Pleasures of Christmas Past
(A Christmas Carol #1)
by Lexi Post
When present-day American social
worker Jessica Thomas is assigned her first case as a spirit guide, she’s
excited to serve as the Spirit of Christmas Past for her client and prove she
knows her profession well. Unfortunately, her mentor, the very hot, very
single, and very Scottish Duncan Montgomerie has little faith in her ability and
plans to catch her when she falls. As far as she’s concerned, he’s going to be
waiting a very long time.
Bachelor Duncan Montgomerie
hails from late 18th century Scotland where he enjoyed life to
its fullest, something he continues in death. Having been dead a while, he is well
equipped to handle the afterlife where time doesn’t exist and phasing is the
norm. What has him stymied is his connection to the uptight Jessica and the
strange feelings he’s experiencing being around her, even though she refuses to
listen to his advice. Duncan needs to figure out what it all means and fast because
the rules change after death and the path Jessica is headed down could cost her
her soul.
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EXCERPT:
“Are you
ready for your first case?” The lilt of a heavy Scottish accent behind her
caused her to turn.
Duncan
Montgomerie floated there, not close enough to touch, but near enough she
caught the whiff of pine that was so much a part of him.
Oh no, not
him. The man was the hottest
instructor she’d had and even now she couldn’t remember a word he’d said. She’d
been too busy having her libido stroked by his voice while her eyes feasted on
his rugged looks and ripped body. He’d never told them what time period he was
from, but his accent gave him away as Scottish and some of his vocabulary made
her think it might be centuries back, even though he dressed in modern-day
clothes.
Nervousness
tamped down her excitement. There was no way she’d be able to concentrate on
this assignment with him around. She was bound to screw something up.
“Jessica?”
His blue eyes sparkled with an unearthly light as one brow rose. “Are you with
me, lass?”
“Yes, of
course.” She tried not to focus on his wavy brown hair that fell past his
strong jawline or on his scruffy chin that led the eye to his quirking lips.
His arm
stretched out past her as he pointed below them, revealing his forearm muscle
flexing as he moved his finger. “That’s our case. Mrs. Cameron Douglas.”
Despite
the butterflies tickling her stomach as Duncan’s breath passed by her left ear,
Jessica snapped her focus to the people below. There were many women in the
shop. Mrs. Douglas could be any of them. She leaned away and looked her mentor
in the eyes. “What’s her first name?”
“Huh?”
Jessica
pushed her glasses back up the bridge of her nose. “What’s Mrs. Douglas’ first
name? To get a client to trust you, you must show an interest in them and
knowing the person’s first name is the very tip of the iceberg.”
Duncan
frowned. “I dinna teach you that.”
She took a
deep breath. “No, you didn’t. It’s part of the experience I bring to the job.
Do you know her first name?”
He shook
his head, clearly perplexed by her request.
“How long
have you been a Spirit Guide?” It was really none of her business, but she
wanted to be sure her mentor was, in fact, more experienced than she was.
He
shrugged broad shoulders, drawing her focus back to his build.
“Since we
have no time in the afterlife, I cannot tell you how long I’ve done this, but I
can assure you it is no’ my first case.” He pulled the neck of his t-shirt away
from his skin, as if it were too tight.
As far as
she was concerned, the entire shirt was too tight with the way it molded to his
chest muscles, showing a significant valley down the middle. Heck, if he just
wanted to take the whole thing off, she certainly wouldn’t complain.
“Holly.”
Duncan grinned and her insides turned to melting ice cream.
So why did
he point out holly? It was Christmas. There was holly everywhere… And mistletoe.
Oh, maybe she could find some mistletoe and Mr. Distraction here could catch
the hint and kiss her.
“Holly is
her first name.” Duncan nodded to confirm his statement. “It’s also what that
older woman down there just called her.”
Her? Oh
right, the case.
Enjoy the whole series as Holly and her spirits learn to move on in their lives...or afterlives 😊
ABOUT LEXI
Lexi Post is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of romance
inspired by the classics. She spent years in higher education taking and
teaching courses about the classical literature she loved. From Edgar Allan
Poe's short story “The Masque of the Red Death” to Tolstoy’s War and Peace, she's read, studied, and
taught wonderful classics.
But Lexi's first love is romance novels so she married her two first loves, romance
and the classics. Whether it’s dashing dukes, hot immortals, sizzling cowboys, or
hunks from out of this world, Lexi provides a sensuous experience with a “whole
lotta story.”
Lexi is living her own happily ever after with her husband and her two cats
in Florida. She makes her own ice cream every weekend, loves bright colors, and
you’ll never see her without a hat.
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