A Christmas Changes Everything (Hickory Ridge Book 5) by Isabelle Grace

Author:Isabelle Grace [Grace, Isabelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rosewood Books
Published: 2023-11-25T18:30:00+00:00

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A few hours and quite a few activities later, Chace realized what a rookie mistake he’d made by underestimating the never-waning stamina his seven-year-old nieces possessed. The more they did, the more energy they seemed to generate. Like characters in a video game that powered up the further they progressed.

Too bad the same wasn’t true for him.

Not that he ever planned to admit how right Holly had been. No, siree. Especially since he’d come up with an idea to not only help him power through the day’s activities with Emme and Wren but also how to use the holiday season to rekindle the relationship he’d once had with Holly McCade.

For lack of a better term, Chace decided to call it Operation Mistletoe.

The idea began to germinate this morning after his conversation with Holly when he’d told her he wanted to hold her hand and kiss her under every sprig of mistletoe. That’s why he hadn’t given in to temptation back in the field of firs—no mistletoe.

But during the thirty-minute train ride around the farm’s perimeter, where the girls eagle-eyed more available activities aside from those they’d already scoped out, Chace observed a young man pointing to a sprig of mistletoe above his companion’s head. Grinning like a fool, the dude had swooped in and kissed the daylights out of the petite brunette.

The same way Chace wanted to do with Holly every damned chance he got.

Like, from now on, whenever mistletoe was in sight. And if he had to be the one to ensure the little white sprigs appeared in some rather unlikely places, well, a man had to do what a man had to do. It was a mission he was beyond ready to accept.

Fortunately, after disembarking from the Winter Wonderland Express, their first stop was visiting Santa’s reindeer, where a clump of mistletoe was tacked above each stall. So, while Emme and Wren were engrossed with petting and feeding each of Santa’s eight reindeer, Chace officially put Operation Mistletoe into effect by leaning down and dropping a kiss on Holly’s extremely surprised lips.

“What are you doing?” she demanded, the little wrinkle appearing between her brows.

Chace pointed above them to the eight sprigs of berries and greenery. “One down, seven to go.” And that was just in the reindeer barn.

“One’s plenty,” Holly insisted, but Chace didn’t miss how her tongue snuck out between her lips as if seeking a taste.

“How come there are only eight reindeer?” Emme broke into the moment, which was probably for the best. “Where’s Rudolph?”

Good question. Gratefully, Holly was one step ahead of him in producing an answer. “It says right here,” she held out the pamphlet Cindy Lou Who had given them upon arrival, “that along with Rudolph, the actual eight reindeer remain at the North Pole with Santa, and that he sends some of his extras to places like this for everyone to see. Since Rudolph is one of a kind with his red nose, there aren’t any extras of him to send.”

Both girls pondered Holly’s explanation for a few seconds before nodding.

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