Scrooged By The Mountain Man
I was elated to receive an invite to join ten other authors of steamy romance for the Log Cabin Christmas Collection. The only requirements were that the story we each were to write involved a log cabin, Christmas, mountain man, and snow. Sounds easy enough! Oh ... and it had to be no longer than a certain word length. That ended up being a challenge as I cut approximately 7,000 words from my first rough draft.
I've always loved the underlying messages behind A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Somehow, I wanted to create a short, modernized version reflecting that theme. Essentially, it is a tale of redemption and figuring out what is really most important in life.
Over weeks, the characters made themselves known to me in my mind and Scrooged By The Mountain Man began to form into characters first, and then a story. I hope you enjoy it!
The paperback is available here in my online shop for sale and also on Amazon. The e-book is available only on Amazon until approximately February 18, 2025. At that time, the e-book will be distributed to all online retailers.
Here is a bit of the story:
The book opens with Eli Lucas. He's an up and coming Country music star that has secluded himself in a mountain cabin for Christmas week to write some hit songs that will hopefully catapult him on the music charts. Eli's sole focus is his career. He sees a relationship with a woman as something that would hold him back. In fact, he doesn't want a single distraction to disturb his creative time.
His plan is interrupted when Stella Marks arrives late at night, knocking on the door. They discover a mistake. The cabin was double booked.
Stella loves Christmas, but her plan was to spend it alone after her messy divorce. Plus, she had a falling out with her family at Thanksgiving. Stella is feeling the need to reevaluate her life and find out what she really wants going forward. Her alone time at the cabin was supposed to provide that space.
Sparks fly as the attraction ignites but it's buffered by their internal fears. Can a woman searching for herself and a man running only toward fame find the love they didn’t know they needed?
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