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    Miracle on Main Street: A Snow Creek Christmas Novella
    Miracle on Main Street: A Snow Creek Christmas Novella
    Miracle on Main Street: A Snow Creek Christmas Novella
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    Miracle on Main Street: A Snow Creek Christmas Novella

    By Lisa Hughey

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    A hometown son who can't wait to leave. A damaged orphan who needs to stay. Can two broken souls be healed in a town that embraces the magic of love?

    Drew Decker returns to Snow Creek after the death of his mother to clean out their family home, but he dreads churning up old memories of the town he hated and the mother he loved. Drew doesn't want anyone to witness his pain, not even the woman who took care of his mother at the end of her life.

    Britney Lamb never belonged anywhere until Janine Decker, and the town of Snow Creek, took her in and treated her like a daughter. She promises Janine she will stay and help go through the house with her adult children, so Drew—Asshole—Decker is not going to force her to break her promise, no matter how unkindly he treats her.

    But as they sort through years of good and bad memories, can two unexpected lovers find redemption and forgiveness in each other?

    Return to the charming town of Snow Creek for another heartwarming and heart wrenching tale of two unexpected lovers and the healing power of love.


    Miracle on Main Street continues in the tradition of Love on Main Street: A Snow Creek Christmas by bringing a new holiday love story for readers to enjoy.

    MORE ABOUT LOVE ON MAIN STREET: A SNOW CREEK CHRISTMAS

    Where love begins on Main Street and ends happily ever after....

    Christmas, the most magical season, is almost upon the small mountain town of Snow Creek. For seven couples, holiday wishes mean more than just gifts or parties. Can Snow Creek pull off its annual holiday miracle of bringing love to town?

    Featuring seven original romances by New York Times Bestselling Author Juliet Blackwell, USA Today Bestselling Author Lisa Hughey, and Amazon Bestselling Authors LGC Smith, Cecilia Gray, Adrienne Bell, Rachel Herron, & Ruby Laska
     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSalty Kisses Press, LLC
    Release dateOct 12, 2016
    ISBN9780990379348
    Miracle on Main Street: A Snow Creek Christmas Novella
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    Lisa Hughey

    USA Today Bestselling Author Lisa Hughey started writing romance in the fourth grade. That particular story involved a prince and an engagement. Now, she writes about strong heroines who are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves and the heroes who love both their strength and their vulnerability. She pens romances of all types—suspense, paranormal, and contemporary—but at their heart, all her books celebrate the power of love. She lives in Cape Ann Massachusetts with her fabulously supportive husband, two out of three awesome mostly-grown kids, and one somewhat grumpy cat. Yoga, hiking, and traveling are her favorite ways to pass the time when she isn’t plotting new ways to get her characters to fall in love. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LisaHugheyRomanceAuthor/   (Facebook reader group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1461466603883492/) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lisahughey Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisa.hughey/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/lisahugheyautho/ www.lisahughey.com

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      Miracle on Main Street - Lisa Hughey

      Chapter 1

      December 10

      Snow Creek, California

      Drew Decker parked in front of the Main Street Diner and turned off the car. The tick, tick, tick of the engine was the only noise in the silent, December night. Normally this time of year, snowflakes drifted lazily to the sidewalk and created a scene straight out of Currier and Ives.

      There hadn’t been a lot of snowfall this year, the drought had edged into the Sierras. Instead of piles and piles of snow, random patches of grass and dirt were visible between the melted snow. The town looked nothing like his memories of Christmas perfection.

      Which was ironic, because Drew had always hated Snow Creek. At least, he’d hated the town since he was ten years old. The picture postcard purity of his home town had always felt like a cage. Now, he could finally be free of the restrictive chains of the quaint little town. He laughed at the bitter irony. Because his freedom had come at a horrible price.

      His mother was dead.

      The sorrow, an empty, unrelenting ache, consumed him like a black hole. He couldn’t believe she was gone. There was nothing to tie him to this place anymore.

      He just had to endure the next two days, then one final week in Snow Creek, and he could wipe the last of this town’s dust from his shoes and never look back.

      He wasn’t sure what he was doing in front of the diner.

      He’d just known that he couldn’t go home yet. He’d had an urgent need to see Britney Lamb. To be in her presence and absorb her peace. He couldn’t even articulate why he felt that way. He’d seen her every time he came home to visit his mother for the last seven months. Had to hold back the unexpected and inadvisable attraction to a woman who was so totally off limits it should have been a no brainer. She was taking care of his mother. She was the biological mother of his adopted niece and nephew. She loved the town he hated. He could come up with a million reasons why being attracted to Britney was a bad idea.

      But for those few minutes every visit, they’d forged a connection that transcended bad ideas. Right now, with the ache in his heart and the grief in his mind, the only person he wanted was Britney.

      He stared through the window of the Main Street Diner, a fixture in the town for the last sixty years. Faded Christmas lights blinked off and on in the window looking old and tired. But the Wiseman brothers had clearly been doing some upgrades since the logo, a retro coffee cup with a curl of steam, sparkled on the shiny new plate glass window. Through the large picture window, Britney paused at an occupied table, her head cocked and a tight smile on her face. As she joked and chatted with the customers she appeared relaxed and at ease. He knew why he was here. He just wanted some of her calm to rub off on him. He needed her.

      Something about her presence drew him. She burned with an inner peace that seemed to quiet the turmoil inside him with just the barest of interaction. Britney had been living with Mom for the last seven months, helping the family out so that Ally and Nick could stay in Sacramento during the week and Drew could follow his dream.

      His mother had insisted Drew take this job. Yeah, it was the opportunity of a lifetime.

      Drew had been working with Rudolph Lovell, the premiere wolf wildlife conservationist in the world. He’d been chosen out of thousands of applicants. The once in a lifetime chance to re-introduce the gray wolf back into the wildlife population in the Northern Sierra mountains after the success of the program in Yellowstone had been the ultimate honor.

      But at what cost?

      Drew had applied to the program before his mother had gotten sick. Part of the reason he’d been chosen for this team was because of his ties to the local area. Which was ironic since he hated his home town.

      There was nothing to tie him to Snow Creek anymore.

      He was sure someday he’d be pleased, but right now, no ties to the town that raised him didn’t seem so great. Besides his crippling need to see Brit, he couldn’t face the house just yet. He needed a shot of her serenity before he went to his childhood home and dealt with the reality that his mother was truly gone.

      That compulsion to see Britney, gather her tranquility, hit him dead center in the chest.

      Drew pushed open the door to the diner, the cheery jingle from the bells attached to the inside, startled him momentarily.

      He stopped abruptly.

      Britney continued to scribble on her order pad. Be right with y— She chose that moment to look up and he realized his earlier assessment was wrong. Her eyes were rimmed with red, and her cheeks were pale with fatigue. Her hair was piled on top of her head in her signature fun bun, but it was clear that fun was the last thing on her mind.

      She blinked, then registered his appearance. He had a week-long beard and he’d spent the last two days hiking back to base camp to get home. He hadn’t had time to do anything more than pack his duffel and head to Snow Creek.

      Luckily, their project had state of the art satellite communications and they’d been able to reach him immediately to let him know that mom had passed. He’d just been home two weekends ago.

      Drew knew he was scruffy and on the ripe side. They’d been finishing the tagging of the last of the wolves before Christmas. From now through the Spring mating period, they’d be mostly inside the base camp trailer, using Wi-Fi to track the migratory and nesting patterns of the relocated wolves. Besides the GPS monitoring of the wolves’ movements, they had installed cameras at various predicted activity sites, hoping to catch more of the wolves habits and their social hierarchy on film.

      Hey Drew. Britney stuffed the paper pad in her apron pocket and walked determinedly toward him.

      She paused. Her shadowed brown sugar gaze unsure. They normally didn’t have physical contact. On his end, he danced around the attraction he’d felt for her since day one. He wasn’t sure what her excuse was.

      Britney, he rasped. His voice was gruff because he hadn’t spoken yet today, and the tight grip his grief had on his throat constricted his ability to speak.

      I’m sorry. She awkwardly curved her arms around his back and squeezed while barely touching him.

      Drew stood docilely in her quick embrace but made no move to return

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