A Novel Christmas
Charity Shane
- A
- prominent
- romance
- author
- has
- a
- slump
- in
- her
- love
- life
- and
- book
- sales,
- but
- a
- chance
- encounter
- with
- a
- hot
- firefighter
- helps
- her
- reignite
- her
- muse
- in
- this
- swoony
- holiday
- romance,
- perfect
- for
- book
- romantics.Saira
- Wright
- is
- a
- prominent
- Black
- romance
- author
- who
- has
- been
- signed
- to
- the
- most
- prestigious
- publisher
- of
- African
- American
- works,
- Brownstone
- Literature.
- Her
- career
- has
- been
- successful
- for
- the
- past
- five
- years.
- However,
- she’s
- in
- a
- slump,
- and
- so
- are
- her
- sales
- and
- reviews.
- The
- romance
- she
- has
- been
- known
- for
- seems
- to
- be
- zapped
- out
- of
- her
- stories
- .
- .
- .
- and
- her
- love
- life.Eager
- to
- get
- Saira
- back
- on
- top
- of
- the
- charts,
- her
- publisher
- has
- given
- her
- an
- ultimatum—write
- a
- chart-topping
- holiday
- romance
- or
- be
- dropped
- from
- the
- publishing
- house.
- There’s
- only
- one
- problem:
- Saira
- strongly
- opposes
- penning
- holiday
- books.
- To
- her,
- they
- are
- cliché
- and
- off-brand,
- but
- with
- her
- career
- on
- the
- line,
- she’s
- forced
- to
- give
- it
- a
- shot.
- To
- capture
- the
- spirit
- of
- the
- holidays,
- she
- books
- a
- vacation
- in
- the
- most
- “Christmassy”
- town
- she
- can
- find.Sharing
- the
- other
- side
- of
- her
- rented
- duplex
- is
- the
- owner,
- Dorian
- Black,
- a
- volunteer
- firefighter,
- and
- the
- town’s
- little
- league
- football
- coach.
- He’s
- also
- “Mr.
- December”
- in
- the
- firefighter’s
- annual
- fundraising
- calendar
- .
- .
- .
- and
- every
- woman’s
- dream.
- Years
- ago,
- Dorian
- was
- happily
- married
- to
- the
- love
- of
- his
- life
- until
- cancer
- took
- her
- away
- from
- him.
- Still
- coping
- with
- the
- loss,
- a
- romantic
- relationship
- is
- the
- furthest
- thing
- from
- his
- mind.
- However,
- when
- he
- encounters
- his
- new
- tenant
- for
- the
- holiday,
- sparks
- fly
- and
- a
- fire
- is
- ignited
- that
- not
- even
- he
- can
- extinguish.As
- the
- two
- navigate
- through
- various
- encounters,
- holiday
- festivities,
- and
- a
- snowstorm,
- will
- the
- magic
- of
- Christmas
- help
- them
- rediscover
- a
- long-awaited connection?
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