Christmas, a Cabin and a Stranger
Sally Breslin
- Laurel’s
- only
- Christmas
- wish
- is
- to
- get
- as
- far
- away
- from
- the
- city,
- the
- festivities
- and
- especially
- her
- ex-boyfriend
- (who
- also
- happens
- to
- be
- her
- boss),
- as
- possible
- and
- spend
- the
- month
- of
- December
- working
- on
- her
- first
- novel.When
- a
- rental
- agent
- locates
- a
- cabin
- deep
- in
- the
- woods
- and
- offers
- it
- to
- Laurel,
- she
- leaps
- at
- the
- opportunity
- to
- stay
- there
- for
- the
- month.
- But
- as
- soon
- as
- she
- arrives,
- she
- senses
- that
- something
- isn’t
- right
- about
- the
- place.
- For
- one
- thing,
- she
- feels
- she
- constantly
- is
- being
- watched,
- even
- though
- the
- area
- is
- completely
- isolated.
- And
- then
- there
- is
- Doug,
- who
- appears
- on
- her
- doorstep
- one
- morning.
- He
- is
- handsome,
- helpful
- and
- friendly,
- and
- Laurel
- immediately
- is
- attracted
- to
- him.
- But
- he
- carefully
- avoids
- divulging
- any
- information
- about
- himself,
- other
- than
- he
- lives
- nearby,
- whenever
- she
- attempts
- to
- get
- to
- know
- him
- better.And
- he
- leaves
- no
- footprints
- in
- the snow…
