Day 8 - Stella Shaw
Hello readers and Happy Advent! This is my first Christmas as Stella Shaw because I’m a pen name launched by Clare London in Jan 2021 with my new Rent Boy Romance series “Love at the Haven”. And look! This is almost my first anniversary *yay*.
The series launched in the winter months, when the roof of the run-down hotel collapsed on one of the escorts working there, and it was nearly closed. But THIS Christmas, I’ve got new plans for the Haven “family” and it’ll be much more festive! I personally love Christmas, all the way from the tacky glittery decorations, to overeating, to watching the Queen’s Speech on Christmas Day, to lying exhausted like a beached whale on Boxing Day. What’s YOUR worst (or best!) indulgence at this time of year?
Love @ The Haven series
Find all the Haven Hotel books at my links below. The latest release is ARNE #6. They’re all standalone romances, but other characters make cameo appearances throughout.
Holidays at the Haven: Burlesque
And I’m going to inflict ALL of the seasonal cheer on the Haven guys this Christmas, so drop in on “Holidays at the Haven: Burlesque” at http://books2read.com/holidayhaven21
Website – www.stellashaewuthor.com
Amazon – www.amazon.com/author/stellashaw
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Contest
I love Christmas games, so I’m offering a $5 Amazon Gift Card to one lucky reader who tries out this seasonal WordSearch https://thewordsearch.com/puzzle/124/christmas/.
Then just pop a comment below to let me know if you enjoyed it – and maybe how long it took you *wink*. It’s all for fun, there’s no judgement here!
Competition closes 16 December (7am, London)
That was fun. Did it in 191 seconds. Thanks for a new online activity
I love doing word searches so it was fun. I finished it in 182 seconds. Thanks.
That was fun but I am slow .
That was lots of fun. A big fan of word searches. Did it in 298 seconds.
Really fun! I love doing word crosses and searches. I got 123! 👌
392 seconds of nostalgia
for those of us in a certain age bracket, word searches & crosswords are supposed to be good for the concentration & focus. B*&%R that, it took me far too long. Over on other pages I have done bookcover bingo, graphics are much easier to identify LOL
aka Judge a Book by its Gay Cover
Thank you. 188 seconds to finish
Took it slow and enjoyed the fun. 303 seconds.
That was fun! 111 seconds
I enjoyed it – 300 seconds.
did it in 177 seconds, it was fun
Work searches are fun. 172 seconds.
Thanks!
WORD searches.
I did it in 250 seconds, because I try to find them more or less organically. I’ve been doing word searches since I was a little kid, and going down each row looking for the words is no fun for me anymore. 🙂
14 minutes, a welcome distraction from work, thanks.
Hello! I’ve read many, many stories under the “Clare London” name. I may have read a couple under the Stella Shaw name. Now I’ll know to seek out the titles by Stella Shaw, too. 🙂
It took me a while to do the word search. I’m not so good with the words that are upside-down or backwards or diagonal. But I eventually found all the words.
Merry Christmas!
Loved it… family took me a bit of time to find as well as tree LOL! It took me 211secs =D
Happy Holidays
Sorry but it took me almost 7 minutes to do as I don’t do word search puzzles
That went better than I expected – 231 seconds (lol!)
129seconds – love a wordsearch!
167 seconds – lots of fun! 🙂
That was fun. Love puzzles of any kind. 114 seconds
I love word searches. Was a little funky trying it on my phone (dragging my finger across the screen made the whole page want to move a few times), but was fun overall. 🙂 122 seconds.
Glad to know if wasn’t just my tablet that did that.
I have a touchscreen laptop, but had to use the mouse for this.
Fun- 131 seconds
I did it 😉
That was a fun puzzle,, took me 321 seconds to do 😉
156 seconds. Not my best but pretty good considering I wasn’t feeling well.
I tried it but didn’t work well on my iPad. Will try again with my PC
Well done! You completed the puzzle in 219 seconds.
That was fun and now I have a new site to play on too.
This was fun
Haven’t done a word search in awhile so it was definitely fun. It took me 279 seconds. My last 3 were diagonal and for some reason I just assumed vertical and horizontal only.
That was fun. Took about 3 minutes. I didn’t know you changed your pen name. Good to know.
That was fun! I did it in 161 seconds.
It has been a while since I’ve done a word search. It took me 146 seconds but it was fun.
I liked it… I am not very good at those it took 7 mins to do it.
Loved it! 53 seconds!
I love word searches so I enjoyed playing. Took me 131 seconds to finish.
Fun! Took me 156 seconds, not bad given how out of practice I am – I prefer jigsaw puzzles.
That was fun! And it took me longer than it should have. lol
i love crosswords, so it was really fun. Took me 191 seconds.
It was fun I did it in 132 seconds.
It was fun, because english isn’t my language, I did it in 181 seconds 😁😁❄❄⛄
That was fun & only took 142 seconds
That was fun. Have forgotten how mucj I love word search
I’ve never done one online before. I actually found the different colors distracting but it was fun. 179 seconds to do. Thanks.
It took 206 seconds.
My worst indulgence this time of year is spending way too much money on things I don’t have to buys, which means more clutter for me to clean. The second worst indulgence is eating way too much sugar.
Best is indulgence is spending time with the family around the dinner table.
127 seconds
490 seconds – I love these games but my toddler doesn’t lol
296 seconds, but I answered the phone at work twice! I like to indulge in my grandchildren’s presents!
432 seconds but in my defense, my hubby kept interrupting me. LOL I think this was my first word search puzzle done on a computer/table/phone. It was fun!
It was kinda fun. It took me a bit (You completed the puzzle in 278 seconds). I’ll admit, it took me longer because I expected them all to go left to right, or top to bottom only- not backwards or bottom to top or from top right angled down to the bottom left! lol 😀
Too long. Too many interruptions. 🙂 But it was fun.
I had fun with that took me 231 seconds
That was lots of fun. I finished in 127 seconds.
112 seconds…I had fun and liked the sound effects!
150 seconds. That was fun!
That was fun. To be fair, I started the puzzle as a distraction from work. I forgot about it and went back to it about a half an hour later. I will definitely be laughing about this for a while.
I love word searches. It took me 297 very fun seconds.
I did it while eating breakfast, so it took me a while. 255 seconds.
It took me 240 seconds, but English isn’t my first language so I think I did pretty good.
I love word searches. I love lots of puzzles actually. I completed it in about 156 seconds.
234 seconds— I couldn’t find Angel; thanks for the fun.
123 seconds, love a good wordsearch. A chance to give the mind a rest
It was fun! 312 seconds
233 seconds, fun Merry Christmas 🎄
172 – what fun thank you.
Fun! 191 seconds, not too shabby for me lol
177! Themed word searches are fun!
62 seconds. I like word games and puzzles.
265seconds. I couldn’t find Christmas!
Thank you so much. I do love word games! 103 seconds
66 seconds! That was great fun – thank you & Merry Christmas!
Love word searches, especially themed ones! 65 seconds
Love word searches. 65 seconds
367 seconds, God, I’m so slow, I should do stuff like this more often xD
As a non-native English speaker, I even learned a new word, never heard of manger before 🙂
1021
Quick fun puzzle. Thanks. 161 seconds
I haven’t done one of those in years. It was fun to do one again. Thanks!
That was fun did it really quick, took about minute.
It was fun and rather easy, 113 seconds for me.
196s on my phone… Thanks for the idea and the fun. And Merry Christmas to you and everyone.
That took way too long! I’m not used to puzzles with that many backwards words
That was fun..haven’t really done a word search since hs lol. It took me longer since I had my son crawling all over me lol.
Fun took 256.
210 seconds. for me. That was fun. Thanks.
288. It’s been ages since I’ve done one, so that was fun!
222 seconds it was fun and I had to play a few more LOL
Thank you
Thank you, that was fun. It took me 198 seconds.
That was fun! Have to admit, I’m slow 😆
Thanks so much, it was so much fun and I finished in 165 seconds. Woohoo!
Yes, I enjoyed the puzzle finished in 343 secs
I did it! 117 seconds. 🙂 Thanks for the fun game.
i love word searches and did it in 300 seconds
It was fun. 195 seconds.
was fun, not too long
Done!
That puzzle was fun, I love word games, well puzzles of all kinds. It took me 133 seconds. Excited for the new book, I love holiday themed books, not sure why, just do! Have a Great one!!
I love word search puzzles. I finished, but this took me way too long to find tree and Grinch. 😉
217 seconds…not my best time, but “crackers” kept hiding from me! So much fun! Thanks!!
that was a fun word search. it did take me about 4 mins however.
183 seconds but the puzzle wouldn’t hold still. It was still fun.
Love word searches. Took me 62 seconds.
147 seconds! That was fun!
Love word searches. This one was pretty fun. Did it in 98 seconds but there weren’t any diagnal.
156 seconds
193 seconds. Lots easier than circling the word. Just a note, the link to the ‘books2read holidayhaven’ does not work.
Thanks, and well spotted ;). The book’s been delayed and will be out on the 20th (if not before) when that link will become LIVE. Sorry for the frustration and thanks for dropping in!
360 seconds
It was fun, 314 seconds.
Very fun – I took 247 seconds
Good grief, you’re all good at this *wink*. (I was 182 seconds LOL). I’m popping on to say sorry the link to Haven Holiday isn’t yet working – the release has got held up for another week :(. Here’s hoping it’ll be up soon, when that books2read link will go LIVE. Happy holidays to all! xx
That was fun. Thanks. I completed it in 92 seconds.
Took me four and a half minutes! It was fun—had trouble finding “Angel” lol!
Loved it – but I was very slow! (482 seconds!).
My indulgence is adding new decorations to the tree. (I think I was a magpie in a previous life – if it sparkles….).
404 seconds. I didn’t use my reading glasses so I call it a win!
That was fun! 148 seconds for me. I think that’s the first word search I’ve done online. 🙂
Took me a good long time. Should’ve downloaded the puzzle. Oh, well. Kudos to you speedy people! Thanks for the puzzle!
It took me like 8 minutes lol haven’t done one of these in a while!
It was fun. Took me 316 seconds, not a great showing.
That was fun. Took me way to long 341 seconds. Now to try again!
I liked it. It took me 88 seconds.
I had fun and it only took me 163 seconds.
Love doing word searches. 225 seconds.
208 seconds! A great way to avoid work for a few minutes of fun. Thanks!
The app said 194 seconds but it made me adjust my iPad so the stop watch I timed with said 3 minutes exactly. It didn’t feel like 3 minutes. Word searches make me happy bc they remind me of the times I did them with my dad when I was younger and he’d always be like “how are you finding words so fast?!” And my little kid self was insanely pleased xD
Fun! It says 283 secinds. Thanks!
200 seconds Haven’t done one in a while, nice change.
That was fun, it took me 100 seconds. I used to love my word searches.
Did it in 159 seconds by really weird display
159 secs but really weird display on my iPad
Yay, that WAS fun. thank you! 😀
You completed the puzzle in 269 seconds
haha.. nice. I suck at these things so… this is nice. lol
Very fun! 142 seconds.
124 seconds for me. That was fun!
Happy holidays to all who read this!
That was fun. 132 secs. Now I have a new game site.
180. I love word searches!
It took a few minutes. You all are really fast. I like word searches it was fun
69 seconds. Not bad.
Fun word search. Took me a whole 397 seconds, though. I never have problems finding all the words in these types of things, but fast I am not. Of course, playing with a headache probably didn’t help matters. 😉
Wow, quick scroll, but did I see 53 secs? Mine was middle of the pack, 264 secs. It was fun.
136 seconds it was fun
What fun, I must admit I don’t play many games like that on the computer, only on paper.
Thanks so much for joining in the fun! I’ve now chosen a winner and have contacted them. Happy holidays to all! 🙂