Snowflake Kisses by Marianne Evans

Author:Marianne Evans
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781611164633
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
Published: 2014-09-20T04:00:00+00:00

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Vanessa had never been one for fairytales. She inhabited a world of practical push and press, effort, results—and success. She had encountered too much materialism and cultural greed to ever be wide-eyed and innocent about the world. Nonetheless, a transformation of spirit, brought about by the love affair she had witnessed between her brother and sister-in-law, had turned her spirit fully toward Christ. He was her stronghold now, the armor she wore in a daily battle against the showmanship of glamour and an over-the-top quest for material gain.

Be that as it may, a heart focused on God didn’t place her in a bubble. Self-centered orchestrations could still tweak Vanessa’s volatile temper as well as a yen for retaliation.

Like now, for example.

The after-dinner walk she presently shared with Jackson should have been about savoring the sparkling beauty of London. The old city stretched before them in all its nighttime glory, its iconic buildings and modern skyscrapers shaped by beads of light that formed outlines of shadow and illumination along the glittery waters of the Thames.

Hand in hand with Jackson, her clutch going tight against his fingertips, Vanessa reacted to his news of the purpose behind Tamara’s arrival in London. “So this ex-client of Colby Intellilink is squeezing you professionally in order to stake a personal claim? Poorly played, all in all.”

“You have a penchant for understatement.”

“You must tell Peter.”

“Already done.” Car horns bleated. Across the water, a horn bellowed mournfully, the sound coming from a small freighter that skimmed past. She squeezed his arm as they ambled along an arched bridge that spanned the river. “With due respect, he had to come first.”

“And that’s as it should be.” All the same, his revelation made sense. Vanessa had sensed Jackson’s tension throughout the day as their paths crossed and uncrossed at Harrods. “Still, I’m livid. What’s up with this woman? Why won’t she simply take your ‘no’ and be done with it?”

“Conquest. This has nothing whatever to do with love, Vannie. That much I know despite all her protests to the contrary. This is about her wounded ego. She is a woman spurned who wants her own way at any cost.”

“Well, added twist to the knife, this right gobby cow is set to ruin an absolutely fabulous, fantasy-like Christmas celebration I’ve pulled together for Father and Peter.”

Laughing at her feisty display, Jackson snugged an arm around Vanessa’s waist drawing her tight to his side. “I’ll ask you to interpret that very British insult at a later point. About the party, Peter already plans to keep her occupied.”

“And I have plans to do just the same…for you.”

“Really? Do tell.”

She turned in his arms, loving the smoky timber of his voice. “I’d be glad to. As you know, the Colby Christmas extravaganza is going to take place at the London Eye. As you also know, me being me, I have every intention of making sure it’s perfect in every way.” She eased into a delicious flood of anticipation, sinking against his warmth with a happy sigh.

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