Once Upon a Christmas by Dawn Brower

Author:Dawn Brower [Brower, Dawn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Monarchal Glenn Press

Chapter 4

Nicholas had blundered badly with Holly. He did want to spend some time with her and decided to wait until they closed Serendipity Lane for the day. Their hours had been displayed in the front window and they wouldn’t be open past five o’clock. That gave him a couple of hours to kill and he used that time wisely. He went into the local flower shop and asked if they were acquainted with Holly—and of course they were. Gabriel was right. The town was full of Stranges. Since they were Holly’s family it was easy enough to discover her favorite flower and order a couple dozen of them. Then he went into Grape Flavors for a bottle of wine. His luck held out there too and he was able to pick up some of her favorites there too. He went to Witch’s Brew, and struck a deal with Tristan Scott—who owned the coffee shop with Holly’s cousin Esmeralda. Witch’s Brew closed an hour before Serendipity Lane did for the day and he was able to pay for the use of the coffee shop. Nicholas set everything up to surprise her. All he needed was someone to arrange for her to stop in. That came from a surprising source.

“I’ll stop into Serendipity and tell her Esmeralda needs her assistance over here.” He winked at Nicholas. “When it comes to the Strange women you’ll need all the help you can get. Esme has already left for the day. She has a hot date of her own later.”

“Does that bother you?” Nicholas asked.

“No,” he said as he shook his head. “We’re friends nothing more. A different Strange has a hold of my heart. One day she’ll return. They always do.”

Nicholas frowned. “What makes you so certain?”

“This town calls to them. They make it what it is. I can’t explain it exactly.” He paused for a moment and then continued, “It’s almost like magic. Anything can happen and sometimes when you least expect it to. I can’t tell you how many times the love bug has hit people here. It’s almost as if this town was created to bring lovers together.” He shook his head. “But maybe that’s wishful thinking on my part. I have to believe or I’ll have lost the one I love forever.”

“Who is it?” He didn’t think it was Holly because Tristan never would have helped him otherwise. Nicholas had met several Stranges in the past few hours. None of them could be Tristan’s love either. They all owned businesses in town. The way Tristan spoke of his lady love she’d left town and didn’t look back.

“Holly’s twin sister—Sage.”

Something about that bothered him. Would he make a play for Holly if he couldn’t have Sage? If they were twins… “Where did she go?”

“She’s in the big city running an event planning business. She’s making a name for herself there. Sage is the one Strange that had no desire to make her stamp on Kismet Bay. The only thing she has in common with any of them is the color of her hair.

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