An alternate cover edition can be found here. Everybody has something to hide Jude Winters is confident in one thing - she has no idea how to run a ski school. But a missing husband and mounting bills mean she's going to have to find out fast. The hard way. Mike Cole has skied nearly everywhere in the world. Now it's time to tick Scotland off his list, before he kicks the snow from his boots and carries on with his Kiwi version of walkabout. But things aren't always what they seem. And even wanderlust can sometimes be sated. "Winter Arrives" is the first novella from the 'Secrets in the Snow' series about a Scottish snowsports school. Episodes 2-5 and 3 short stories are also available. The series will complete in 2015 with Episode 6.

Sandy is like the original Scrooge – he thinks Christmas is commercialised claptrap, and refuses to have any part of it. So it's like his own personal nightmare when Ski School manager Jude tries a new marketing ploy, 'Ski with Santa' and he has to play a part he abhors. Will his naughty and nice pupils help this reluctant Father Christmas to face his ghosts and discover the quintessence of the season? "Skiing with Santa" is a Christmas short story from the 'White Cairns Ski School' series about a Scottish snowsports school. Chronologically, it sits between episodes 1 and 2. Whilst this is a stand-alone story, you might enjoy reading the series from the 1st episode, "Winter Arrives". Please note: British English spelling and grammar PG / PG-13 content, including a couple of mild swear words This is a short story of approximately 4,400 words or 18 pages (depending on your device and font size)

It's Hogmanay in White Cairns, and cuddly, bubbly ski instructor Debbie Easton is hoping that she might meet Mr Right—or even Mr Okay—at the 'Hogmanay Hooley', for a kiss at midnight which will start 2006 in the way she'd like it to continue. But her naivety is nearly her undoing and her dreamy New Year's kiss isn't quite as she imagined it might be… "A Dream for Hogmanay" is a short story from the 'White Cairns Ski School' series about a Scottish snowsports school; a character-driven drama series with an action setting, youngish-adult protagonists and some romantic elements.

Fiona Easton is a contradiction - a ski instructor who's scared of heights and a passionate woman who's afraid of intimacy. Recovered from a life-altering heartbreak, it's time for her to return to work at White Cairns Ski School in Scotland. But a lost child, a legendary Scot and an approaching blizzard force her to face her fears, and re-examine her dreams. Dreams which are hanging by a cobweb-thin thread... "Fear of Falling" is the 2nd novella from the 'Secrets in the Snow' series about a Scottish snowsports school. Whilst this is a stand-alone book, you might enjoy reading the series from the first episode, "Winter Arrives". Episodes 3 - 5, and 3 short stories are also available. The series will complete in 2015 with Episode 6.

White knights don't always wear shining armour... 'Just one more run' at the end of a day's skiing almost has deadly consequences for White Cairns' ski instructor, Debbie McNeill. It's only a fortunate encounter with the snowy equivalent of a knight in shining armour that averts disaster, and, when he shares a secret with her, she wonders if this knight might become more than just her rescuer… "The Snow Patrol" is a 'flash fiction' (very short story) from the 'White Cairns Ski School' series about a Scottish snowsports school.

When her ski instructor husband is delayed from returning to Scotland, it falls to Jude Winters - creative graphic artist, mother and home-maker - to assemble a team of instructors and get the season started for ailing White Cairns Ski School. It's a challenge that's way out of her comfort zone, especially since even the seemingly confident and extrovert ski instructors are hiding mysterious pasts or secret longings that might threaten the equilibrium of the ski school. As they battle sabotage, stormy weather and accidents in the first months of the winter season, can she turn things around and keep the wolf from their door until her chief instructor gets back from New Zealand? "Secrets in the Snow" is a collection of the early season stories from the 'White Cairns Ski School' novella series about a Scottish snowsports school. It contains Episodes 1-3 and 2 short stories: \* Winter Arrives (Episode 1) \* Skiing with Santa (Short story 1) \* A Dream for Hogmanay (Short story 2) \* Fear of Falling (Episode 2) \* My Snowy Valentine (Episode 3)