All this month until the 24th, you can find free stories everyday on the Facebook group, or on the Masterlist, and today is my turn, just click the image below.
Maybe, finally this winter (with a little help) they might just do that.
And if you’re feeling in the Christmas spirit and have the wherewithal to help someone who needs it, please consider giving a little something to help my local rescue centre , or perhaps help to give a young person a safe place to spend the winter. That’s the kind of gift that can really make a difference.
Hope you have the happiest of Holidays, and Very Merry Reading! x
Seth Mason arrives at the Alphas’ Homestead under duress. The Council have made it clear that if his cousins, Caleb and Jacob, can’t tame Seth’s wild ways his very last chance will be used up and he’ll have nowhere left to go.
Seth is horrified to find that he’s going to have to spend a year living in the backwaters of Nebraska. He hates the Alphas. He hates the dirt and the horses. He hates the nearby town and everyone in it.
In fact, the only thing he doesn’t hate is Malcolm, the deputy sheriff. Unfortunately, Malcolm doesn’t seem to feel the same, especially when Seth uses his bad behavior to try to get the deputy’s attention.
Jacob feels for Seth—knowing what it’s like to lose family—but when his cousin’s bad behavior turns the town, not only against Seth but against all the werewolves at the homestead, he has to put his sympathies aside and fight to save his family and the place he’s called home for the last five years.
Aaron has spent the past ten months alone. When he meets a sad, yet strangely familiar man on a cold Halloween night, he impulsively invites him home. But the intimate connection they share lasts only until morning. Aaron wakes up alone—wracked with guilt and devastated to have lost his chance.
Or so he thinks.
Thanksgiving brings Aaron another shot at happiness, but letting go of an old love and accepting a new one isn’t as easy as everyone keeps telling him. And by the time Christmas Eve rolls around, it becomes clear that Aaron’s not the only one struggling to let himself love again.
Christmas miracles are all well and good, but it’s going to take more than the Holiday Spirit for Aaron to get his happy ever after.
Pat December 9, 2017
Thanks for chance
Alex January 2, 2018
Thank you for reading! x
Charlie Cochrane December 9, 2017
So sweet. Made me think of that western with John Wayne and Mildred Natwick (I think) about the three cowboys and the woman who has the baby.
xx
Alex January 2, 2018
I have not seen that one *runs off to IMBD* Thank you for reading! x
Jack December 9, 2017
Hi, great short story, I’d love the chance to get to know more about these two.
Alex January 2, 2018
Thank you so much for reading. I’m so glad you enjoyed x
Paul Wilgus December 9, 2017
I have been wanting to read your other books but have not had the chance yet.
Alex January 2, 2018
Well, you have a whole year before the Advent starts again 🙂 I hope you enjoy x
Jennifer December 10, 2017
Thanks for the chance! I’d like to read Longing for Shelter.
Alex January 2, 2018
It’s yours! The random number generator picked you! Email in your inbox x
Margaret December 17, 2017
Great job. I found this story through another author and I’m glad I did. Looks like a great series. Thank you
Alex January 2, 2018
Thanks so much for reading x
Rosalind December 20, 2017
Lovely story. I’d welcome the chance to read more about them.
Alex January 2, 2018
Thanks so much for reading x
Yvonne Eide December 26, 2017
I couldn’t read this on my phone and it has taken a long time to find the peace and quiet to sit down with my computer but so glad I finally did. Wonderful to visit the Homestead again and now I’m even more sorry I didn’t sign up for your Christmas letter because I didn’t want to be a bother.
Alex January 2, 2018
I’m so glad you liked it 🙂
I will make the letter available at some point so it’s not gone for good, and there will be more Homestead in a few weeks too! Happy new year! x