Christmas from the Heart by Sheila Roberts

Author:Sheila Roberts
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2019-07-17T13:54:11+00:00

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Livi never really saw him. He was just good old Morris, the guy she’d dated once upon a time. Sometimes he wished Livi had never gone away to school.

But nobody in her right mind turned down a full scholarship. Still, going away changed her. She came back home not only knowing more but wanting more. Her great-grandparents had money but somewhere along the way that well had dried up, leaving her parents solidly middle-class. After college, though, she returned yearning for a life of glamour. She wanted to see the world, wanted to visit Jane Austen’s home, walk on the moors where Cathy and Heathcliff had roamed. Morris had never been able to get into those books—“I am Heathcliff.” What the hell? She’d wanted to see the Eiffel Tower and ski in the Alps. As if their own mountains weren’t good enough?

She’d stayed in Pine River but she hankered for Seattle. Christmas from the Heart was the anchor that kept her in town. That, and her dad and her friends. Of which he was one.

What was it going to take to open Livi’s eyes to the good life they could have together? He needed to find it fast, because this newcomer was stirring up all those old yearnings for glamour and excitement.

As if a good ball game or great sex couldn’t be exciting enough. As if planning a wedding, having kids and watching them grow up wasn’t good enough. He knew she wanted to be married, wanted a family. She could do all that with him. You didn’t need to wander all over the world looking at stuff you could see on TV to have a good life.

“Morris, why are you frowning?” his mother asked after he’d settled her and her fruitcake in the car.

“I wasn’t frowning.”

“Yes, you were. You frowned all through lunch and you’re still frowning. I swear, you frown after every encounter with Olivia Berg,” she added.

His mom was way too observant. “I do not.”

“Yes, you do.” She shook her head. “You’re wasting your time on her. She’s not interested.”

“Thanks, Mom,” he growled.

“Well, it’s true and you know it. If only your father was still alive to talk some sense into you.”

A freak accident at work had taken his dad five years back and that had left Morris to watch over his mom and little sister. Sis had gotten married two years ago and moved to Oregon and now it was just Morris, picking Mom up for church on Sundays, eating lunch at her place afterward and taking her to Family Tree for dinner every Wednesday night for their midweek special.

Not that he minded watching out for his mom and spending time with her, but he missed his old man. And no matter what Mom thought, Dad would never try to talk him into giving up on Livi. Unlike Mom, who wanted Morris to hurry up and marry somebody so she could have grandkids, Dad understood true love. He’d waited patiently for Mom to come around through three years and one fiancé.

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