Maybe This Christmas
by Jennifer Snow
Series: Colorado Ice #3
On Sale: September 26, 2017
Publisher: Forever
Formats: Mass Market
Price: $7.99
All wrapped up . . .
One more game. That's all that stands between NHL star Asher Westmore and a major
career milestone. But then his brother bashes him against the hockey boards,
sidelining him for months. Over Christmas holidays, no less. If staying off the
ice doesn't drive him crazy, staying with his family will. The only bright spot
amidst the mistletoe and twinkle lights: His best friend, Emma, is a physical
therapist. And working out with her improves his body and his spirit.
One last time. Emma Callaway was in trouble the minute she and Asher added benefits to
their friendship. How is she supposed to resist a funny, caring guy who makes
her toes curl? Her heart was safe while he lived in a different state. Now that
he's back home recuperating, though, it's only a matter of time before she
blurts out her feelings. Emma's only hope is that with a little holiday magic,
she'll get the best Christmas gift of all.
Asher climbed out of the car. “Nah. I’ll hang out with Em tonight.
I’m her last patient of the day,” he said, suddenly feeling a little better and
eager to get this appointment finished so they could go back to her place for
the evening. Without the meds, he was suffering a little more, and she was the
only thing that eased his pain.
“All
right, man. Take it easy,” Jackson said as he closed the door.
Entering
the clinic, he tugged the big, heavy old door closed behind him.
“Hey,
Asher,” Jane said, standing as she saw him.
“Hi,
Jane. How are you?” he asked, approaching the desk and leaning over it. If he
sat again, getting up would be a struggle.
“I’m
great. Um, actually, I wanted to ask you…if maybe you wanted to grab a drink at
the Grumpy Stump tonight?”
Caught
slightly off guard, he laughed. “You don’t hang out there, do you? You’re far
too pretty to be slobbered on by all the local single men.”
She
blushed. “Thanks. Actually, I don’t hang out anywhere. Single-mom life doesn’t
lend itself it to many dates. Not that this would be a date…”
Oh,
damn. He felt like an ass saying no to the woman who was obviously putting
herself out there…but he wasn’t interested in dating. In fact, since his last
semi-permanent situation ended a while ago, he’d been enjoying how things were
going with Emma. Right now, she was certainly the only one he wanted to be
with. “I…uh…”
Emma
appeared in the reception area, an unreadable expression on her face as she
glanced back and forth between the two of them.
“Well,
the thing is…I promised Emma I’d do that…thing with her tonight,” he said, looking
at her to save him.
Her
expression softened slightly as she slowly nodded. “Right, you did promise me
you would do that…thing tonight.”
He
smiled. Saved. Now he could resume getting excited about a full evening with
her, naked, with no pressure of a flight out the next day or having to be
anywhere at all. The idea excited him beyond the sexy thoughts coming to mind.
He looked forward to just being with her, holding her, kissing her, and
talking. He’d been so caught up in his own problems the last few weeks, he had
no idea what was going on with her.
“Ok,
yeah, no problem,” Jane said, busying herself with the papers on her desk.
He
felt like a jerk. He turned to Emma for help.
“Um…maybe
Asher could get you and Aiden tickets for a game in Denver,” she said.
Perfect.
Right there—that’s why he loved her so much. The thought made him pause. Love?
Of course, love. She was his best friend.
“Right,
Ash?” she said when he’d yet to confirm her suggestion.
“Oh,
yeah…no problem.”
Jane
smiled. “Aiden would love that. Thank you,” she said, sitting back down at her
desk as the phone rang.
Emma’s
eyes held a hint of amusement as he followed her into her therapy room.
“What?”
he asked.
She
closed the door behind them and grinned. “You just turned down a hot date to
suffer through dinner at my sister’s house tonight.”
Jennifer Snow lives in Edmonton, Alberta with her
husband and son. She writes sweet and sexy contemporary romance stories set
everywhere from small towns to big cities. After stating in her high school
yearbook bio that she wanted to be an author, she set off on the winding,
twisting road to make her dream a reality. She is a member of RWA, the Writers'
Guild of Alberta, the Canadian Authors Association, and the Film and Visual
Arts Association in Edmonton. She has published over ten novels and novellas
with many more on the way.
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