Sneak Peek Sunday: Santa Claus is Coming...
A while
ago I introduced you to the snowy setting of my Christmas story, with the
working title of 'The Santa Next Door'.
If you missed it, you can read it here.
Now,
I'm delighted to announce that Santa Claus really will be coming... to an electronic
device near you. I've just signed a
contract with The Wild Rose Press
for this short Santa story to be published as an e-book, hopefully in time for Christmas
2013. So this seems like a good time to let my lovely heroine,
Sue, and hero, Bryn, introduce themselves, to each other and to you...
“You
said don't go in strange people's houses.”
Sue
winced. Apparently Trudi had inherited
Sue's love of rules. But why did she
always have to trot them out at the most embarrassing moment?
Before
Sue could find an answer, and definitely before her blush had faded, he had
already supplied an answer: “Your Mum is quite right, usually. But you see, I'm not a
stranger, I'm a neighbour. My name is
Bryn Thomas.” He seemed to be speaking
directly to Trudi, but Sue had a sense that he was waiting more for her own reaction.
“Hello
Bryn,” she obliged, trying to recall why the name had the ring of familiarity
about it. She was sure none of their
other neighbours had mentioned him, and yet
she was certain she’d encountered it somewhere before. Oh well, like most missing
things, the connection would come to light quicker if she stopped searching for
it. And there was no way she was going
to come out with the hackneyed, ‘haven’t we met
somewhere before?’ Better just to get
on with the introductions. “I'm Sue.”
“And
I'm Trudi.”
Sue
hadn't been sure whether to give her daughter's name away, but she should have
known that Trudi's innate friendliness wouldn't let her hold back for long.
There. Just six paragraphs, as required in the
rules of Sneak Peek Sunday. Hop along there
now if you'd like to read more Sunday sneaks.
If you
liked this excerpt, sadly, you’ll have to wait until nearer Christmas for the whole
story. In the meantime, you could take
a look at ‘Perfect Partners’ or ‘Desperate Bid’, or try some of the books I recommended in my ‘12 days of Kindle’ series.
Oh, I love a Christmas story. Congrats on the sale!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Shelley! I love Christmas stories too, and I seem to have a habit of reading them out of season. I remember reading a Nora Roberts Christmas collection last summer, and I've just read Nell Dixon's 'A Cornish Christmas', which was very sweet.
ReplyDeleteThe Santa Next Door? Great title. Who doesn't want Santa handy?
ReplyDeleteThanks Carly. It's especially handy when you've got kids who make *really* tricky Christmas wishes...
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