“Jingle Bell Rock”
ISBN: 0758205694, Kensington Brava
Skip the mistletoe – you won’t need it after you read these six tempting tales of romance filled with the sort of naughty-but-nice men who make the season so bright it’s downright hot ...
Being stood up on Christmas Eve is bad enough, but now Valerie's furnace is broken, too. Good thing that sexy repairman is available to raise the temperature dramatically ...
The holiday Brava anthology from Kensington features novellas from Susan Donovan, Lori Foster, Donna Kauffman, Janelle Denison, Alison Kent and Nancy Warren.
Excerpt from “Turning Up the Heat,” novella by Susan Donovan
“How about you take me where I need to go?”
“Of course,” she said, shaking her head as if to clear her thoughts. “Follow me.”
Earl extended his hand and Ms. Valerie Matthews walked in front of him. He picked up his jacket, toolbox, and clipboard, never taking his eyes off that moving red velvet package, following like the dawg on a leash he was, through the kitchen, down the hall, down the basement stairs, into the doorway that led to the furnace room.
Valerie flicked the switch and the room went bright with fluorescent light. Her hair gleamed. Her skin looked soft and translucent. Her eyes sea-green.
“Over here, Earl,” she said.
It was a newer oil burner under service contract with Ferguson’s for three years. Nothing but regular maintenance and cleaning, according to the computer printout on his clipboard.
Valerie dragged a tall work stool from against the wall. “Would you like to use this?”
He smiled at her. This sweet little holiday babe looked so out of place surrounded by stacked paint cans, power tools, and pegboard. “I prefer to do it standing up,” he said.