Mistletoe
The Smokey Blues
Book 6
Emily Mims
Genre: Romance
Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group
Date of Publication: November 20th 2017
ISBN: 978-1-979474-24-5 – print book
ISBN: 978-1-944262-99-0 - eBook
Number of pages: 227
Word Count: 65,450
Cover Artist: Boroughs Publishing Group
Tagline: Can the holiday season turn make-believe into real passion, love and romance?
Book Description:
Aspiring songwriter Caitlyn Murphy is tired of sister’s hand-me-downs. From toys and bicycles to men, it seemed like everything in Caitlyn’s life first belonged to her late sister. Roped into doing Christmas for motherless nieces, and entering into a pretend romance with their dangerously attractive father, Caitlyn soon finds herself falling in love with the girls, and the enigmatic Tanner Dyson. She resists the temptation and Tanner’s insistence that they make their pretend relationship real. She wants her own family, not the one her sister had first.
“I haven’t dated
anybody since I lost your sister.”
Tanner laced his fingers together. “But yes, before I fell in love with
Meghan, I mostly dated dancers and other women who worked in the clubs. I guess
we’re going to have to work that much harder to make it believable.”
Caitlyn eyed him
curiously. “How do we do that?”
“We start by
spending the rest of this evening together, like we can’t bear to be separated
from one another. We sit down tomorrow morning and come up with some concrete
plans, both for the girls’ Christmas this year and for some public outings for
you and me so it looks like we’re dating. We see how it goes. Do you have time
for a short outing with them tomorrow? Something they can tell my mother about
if she asks?”
“I can take them
somewhere. It might be pretty simple.”
“Simple is
fine." He glanced down the hall. “Let’s get back to the reception and put
this whole thing in motion.”
She would help.
But she didn’t have to like it. She would make damned sure both her mother and
her Aunt Bea knew she didn’t particularly appreciate being shanghaied into a
ridiculous subterfuge with Tanner Dyson. She didn’t even like him all that
much. And she wasn’t all that close to the girls. How would she know what they
wanted or needed to celebrate Christmas?
They returned to
the party and made a beeline for the champagne fountain. He filled two flutes
and handed one to her, his fingers warm where they brushed against hers. She
resisted the urge to down the champagne in one nervous gulp and instead sipped
it slowly, determined to ignore the curious looks she and Tanner were getting,
especially when he settled his hand at her waist in a casual show of
possession. To her surprise, the warmth of his hand felt comfortable,
reassuring even.
She looked
around to see if the Dysons had seen them together. She couldn’t spot them in
the crowd, but she did catch Timberlynn’s eye as her sister gave her an almost
imperceptible wink. Her mother or Aunt Bea must have filled Timberlynn in on
what was going on. Her sister would probably laugh all the way home tonight.
Trish looked at them curiously, especially after Tanner pulled her close for a
hug, and leaned over and whispered something to Asher. Suddenly the magnitude
of the ruse she and Tanner were trying to pull swept over her. Who else besides
the Dysons were they going to try to fool? Just them? Or everybody in
Kingsport?
About the Author:
Author of thirty-four romance novels, Emily Mims combined her writing career with a career in public education until leaving the classroom to write full time. The mother of two sons and six grandsons, she and her husband live in central Texas but frequently visit their grandchildren in Tennessee and Georgia. For relaxation, she plays four musical instruments: the piano, the ukulele, the organ and the dulcimer.
Website: www.emilymims.com
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