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    Holiday Romance Short Stories: Book Two
    Holiday Romance Short Stories: Book Two
    Holiday Romance Short Stories: Book Two
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    Holiday Romance Short Stories: Book Two

    By CJ Hawk

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    Holiday short stories to get you through the holidays with a bit of Mystery, a dash of Romance and an ending with a whole lot of steamy mistletoe kissing going on.

    Sexy Miss Claus is coming to town, and she wants to save Santa the trip by being naughty, then again, being nice might just bring her romantic cookies and milk guy back on around to snuggle. Take your pick. There is naughty, oh so naughty and there is lighthearted romance nice. It's the holidays so everything gets a bit of spice with it.

    I'll start you out with a bit of Chaos at Christmas, add in a dose of heartwarming holiday ending, add a dash of light-hearted romance and end you with a steamy Christmas feeling. Each story is a bit different, there is laughter, pull on your emotional heartstrings, have you wondering about the magic of mistletoe, dreaming of a white Christmas and ending with ah... romance.

    CJ Hawk writes chick lit in many forms, mystery, and romances both naughty and nice, light-hearted reads and good old-fashioned feeling for a chick that needs her lit. Here are a few toss another log on the fireplace holiday stories and fill up my spiced apple cider dear, because winter time and books are like frosting and a cupcake. They just go together so nicely, but the creamy filling makes it naughty. Enjoy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCJ Hawk
    Release dateOct 31, 2013
    ISBN9781311008916
    Holiday Romance Short Stories: Book Two
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    CJ Hawk

    I am an independently published author that finds scraps of time to write with intentions to escape the perils of a working life while owning and operating three small businesses with my husband, raising teen boys, sixteen paws (yes four shelter dogs) and a tank full of fish that keep multiplying on their own every time we look for baby fish – free fish anyone? For all of the chaos, testing of mental fortitude, strength and intuition I have endured, I have a lot to be thankful for.Recent years have put my dedication to writing time on the back burner. There were a few major surgeries within my immediate household, to then have major changes in life in general. As of 2015, I lost my mother to the final battle of Ovarian Cancer. She was a strong independent woman that I loved deeply but often saw things quite a bit differently, yet only a mother knows, you love your child no matter what - and that love will always find a way.Between our business, teens, my mother’s cancer battle and life, I have found a renewed sense of what makes me content when the tides are trying to drown me... and that is to be creative in any whimsical way that nudges me. I am back to writing full force when time allows, painting, gardening, taking pictures, knitting or my all-time favorite thing that helped me morn my loss, scrapbooking. All of these things are so very therapeutic and to be able to share with others, gives me joy.I hope you like my books, not perfect as they could be; but life is not perfect and is meant to be enjoyed nonetheless. – CJ Hawk

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      Holiday Romance Short Stories - CJ Hawk

      Holiday Romance Short Stories

      Published at Smashwords.com and Copyright 2013 CJ Hawk

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      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only and strictly fictional. The final story contains adult content and is intended for mature adults.

      Table Of Contents

      Chaos At Christmas - Mystery Romance

      Snowflake Kisses - Light Hearted Romance

      Baby Its Cold Outside - Chick Lit.

      Save Santa The Trip - Be Naughty

      Holiday short stories to get you through the holidays with a bit of Mystery, a dash of Romance and an ending with a whole lot of steamy mistletoe kissing going on.

      Sexy Miss Claus is coming to town, and she wants to save Santa the trip by being naughty, then again, being nice might just bring her romantic cookies and milk guy back on around to snuggle. Take your pick. There is naughty, oh so naughty and there is lighthearted romance nice. It's the holidays so everything gets a bit of spice with it.

      I'll start you out with a bit of Chaos at Christmas, add in a dose of heartwarming holiday ending, add a dash of light-hearted romance and end you with a steamy Christmas feeling. Each story is a bit different, there is laughter, pull on your emotional heartstrings, have you wondering about the magic of mistletoe, dreaming of a white Christmas and ending with ah... romance.

      CJ Hawk writes chick lit in many forms, mystery, and romances both naughty and nice, light-hearted reads and good old-fashioned feeling for a chick that needs her lit. Here are a few toss another log on the fireplace holiday stories and fill up my spiced apple cider dear, because winter time and books are like frosting and a cupcake. They just go together so nicely, but the creamy filling makes it naughty. Enjoy.

      Chaos at Christmas - Mystery Romance

      I wanted to take my mother's annual holiday to-do list and put it in my fake fireplace of burning gel on glass rocks that sat in a modern frame on my living room wall. It was the semblance of tossing it in there that made me want to do it; however, the beautiful white glass rocks and the image of ugly black torched paper in those sparkling rocks stopped me from doing something stupid.

      I, Amanda Brock, did not like other people's to-do list, only my own. My five foot six frame and size eight body had enough mental compartmentalizing going on that I did not like someone else adding to the weight of my mental repertoire that I must get as much done as I humanly possibly can. My mom's holiday to-do list always made me nuts, but what made me crazier was the fact that she never did it digitally. It always came in a nice holiday looking envelope on some type of cheery holiday paper and a personalized list of what was expected.

      One year she screwed up and sent me my sisters. I was livid. My sister Jasmine had half the amount of things to do then I did. My, how quick my father was to cover up my mother's mistake by making me feel better that I can handle twice as much. It's not that my sister isn't capable; it's just that she put the capital P in procrastination and that in itself could create doomsday effects on my mother's holiday planning.

      I glanced again at the neatly typed list, inevitably on her old typewriter. Some things about my mom would just not progress. She finally broke down, got a cell phone, and tried to return it when she thought it was broken, when in actuality, all she needed to do was charge it.

      On the list was five bricks of Velvetta cheese, twenty cans of Hormel brand chili no beans, pull top style a must. This year's Hallmark holiday ornament, dated of course. A request for six different rolls of wrapping paper, at least two hundred fifty feet in length, and a forklift size box of bows. There were at least twenty-five things on this list, some easy, some not so easy. The last item was pretty darn clear in its explanation for the family holiday event - bring a future husband date - ugh!

      Try as I might, I have asked my mom if we could at least be green by skipping the bows, yet the gawking look I got will be forever embedded in my mind. You know that look your mother gives you as if you just told her that you will never give her a grandchild. That look.

      I glanced over the typical annual deed of donating goods and gifts to the church for the holiday gift giving on Black Friday. Why she always insisted that I had to do it that day, I will never know? My father said that my mother felt that if she donated before Thanksgiving, it would be as if she was materializing the meaning of Christmas, however, to give the day after when the world is at a shopping frenzy, it will put her one step closer to heaven by getting them so early. Yet, she was not the one driving them there at the designated time of seven pm to meet the pastor who awaited her visit every year.

      The annual play for one of my cousins was on the list as a 'must' family does together, along with the zoo lights which last year had us there in five degree weather. No freaking animal was out of their warm cave or indoor hideout and there was an electric hitch that caused the pretty lighted displays to go out. Probably froze their titty wires off.

      Further down on the list was helping my Great Uncle Morty with his outdoor Christmas decorations. He is the reason we no longer have chip dip made of Velveeta and chili with beans. Four years ago was unbearable. That and I always slip a squirt of beano on something tasty the minute he walks through the door, and then I practically shove it into his mouth.

      Helping Great Uncle Morty is kind of trip down memory lane. I have been helping him since I was ten, the year after my Great Aunt Mildred passed; God rest her soul. That year he gave me a brand new five-dollar bill and every year after that he continued to do so. When I approached the age of twenty, I told him that it was really a symbolic gesture, and that he did not have to do it. I will never forget his crackly voice barking at me. What? You don't appreciate the value of the dollar. Every penny counts. That's five smackaroonies if you ask me. Go buy yourself something nice, or better yet, do what I do, get five of those scratch tickets and win yourself some money.

      I'm thirty now, or at least that is what my driver's license says

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