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?
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.”
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
She
ALWAYS answers.
Other
Books by Josie Riviera:
SeekingPatience (Regency)
SeekingCatherine (Tudor Novella)
Sounds like a really sweet story!
ReplyDeleteJen,
DeleteHopefully it will make you laugh and cry--the perfect romance read.
Like the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteKim,
DeleteMargaret Snow, the heroine, is a former swimsuit model. Her secret is huge but hopefully forgivable.
Thank you for informing me about this book.
ReplyDeleteSara, You are very welcome. It's a busy time of year but also the perfect time to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate and a "sweet" romance read.
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ReplyDeleteWhat is your favorite fairy tale?
A Snowy White Christmas is loosely based on the fairy tale, Snow White, and Margaret, the heroine, is said to be Snow White's original name. But that's where the similarities end because this novella explores childhood deafness, dwarfism, pets with deformities (yes, a deaf parrot) and sickle cell sickness.
Readers are saying that A Snowy White Christmas reads like a Hallmark movie. Please leave a comment and hope you enjoy this "sweet" Christmas novella.
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