A Snowy White Christmas
by Josie Riviera
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GENRE: Contemporary
Romance (sweet)
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BLURB:
Margaret
Snow doesn’t believe in fairy tales, but as a devoted mother she’s determined
to give her five-year-old daughter a Christmas filled with heart-warming
memories.
The once successful LA swimsuit
model returns to her small upstate New York town to buy back the foreclosed
trailer she once called home. Her menagerie of rescue animals travel with her.
She doesn’t expect to see her former
high school sweetheart, the athletic, ever-popular, and decisive Fernando
Brandt.
Sparks fly when she realizes that
the teenage hockey star is now a successful Realtor who is also interested in
her dilapidated trailer for reasons of his own.
But can she resist the handsome,
charismatic Prince Charming a second time?
And can she surrender her
insecurities and accept the true gift of Christmas, finally feeling worthy of
unconditional love?
EXCERPT:
Sometimes
Margaret Snow’s guilt would go away for a few minutes. But it always returned.
Insistent. Dull. Intense.
She
was a terrible mother. Check.
She’d
never amount to anything. Check.
She
only thought about herself. Check.
These
negative thoughts chattered incessantly, tucked ever so slightly behind
everyday activities. Like uncaged wild animals waiting to pounce at the first
opportunity.
She
glanced out her office window. Despite the wind and ice, city workers were
adding cheery red bells and silver holiday trimmings to the streetlights. It
didn’t help. November in upstate New York promised gray skies, bitter sleet,
and not an ounce of cheeriness until spring. Today was no exception.
What
was the weather like in California? She checked the weather app on her phone.
As expected, sunny skies in Los Angeles were predicted.
“Unbelievable,”
she whispered. “How could two places be so different?”
And
why was she stuck in the least desirable of the two?
She
sighed.
But
her daughter Amelie seemed content, and only Amelie mattered.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Amazon Bestselling Author,
Josie Riviera, is a member of Romance Writers of America (RWA). She writes
contemporary and historical sweet and Christian romances. She’s a transplanted
New Yorker now living in the sunny Carolinas. She has three grown children and
shares the empty nest with her husband and the family dog.
Josie's an expert at board
games and a compulsive reader of every genre, especially romance. In her spare
time, she eats Peppermint Patties because they're lower in calories than other
chocolate candy.
You can email her at
josieriviera@aol.com
She ALWAYS answers.
Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/Josie.Riviera
Tweet me at@Josieriviera
Visit my blog, The Italian
Blog, for recipes and updates at josieriviera.wordpress.com
Other Books by Josie
Riviera:
Seeking Patience (Regency)
http://tinyurl.com/a9nnbwy
Seeking Catherine (Tudor
Novella) http://tinyurl.com/9cka84m
We'd Rather be Writing
http://amzn.com/B01638N5PO
Lightning Strikes
http://amzn.com/B0090MXP0Q
Josie
will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via
rafflecopter during the tour. Use the link below to enter.
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