by Holly Jacobs
Justin had no problem understanding Sera’s happiness at simply being next to Angela. “Angel,” he whispered more to himself than to her.
“Angela,” she assured him. “Just a regular woman in a new town.”
“I’m not quite regular,” he said, gesturing to his leg.
“No, you’re not. A man who’d hears about someone in need on the radio and goes out of his way to help? That’s not quite regular at all.”
“I’m bitter and cantankerous—”
“You’re hurt. But even so, you’re generous and kind.”
“Angel—”
“Listen, why don’t we both agree that we’re each marvelous and then head back to my house. I’ll order a pizza and you can help me and Sera decorate the Christmas tree.”
Justin looked at the woman next to him and suddenly knew. He remembered what she’d said about the old woman who’d matched her up with Sera…words have power. “I don’t think that’s going to be enough?”
“Pardon?”
“One Christmas tree and a pizza? Nothing but Christmas?” He shook his head. “No, that’s not nearly enough. What are you doing New Year’s Eve?”
Angela smiled and instead of answering, she asked, “I don’t know, what are we doing?”
From the author:
I wrote this story to give readers a brief introduction to my two Avalon series, The WLVH Radio series, and The Everything But… series. I wrote the books for Avalon, a small mainstream publisher that distributed beautiful hardback books to libraries. In June 2012, Montlake Romance bought Avalon, along with its backlist. Montlake has rereleased all the books in both series in both paperback and eBook versions.
As a writer I’m thrilled to see the two series get a chance to reach a whole new group of readers.
And as a dog owner, I’m happy to tell a story about a special little dog who found her forever home with a WLVH disc jockey…and the man she falls for.
I have written romantic comedy since I started writing. Someone once called one of my comedies “frothy” and I was so complimented. That’s exactly what these books are meant to be, “frothy” treats. Stories to give you a break from the real world for a little bit. I’m still writing more emotional, heart-tugging stories for Harlequin’s SuperRomance. I enjoy writing them as well. But my first love is frothy romantic comedies, or sweet humorous romances. I hope you’ll check out the WLVH Radio and the Everything But… books.
And I so hope you enjoyed this first Nothing But… short story! Merry Christmas!
Holly
WVLH Series and Everything But…series short stories:
Nothing But Love
Nothing But Heart
Nothing But Luck
WLVH Radio—where love is more than just a song—series:
Pickup Lines
Lovehandles
Night Calls
Laugh Lines
Everything But—where every Hungarian knows that words have power—series:
Everything But a Groom (named one of Booklist’s Top 10 Romances of ’08)
Everything But a Bride
Everything But a Wedding
Everything But a Christmas Eve
Everything But a Mother
Everything But a Dog
Award-winning author Holly Jacobs has sold over two million books worldwide. The first novel in her Everything But… series, Everything But a Groom, was named one of Booklist’s Top 10 Romances of 2008, and her books have been honored with many other accolades. She lives in Erie County, Pennsylvania, with her husband and four children and two dogs, Ethel Merman and Ella Fitzgerald.You can visit her at www.HollyJacobs.com.
