She showed up at his door in a coat two seasons too thin, suitcase in hand, and told him she was his bride. He never ordered one. He tasted the lie he'd been living the second she smiled at him like she meant to stay.
I've spent twenty-seven years being fine. Aged out of foster care fine, spent-every-Christmas-alone fine, learned-to-want-nothing-out-loud fine. I'm very good at not asking — I let people off the hook before they can leave, because a thing you never reached for can't be taken.
So when a stranger arranged to make me a wife, I said yes. Not for the money. For the one thing I've never had. A place to be on Christmas, with no risk of being told no, because a contract can't change its mind about you.
Then the door opened, and Gideon Vance looked at me like I was the last thing he expected and the first thing in years he couldn't route around.
His name is Gideon, and he moves the whole world's Christmas — every package, every gift, every shipment humming through a network he built so he'd never have to sit still in the empty penthouse he paid a fortune for. He's never home. Home is where the quiet catches up to you. He's older and colder, sure he traded warmth for everything a man's supposed to want — and the thing he wants most now means stopping long enough to feel how much he's been running.
What do you get a Scrooge for the holidays? These grumpy men have it all, except for one thing: love. Romance is the last thing on their minds as they intend to brood their way through the holidays. But when a mail-order bride shows up unexpectedly, their plans are turned upside down in the best way possible. As these women melt their Scrooge’s cold heart with plenty of heat, there’s only one question: When the season ends, will the love they’ve found remain?
A Bride for Scrooge is a multi-author holiday series. Each story features a cold-hearted grump and the surprise bride who unexpectedly steals his heart. These insta-love romances can be read as a complete standalones, HEA guaranteed.
Genre: Romance
I've spent twenty-seven years being fine. Aged out of foster care fine, spent-every-Christmas-alone fine, learned-to-want-nothing-out-loud fine. I'm very good at not asking — I let people off the hook before they can leave, because a thing you never reached for can't be taken.
So when a stranger arranged to make me a wife, I said yes. Not for the money. For the one thing I've never had. A place to be on Christmas, with no risk of being told no, because a contract can't change its mind about you.
Then the door opened, and Gideon Vance looked at me like I was the last thing he expected and the first thing in years he couldn't route around.
His name is Gideon, and he moves the whole world's Christmas — every package, every gift, every shipment humming through a network he built so he'd never have to sit still in the empty penthouse he paid a fortune for. He's never home. Home is where the quiet catches up to you. He's older and colder, sure he traded warmth for everything a man's supposed to want — and the thing he wants most now means stopping long enough to feel how much he's been running.
What do you get a Scrooge for the holidays? These grumpy men have it all, except for one thing: love. Romance is the last thing on their minds as they intend to brood their way through the holidays. But when a mail-order bride shows up unexpectedly, their plans are turned upside down in the best way possible. As these women melt their Scrooge’s cold heart with plenty of heat, there’s only one question: When the season ends, will the love they’ve found remain?
A Bride for Scrooge is a multi-author holiday series. Each story features a cold-hearted grump and the surprise bride who unexpectedly steals his heart. These insta-love romances can be read as a complete standalones, HEA guaranteed.
Genre: Romance
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