Having
suffered a panic attack on stage during a performance, violinist Meredith
Stranraer flees to the small town of Paradise where her grandparents live. For
some strange reason, they don’t want her around and their rejection is more
than unsettling, it’s downright alarming.
Jeremiah
Mantle is the local forest ranger. He watches the girl in the grey cloak from a
distance, his assignment to protect her as well as the forest. However falling
in love is definitely not in his job description.
Thrown
together at the annual Christmas ball, things soon escalate. There is something
wicked in the woods and a dark past is determined to rip them apart.
tagline:
There will
be trouble in Paradise this Christmas
extract:
As the
snow fell harder, Meredith’s breath caught as something moved in the woods
ahead of her. She gripped the phone tighter as a man with long black hair
emerged from the tree line and blocked her path. He stood there for a moment,
before stepping to one side. “Afternoon.” His dark gaze lingered on her.
The hair
on the back of her neck rose.
He seemed
vaguely familiar. Did she know him? Despite her unease, she nodded politely as
she hurried by. She sped up, hearing footfalls behind her, muffled on the snowy
path. In her haste, she missed her footing. Her feet slid, and unable to regain
her balance, she fell. Arms outstretched, her phone flew forwards. She landed
on the cold ground with a thud.
Meredith
cried out, pain shooting through her palms as the snow-covered rocks bit into
them.
Running
footsteps headed her way and a pair of muddy black boots stopped in front of
her. “Are you all right?”
“I think
so.”
The owner
of the voice wasn’t the dark haired man she’d seen. She took the outstretched
hand and let the stranger help her. She gazed up into concerned brown eyes. A
lock of brown hair fell over his brow under the peaked cloth cap. High cheek
bones, a faint smile, and a firm grip, all took her breath away far more
effectively than the actual fall did.
Wow. He was
definitely not the first bloke she’d seen.
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