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CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
When Millie's boss asks her to work over
Christmas, she's hesitant to give him any more overtime. She has plans for her
life that include quitting this job and starting her own photography business,
and she promises herself to quit by New Years.
Andrew Holmes has no desire to go back
to his tiny hometown for the holidays, but his manipulative grandfather gives
him an ultimatum that he just can't refuse. So in order to get the last project
of the year finished in time, he asks his assistant, Millie, to make the trip
with him.
With a disgruntled brother, a
sister-in-law struggling with infertility and a little boy who shows up
claiming that one of the Holmes men is his father, Christmas is about to get
complicated...
EXCERPT:
"So, Millie says she'd like to
stay," Andrew announced.
"Good." Louise shot her a
smile. "Do you like fruitcake, Millie?"
"I think so." Mille sank into
a seat next to her boss.
"Me, too..." Louise
disappeared into the fridge, her voice meandering out from the chilly depths.
Except I always hate the fruit in it. So I just make the cake. But the
cake is rather dry."
"It's more like a Christmas
cracker," Andrew murmured, and Millie repressed a laugh.
The dense, dry confection that landed
with a heavy thud on the tabletop looked nothing like the fruitcake she'd seen
in the past.
"Guests first." Louise
announced cheerfully, and when Millie shot Andrew a "help me" look,
he pointed under the table.
"Give it to the dog," he
mouthed.
The dog? So far, Millie hadn't seen a
dog in the house, and when she slowly raised the plastic tablecloth to peer
under the table, she was met with the biggest canine face she'd ever seen in
her life. Stifling a yelp of shock, she turned her ashen face towards Andrew.
"That's Edgar," Andrew said.
"Edgar?"
He nodded. "Get used to him."
When she turned her attention to the plate deposited in front of her, Andrew
leaned in and murmured in her ear. "Thanks for coming, by the way."
AUTHOR BIO:
Patty Froese writes from Alberta,
Canada, where the winters are ong and cold. This suits her just fine, since it
gives her plenty of time to write and she can enjoy the snow from the right
side of the window. She has her degree in English Literature and has written in
other genres, but she particularly enjoys writing romance. Patty also writes for Harlequin Love
Inspired under the name Patricia Johns.
http://pattyfroese.com
Patty,
why did you write this novel?
I started writing this novel at
Christmas last year, after my publisher said that they were looking for
Christmas stories for the upcoming year. It was particularly fun to write a Christmas
story during the holiday season, but I wanted to make sure that I showed a
family--the real kind--with quirks, kinks and dysfunction all over the
place. I also wanted to show how
Christmas and faith can make all the difference in the middle of a mess.
Tell us something
topical, interesting, funny, or something we would not expect about the writing or research of this novel.
This is a romance
that follows two couples--a CEO and the assistant that he can't live without,
and a married couple who struggle with infertility. I hadn't meant for the
married couple to get so much space into the book, but once I started working
on it, they took on flesh and bone and really intrigued me. I enjoy pairing a
more idealized couple with a more down to earth couple in my novels. While the
hero and heroine let us fall in love all over again, the other couple serves to
balance out the sweetness--some sea salt on the dark chocolate.
PURCHASE LINKS:
Amazon/Kindle.
Desert Breeze Publishing. http://www.desertbreezepublishing.com/a-christmas-bonus-epub/
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