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Title: St. Helena Santa
Author: Kate Kisset
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Day: Nov 15th
About St. Helena Santa
He’s a former tight end with a bad reputation.
She’s a gorgeous computer geek who doesn’t date.
Will these opposites attract, or drive each other into the
end zone?
Lilly Martelli’s first vacation in over a year has her on a
mission to support her two busybody relatives in St. Helena. Helping the
grannies bake stinky fruitcakes for their Christmas bake sale is bad enough,
but being forced to co-host the fund-raiser with Mr.-Fun-in-the-pants Brett
Benning might be too hot to handle.
Brett had hoped retiring from football, becoming a
firefighter, and moving back to Napa Valley would be enough to repair his
reputation. But he’s sick to death of the tiny town gossip, and tired of dating
in the shallow end of the pool. He’s looking to score The One.
Who knew he’d find her helping with the annual bake sale?
His smart and sexy co-chair has him eating out of her hands and asking for
seconds of her grandmother’s nasty fruitcake. For the first time in his life,
Brett might be in over his head.
Will the magic of Christmas give them the courage to admit
they’ve made the catch of their lives, or will their holiday season end without
a win?
St. Helena Santa is a contemporary romance from
Kate Kisset’s Family Ties series. If
you enjoy small town romance, romantic comedies, and sexy love stories with a
full cast of grannies in orthopedics, then you’ll love St. Helena Santa.
Exclusive
Excerpt
“Brett is Mr. July, darling,” her nonna offered.
Lilly turned from the coffee
maker to find her nonna’s grin-covered face.
“The St. Helena Hotties
Fireman’s Calendar,” Cha-Cha clarified, as if Lilly should know, while she
unloaded five fruitcakes from the bottom oven. She placed them on a cooling
rack on the counter, then removed her jingle-bell oven mitts like a doctor after
surgery.
Looking a little sneaky and
very guilty, she tiptoed closer to Lilly. “All the firefighters are holding the
most adorable little puppies,” she whispered. “And the proceeds go to St. Paws
Rescue. Let me show it to you.”
“Oh, no, no, no…”
“Get comfortable,” Cha-Cha
commanded, giggling. “You won’t believe your eyes.”
“Nonna, please. It’s okay. I don’t need to see Mr. July, or
any other mister without his clothes on. Honestly, I don’t—” She’d do it in
private later.
Cha-Cha tucked a stray curl back
into her bun and strutted to the counter near the oven. “Sit, sit, sit…” She
waved at her and pointed to the island, her red-beaded sleeves flapping. Lilly
reluctantly slid onto her stool again. “Those hotties are in here somewhere…”
Cha-Cha shuffled through a drawer.
ChiChi looked up from her gooey
project long enough to give Lilly a sly smile.
“Viola!” Cha-Cha pulled a
glossy package from the drawer. “I’ve been saving this for Mr. January. But at
my age I might not be around, so why wait?”
“Please don’t say that, Nonna.”
“What God wants…” ChiChi
volunteered. And at the mention of the lord above, the sisters simultaneously
blessed themselves. “Name of the Father, the Son…”
Lilly took a deep breath. She
couldn’t imagine the planet without her nonna. Life was difficult enough
without Grandpa. Although her nonna kept her Ryo maiden name, like her sisters
had, Cha-Cha Ryo remained head over heels in love with Edwardo Antonio Martelli
until the day he died. He was the love of her life. So, as much as Lilly had
zero desire to look at Brett Benning in the buff—with the grannies—she was tickled to see her grandmother so happy.
Cha-Cha tore the wrapping off the calendar and smirked,
letting her know her dead-on intuition had picked up Lilly’s interest in Brett.
Presenting the calendar like a fragile piece of china, Cha-Cha practically
danced to her. “Wipe your hands. We don’t want to get anything on the pictures.
Especially the good parts,” she chuckled.
“You didn’t have to unwrap it,” Lilly said, reluctantly wiping
her hands on a bright red dish towel. “You could’ve left Mr. January in the
drawer.”
Cha-Cha sidled next to her. “Okay.” She beamed, excitedly
flipping the pages. Bare chests, rippling muscles, and gorgeous smiles flashed
by at Mach one.
Lilly grinned. “On second thought, slow down.”
“Here he is…” Cha-Cha read the caption. “St. Helena’s Brett
Benning, hotter than the fourth of July.” She pointed to his photo. “Now, tell
me that’s not a fun-raiser!”
Lilly gulped, praying there wasn’t anything fun raised below his belt. Why couldn’t
her grandmother act like a normal granny, for crying out loud?
Her nonna nudged her and jiggled the calendar. Lilly rolled
her eyes and then cautiously glanced down.
Oh, God. There was that smile…and, sweet baby Jesus. She scanned his beautiful, strong shoulders and
down past the adorable chocolate Labrador puppy in Brett’s droolworthy arms,
down to his six pack abs, and down. Down to the muscles that formed a v below,
leading down, down…
“Close it. I don’t want to see any more.” Thank God Brett
kept his pants on. She’d need to take another peek later though, just to be
sure.
About Kate Kisset
Former San
Francisco disc jockey Kate Kisset is the author of the highly acclaimed Wine
Country Romance Series set in the San Francisco Bay Area. Fans refer to her
contemporary romances as refreshing, with deep and complex characters, and
plots that serve up humor without holding back on heart.
Kate is currently
writing two new series that will launch in 2018.
Although Kate
wrote her first story in the third grade, she became serious about writing
romance after she lost her mother to pancreatic cancer. The tragedy left her
searching for, and eventually writing happily-ever-afters to lift her
spirits.
Kate divides her time between Northern and Southern California. When she's not writing, Kate's favorite job is being "The Mommy." She enjoys eating chocolate, drinking wine, listening to music, and walking her loyal companion, Luciana Parmigiana her rescue-dog-editor.
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