The Christmas Compromise
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“I hope not. If she gets too close to the backside of the tree, she’s bound to see the tinsel,” he joked, drawing a small package from his pocket and then handing it to me.
“You didn’t have to get me anything,” I said, hoping he loved the gingerbread kit I had wrapped under the tree for him. I fingered the silver box before opening the lid. Then my throat tightened at what lay inside: a hand-carved wooden angel ornament. She was delicate and beautiful, with a small golden plate beneath her feet inscribed, “Forever Yours.” My vision blurred. “She’s so beautiful.”
“You’ve always been my angel,” he whispered, tucking my hair behind my ear, and then dropping his forehead to mine. “I thought you could put that ornament on our tree next year. Maybe one day, we’ll even have little angels of our own.”
“Oh, Dallas,” I said, lifting my lashes and peering into those warm caramel-brown eyes. “There’s nothing in the world that I’d love more.”
The snow began to fall harder, dusting the world with a sugar-colored frosting. My heart warmed and I let my lips find his. That kiss held everything I wanted to say. That I loved him. That I’d always loved him. And that I hadn’t just come home to Christmas Mountain. I’d come home to him and I would never leave again.
The End
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Christmas Mountain Clean Romance Series!
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SUSAN HATLER is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author, who writes humorous and emotional contemporary romance and young adult novels. Many of Susan’s books have been translated into German, Spanish, French, and Italian. A natural optimist, she believes life is amazing, people are fascinating, and imagination is endless. She loves spending time with her characters and hopes you do, too.
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Titles by Susan Hatler
Christmas Mountain Clean Romance Series
The Christmas Compromise
'Twas the Kiss Before Christmas
Do-Over Date Series
Million Dollar Date
The Double Date Disaster
The Date Next Door
The Wedding Whisperer Series
The Wedding Charm
The Wedding Catch
My Wedding Date
The Wedding Bet
Kissed by the Bay Series
Every Little Kiss
The Perfect Kiss
Just One Kiss
The Sweetest Kiss
A Christmas Kiss
All About That Kiss
Forever in a Kiss
A Kiss for Santa
Better Date than Never Series
Love at First Date
Truth or Date
My Last Blind Date
Save the Date
A Twist of Date
License to Date
Driven to Date
Up to Date
Déjà Date
Date and Dash
Treasured Dreams Series
An Unexpected Date
An Unexpected Kiss
An Unexpected Love
An Unexpected Proposal
An Unexpected Wedding
An Unexpected Joy
An Unexpected Baby
Young Adult Novels
Shaken
See Me
The Crush Dilemma
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