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    A Holiday Ruse
    A Holiday Ruse
    A Holiday Ruse
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    A Holiday Ruse

    By Stephanie Hoyt

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    Kezia’s been harboring feelings for Magdalena for what feels like an eternity. She’s made peace with that. But when her happily committed best friend is suddenly single, that peace is disturbed. Especially when Magdalena comes to Kezia asking for a huge, unreasonable favor. Kezia doesn’t know how to say no, even though she knows she should. Will she be able to maintain her composure while helping the broken-hearted Magdalena? Or will pretending to have the girl of her dreams only lead to a broken heart of her own?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNineStar Press, LLC
    Release dateNov 20, 2017
    ISBN9781947904347
    A Holiday Ruse
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    Stephanie Hoyt

    Thematically, Stephanie likes magic and spies and magical spies. Aesthetically, she likes glitter and gold and pineapples. She wants to put more soft, sweet bi representation into the world so that people like her teen-self can see themselves in their favorite genres and know that who they are is nothing to be ashamed of.She currently lives in the Great White North (Wisconsin) with her husband, daughter, and three dogs. The only thing getting her through these Midwest winters is the soothing sound of Tim Riggins saying “Texas forever” and the prospect of one day moving back there.She loves a good astrology twitter but ultimately only believes in it when her husband calls her stubborn and then her response is: “Well, I am a Taurus.”

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      A Holiday Ruse - Stephanie Hoyt

      A NineStar Press Publication

      Published by NineStar Press

      P.O. Box 91792,

      Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87199 USA.

      www.ninestarpress.com

      A Holiday Ruse

      Copyright © 2017 by Stephanie Hoyt

      Cover Art by Natasha Snow Copyright © 2017

      Edited by: Jason Bradley

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form, whether by printing, photocopying, scanning or otherwise without the written permission of the publisher. To request permission and all other inquiries, contact NineStar Press at the physical or web addresses above or at Contact@ninestarpress.com

      ISBN: 978-1-947904-34-7

      Printed in the USA

      First Edition

      November, 2017

      A Holiday Ruse

      Stephanie Hoyt

      Table of Contents

      Dedication

      A Holiday Ruse

      About the Author

      To everyone who wants to see themselves in the sparkly, bright worlds of holiday romcoms: this one’s for you.

      NOVEMBER 22ND: 38 DAYS UNTIL MARIELA’S WEDDING

      "Kezia, please call me back when you get a moment. Sonya’s gone and ruined my whole entire life! And even worse—because of course it wasn't bad enough as is—she's gone and ruined Christmas of all things, too! And look, I know it's late and that tomorrow's Thanksgiving and you’re probably super busy, but I really need to talk to someone. And honestly, I just want that someone to be you. Please. Just call me when you can, okay?"

      NOVEMBER 23RD: 37 DAYS UNTIL THE WEDDING

      Kezia wakes up to thirteen missed calls, a string of text messages that altogether read: sorry for the dramatics but Sonya went and BROKE UP WITH ME and idk if that was clear or not, and one frantic voicemail from a sniffling Magdalena.

      The series of thoughts that go through Kezia’s sleep-addled mind are: thank God; shit, I'm a terrible friend; and Jesus Christ, I thought they were going to get married. She doesn't know what to do. She doesn't know what to say. She doesn't know how to comfort her when all she really feels is relieved about the fact that she'll never again have to witness the sickeningly sweet smile that crosses Magdalena’s face any time she talks about Sonya. That makes her feel horrible because what kind of friend feels relieved when one of their closest friends gets dumped by the girl of her dreams?

      A shitty friend. Or—

      The kind that's in love.

      Unfortunately for Kezia, it's the latter of the two and it has been for quite some time now.

      She's not up to masking her relief just yet, but she doesn't want to leave the messages unanswered—that would crush Magdalena. She's not going to miss Magdalena's relationship with Sonya, but she doesn't want to be uncaring, especially when Magdalena is feeling vulnerable, so she texts back well, fuck her.

      She panics right after pressing send that it was too brash of a response for such a delicate situation and elaborates: I'm here for you and I'll call as soon as I get a moment alone but I promised Zeke I'd help with the cooking and you know how he gets when people don't follow through with promises.

      Kezia’s oldest and only brother, Ezekiel would get over it. She knows he would. But she also knows if she were to excuse herself from the morning’s activities for long enough to talk to Magdalena that

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