Romantic Comedy Holiday Novellas

Giving back our aim, shenanigans our game

 

Gingerbread Gorgeous – Regina and Harry’s story – fish out of water

He’s new in town. She’s off men for good.

Regina was in full Grinch mode. Harry needed a holiday miracle. Will a gingerbread cookie crash paste them together?

Chef Regina Mulligan would have preferred to cancel Christmas, but the season didn’t give her a choice. A staycation was the best medicine after her wedding and Bali honeymoon imploded. She’d stay safe among her military friends, bake cookies, and avoid men.

Retired Army Ranger Harry Stuart took the non-profit job to be close to his niece and her fiancé, the only family he had left. He knew feeding people was his new mission, but then the roof caved in on his festive dinner plans. Harry needed a platoon of cooks. Fast.

Can Regina stay away from her tempting gingerbread man? Will Harry’s military skills help him survive a pineapple alert? Can Regina and Harry outflank the intentions of the matchmaking Single Santa’s Club? Or will an unexpected bad elf sabotage everything?

 

Chef Gorgeous – Melinda and Trainor’s story – second chance enemies to lovers

Melinda needed a quiet Christmas Eve at home. But a good deed lands her in an enemy kitchen.

Former Army cook Melinda Dawkins was almost off the clock and heading home when a special request changes her plans. Instead, she ends up face-to-face with her chef nemesis from the past, Navy Senior Chief Trainor Richardson.

How will her ex-instructor respond when his former student appears in his holiday eve kitchen? Will a Christmas Eve emergency pastry call-out turn into the night of their lives? Or a disaster of epic proportions.

Pastry, bad weather, and Mother Nature surprises.

What can go right?

 

Santa Gorgeous – Samantha and Kyle’s Story – second chance secret high school crush

Samantha needed a Santa replacement. Pronto. Not her secret former high school crush.

Air Force veteran Samantha “Sam” Fanconi had her official elf duties all planned for the holidays. Until her go-to Santa has a family emergency. Now the library fundraiser is in trouble. With no time to spare, she has to find and train a rookie Saint Nick.

Air Force firefighter Kyle Wilder, favorite football son of Hat River, moved back home and switched firehouses for a change. He wanted to stay off the town’s radar. When his new chief assigns him to be the last-minute Santa fill-in, will this veteran firefighter step up to the task? Or will a Grinch blast from his past scuttle Santa’s sleigh?

A snug Santa suit, kid crazies, and hot cocoa overload.

Can Santa and his elf save Christmas?