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    Xmas Cake: A Modern Fairy Tale
    Xmas Cake: A Modern Fairy Tale
    Xmas Cake: A Modern Fairy Tale
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    Xmas Cake: A Modern Fairy Tale

    By Raine O'Tierney

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    A story from Boughs of Evergreen: A Holiday Anthology

    XMAS CAKE: A MODERN FAIRY TALE
    by RAINE O’TIERNEY

    Once upon a snowy Christmas season, in the glowing metropolis of Midday...

    If this were a fairy tale Kyle would be the handsome prince and Riley would be the poor baker in distress. Oh wait, but that's exactly what it is!

    When Kyle Prince sees Riley collapse in the snow-covered parking lot, he swoops in to the rescue, whisking the feverish young man off to his high-rise apartment without a second thought.

    As Riley mends under Kyle's care, a feeling of closeness grows between the two men. But every fairy tale has its complications. Will the two find their happily ever after this Christmas?

    * * * * *

    ABOUT BOUGHS OF EVERGREEN

    Boughs of Evergreen is a two-volume collection of short stories celebrating the holiday season in all its diversity. Penned by authors from the UK, the USA, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, these are tales of the young and the not-so-young from many different walks of life.

    Themes of family, friendship and romance take readers on a journey through some of the major holidays, both past and present, including Thanksgiving, Advent, St. Lucia Day, Hanukkah, Saturnalia, Winter Solstice, Yule, Christmas and New Year. In each we find at the very least hope, and often love, peace and happiness.

    Authors' and publisher's proceeds from the sale of this anthology will be donated to The Trevor Project. The Trevor Project is the leading national organization [USA] providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-24.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBeaten Track Publishing
    Release dateDec 1, 2014
    ISBN9781909192430
    Xmas Cake: A Modern Fairy Tale
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    Raine O'Tierney

    Raine O’Tierney loves writing about first loves and friendship. She believes the best thing we can do in this life is be kind to one another, and hopes her stories always reflect that. Raine loves encouraging people to write and has been known to repeat the phrase “I believe everyone has a story to tell” endlessly, until she breaks down even the most stubborn nonwriter! Raine lives outside of Kansas City, Missouri, with her husband, fellow M/M author Siôn O’Tierney. When she’s not writing, she’s either playing video games or fighting the good fight for intellectual freedom at her library day job. Contact her if you’re interested in talking about point-and-click adventure games or about which dachshunds are the best kinds of dachshunds! Website: raineotierney.com Facebook Fan Page: www.facebook.com/RaineOTierneyAuthor Twitter: @RaineOTierney Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author/show/7770350.Raine_O_Tierney

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    Xmas Cake - Raine O'Tierney

    Boughs of Evergreen

    A Holiday Anthology

    XMAS CAKE:

    A MODERN FAIRY TALE

    by

    Raine O’Tierney

    SMASHWORDS EDITION

    * * * * *

    Copyright 2014 Raine O’Tierney.

    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 book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or 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.

    * * * * *

    This novel is a work of fiction and the characters and events in it exist only in its pages and in the author’s imagination.

    * * * * *

    Once upon a snowy Christmas season, in the glowing metropolis of Midday...

    If this were a fairy tale Kyle would be the handsome prince and Riley would be the poor baker in distress. Oh wait, but that’s exactly what it is!

    When Kyle Prince sees Riley collapse in the snow-covered parking lot, he swoops in to the rescue, whisking the feverish young man off to his high-rise apartment without a second thought.

    As Riley mends under Kyle’s care, a feeling of closeness grows between the two men. But every fairy tale has its complications. Will the two find their happily ever after this Christmas?

    * * * * *

    Table of Contents

    [All Fairy Tales Need a Good Prologue…]

    [A Standing Date]

    [The Baker Stumbles]

    [A Prince and an Angel to the Rescue!]

    [‘Not Kyle’]

    [The Nicest Apartment in All of Midday]

    [Soup Is Not Cake]

    [The Prince Brothers]

    [Donating Twenty Couches, So To Speak]

    [Big Spoon, Little Spoon]

    [Taking Responsibility]

    [Let Go of Your Pride, Mr. Harris]

    [The Baker and the Prince Miss Each Other Tremendously]

    [And They Started Their Happily Ever After…]

    About the Author

    Boughs of Evergreen – A Holiday Anthology

    * * * * *

    [All Fairy Tales Need a Good Prologue…]

    Once upon a Christmas season, in the snowy metropolitan city of Midday, there lived a rich prince, Kyle, and a poor baker named Riley. Mr. Kyle Prince resided in a grand high-rise apartment building with a view of the entire city, from the amphitheater to the art district. There was a doorman in white gloves, and Kyle was greeted by name as he walked through the lobby every morning. Businesspeople respected Mr. Prince; many took him into their confidence. He kept company with attractive people who lived in their own buildings, with their own doormen. Kyle was content and warm on snowy days.

    Riley Harris, if you turn the page, was freshly graduated from college, and now contended with those hungry wolves: creditors. He faced overwhelming student loans and credit card debt, and found very little in

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