When I see Mayor Marsha mentioned in a Susan Mallery
Fool's
Gold story I immediately think "witchy woman." The Mayor
seems to know quite a bit about anyone who lives in her
town
of Fool's Gold including any newcomers. She makes creative
and intelligent choices and you can't help wondering if
she
just has great instincts. So when Mayor Marsha teams
Bailey
Voss with Kenny Scott in YOURS FOR
CHRISTMAS you just know she has something up her sleeves
and
you will be totally delighted with her decision.
The town of Fool's Gold is fully enmeshed in holiday
spirit,
first Thanksgiving and then Christmas. The young girls
group
called the Sprouts has been charged with their project - a
toy drive and the two adult leaders have been called away
on
business so the Sprouts are in need of temporary leaders.
Bailey and Kenny are to be the substitutes. Kenny
admittedly
can't see himself saying no to the Mayor even though he
has
misgivings about spending so much time with Bailey and her
daughter Chloe. He doesn't trust himself to keep his
distance from this beautiful woman and adorable child.
Kenny
is a big strong ex-football player who is candidly afraid
of
these two. He can't afford to put himself in a position
where he could develop feelings and then possibly have
them
blow up in his face -- once again. Been there. Done that.
Bailey is equally determined to protect herself and most
importantly Chloe after the loss of her husband. Chloe had
a
rough go of it and is just now starting to behave like a
normal and happy seven year old. Bailey can't let Chloe
get
too close to Kenny and lose him too.
Best intentions lead them to set down rules and sort of
shake hands on the mutually beneficial agreement to just
be
friends. I can already see you smiling. But Kenny isn't
doing too good a job maintaining healthy friendship
boundaries. Candidly that's the fun part of the story. Big
football player turned bodyguard keeps caving under the
pressure to keep his heart out of play in this game.
For the game of life and love everyone in town is rooting
for a big win. Their Fool's Gold friends are betting on
Bailey and Kenny realizing that although best friends are
great -- they should be brave and open their hearts and
minds
to so much more.
Susan Mallery packed quite a story into the smaller format
of this eBook novella. YOURS FOR CHRISTMAS is short and
very
sweet -- a welcome addition to an amazing series set in a
magically warm embracing town. There are a couple of loose
ends to this book and this is notably not usual for Susan
Mallery. But as a fan I am willing to overlook these
random
oversights.
Step out of the winter chill and into the warmth
of
Fool's Gold, California, the charming small-town setting
for
a new holiday novella from New York Times
bestselling author Susan Mallery
Famous
former NFL stars don't date single working moms like
Bailey
Voss. She'll allow herself to daydream about Kenny Scott's
muscles and killer smile, but wanting more would lead to
post-holiday regret. Then Kenny volunteers to run a toy
drive with Bailey, and she learns that he's not just
hot…he's also generous, funny, nice. The whole
package—tantalizingly out of reach.
The ache of past
loss reminds Kenny why he needs to avoid getting too close
to anyone. Especially to a gorgeous redhead and her
adorable
little girl. Mess it up, and he'd lose them both. Yet
Kenny
can only resist Bailey for so long. And as festive spirit
spreads throughout the town, he's all wrapped up in
Bailey's
sweet, sexy kisses and determined to make this the first
of
many Christmases together…
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