Wedding
Bells in Christmas
Christmas, Colorado # 4
Christmas, Colorado # 4
By: Debbie Mason
Releasing May 26th, 2015
Forever
To
have and to hold from this day forward
Wedding
bells are ringing in the charming town of Christmas, but not for Vivian
Westfield. She's just had her heart trampled under the cowboy boots of Chance
McBride and lost her dream job at a big-city newspaper. But when she returns
for a wedding, she stumbles on a story that could resurrect her career. First,
though, she'll have to deal with the handsome man standing in her way . . . and
a still-burning flame that's too hot to ignore.
Chance
recognizes trouble when he sees it. He just didn't expect to find it in the
first-class cabin on the flight home for his father's wedding. Yet there she
is, as gorgeous as ever. Vivi dared Chance to want things he knew he could
never have. It's why he left her. But Christmas's meddling matchmakers have
them firmly in their sights. So if they want to survive the next week, they'll
have to play the part of an adoring couple-an irresistible charade that may
give them a second chance at the real thing . . .
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Debbie
Mason is the bestselling author of the Christmas, Colorado series. Her books
have been praised for their "likable characters, clever dialogue and juicy
plots" (RT Book Reviews). She also writes historical paranormals as Debbie
Mazzuca. Her MacLeod series has received several nominations for best
paranormal as well as a Holt Medallion Award of Merit. When she isn't writing
or reading, Debbie enjoys spending time with her very own real-life hero, their
four wonderful children, an adorable grandbaby, and a yappy Yorkie named Bella.
Vivi thought
of a way she could use her and Chance's pretend relationship to her advantage.
One that would take away the pitying looks from her best friends whenever they
inadvertently mentioned his name. Sympathetic looks that made her feel as weak
and as stupid as the women who wrote to her. Women who let their heartbreak
define who they were for years to come. “All right, I won’t tell them. But we
end our fake relationship before we head out of town. Publicly. And this time,
I’m the one who does the ending.” Good God, did she just say that? It was
exactly what she wanted to do, but she didn’t mean to tell him! And she’d been
doing so well playing it cool up until now.
He rubbed his jaw, then looked at her. And
that’s when she saw it—pity. He felt
sorry for her. “Vivi, I never meant to hurt you. I —”
“Hurt me?
Whatever gave you that idea? Come on, it’s not like we had a relationship or
anything. We had some laughs together, good times in bed, and—”
His brow
lifted. “Good times in bed?”
Typical. Of
course he’d hone in on that. Did he actually expect her to stroke his ego after
he’d lied to her and left her without an explanation? As if she was going to
tell him he was a sex god and had ruined her for mere mortal men. “Yeah, good times. It was fun while it lasted.
But I knew what I was getting myself into. I might not have known your real
name, but it was obvious you were a player.”
“I am not a player.”
“Right. And
your name’s James Harris.”
“Look, I
couldn’t risk blowing my cover. My assignment was dangerous. I didn’t want you
to get—”
“It doesn’t
matter. No harm, no foul. I’ll go along with your plan.”
His eyes
roamed her face, then he nodded. “If it’ll make you feel better, you can break
up with me in front of the whole damn town for all I care.”
“Consider it a public service for the trail of
broken hearts you’ve left in your wake.”
“You saying I
broke your heart, Slick?” His voice was low and gruff, an unreadable emotion in
his eyes.
“Get over
yourself, McBride. I already told you . . .” Vivi eyes widened as the 757
started to shake. She dug her fingernails into the armrest. Oh, God, oh, God. When the plane took a
stomach- turning drop, she screamed, throwing herself into the arms of the man
she wanted to smack only a few seconds ago. “Do something! You—”
He sighed,
lowering his head to smother her panicked cries with a deep, soul- searing
kiss.
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