Six of your favorite contemporary romance authors bring you six memorable holiday stories.
**Secret Santa by Jennifer Benson
**Coming Home by Rebecca Brooke
**Christmas Wish: A Holiday Novella by Danielle Jamie
**Christmas Stalkings (Bullet 4.5) by Jade C. Jamison
**Finding Sadie: A Prequel by Brandace Morrow
**Wrap Me In Your Love by Lisa Survillas
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**Secret Santa by Jennifer Benson
Tonight
is the night of the office holiday party and Olive Harper, a paralegal
for a New Jersey law firm, was put in charge of the planning. To her
surprise, a new employee has been hired at the firm and has brought his
brother, Murphy, as his guest. When Scott wakes up on a strange couch in
a strange house, he is curious and concerned until he is greeted by the
beautiful woman whom he met last night at an office holiday party.
Instantly intrigued by her long night shirt and knee high socks, neither
Murphy nor Olive could know where a chance meeting at an office holiday
party could take them, but thanks to a Secret Santa, they are about to
find out.
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**Coming Home by Rebecca Brooke
Tanner
Marano has finally found the girl of his dreams and after lots of hard
work and heartache, Danielle is finally his. Now all he wants to do is
make her his wife, but with meeting his parents and deployments,
Danielle is more nervous than ever.
Danielle
Renton went through immense heartache only to be brought back into
light by Tanner. He is her own knight in shining armor. Yet there is a
secret she's keeping for fear it will push him away.
When Tanner comes home with everything be as he left it?
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**Christmas Wish: A Holiday Novella by Danielle Jamie
Callie
Greenwood’s life has never been easy. Her father up and left when she
was six and her mother passed away from breast cancer when she was just
thirteen, leaving her grandparents to raise her. But since her
grandfather passed away and her grandmother was put into a nursing home,
she’s been on her own.
Desperate
for love, Callie foolishly settled for the cliché bad boy, thinking he
would change his ways for her. Sadly, she learns the hard way that life
doesn’t care how bad you have it, and that you can’t make someone love
you. When Callie needs Jase the most he abandons her, just like her
father did sixteen years ago.
Determined
to not spend the holidays alone, Callie decides to spend the holidays
at her Aunt Ella's bed and breakfast in Lake George, New York.
Little
does she know that everything for her will change when she checks in to
the quaint town at Christmas. Callie expected to spend two weeks
sipping cocoa by the fire place, listening to Bing Crosby and spending
time with her Aunt. The last she ever expected was to meet the handsome
but mysterious Brody O’Reilly...
This Christmas heartbreak, secrets, and romance will collide making it a holiday she’ll not soon forget.
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**Christmas Stalkings (Bullet 4.5) by Jade C. Jamison
Val,
Brad, and the kids decide to take a short but needed winter vacation to
get away from it all and enjoy each other’s company, but one thing is
stopping them from relaxing like they should. Since fronting her new
band Val Hella, Val has discovered the darker side of fame—she has a
stalker, one who seems intent upon stepping up his game to get what he
wants, and the ruin of their vacation becomes the least of their
worries.
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**Finding Sadie: A Prequel by Brandace Morrow
**Can be read as a stand alone novella**
*Intended for readers 18+*
A Los Rancheros novella
At
fifteen, I took on the role of Popper out of necessity, forgetting the
person I was. That's when I became the lead singer of a grunge metal
band.
Now
at twenty-two I'm cocky, a pessimist, and violent. My shrink is even
fed up with me, suggesting I try something radical to appreciate the
value of life.
She gives me a card that leads me to him, and ultimately I find . . . me.
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**Wrap Me In Your Love by Lisa Survillas
After
realizing the marriage to her first ever boyfriend was too good to be
true, Isabella files for divorce and leaves their life in California for
the home of her youth in Chicago. Upon her arrival, she reconnects with
her cousin and best friend Daniel, who has been taking care of her
parents’ home since they passed.
When
Daniel enlists the help of his friend Taylor, who Isabella had a
childhood crush on, will she be forced to face the pain of rejection
again, or will Taylor see what he has missed all these years?
**Secret Santa by Jennifer Benson
“I really do want to see you again.”
“Well, when you move to New Jersey give me a call.”
“Whoa.
You just said you don’t even know me and now you want me to move my
whole life here for you? Pushy and a bit too fast for me, woman.” He
laughed and I smacked him on the chest. “How about I call you and you
answer and we talk and get to know each other. Maybe a little phone sex
here and there and see where that takes us.”
“Well, that comment right there just took you a step closer to my porch.” I shoved at him.
“Hey,
we can use Skype for those moments if you are more comfortable that
way. I’m game.” He laughed, which made me laugh. “Seriously, I really do
want to see you again.”
“Then seriously, the next time you are in Jersey give me a call.” I opened the door and he stepped backward onto the porch.
“I’ll need your number.”
“You
found out a lot about me by just asking around a room full of people,
I’m sure you can find out my number just as easily.” I leaned up on my
toes and pressed my lips to his. This time I controlled the kiss and
just for good measure I licked the seam between his lips and just as he
parted his lips to allow me entrance I nipped at his bottom lip and
pulled away with a smile. “And next time don’t be so fucking rude when
you wake me up.” I winked and spread a smile across my face. Just as he
took a step forward toward me I closed the door. I’m such a bitch, but I’m not going to make it easy for him.
“I’ll be calling you, Olive.” He tapped the door I was presently
leaning against, still holding the stupid smile on my face.
**Coming Home by Rebecca Brooke
Swooping down, he captured my lips in an all too brief kiss, before moving to his knees and lifting me into his arms.
“Well then, maybe I should take my present to the bedroom and unwrap it early?”
“I like the sound of that.”
We
reached the bedroom and Tanner slowly lowered me to the ground,
kneeling down in front of me and removing my shoes one at a time, before
grazing his hands up my legs. Taking hold of both my jeans and panties,
he pulled them down my legs. Since my arms were still bound by the
lights, he helped me to carefully step out of them. Those baby blues
looked up at me from under his lashes, a mischievous smile on his face,
and the sight of his tongue slipping out to wet his lower lip did so
many indescribable things to my body, there wasn’t a thing I could do.
At least until that tongue slid through me, circling around my clit.
“Oh God.”
**Christmas Wish: A Holiday Novella by Danielle Jamie
Wow.
I think my brain just short-circuited. Standing before me, looking way
too delicious for this early in the morning, is Brody in loose fitting
jeans that are hanging off of his hips, his shirt in his hands, and his
dark red hair damp from a shower. The ends are slightly curls, and I
feel my fingers twitch as he walks towards me, slipping his shirt over
his head.
I’ve
never wanted to run my hands over every inch of a man so badly in my
entire life. My eyes slide from his waist, following his happy trail
that appears from beneath his waistband and trickles up his solid
six-pack and perfectly defined, wide and muscular chest. My eyes
hesitate as they take in his deeply cut V.
Damn, damn, damn.
My
pregnancy hormones are in high gear right now. I suddenly feel myself
grow wet just from taking in his freaking Adonis-like body. I guess all
the woodcutting does a body good!
“Oh,
sorry. I thought you were Ella. You sounded just like her.” He gives me
an apologetic smile before slipping his long sleeve thermal tee onto
his body. With every step he takes towards me, I feel my heart rate
increase and my body flush. I went from being freezing cold five minutes
ago to scorching hot, just from looking at this man.
I
laugh nervously and tuck my hair behind my ear. “Yeah, sorry about
that. She’s feeding your son, who by the way is the cutest little guy
I’ve ever met. She sent me out to find you to let you know breakfast is
ready…oh, and I’m Callie. I’m Ella’s niece.”
God,
I don’t know how I am even speaking right now. He’s smiling at me with
this perfectly straight, sparkling white smile. I normally go for the
bad boys with tattoo-covered bodies, but for some reason, I’m finding
his ink-free, chiseled body to be turning me on faster than anyone I’ve
ever met.
His
neatly trimmed beard, which I’m assuming he keeps because he either
hunts or because he works outdoors all winter, is giving him a rough,
dark, and mysterious persona, and I find it extremely attractive.
I
blame it on becoming addicted to the Outlander TV series, because I’m
crushing like a school girl on this guy, who looks a whole hell of a lot
like the sexy Scottish Jamie-dude on the show. All I can say is damn.
**Christmas Stalkings (Bullet 4.5) by Jade C. Jamison
I
felt Brad behind me. The plush carpet didn’t give him away but his
body heat did. He wrapped his arms around my waist and nuzzled my neck,
kissing the skin lightly. “Feeling a little relaxed now?”
I smiled and turned in his arms to face him. “It’s beautiful here.”
“Anything for you, gorgeous.”
I kissed him and then asked, “What are you wanting to eat tonight?”
“No idea. That’s why I figured we’d walk around some and see what sounds good.”
“We should have brought Hayley’s stroller.”
“Nah. It’s good for her to walk, Val.”
“Yeah, I know that and you know that, but when she gets tired…”
“I’ll carry her. You know I’ll always carry my little princess.”
I laughed. “Yeah, she’s got daddy wrapped around her little finger.”
He kissed my forehead. “So does her mama.”
**Finding Sadie: A Prequel by Brandace Morrow
“Jeeze us!” I say loudly and scrape the hair that’s trying to suffocate me from my face with both hands.
His
head tilts to the side a bit. “I scare you?” I look him up and
down. He’s wearing black jeans that are almost skinny jeans. They’re
tucked into black biker boots that I can definitely appreciate. His
long sleeve shirt has a yellow Batman emblem on it. It matches his
black mask and makes him a character I want to sidekick for. Hard.
His
eyes give away nothing, but I can see they’re a slate grey. His lips
are naturally pouty and my mouth waters just thinking about being able
to bite them.
I swallow before I start drooling. “I didn’t see you there.”
His eyes scan the hall before he looks down at himself. “Kinda hard to miss most days.”
I scoff, thankful I didn’t spray him with spit in the process. “No shit.”
The
way he looks at me makes me feel like he’s taking in my features
individually, like he’s cataloging them. Those eyes stay on my mouth
the longest, and I realize I’m smiling. It immediately drops.
He pushes off of the wall. “Let’s go.”
I
have no choice but to follow. Okay, maybe a choice, but I want to
follow those tight jeans and even tighter ass anywhere he wants to lead
me. His damn black cape is covering it, but when he turned I definitely
enjoyed the side view. Unfortunately he doesn’t direct me to a
janitor’s closet, but another patient’s room.
**Wrap Me In Your Love by Lisa Survillas
Daniel
walks over and wraps Her in a hug. "It'll get easier, Bella dear. I
promise." He places a kiss on the top of her head, squeezes her one
last time, and heads back out of the room.
Isabella
can hear Taylor and Daniel in the other room most of the day. She
avoids eating lunch just to keep away from them. She can't bear to face
Taylor right now. Not only is he perfect looking, but he was concerned
about upsetting her, making him even more perfect. What would life have
been like had she married someone like him instead? Doesn't matter
anyway, she never plans to get married again. Anything to avoid the pain
she's feeling now.
When
her stomach growls, reminding her that she's barely eaten all day, she
lies back down on the bed and attempts to read a book to take her mind
off her hunger. It does for a while, and she's able to lose herself in
someone else's problems. Yeah, she realizes they are fictional problems,
but they aren't hers, and that's all that matters.
Jennifer Benson
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