So, admittedly, I don’t do much for Halloween. Our family, as missionaries in Russia never really partook in this event, and since we moved stateside when they were older, it wasn’t something we incorporated into our lives.
Especially since the 31st is also my son’s birthday.
Keely’s own breath betrayed her. Her gasps, as branches whipped against her face, slammed against her body. Blood dripped from her lip where she’d tripped and careened into a tree, and she’d probably twisted her ankle too. It burned, and she bit down on a whimper.
Don’t look back.
Of course, that’s exactly what she did, but the forest closed in, and frankly, she could be running in circles, right back to the shoreline where—
Oh. She pressed a gloved hand to her mouth, then tripped and caught herself on a birch tree. Listened.
Her heart thundered, her breaths hard. She tried to silence them, to make them tremors rather than sweeping gasps.
No crashing behind her. No bearded thug slash woodsman threatening to slice her up with a bowie knife.
No murderer catching up to leave her dead in the woods.
Maybe.
She stumbled toward a nearby pine tree and climbed under the massive shaggy arms, pulling her knees to herself.
Breathe. Just . . .
Memories of that movie with Liam Neeson flickered through her brain, the one where the wolves surrounded him, where he fought them off with fire.
She had no fire. No backpack. Snow crammed into her short Pradas, and her legs had turned to ice. Easy prey.
P.S. If it’s getting chilly in your area, you might want to bundle up with this warm and cozy Christmas read. I LOOOVE this story. It’s a story in a story…well, you’ll see. But my friend Tari Faris can pen such beautiful novels. I think you’ll love this as much as I do!
About the book:
What happens when the woman who saves everyone’s Christmas can’t save her own heart?
Social worker Devin Hendrickson faces losing everything—her foster care program, three children’s futures, and her last shot at love with Logan Kingsley, the reclusive bestselling author who once broke her heart and now holds the key to saving it all. As Christmas approaches, they must choose between playing it safe with their broken hearts or risking everything for the family they’ve both been secretly craving, because this time failure means losing not just a program or career, but their only chance at the love and belonging they desperately need.
Don’t let this heart-stopping second-chance Christmas romance slip away—discover if love is brave enough to heal old wounds and create new dreams
