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Cover designer: Sommer Stein, Perfect Pear CreativeG<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Getting into a fight with a sexy stranger over the last\u00a0hot toy on the shelf was not the way I intended to spend Christmas Eve. And I certainly didn\u2019t plan on spending hours more trying to win a contest to decide who would get to buy it. But when our time is up, would the toy be the only hot item I wanted to take home?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n After a Christmas Eve concert mishap, divorced Brooke finds herself snowed in with the\u00a0silver fox retiring rocker she\u2019s been trying to interview. Will it take a Christmas miracle to get him to open up to her or does the tattooed bad boy of punk rock have other ideas on how to pass the time?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Humans are so simple with their holiday traditions.<\/p>\n They are ignorant of the powerful and majestic creatures among them, like me.<\/p>\n I am the most powerful demon above the surface.<\/p>\n Nothing can stop me…except, well, some stupid prophecy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For our five-year wedding anniversary, my husband decides he wants another woman.<\/p>\n The traditional gift is wood, but okay.<\/p>\n After trying everything with little improvement, our marriage counselor suggests we experiment to reignite our sex life. A swing party is my husband\u2019s adventure of choice.<\/p>\n Once inside, I can\u2019t go through with it. Seeing him walk off with someone else, I realize we want very different things. 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One Night Only <\/strong>by Lucy Score<\/strong><\/h4>\n
A Kellan Holiday\u00a0by Tijan<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Holiday Swing\u00a0by Kennedy Ryan<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Nochebuena by Marie Force<\/strong><\/h4>\n