Meg Maguire - Wild Holiday Nights - Holiday Rush / Playing Games / All Night Long

Satisfy your Christmas cravings with…

HOLIDAY RUSH by Samantha Hunter

Cake guru Calla Michaels is canceling Christmas to deal with fondant, batter and an attempted robbery. Then officer Gideon Stone shows up at her door. Calla thought her kitchen was hot enough before…

PLAYING GAMES by Meg Maguire

With her plane grounded on Christmas Eve, Carrie Baxter agrees to share a rental car with her secret high school crush. Sure, Daniel Barber is hotter than ever, but he’s still just as prickly, too. It’s gonna be one looong drive…and an unforgettably X-rated night!

ALL NIGHT LONG by Debbi Rawlins

Overworked paralegal Carly Watts needs Jack Carrington’s signature, but he’ll do whatever it takes to buy more time before selling his grandfather’s company. Including having one very naughty night before Christmas!

Praise for Samantha Hunter

“Another winner from a fabulous writer, Samantha Hunter, whose name alone is a surefire guarantee of high-quality romantic fiction!”

—Romance Book Paradise Blog on

Straight to the Heart

“Her leads are complex, with strong emotional depth and a sizzling sexual connection.”

—Affaire de Coeur on Unforgettable

Praise for Meg Maguire

“If you have read Maguire before…you know she writes flirt and spark like nobody else.”

—Badass Book Reviews

“The relationships…always feel organic, real and believable.”

—Penelope’s Romance Reviews

Praise for Debbi Rawlins

“A page-turner guaranteed to warm both your heart and um, other parts.”

—RT Book Reviews on

On a Snowy Christmas Night

“Heavily seasoned with deliciously spicy love scenes.”

—Affaire de Coeur on Alone with You

SAMANTHA HUNTER lives in Syracuse, New York, where she writes full-time for Mills & Boon. When she’s not plotting her next story, Sam likes to work in her garden, quilt, cook, read and spend time with her husband and their dogs. Most days you can find Sam chatting on the Mills & Boon Blaze boards at www.millsandboon.co.uk, or you can check out what’s new, enter contests or drop her a note at her website, samanthahunter.com.

MEG MAGUIRE worked as a record store snob, a lousy barista, a decent designer and an overenthusiastic penguin handler, before becoming a writer. She loves crafting no-nonsense, working-class heroes with capable hands and lousy grammar. She was a 2010 Golden Heart finalist, and a two-time RT Reviewers’ Choice Award nominee. Meg writes full-time and lives in the Pacific Northwest with her own bearded hero.

DEBBI RAWLINS grew up in rural Hawaii but has always loved Western movies and books. If she remembers correctly, her first crush was on a cowboy. He was an actor in the role of a cowboy, but then she was only eleven. Years later she attended her first rodeo on the island of Maui. The next was in Houston, Texas, where she first started writing for Mills & Boon. Now, more than fifty-five books later, she lives on a few acres in gorgeous rural Utah, surrounded by four dogs, five cats and a trio of goats.

Wild Holiday Nights

Holiday Rush

Samantha Hunter

Playing Games

Meg Maguire

All Night Long

Debbi Rawlins

www.millsandboon.co.uk

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Back Cover Text Satisfy your Christmas cravings with… HOLIDAY RUSH by Samantha Hunter Cake guru Calla Michaels is canceling Christmas to deal with fondant, batter and an attempted robbery. Then officer Gideon Stone shows up at her door. Calla thought her kitchen was hot enough before… PLAYING GAMES by Meg Maguire With her plane grounded on Christmas Eve, Carrie Baxter agrees to share a rental car with her secret high school crush. Sure, Daniel Barber is hotter than ever, but he’s still just as prickly, too. It’s gonna be one looong drive…and an unforgettably X-rated night! ALL NIGHT LONG by Debbi Rawlins Overworked paralegal Carly Watts needs Jack Carrington’s signature, but he’ll do whatever it takes to buy more time before selling his grandfather’s company. Including having one very naughty night before Christmas!

Praise Praise for Samantha Hunter “Another winner from a fabulous writer, Samantha Hunter, whose name alone is a surefire guarantee of high-quality romantic fiction!” —Romance Book Paradise Blog on Straight to the Heart “Her leads are complex, with strong emotional depth and a sizzling sexual connection.” —Affaire de Coeur on Unforgettable Praise for Meg Maguire “If you have read Maguire before…you know she writes flirt and spark like nobody else.” —Badass Book Reviews “The relationships…always feel organic, real and believable.” —Penelope’s Romance Reviews Praise for Debbi Rawlins “A page-turner guaranteed to warm both your heart and um, other parts.” —RT Book Reviews on On a Snowy Christmas Night “Heavily seasoned with deliciously spicy love scenes.” —Affaire de Coeur on Alone with You

About the Authors SAMANTHA HUNTER lives in Syracuse, New York, where she writes full-time for Mills & Boon. When she’s not plotting her next story, Sam likes to work in her garden, quilt, cook, read and spend time with her husband and their dogs. Most days you can find Sam chatting on the Mills & Boon Blaze boards at www.millsandboon.co.uk , or you can check out what’s new, enter contests or drop her a note at her website, samanthahunter.com . MEG MAGUIRE worked as a record store snob, a lousy barista, a decent designer and an overenthusiastic penguin handler, before becoming a writer. She loves crafting no-nonsense, working-class heroes with capable hands and lousy grammar. She was a 2010 Golden Heart finalist, and a two-time RT Reviewers’ Choice Award nominee. Meg writes full-time and lives in the Pacific Northwest with her own bearded hero. DEBBI RAWLINS grew up in rural Hawaii but has always loved Western movies and books. If she remembers correctly, her first crush was on a cowboy. He was an actor in the role of a cowboy, but then she was only eleven. Years later she attended her first rodeo on the island of Maui. The next was in Houston, Texas, where she first started writing for Mills & Boon. Now, more than fifty-five books later, she lives on a few acres in gorgeous rural Utah, surrounded by four dogs, five cats and a trio of goats.

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Dedication Happy Holidays to all my wonderful readers, whether you are home or elsewhere. Enjoy!

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Playing Games

Dedication

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

All Night Long

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Extract

Copyright

Holiday Rush

Samantha Hunter

Happy Holidays to all my wonderful readers, whether you are home or elsewhere. Enjoy!

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CALLA MICHAELS NEVER wanted to see another holly leaf or berry ever again. She’d always loved the dark green holiday plant, with its pointy leaves and ripe, red berries. But after hand-shaping two hundred of them from gum paste—accented with twenty-four-karat gold leaf—for the holiday wedding cake she was decorating, she was over it.

Still, while she was tired of Christmas themes, she was doing the work she loved. Good thing, since she had one more wedding cake to make before she was done. Spring and summer would bring much more variety, she mused as she applied the last berry to the delicate edge of the pristine white cake before standing back to assess her work.