Lauren Wade is desperate; her work visa in Holland is about to expire. She decides to start a race against the clock in the middle of the holiday season; to get a job that will allow her to stay in Amsterdam. She’s determined to get what she wants no matter what. So when a not so innocent old lady offers her a job in exchange for getting her stubborn grandson to go to a family party, Lauren doesn’t hesitate to take it. The real challenge starts when she meets Caleb Bescott and she realizes that he’s not only an attractive man but also an incredibly tough enemy if he finds out he’s been manipulated or mocked. Caleb Bescott truly enjoys his success in New York but what he enjoys the most is sharing it with his family. Unfortunately, he lives very far from his favorite person: his grandmother, Sylvinna. His grandmother always finds a way for him to reorganize his entire schedule just to visit her in Holland, and that’s why this time he decides to take his work team from New York to Amsterdam and spend Christmas with his loved ones. However, the last thing Caleb wants to do is go to the traditional family party knowing that Sylvinna is trying to set him up with her best friend’s daughter. He only has a few days before going back to New York and he wants to enjoy them without that pressure. Casual relationships are always entertaining but when the clever and chatty Lauren Wade enters his life, he believes he’s found something different and special. At least that’s what he thinks until he finds out she’s nothing more than an opportunist.
Author
Romantic writer and avid reader of the genre, Kristel Ralston is passionate about stories set in European palaces and castles. Though she liked her profession as a journalist, she decided to take a different approach to her career and go to the old continent to study a Master’s in Public Relations. During her stay in Europe, she read several romantic novels that enthralled her and inspired her to write her first manuscript. Since then, neither her varied personal library nor her weekly agenda lacks books of this literary genre. Her novel “Lazos de cristal” was one of the five manuscripts on the shortlist for the Second Literary Contest of Indie Authors (2015), sponsored by Amazon, Diario El Mundo, Audible and Esfera de Libros. This contest received more than 1200 manuscripts from different literary genres of Spanish speakers from 37 countries. Kristel was the only Latin-American among the five finalists of the contest. The author was also on the shortlist for the romantic novel contest Leer y Leer 2013, organized by Vestales publishing house from Argentina, and she is co-administrator of the literary blog Escribe Romántica. Kristel Ralston has published several novels such as Entre las arenas del tiempo, Mientras no estabas, Brillo de Luna, Un acuerdo inconveniente, Lazos de cristal, Bajo tus condiciones, El último riesgo, Regresar a ti, Un capricho del destino, Desafiando al corazón, Más allá del ocaso, Un orgullo tonto, among others. A prestigious Ecuadorian magazine nominated her as one of the Women of the Year 2015 in the Art category for her literary work. At present, Kristel lives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and strongly believes that dreams come true. During her free time, she enjoys writing novels that invite readers not to stop dreaming about happy endings. Find more about the author in her website: www.kristel-ralston.com Facebook: @kristelralston,books Twitter e Instagram: @KristelRalston
