Be Mine for Christmas (6 page)

“You’re a liar! I hate you! I called Daddy’s number on your cell and got cousin Carly. She told me the truth. All this time it was my Uncle David talking to me.”

“I’m so sorry, Brandon. I couldn’t bear to see you hurt. But I guess I handled it the wrong way.”

“Daddy doesn’t want me. That’s why he ran away from us.” He burst into tears.

Her lips tightened in anger. “Daddy ran from me, not you. But he is a selfish man who doesn’t really care about anybody.”

Brandon rubbed his small fists against his eyes, still recoiling from his mother’s attempts to hold him. “All those cards and presents. He didn’t send any of them, did he? He doesn’t want to be my daddy. Nobody wants me.”

Reece rushed in and knelt next to the boy. “I want you, Brandon. And so does your Mom. And when I marry her, I’ll be able to adopt you and be your father for real. Would you like to be my son?”

The small boy dove into his arms.

“I’d call that an answer,” Ellie said.

Reece hugged him and turned to Ellie. “What about your answer, Ellie, my love? Will you marry me? Will you be mine for Christmas?”

“Yes, Reece. Yes.” Tears streaming down her cheeks, she joined their embrace, happier than she’d ever been.

*****

Don’t miss Alicia and Roy Street’s Dance ‘n’ Luv contemporary romance series.

All books in the series can be read as stand-alones.

KISS ME, DANCER — Dance ‘n’ Luv Series Book #1

After too many failures and disappointments Casey nicknamed herself “Calamity” Richardson. But at twenty-eight she finally found her calling working with children in her dance academy. Unfortunately she is about to lose it. Should she accept the help offered by her student’s divorced dad, a wealthy trucking mogul whose way too hot body and penetrating blue eyes have been haunting her dreams? His arrogant, womanizing nature signals danger for Casey, who’s already been hurt in the past.

Can she save her school without losing her heart?

Winning comes naturally to Drew Byrne. As head of a Fortune 500 company, he enjoys his wealth and has no problem keeping it a game with some of the world’s most beautiful women. So why should his son’s challenging, straight talking dance teacher get under his skin in a way no other female has? He tells himself it is because Casey is the only one able to bring his shy, uncommunicative son out of his shell.

Or is it because Drew has finally met his match?

TOUCH ME AND TANGO — Dance ‘n’ Luv Series Book #2

Parker Richardson grew up early. At seventeen he took care of his mother and younger sisters and began running his late father’s gardening business. Strong and down-to-earth, nothing knocked him off his feet until he met Tanya Gentilliano. The spoiled, selfish and outrageously beautiful young dancer took him for a spin that left him dizzy for years to come.

Over a decade has passed, and Tanya, a rising star in the world of ballroom dance, has traveled internationally, winning over audiences with her clean technique, dazzling smile and showgirl legs. But after an SOS phone call from her weird-and-wild mom, she rushes home to the quiet coastal village on Long Island’s East End and runs smack into Parker Richardson.

Seeing each other again brings back all the heartache, all the fury—and a secret danger that will change both of their lives forever.

SNOW DANCE A Dance ‘n’ Luv short story

After a bitter divorce, a former Broadway dancer from Manhattan moves to a peaceful village on Long Island’s rural North Fork to open up a vintage clothing shop. She wants solitude and anonymity, but instead she finds herself involved with an elusive ghost, a troubled teenage girl, and a sexy local fisherman who makes her believe in second chances.

Russ McNeil has very bad taste in clothes. A sixth generation son in a family of fishermen that worked the Bay and the Sound, he has no illusions about what life has to offer him, including in the romance department. But he’s in for a little surprise.

While SNOW DANCE is a 13,000 word short story complete in itself, it is also a prequel to the Dance ‘n’ Luv series featuring Casey, Parker, Tanya and Jenna when they were younger.

Coming soon—another Dance ‘n’ Luv novel

STARS, LOVE AND PIROUETTES 

About the Authors

In addition to being part of today’s Indie author movement, Alicia and Roy are also traditionally published. In 2009 they received a Daphne Du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense. They both share backgrounds in the performing arts. Alicia spent years as a dancer, choreographer and teacher. Roy in theater and standup comedy. Alicia is a chronic reader of every genre including the classics. She also loves old black-and-white movies, making organic soups from recipes she invents, working out and, of course, dancing. Roy’s into sweaty workouts, too, as well as watching boxing on HBO and eating Alicia’s organic soups. Their cat’s name is Wallace, an orange ten-pounder who’s crazy over pizza. He and Roy do slices every Friday night.

“…a husband and wife writing team that has managed to capture the best in both men’s and women’s fiction…”

—Romance Junkies

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Contents

Title page

Be Mine For Christmas

About the Authors