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    Santa's Secret
    Santa's Secret
    Santa's Secret
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    Santa's Secret

    By Michael P. Thomas

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    Samir is a lot closer to forty than he is to fourteen. For all the good it does him -- when he’s around cutie-pie Kerry, a waiter at his favorite happy hour hotspot, he feels more like a tween girl backstage with a boyband than any kind of upstanding professional.

    Especially when he’s drunkenly inspired to write a letter to Santa Claus, in which he asks to find Kerry under his tree on Christmas morning. A wish that verges on coming true, even, until Kerry breaks their Christmas Eve date for the worst reason Samir has ever been called upon to pretend to believe. But Santa works in mysterious ways ...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJMS Books LLC
    Release dateDec 26, 2015
    ISBN9781611528954
    Santa's Secret
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    Michael P. Thomas

    Michael P. Thomas is a former flight attendant whose mid-life career change to 911 operator has shown him that the widespread fear of sharing and receiving love is a real emergency. He writes to spread love and encourage others to do likewise. And a little bit to scare the gay-haters. For more information, visit facebook.com/GoReadMichaelPThomas.

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      Book preview

      Santa's Secret - Michael P. Thomas

      Santa’s Secret

      By Michael P. Thomas

      Published by JMS Books LLC

      Visit jms-books.com for more information.

      Copyright 2015 Michael P Thomas

      ISBN 9781611528954

      Cover Design: Written Ink Designs | written-ink.com

      Image(s) used under a Standard Royalty-Free License.

      All rights reserved.

      WARNING: This book is not transferable. It is for your own personal use. If it is sold, shared, or given away, it is an infringement of the copyright of this work and violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

      No portion of this book may be transmitted or reproduced in any form, or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher, with the exception of brief excerpts used for the purposes of review.

      This book is for ADULT AUDIENCES ONLY. It may contain sexually explicit scenes and graphic language which might be considered offensive by some readers. Please store your files where they cannot be accessed by minors.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are solely the product of the author’s imagination and/or are used fictitiously, though reference may be made to actual historical events or existing locations. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      Published in the United States of America.

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      Santa’s Secret

      By Michael P. Thomas

      The chicken tender is the World’s Most Perfect Food, Samir is explaining to Lisa, his favorite co-worker. He’s on his third beer, which keeps him from realizing he’s delivered these remarks before, and she’s near the bottom of her second glass of rosé, which keeps her from particularly caring. A paper-lined plastic basket of the perfection in question has just been plunked on the table between them by a teenaged food-runner at Michigan’s, and Samir always takes a moment to sing its praises before he sets about dunking his dinner in a selection of sauces.  

      He pauses long enough to toss a Thanks at the kid who delivers them, then carries on. "They can be whatever you want them to be—tonight they’re Asian-sesame, tomorrow barbecue, ‘Let’s try curry!’ You eat them with your fingers. He fishes one out of the basket to demonstrate and invites Lisa to do the same. And you can dip them

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