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    Christmas with Holly
    Christmas with Holly
    Christmas with Holly
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    Christmas with Holly

    By Di Topaz

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    Cara Dayton’s new job could not have started at a better time. She was excited about finally being able to send financial help to her family. Especially with Christmas was just around the corner.
    Matthew Holly had his share of ups and downs. He was thankful that things were finally taking a turn for the better. Now it was time for him to give back to those who had helped him.
    Work keeps both of them from their families during the holiday. What will they do when their paths cross? Will they let the love of Christmas prevail?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDi Topaz
    Release dateDec 22, 2014
    ISBN9781311773081
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      Christmas with Holly - Di Topaz

      Christmas with Holly

      Di Topaz

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are

      products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be

      construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations,

      or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this

      copyrighted work is illegal. No part of this book may be used or reproduced

      electronically or in print without written permission by the author.

      Christmas with Holly

      Copyright © 2014, Di Topaz

      Cover Artist: Covers by K Designs

      Editor: Bernadette Schane

      This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This book may not be resold

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      reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only,

      then please return to store and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting

      the hard work of this author.

      DEDICATION

      To my angel in heaven Joshua Travis, we think that God took you away too soon but only He knows best. I love and miss you always. Keep looking down on us.

      To all my readers, I want to thank you for your love and support. I want you all to know I am nothing without you.

      To Yvette, thank you for support my wild dreams. Thank you for all the late night and early morning talks. You ROCK!

      Merry Christmas

      Chapter One

      Cara loved Christmas music and could listen to it year round. In fact, she didn’t have to look for her favorite CD because it was already on rotation in the player. What she did do was load the remainder into the changer. She’d selected repeat on her system. The music blasted and Cara sang along with each track. She wasn’t sure how many times it had repeated. She just continued to sing and dance through the kitchen.

      The thought of spending her first Christmas alone had Cara trying to do everything she usually did with her family. This included cooking. With the counter tops and island all filled with baking sheets, she was mixing another batch of cookies. Of course this didn’t count the dozens she’d already packaged up.

      She had several boxed and ready to be shipped. That would be her first errand in the morning. She knew how disappointed her family was that she would not be able to come home for Christmas. Her hope was that sending them their favorite traditional cookie would help to ease the pain.

      She planned to box the cookies that were now cooling and take them to work with her tomorrow. She hoped everyone there would appreciate the tasty treats. She had not been with the company long. They worked holidays on a rotating system, and she didn’t mind because she appreciated the overtime that came during this time of year. Keisha, her supervisor, was always nice about offering overtime to those who needed it. Considering any of the additional funds she earned were sent home to help with her family. She made a decent income there which was the reason she’d moved to North Carolina.

      The timer sounded for her to remove the next batch from the oven. She was puzzled as she looked around for somewhere to sit the baking sheet. Not seeing any other space, she balanced the pan on the edge of the sink. She definitely needed to package more now. Walking to the corner to retrieve two of the decorative containers she’d purchased, she filled them for Keisha and the remainder she’d place in the individual snowflake and candy cane bags she’d purchased.

      Once she’d bundled all those that were cool, she placed the empty sheet and racks into the dishwasher. She would bake the last batch she’d just mixed and allow them and those she’d just removed to cool overnight. It would probably be about midnight before she’d make it to bed.

      Cara never had required much sleep, but she knew she needed to be well rested. She hadn’t made any errors on orders but she had seen the wrath of Keisha when others had. That was something she did not care to have happen to her. She needed to make sure she was alert, especially with the increase of orders coming in. The holidays were really picking up.

      * * *

      Matthew locked the door after the last person had left. The food kitchen had become even busier over the last few months. With the increasingly cold temperatures he knew how it was to just need a hot meal.

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