Excerpt of The Triplets' Holiday Miracle by Tanya Agler

“Our new interim director is a stickler for rules...” Daisy winked.

“Thanks for the cookies,” he added from the doorway.

Daisy turned around and grinned. “Thank the kids. They insisted.”

Ben watched them all leave and then reached for the tin of cookies to sample one of the golden stars. The cookie melted in his mouth.

Cavernous silence engulfed the house that was noisy and full of laughter just minutes ago. It was as if Daisy and the triplets took the light and warmth with them.

The Stanley family seemed to turn this house into a home, with Daisy as its heart and soul.

It would be easy to ask her out, except he was reading too much into her being nice.
And he didn’t want to do anything to ruin the atmosphere at the playhouse. They’d been thrown together because of Lily, Aspen and Rosie.

Any attraction to the pretty brunette was simply wishful thinking on his part...