Christmas in July at the zoo is the last place veteran Eric Riley expects to find love. Thanks to some mistletoe mischief in the form of his daughter, her new best friend, and Santa, he finds himself falling hard for single mom, Marissa Wilder.
(2010 Write Touch Readers' Award Winner; previously published 2009 in Mistletoe Rules anthology.)
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"Daddy, you're under the mistletoe."
Eric glanced up at a sprig of leaves and holly berries attached to the roof of the cart, then dropped his gaze to Marissa's. "So we are," he murmured.
Her face flushed, but he couldn't tell if it was from embarrassment, or anticipation of a kiss. He knew the reason his pulse raced like an out of control locomotive.
"You have to kiss her," Reese stated.
God Bless you, Reese.
Santa laid his arm across the back of the front passenger seat and craned his head around, his brown eyes twinkling. "'Tis tradition."
"It's the rule," Reese argued, frowning at Santa before turning back to Eric. "You say so every Christmas when we stand in the doorway at Grandma's."
"I do, don't I?"
Reese nodded emphatically. "Every year."
Eric faced Marissa and sighed with exaggerated reluctance. "I might've been able to buck tradition, but a rule's a rule."
Romancing Wisconsin, a USA Today Bestselling Series from NY Times bestselling author, Stacey Joy Netzel
To everything there is a season...
Love finds a way during the four seasons in the Romancing Wisconsin Series. Starting with Christmas/Winter, then moving on to the rest of the seasons, check out this bestselling, heartwarming series set in small town Wisconsin, where hope springs eternal for each happily ever after. Sexy military heroes, runaway brides, surprise babies, single parents--meet the Rileys, the Walshes, family friends, and best of all, Butch...a.k.a. Santa Butch. The mischievous matchmaker makes a cameo in each story--adding a touch of magic to the lives of everyone he loves, and even those he's just met.
Romancing Wisconsin Series
Mistletoe Mischief
Mistletoe Magic
Mistletoe Match-Up
**Mistletoe Rules – short bonus story
Autumn Wish
Autumn Bliss
Autumn Kiss
**Autumn Glimmer – short bonus story
Spring Fling
Spring Serendipity
Spring Dreams
**Spring Spark – short bonus story
