Rainbow Snippets: 3 December 2016 - From 'Santa for Hire'

Saturday's here again! Time for more Rainbow Snippets.

Today my snippet comes from my latest release. My MM season short story, Santa for Hire, forms part of Dreamspinner Press' 2016 Advent Calendar, Bah Humbug!, and is also available as a single title.

This is a tale of two people who must both gets past their hang-ups if they wish to find love and happiness.

The cards had started appearing downstairs in Stationery as early as September. Wrapping paper and labels had followed in October, along with Christmas puddings in the high-class Food Hall on the lower ground floor. And now the rest, signaling six weeks of Christmas-cheer hell. Richard couldn’t understand why it had to be his section that bore the brunt of the deluge. Surely Toys and Games would make more sense. Christmas was all about children’s presents, after all. But upper management had been firm. Toys and Games required more space at Christmas, not less, and Homeware had the best layout to accommodate the monstrosity that formed the centerpiece of their annual Yuletide displays: Santa’s Grotto.

Santa for Hire
Asta Idonea
Dreamspinner Press
1 December 2015
 
ISBN: 9781635331899
ASIN: B01MZZUYYI

Contemporary/MM/Holidays
Heat Rating: 2

Audio Excerpt

Dreamspinner Press / ARe
Amazon US / Amazon UK

Dumped by his ex on Christmas Eve two years ago, Oxford Street department store manager Richard Barrett now hates the holidays. Things go from bad to worse when the store's usual Santa is too ill to reprise his role and the firm sends cocky but handsome Blaine Ryder to take his place. The attraction between the two is clear, but Blaine is an incorrigible player who reminds Richard of his ex. His idea of a relationship is a quick roll in the hay, and his advances have Richard running for the hills. It might take some special intervention for both of them to realize they can change enough to have a chance at a holiday romance.