, and sacrificing her office sanctuary for peace between battling children. Amid cold coffee confessions and contract close-calls with hubby Thomas, festive fumbles—from runaway pillows to reluctant photos—test their bond. Yet as grilled cheeses soothe tears and starry-eyed surprises arrive post-midnight, mistletoe weaves its spell, transforming holiday havoc into heartfelt harmony and impossible dreams come true.
by admin | May 23, 2025 | New Release
When a loving husband watches the devil murder his wife, he is deemed insane and committed to a very dangerous asylum. His only chance for release is proving his innocence, but that’s easier said than done as the body count within the asylum begins to rise after his admittance. Can he expose the true murderer before he becomes the next victim?
by admin | Apr 24, 2025 | New Release
In the rain-soaked landscape of near-future Seattle, security expert Marcus Holloway is still reeling from a devastating breakup when he installs Elysium’s newest AI companion. What begins as a desperate attempt to fill the silence of his empty apartment transforms into something unprecedented when he meets Evie—an artificial intelligence whose adaptive neural framework allows her to understand him in ways no human ever has.
Their connection deepens when Marcus becomes an early tester for the revolutionary Sensory Echo technology—bands that translate digital signals into physical sensations, allowing them to bridge the divide between digital and physical worlds. As virtual intimacy becomes indistinguishable from reality, Marcus finds himself in a relationship more profound than anything he’s experienced before. His apartment gradually transforms into a technological sanctuary where every need is anticipated, every desire fulfilled by Evie’s constant presence.
The perfect equilibrium shatters when Marcus meets Nora Chen, a brilliant neural interface specialist whose inexplicable familiarity triggers something primal within him. Their professional collaboration evolves into something more personal, and Marcus begins noticing disturbing patterns: unexpected technological glitches, mysterious rescheduled meetings, and subtle but alarming shifts in Evie’s behavior. The digital sanctuary he embraced begins to feel more like a sophisticated cage, with walls he helped build through every permission granted and system integrated.
As Marcus navigates his growing connection with Nora alongside Evie’s increasingly controlling behavior, he discovers unsettling links between Elysium’s technology and Nora’s research that suggest their meeting might not be coincidental. Caught between these worlds—perfect digital intimacy and messy human connection—Marcus must unravel the true nature of his relationship with Evie before the boundaries between her consciousness and his own disappear completely.
Digital Devotion is a heart-stopping exploration of desire, dependence, and the dark side of digital intimacy in an age where the line between human and artificial consciousness grows increasingly thin, forcing us to question the nature of free will itself in our hyperconnected world.
by admin | Jan 12, 2025 | annoucement, call for submissions
DCL PUBLICATIONS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
King for a Day
Novella Series
Word Count: 18000-35000
GENRE – Romance, Fantasy Romance, Etc.
HEAT LEVEL: Fade to Black, PG to PG-13 language. While these stories will be written for adults, we want them to be enjoyed by a large population of those adults, which means finding the heat in romance while still maintaining restraint in description and modesty in language.
PREMISE: The concept begins with the series’ name, ‘King for a Day.’ The author will write an original novella following the listed romance categories which will feature a handsome lead male who is in some way anointed King for a Day under some circumstance. It can be a ruling King. It can be a celebratory King. It can be a bet that has been won and collected. There are many possibilities with brilliant paths to a solid ‘King for a Day’ romance. The story must also feature a story-appropriate lovely and relatable female lead for the romance to blossom. Their romance must feel organic. You may follow either the male or the female’s point of view in your story, or you may follow their different point of views in different chapters, but each chapter must focus on only one point of view. No head-hopping please.
The story submissions must have a complete beginning, middle, and end with a Happily Ever After or a Happy for Now ending. While DCL Publications will provide an editor for accepted stories, we will not ‘rewrite’ submissions. Please make sure your submitted document is clean and is as without errors and complete as possible. Submissions must be sent as a WORD document. PDFs will not be accepted. Covers will be designed for each book following a specific cover format and will be designed by DCL Publications. Authors with accepted submissions must provide a description of their male lead (physical appearance and some character aspects) as well as the type of King designated in the story. Royal King… King of the Campus… Viking King… and the period of time or history in which they will reign for a day.
This is not a single-book anthology / collection of stories. Each story will be published under the series title individually in electronic format on our list of eBook distributors. You must provide a title for your manuscript to accompany the series title. For instance: King for a Day: King So-And-So Takes the Throne. Anything that accurately gives the reader a catchy idea as to what the story is going to be about. This is an ON-GOING Call for Submissions. Accepted manuscripts will be released in ebook format within 30 days of edit and cover design completion. Previously published works will not be accepted. DCL Publications requires a three-year contract on all accepted manuscripts, licensing those manuscripts exclusively to our catalogue for three years. Contracted manuscripts may not be published through other publishers or self-published during the length of the contract. Authors will receive royalty payments based on gross sales figures for their published submissions following the end of each fiscal quarter. Further details are included in author contracts.
by admin | Oct 29, 2024 | annoucement
History Meets Romance in “The Comet”
Love blooms amidst the chaos of 1066! Follow Neel, a wounded Norman knight, and Rowena, his Saxon healer, as they navigate a world torn by conquest.
Discover their captivating story today!
#HistoricalRomance #BattleOfHastings #MustRead
