The Christmas Cookie Shop
by Ginny Baird
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GENRE: Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
Come home this Christmas
to…
Where everyday dreams
come true!
New York Times and USA
Today bestselling author Ginny Baird brings you the start of a brand new
holiday series…
THE CHRISTMAS COOKIE SHOP
(Christmas Town
Hannah Winchester is down
on her luck and disillusioned with love, but her fortunes are about to change.
When Hannah inherits a defunct bakery in East Tennessee ,
her first thought is to sell it and settle her substantial debt. Then the
townsfolk welcome her warmly and she’s taken with the joyful spirit of the
place, where stores employ holiday themes and residents have surnames like
Christmas and Claus. After a handsome lawman comes to her aid dressed as Santa,
Hannah learns he’s more than a hot guy in a red suit and shiny black boots.
Sheriff Carter Livingston has joined in the cause of rejuvenating the town, and
he’s encouraging her to do her part. Hannah’s great-grandmother, Lena, sold
special holiday cookies that brought hope and renewal to the people of Christmas Town
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EXCERPT:
The last turn she took was supposed to lead straight to the
town roundabout, the one that connected with South Main Street. Hannah had been
told to watch for a flagpole, the courthouse, a library, and a big town sign.
But all she saw ahead of her in these near-whiteout conditions was more snow!
That’s when a flashing blue glimmer in her driver’s side mirror caught her eye.
Thank goodness! Help has arrived. It had to be a cop figuring her for a
distressed motorist. Hannah certainly couldn’t get any more distressed than
this.
Hannah hadn’t journeyed to Tennessee for a leisurely visit.
She’d inherited a business she knew absolutely nothing about, and she was
determined to sell it at the first opportunity. She tried to imagine herself
running a cookie shop, but just couldn’t. The only picture that came to mind
involved huge plumes of black smoke curling out an open doorway. Where some
people had a brown thumb in the garden, Hannah wore a charred oven mitt in the
kitchen. She couldn’t even microwave popcorn without the bag catching fire.
Hannah spun in her seat to better view the approaching
figure in dark clothing. No, wait. It’s a matching red tunic and slacks worn
beneath an open field coat. The full silhouette of a man emerged from a snowy
swirl and Hannah’s heart thumped. It wasn’t just any outfit; it was a Santa suit.
Though she’d never seen Old Saint Nick looking quite like that. Rather than
being short and stout, he was tall and built, with an obviously solid chest and
a manly jaw thinly disguised by a fake white beard. A Santa hat sat slightly
askew on his head, partially covering short brown hair. He strode to her
driver’s side window in shiny black boots and tapped on the glass. Hannah
goggled at the apparition, then lowered her window a crack.
Evergreen eyes peered in at her and Hannah caught her
breath. She didn’t even know eyes came in that color. They reminded her of
Christmas trees: the really fresh kind, not the plastic sort that normally
stood on an end table in the corner of her apartment.
“Everything okay in there? I saw that you’d pulled over. No
wonder, really.” Little lines crinkled around his eyes, lending them warmth
beneath the wind’s chill. “Given the weather.” He tugged off his fake beard and
stuffed it in his pocket, exposing a rugged face.
Whoa, he was a good-looking Santa. She judged him to be a
few years older than her but not more than five. As if his age mattered! Hannah
wasn’t in Tennessee to stay and she certainly wasn’t in the market for a man.
She’d had enough boyfriends to last her, thank you very much. And
every…single…one of them had let her down. Love. Just one more four-letter word
that had been canned from her vocabulary.
Copyright © 2016 Ginny Baird
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Romance writer Ginny Baird has published novels in print and online and
received screenplay options from Hollywood for her family and romantic comedy
scripts. Whether writing lighthearted romantic comedy or spine-tingling
romantic suspense, she delights in delivering heartwarming stories.
She is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, a Top 10 Best
Seller on Kindle, NOOK and iBooks, and a #1 Best Seller in several Romance and
Women's Fiction categories. When she's not writing, Ginny enjoys cooking,
biking and spending time with her family in Virginia. Ginny loves hearing from
her readers! She invites you to visit her website and connect with her on
social media. http://www.ginnybairdromance.com/
AUTHOR FOLLOW LINKS
AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE – https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B006KH1S1M
WEBSITE / BLOG – www.ginnybairdromance.com
FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/GinnyBairdRomance/
TWITTER – https://twitter.com/GinnyBaird
BUY & TBR LINKS
Amazon US
Amazon UK
Amazon CA
Amazon AU
Barnes & Noble NOOK
Apple iBooks
Kobo
Goodreads
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER CODE
Ginny will be awarding The Complete Holiday Brides
Collection (Books 1 - 5) to five randomly drawn winners via rafflecopter during
the tour.
Thank you for your support of my new book, The Christmas Cookie Shop. Much appreciated!
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