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CHRISTMAS
SPIRIT
by Rebecca Anderson
ISBN:
1592797059
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Diana Christmas grew up hearing her jovial grandfather, Sparky, talk about the family’s indomitable “Christmas spirit.” She assumed he meant a general attitude of humor and determination. When she inherits Christmas House, however, the family’s rambling turn-of-the century home high on a seaside cliff in North California, she discovers Sparky might have been talking about more than attitude when he referred to Christmas spirit...
Christmas House has a ghost! And not your run-of-the-mill specter moving furniture and rattling chains. This earthbound spirit, Alex White, is playful, handsome, and very sexy.
Alex haunts Diana’s days...and eventually her nights, causing her serious concern about her sanity. After all, love with a ghost is a dead-end street.
Enter Josh Marley, a wealthy, charming, flesh-and-blood man who wants to marry Diana. Is Josh the answer to her prayers and the means to the life she’s always wanted? The moment she accepts Josh’s proposal, Alex disappears. Will Diana marry Josh and join the living? Or will she find a way to reunite with her Christmas Spirit?
REVIEWS
"...A heartwarming and beautiful tale
suitable for any time of the year...Diana, her grandfather Randy, and Alex
are characters with whom any reader can readily identify. This reviewer
found herself cheering poor deceased Alex on from the very beginning as he
discovers his purpose in life--after life. Every reader will thrill to this
story and I highly recommend it."--Euro-Reviews
"...I believed in the relationship between Diana and Alex and even though I
should have been ready for the ending, I wasn't. It took me totally off
guard because I was so wrapped up in the 'here and now' of the story and the
lives of the characters. Don't make the mistake of thinking that you have to
wait for the Holidays to pick this one up. I hope you enjoy it as much as I
did."--MyShelf Reviews
EXCERPT
...The
little girl slept in peace, unable to hear the thunder. Diana wondered if Emma’s
dreams had voices.
Caressing aside the child’s tussled golden hair, she kissed her warm forehead
and tucked the Sleeping Beauty comforter more snugly around her. Her slumber
threatened, Emma ran her fingertips across the satin edge of the blanket,
soothing herself deeper to sleep. “Ticklies,” Emma used to say.
Diana had done the same thing as a child, and now indulged herself in a few
comforting strokes of satin before she left her daughter’s side.
Her own bedroom, a large gallery just across from Emma’s room, welcomed her with
its comforting familiarity. As she undressed in the unlit room, Diana stood at
the rounded, mullioned windows, which had such a magnificent view of the ocean
during the day. She put on thermals and socks, and watched the bright flicker of
lightning made blurry by water streaming down the glass.
Then something she saw during a lightning flash made her jump. Her breath caught
in her throat. Her gaze flew to the reflection in the glass.
Someone was behind her!
A man!
In that split-second she’d been able to see the image of a man standing across
the room, just in front of the wardrobe mirror.
Fear and a terrifying validation paralyzed her. Someone was there! She was no
longer half-asleep or unsure, as she’d been with the shadow in the car mirror.
This time she was positive she had seen someone.
Another flash of light, and, once again, the man was behind her. Now her eyes
knew where to look and he became more distinct. He was tall with wide shoulders
and short, light hair. The distance made it impossible to distinguish the color
of his eyes, but his penetrating gaze was unmistakable.
He had looked at her with a mixture of sadness and longing.
With slow movements, shaking from head to foot and unable to breathe, she turned
around. Just then another flash illuminated the room.
Nothing.
Even though Diana couldn’t see anyone in the shadows, she knew, with ever fiber
of her being, that someone was in the room with her.
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