Vonnie Davis - Santa Wore Leathers - The sexiest firefighter Christmas romance of the year!

VONNIE DAVIS

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First published in Great Britain by Harper Impulse 2013

Copyright © Vonnie Davis 2013

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Cover layout design © HarperColl‌insPublishers Ltd 2013

Cover design by HarperColl‌insPublishers Ltd

Vonnie Davis asserts the moral right

to be identified as the author of this work.

A catalogue record for this book is

available from the British Library

This novel is entirely a work of fiction.

The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are

the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to

actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is

entirely coincidental.

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and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.

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Digital eFirst: Automatically produced by Atomik ePublisher from Easypress.

Ebook Edition © November 2015 ISBN: 9780007555314

Version 2015-11-26

'This is the first book I’ve read by Vonnie Davis and I can assure you it won’t be the last'

Harlequin Junkie

'A fun and frivolous festive romance'

Book Chick City

'A lovely, sweet, funny, sexy story. Perfect holiday read.'

Sizzling Pages Romance Reviews

'A sexy, feel good romance'

Jane Hunt Writer Reviews

'Ms. Davis has a way with the pen and I look forward to reading WAY more books from her!'

More Books Please

'A mega entertaining, sexy romance!'

Reading Between the Wines Book Club

To my awesome critique partners, AJ Nuest and Rachel Brimble, fabulous authors who point out when I’ve used the same phrase three times on the same page and remind me a participle looks nasty when it dangles. Thanks for your patience, my darlings.

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Title Page Santa Wore Leathers VONNIE DAVIS A division of HarperCollins Publishers www.harpercollins.co.uk

Copyright Harper Impulse an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk First published in Great Britain by Harper Impulse 2013 Copyright © Vonnie Davis 2013 Cover images © Shutterstock.com Cover layout design © HarperColl‌insPublishers Ltd 2013 Cover design by HarperColl‌insPublishers Ltd Vonnie Davis asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins. Digital eFirst: Automatically produced by Atomik ePublisher from Easypress. Ebook Edition © November 2015 ISBN: 9780007555314 Version 2015-11-26

Praise for Vonnie Davis Praise for Vonnie Davis Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Praise for Vonnie Davis Dedication Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Bonus Material CHAPTER 1 Also by Vonnie Davis … Vonnie Davis About HarperImpulse About the Publisher 'This is the first book I’ve read by Vonnie Davis and I can assure you it won’t be the last' Harlequin Junkie 'A fun and frivolous festive romance' Book Chick City 'A lovely, sweet, funny, sexy story. Perfect holiday read.' Sizzling Pages Romance Reviews 'A sexy, feel good romance' Jane Hunt Writer Reviews 'Ms. Davis has a way with the pen and I look forward to reading WAY more books from her!' More Books Please 'A mega entertaining, sexy romance!' Reading Between the Wines Book Club

Dedication To my awesome critique partners, AJ Nuest and Rachel Brimble, fabulous authors who point out when I’ve used the same phrase three times on the same page and remind me a participle looks nasty when it dangles. Thanks for your patience, my darlings.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Bonus Material

CHAPTER 1

Also by Vonnie Davis …

Vonnie Davis

About HarperImpulse

About the Publisher

My new neighbor is a man-whore.

Becca Sinclair peered through the window of her townhouse, her fingertips flying over the keyboard. This new post on her “The Things Men Do” blog would definitely entertain her twelve hundred followers. Comments would amass and maybe, if she were lucky, she’d increase her audience.

Marshall, her editor at the Clearwater Daily, had dangled the incentive of giving her a weekly column, but only if she secured fifteen hundred followers. The poor schmuck had no idea how determined she was. Or how much women loved reading her comical, often snarky, take on the male gender.

With her desk positioned in front of the bay window in her living room, she had a great view of the goings-on in her neighborhood. This secluded vantage point had birthed many well-read posts. She raised her tiny espresso cup to her lips, inhaled its strong aroma as she sipped and read over her first paragraph on the screen.

About an hour ago, a brunette showed up at his front door carrying a box of Krispy Kremes. Just now, a blonde parked her red car behind the silver compact of woman number one. Before woman number two’s stilettos hit the pavement, shirtless man-whore jogged out of his townhouse to greet her, no doubt in an attempt to head her off at the pass. Pardon the cliché, sistahs, but men ARE so clichéd, are they not?

Becca’s gaze swept from her monitor to her neighbor and the blonde talking on the sidewalk. Man-whore must lift weights in his sleep to get a build like that. How hard would his muscles feel if she ran her hands over them? Dismissing her thought with an eye roll, she allowed her perusal to continue. Like most Floridians, he had a deep tan which, when combined with his sculptured muscles, presented a very potent male package. If she were one to notice, which she was not.