title: A Candlelight Courting: A Short Christmas Romance
author:  Joyce DiPastena 
description: Joyce DiPastena dreamed of green medieval forests while growing up in the dusty copper mining town of Kearny, Arizona. She filled her medieval hunger by reading the books of Thomas B. Costain (where she fell in love with King Henry II of England), and later by attending the University of Arizona where she graduated with a degree in history, specializing in the Middle Ages. The university was also where she completed her first full-length novelset, of course, in medieval England. Later, her fascination with Henry II led her to expand her research horizons to the far reaches of his Angevin Empire in France, which became the setting of her first published novel, Loyaltys Web (a 2007 Whitney Award Finalist). When shes not writing, Joyce loves to read, play the piano, and spend time with her sister and friends. A highlight of her year is attending the annual Arizona Renaissance Festival . Joyce is a multi-published, multi-award winning author who specializes in sweet medieval romances heavily spiced with mystery and adventure. She lives with her two cats, Clio and Glinka Rimsky-Korsokov, in Mesa, Arizona. Email her at jdipastena@yahoo.com, read more about her books on her website at http://www.joyce-dipastena.com, see what shes working on now at http://jdp-news.blogspot.com, and follow along as she researches her books at http://medievalresearch.blogspot.com.
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  For Mary Sullivan Christmas is, and always
  
  
  has been, about family. And this year is no different. As she
  
  
  awaits the arrival of her eight children and their partners at the
  
  
  cottage in Lake Tahoe, she hangs the ornaments that they made for
  
  
  her over the years. Each decoration brings with it a tide of
  
  
  memories, all of which she holds dear to her heart. But when she
  
  
  comes across the oldest ornament, the one her beloved husband,
  
  
  Jack, gave her on their very first Christmas together, Mary is
  
  
  immediately swept back to the first days of their whirlwind
  
  
  romance, to the love that would be the foundation on which they
  
  