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    Underneath the Mistletoe
    Underneath the Mistletoe
    Underneath the Mistletoe
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    Underneath the Mistletoe

    By Laura Shinn

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    Spicy Novelette - Scott Helling allows his best friend, Tiffany Ashby, to talk him into playing Santa for a group of children at the local shelter, while she plays Santa's helper. He can hardly function once he sees her in the green, shorty skirt. What he really wants Tiffany to help him do involves hot nights and cool sheets rather than passing out Christmas gifts and keeping his distance. Exactly when did he begin thinking of Tiffany as his would-be lover rather than his best friend?

    Tiffany has waited ages for Scott to see her in a romantic light, and not only as his best friend. Watching him play Santa for the kids with energetic flair, and kindness where needed, makes her love him even more. If only her own Christmas wish for a life with Scott could come true.

    When circumstances force a passionate kiss underneath the mistletoe, will their relationship finally change? Can best friends turned lovers find their happily-ever-after?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLaura Shinn
    Release dateJun 11, 2011
    ISBN9781458139030
    Underneath the Mistletoe
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    Laura Shinn

    My writing didn't truly begin until I became a junior in high school. A friend encouraged me to write a short story, like the one he was writing, and I gave it a shot. It was a spin-off between Mork and Mindy and Star Wars. What it lacked in plot direction was replaced with adventure and fun dialogue. This first attempt accomplished its purposed and I was forever overtaken by the writing bug.Over the next few years I read like crazy, mostly historical novels. I didn't begin reading contemporaries until I got married several years later. I decided I wanted to write a time travel like the one my favorite author had written. Constance O'Day Flannery became my first inspiration to become a published author. {Since then I have had the honor of meeting and learning from many different authors: Suzanne Brockmann, Madeline Baker, Christine Feehan, Michele Bardsley, Jo Beverley and many more.}I love to read. New ideas for novels pop into my head at the most inconvenient times. The idea that you can create a magical or mysterious world with only the touch of your fingers to a keyboard encourages me to write more.While in college, at Howard Payne University in Brownwood Texas, I majored in English {minored in Art} and wanted desperately to become a published author. I've continued to work on my writing and designing skills and hope to one day achieve the same level of talent as many of my favorite authors.I have a wonderful husband, two boys, two dogs and two cats. We currently live in central Texas.I offer my clients design work for ebook and print, formatting and uploading only to Smashwords and Amazon.View my website for more details: http://laurashinn.yolasite.com.

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      Book preview

      Underneath the Mistletoe - Laura Shinn

      Underneath the Mistletoe

      Laura Shinn

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      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright © 2011 Laura Shinn

      Cover Art Copyright © 2011 Laura Shinn Designs

      http://laurashinn.yolasite.com

      Digital ISBN: 978-1-4581-3903-0

      [Revised/2018]

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this ebook with other people, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you are reading this ebook without purchasing it and it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Underneath the Mistletoe is a work of fiction. Though the names of actual towns, cities, locations, and events may be mentioned, they are used in a fictitious manner and the majority of occurrences were invented in the mind and imagination of the author. Similarities of characters or names used within to any person, past, present, or future, are coincidental.

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      Other books available by this author:

      FICTION

      Someone To Watch Over Me – Angels of the Realm series/Book 1

      A Matter of Trust – The Men of Wellington, Texas series/Book One

      Nightlife Anthology

      Night Hunter

      Conceived in Darkness

      Chances Are

      A Christmas Vow

      Underneath the Mistletoe

      The Hands of Time

      NON-FICTION

      Too Late: A Dramatic Play

      SIN: Origins, Consequences & Deliverance

      To view more of Laura Shinn’s stories or cover designs,

      visit: http://laurashinn.yolasite.com

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      Underneath the Mistletoe

      Scott Helling allows his best friend, Tiffany Ashby, to talk him into playing Santa for a group of children at the local shelter, while she plays Santa's helper. He can hardly function once he sees her in the green, shorty skirt. What he really wants Tiffany to help him do involves hot nights and cool sheets rather than passing out Christmas gifts and keeping his distance. Exactly when did he begin thinking of Tiffany as his would-be lover rather than his best friend?

      Tiffany has waited ages for Scott to see her in a romantic light, and not only as his best friend. Watching him play Santa for the kids with energetic flair, and kindness where needed, makes her love him even more. If only her own Christmas wish for a life with Scott could come true.

      When circumstances force a passionate kiss underneath the mistletoe, will their relationship finally change? Can best friends turned lovers find their happily-ever-after?

      ~ * ~ * ~ * ~

      Reviews

      {Below is a review given when Underneath the Mistletoe was originally published. I now publish under my own name, but have retained the original review.}

      SMASHWORDS:

      Review by: William Wayne Dicksion on Feb. 24, 2013 : 5 Stars!

      I enjoyed this book, too. A short read but has a very good heart-warming story.

      (reviewed the day of purchase)

      (Previously appeared in A Christmas Collection Anthology: Spicy 2010)

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      Chapter One

      I can’t believe I let you talk me into this.

      Scott Helling secured the Santa hat on his head and made sure the belt fastened tightly around the overly large Santa suit. Even the boots were too large and he wore a size ten.

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