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    Christmas Back Home: Coming Home for Christmas
    Christmas Back Home: Coming Home for Christmas
    Christmas Back Home: Coming Home for Christmas
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    Christmas Back Home: Coming Home for Christmas

    By Angela Ford

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    Tori Andrews wanted nothing more than to leave her small town. She's hesitant to come back home for the holidays. Tori knows her meddling-mother will be up to her old tricks to find her a husband and keep her in White Cove.

    Between her career and her match-making-mom, she's thought as little as possible of finding the one. Until she meets her mystery bartender with compassionate eyes, a calming voice, and good advice. But when she discovers he'd already been propositioned by her mom to ask her out on a date; she no longer wants to know who he is.

    Alice Andrews has plans for her daughter. She wants her in White Cove, and not just for Christmas. All family traditions are set to impress her daughter and she's found the perfect gift. A new doctor in town. Alice promised to stop meddling but maybe just one more time will keep her daughter home. The hospital Christmas party will allow for an introduction. Meddling mom has given her daughter and the doctor the roles of Santa and Mrs. Clause.

    Alice prays for fate to take over. Little does she know that fate began without an introduction.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks To Go Now
    Release dateOct 1, 2018
    ISBN9781386140313
    Christmas Back Home: Coming Home for Christmas

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      Christmas Back Home - Angela Ford

      Excerpt from Christmas Back Home

      TORI POURED A TEA FOR them and joined Beth at the table. She never understood why her sister wanted to live at home. Beth had a husband, and a baby. Normally, people grow up and move out to their own place. Not Beth.

      So, what was so funny you couldn’t say in front of mom? 

      I didn’t get his name. 

      Who?

      The bartender.

      Joel. Beth reminded her.

      Tori took a sip of tea. Mmm. She still makes the best cup of tea in town. She set her cup on the table, Joel wasn’t at the pub. It was some guy. Never saw him before.

      "It’s not like you to not-introduce yourself." Beth laughed.

      Tori snickered. "Didn’t need to. He already knew who I was, that I was home for the holidays, and single." She emphasized the last word.

      Mom? Beth guessed right.

      Up to her old tricks again. This guy–whoever he is had already been ordered by our mother to ask me out. Tori rolled her eyes.

      No way! She promised she’d stop doing that to you. Beth reached for Tori’s hand, But you know she means well. She just wants you to be happy.

      You’re sounding like Mom. Tori sarcastically replied.

      Was he at least cute? Beth chuckled.

      Tori flashed back to the moment her eyes met his. Dreamy. She remembered his sadness, and his advice. But then she remembered he’d already been confronted with her mother’s plan. Anger had set in and she walked out on him.

      Doesn’t matter. She wasn’t about to admit he was attractive and kind.

      So, he’s cute. I’ll find out who he is. Beth gathered their cups and set them in the sink.

      Now you’re acting like Mom!

      Beth laughed. Come on, let’s get some sleep. We have a million cookies to bake tomorrow!

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      Christmas Back home

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      Copyright © Angela Ford 2018

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      First eBook Edition October 2018

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      Look for Angela Ford’s other titles

      Closure, Unforgettable Kiss, The Christmas Wreath, Forbidden, Blind Tasting, Christmas Treasure, Christmas in Tuscany, Surrender, Spellbound Cinderella, Time to Love, Love Again, BARE, Obsessed, Cyber Crime Series, Felt by the Heart, Christmas Country Wishes, Seaside Seduction, Chrissy’s Christmas Sugar Cookies, Revealed

      Chapter One

      WELCOME TO WHITE COVE

      Population 1453

      Victoria (Tori) Andrews eased off the gas as she passed by the sign. Independent and stubborn, she’d flat-out refused her mother’s offer and had booked a rental. She needed that drive from the airport to prepare herself for Christmas back at home.

      Her foot pressed down slowly, and she crawled through town. The snow-covered Main Street and sidewalks remained untouched. At nine o’clock, it appeared everyone had gone home for the night to prepare for the Nor’Easter. The radio announcer continued to warn residents that the break in snowfall wouldn’t last, and the north easterly winds would pick up suddenly. 

      The calm before the storm, she added sarcastically to the weather prediction, and then chuckled. Always so much drama with snow. As if they hadn’t experienced winter all these years.

      The night rested peacefully and beautifully against a layer of snow. Window displays of Christmas decorations were impeccable. Creatively designed in theme, yet different with each shop. White lights strung along the street line of trees made it look like a miniature runway. She felt a magical warmth fill her, and then quickly shook it away. Tori loved the holidays. She always had. This year was different. It would be her first time coming back home. Her mom hadn’t forgiven her for accepting the job in Toronto. She wanted both her girls in town, married, and giving her grandchildren. Ha! like that’s gonna happen!

      Tori spotted the town’s gazebo in the centre of town. For some odd reason, her mind flashed back to the memory of Johnny Richards. Her first kiss at the age of twelve. John, as he was now called, worked for the town, married with two kids. If her mother had her way, that would have been Tori. Thinking of her mom took her mind to the picture that sat on her desk at work. The one from her sister’s wedding day. The picture of her, Beth, and their mom at the gazebo; they were so happy that day. A drive down memory lane almost calmed her uneasy nerves. Excited and hesitant at the same time. The price she paid for her career.

      She pulled into the parking lot at the edge of town. Another ten minutes and she’d be at the well-lit, overly-decorated ranch. Home. She needed a moment to breathe before that. Tori looked in her rear-view mirror. The thought of going home for Christmas had left her nights sleepless. And that would be the first thing her mother would notice. And then some witty sarcastic remark that the hustling busy city life was aging her. You’ll never find a man with bags under your

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