Christmas Cookies on a Cruise Ship
by Parker Fairchild
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GENRE: Romance
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BLURB: On a Caribbean cruise, a platter full of cookies, and a shot of Christmas magic yields a perfect pairing.
Chemist and budding romance writer Olivia Chasen is on a cruise to avoid spending Christmas with her beautiful twin sister and new fiancé—Olivia’s ex. Now, thanks to her lonely, intoxicated ramblings on Santa’s lap, her fellow passengers think she’s in love with a fictional character.Former Navy SEAL Commander Jace Morse has dealt with plenty of unusual situations in his career, but he’s never had the honor, the pleasure, or the privilege of being a beautiful and intelligent woman’s fantasy hero come to life. While he hasn’t officially met the sexy chemist, he’s sure eager to explore the chemistry that’s sizzling between them.Bringing the charming SEAL together with the skeptical Olivia is going to take more than just Christmas cookies and a little help from Mrs. Claus; it’s gonna take a heaping dose of Christmas magic.
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EXCERPT
“Dr. Olivia Chasen,” Santa’s jolly baritone popped her mental fuzzy bubble.
She stopped as she struggled to whirl around. “Me?” She touched her chest with a
dramatic flourish she didn’t know she possessed.
A powerful spotlight illuminated her; its heat burned her already flushed
face.
She pressed a clammy palm to her chest. “How do you know my name?” The haze in
her mind was paralyzing all cognitive function.
“My dear girl,” Santa chuckled, “you should know by now that Santa knows
everything and everyone,” he tapped an index finger to his temple.
Santa Claus turned to address the waiting line. “Girls, Boys, Moms, Dads,
everyone, if you don't mind waiting for a brief moment, I'd like for Olivia,” he
pointed a white gloved finger at her, “to please come up here on stage, and tell
me what she wants for Christmas.”
She stood dumbfounded as the audience and the people in line clapped and chanted
her name, “Olivia! Olivia! Olivia!”
Oh no! What was she going to do? She couldn’t possibly go up onto that stage.
She was far too shy to address a theater full of people.
But if she didn’t go that would be so unexciting and so like the old Olivia.
But she wasn't unexciting! She was the new Olivia, and she was exciting! And she
wanted to have fun! Correction: She was determined to have fun. Besides, she’d
never see these people—her fellow passengers—ever again.
Parker Fairchild is a social media copywriter, a freelance writer with multiple
writing credits, and a model. Recently, she Cnished writing a client's memoirs,
which will be published in the next few months.
A Virginia native, she and her husband have their own shipboard romance as they
met on a cruise ship tender in Maui, and as her mom is fond of saying, "they
haven't stopped talking since." When she's not busy playing with words, she
loves spending time with her husband and family in Arizona where she now
resides.
parker@parkerfairchild.com
Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Cookies-Cruise-Perfect-Pairing-ebook/dp/B08N8P1G1P/ref=sr_1_1
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION
Parker Fairchild will be awarding a $25 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner
via rafflecopter during the tour.
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