by
Josie Riviera
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GENRE:
Contemporary Romance (sweet)
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Margaret
Snow doesn’t believe in fairy tales, but as a devoted mother she’s
determined to give her five-year-old daughter a Christmas filled with
heart-warming memories.
The
once successful LA swimsuit model returns to her small upstate New
York town to buy back the foreclosed trailer she once called home.
Her menagerie of rescue animals travel with her.
She
doesn’t expect to see her former high school sweetheart, the
athletic, ever-popular, and decisive Fernando Brandt.
Sparks
fly when she realizes that the teenage hockey star is now a
successful Realtor who is also interested in her dilapidated trailer
for reasons of his own.
But
can she resist the handsome, charismatic Prince Charming a second
time?
And
can she surrender her insecurities and accept the true gift of
Christmas, finally feeling worthy of unconditional love?
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Excerpt:
All the
poise and modeling classes were forgotten in the space of a second.
Fernando.
Fernando. Fernando. It couldn’t be, not after all these years. She
drew in a breath and held it.
He
brushed a hand through his dark hair, dampened from the icy weather.
“I heard you were back in town.”
She
swallowed. How did a man look so put together in this type of
weather? Her voice returned and matched her shaking body. “You live
in Owanda?”
“I
thought I did, although you’re making me question it.” He looked
around, a slight smile gracing his mouth. “Remember we lived two
blocks from each other?”
Except
she’d lived in the double-wide trailer at the edge of a trailer
park and he’d lived in a cozy bungalow with white shingles and a
red front door. She looked off for a moment, needing to focus on
something else, anything else. Grumpy appeared to be sleeping.
“How
could I ever forget?” she asked.
Fleeting
hurt dimmed his gaze, but the smile remained. “You forgot quickly,
actually.” He took a step forward, seemed to think better of
getting closer, and halted. “I’ve missed you.” He glanced at
the parrot. “Don’t tell me, let me guess. He’s blind.”
“Deaf.”
“Does
he talk?”
“No,
but sometimes he sings off-key.” She looked pointedly toward the
street. “Probably because he’s speechless at the terrible
weather.”
Fernando
laughed. “It’s not so bad here. Summers are very pleasant.”
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Amazon
Bestselling Author, Josie Riviera, is a member of Romance Writers of
America (RWA). She writes contemporary and historical sweet and
Christian romances. She’s a transplanted New Yorker now living in
the sunny Carolinas. She has three grown children and shares the
empty nest with her husband and the family dog.
Josie's
an expert at board games and a compulsive reader of every genre,
especially romance. In her spare time, she eats Peppermint Patties
because they're lower in calories than other chocolate candy.
You can
email her at josieriviera@aol.com
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Other
Books by Josie Riviera:
Seeking
Patience (Regency) http://tinyurl.com/a9nnbwy
Seeking
Catherine (Tudor Novella) http://tinyurl.com/9cka84m
We'd
Rather be Writing http://amzn.com/B01638N5PO
Lightning
Strikes http://amzn.com/B0090MXP0Q
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