Dive into FIVE Holiday Happy Endings including the NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED...BETTER NOT POUT! BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE Whenever I’m within ten feet of Eve Cupid, all I can do is grunt and try to hide my erection. It’s not just the effect she has on my body. It’s the effect she’s having on my heart…and my soul. It’s her smile. It’s the way her fingers dance on the piano keys. When she sings, the sound of her voice makes things happen in my chest I didn’t know were possible. When my holiday wish finally comes true, it’s gone as quickly as it came, because neither of us knows how to repair the sins of the past. POLAR OPPOSITES When she walks into the bar she calls me by some other guys name then sits on my lap and kisses me. I think I finally believe in the magic of Christmas. Turns out, she just needed me to be her fake boyfriend, but when her lips planted on mine? There was nothing fake about it. Things get a little sticky when she walks in the conference room the next morning and we are on opposite sides of a lawsuit. One second, she’s treating me like the enemy, and the next? We’re doing things in the back of my limousine that make me thankful for blackout windows. Only, I’m in town for one reason only. That’s to ruin Christmas. HER FIRST NOEL When I walk into the party, my skirt is too tight. My heels are too high. The buttons on my sweater are about to pop off and shoot someone’s eye out. It’s been years since I first laid eyes on the tall drink of eggnog that is Cole Rudolph, and my panties haven’t been the same since. Never mind he’s my overly protective father’s best friend. And business partner. And he’s twenty years older than me. And GORGEOUS. He’s top of my Christmas list, but there’s no way he would ever see me as anything other than his best friend’s chubby daughter, right? There’s about a million reasons this will never work, but I’m throwing caution to the winter wind and seeing just what sort of twinkle I can put in his eye. And everywhere else. NIGHT BEFORE Until Malcolm Knight set his eyes upon that curvy cherub of a Christmas elf in his department store’s Santa’s Village, Christmas meant nothing to him except what it did for the bottom line. Now, his Scrooge is melting away along with thoughts of if her sugar plums taste as good as they look. Penny Evergreen lives for Christmas. When her parents send her to New York for a month-long training to relieve the piano prodigy of her paralyzing stage fright, she takes one look at the elaborate Christmas Village at the prestigious Knight & Knight department store and she hatches a holiday plan of her own. ALL NEW NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED! BETTER NOT POUT I took to my closet on the day after Christmas because sometimes, a girl just needs to pout. But, when the little door inside leading to the attic starts to glow with golden, shimmering light, I think I’ve been hitting the holiday punch bowl a little too hard. To my surprise, the old, musty space I remember from my childhood is gone. Instead, the door is a secret entryway into wonderland. When I enter, I’m met by a hulking elf with dazzling blue eyes and a body that rivals any superhero. When we look at each other, the icy land of the North Pole starts to melt. I may not have known what I wanted for Christmas, but Santa did, and he’s delivering in spades. Also, I’m not exactly who I thought I was. Turns out, there’s some elf blood running through my veins, and this is the year I learn just what it means to find your mate. And, your happily ever after. Author’s Note: Enjoy these holiday wonders under the twinkling Christmas lights. Always safe, no cheating, a little angst, and for sure a happily ever after for all.