Title: the Gingerbread Lodge
Author: Vicky Burkholder
Series: The Christmas Cookie Series
Genre: Contemporary Romance/Sweet Romance/Holiday Romance/Friends to Lovers/
Fantasy
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: Nov 3, 2021
Edition/Formats Available In: eBook
Blurb/Synopsis:
Gisele Reid returns to the Gingerbread Lodge to help her aunt, but without
paying guests, she's afraid the lodge will have to be sold. An event she
vows to stop. When an old friend shows up, she is astonished to find Max has
turned into a man who makes her knees and heart tremble. Max Oakley, a
developer, has a client interested in buying land around the lodge. He has
fond memories of the resort, as well as the girl who left him behind. When
he runs into Gisele again, she's even more beautiful than ever. A woman who
could make him forget everything—even his job. Plumbing problems, electrical
outages, and the return of Gisele's family throw a wrench into Max's plans
to woo Gisele. But when the truth comes out, she believes he's betrayed her
trust, and it will take a Christmas miracle to make everything right again.
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Excerpt
“Gigi? You okay?” He sat down next to her.
She grinned and tilted her head to look at him. “Yeah. Just…remembering.” She shifted to get her backpack and pulled out the cookies—a mix of gingersnaps and lemon crisps. “Remember when we last had cookies up here?”
He took one from her, grinning. “They were red velvet whoopie pies, and Minerva gave us a bag and told us to get out of her way.” He studied the cookie and sobered. “That was the last time I saw you.”
“Yeah. My folks came that night and decided I was going back with them. They wouldn’t even let me out to see you.”
“I wondered what happened.”
Gisele looked at him. “I couldn’t even leave you a note in the cabin like we usually did. My mother had all my things packed when I got back, and we left that night.”
“I waited there, and looked for something, anything you may have left, but there was nothing.” He wrapped his arm around her shoulders, and she leaned into him. “My folks said we were just kids and that I’d get over you.”
“Did you?”
He pulled her close and kissed her. Softly at first, then with an intensity that she felt to her toes.
“Does that answer your question?”
She just sighed and nodded.
As her alter-ego, Vicky has multiple homes all over the universe. She looks
human - for the most part - but when she starts writing about characters
being able to move things or flicking fire from their fingertips, or
changing the course of rivers, people tend to get a little freaked out. She
found the one guy out there in the universe who loves her for who she is and
they've been together forever and raised four wonderful (now) adults. Her
career includes work as a technical writer/editor, a stringer for the local
newspaper, and an editor and copy editor for various publishers. At various
times in her life, she has been a teacher, a secretary, a short-order cook,
a computer specialist, a DJ, and a librarian. When not editing or writing,
she can be found in the kitchen creating gluten free goodies for her
family
Thank you for having me here today!
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