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Thornton Vermont #6
Tempests and Temptations: Two Christmas Romances
When Miranda Tempest bought the house in Quail Ridge just in time for a suburban Christmas holiday with her teenage son, she wasn’t counting on her ex-husband’s interference, her cat’s misbehavior, or the neighborhood association holiday lights competition.
She certainly wasn’t counting on the scruffy single guy next door, but there he was.
Justin Pearson is a little lost. Living in a house he inherited, a house that reminds him of the parents he lost and the marriage he couldn’t save, he’s mostly just getting by with a little help from his gaming community…until a lovely single mom moves in next door.
Suddenly, he’s moving her snow and sharing his boxed wine, and starting to wish for a little bit more.
When Christmas Eve nearly turns into tragedy, all it takes is a little nudge to bring these two together for the holidays.
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A year later, photographer Adrian Tempest is fighting off an existential crisis by taking a last minute trip to Vermont to photograph a would-be model whose father was his mentor.
The man he meets in Thornton sparks a devastating fire in Adrian’s heart, one he’s sure is both reciprocated, and thoroughly inappropriate.
James Field just lost his shot at tenure, but the universe dropped an angel with a camera and a tweed jacket in his path as a consolation prize, and he’s determined to hang on for the ride, even if it requires a tiny sin of omission.
A sin that gets harder to atone for the harder he falls for Adrian Tempest.
If he confesses, will Adrian and James get their Christmas wishes after all?
She certainly wasn’t counting on the scruffy single guy next door, but there he was.
Justin Pearson is a little lost. Living in a house he inherited, a house that reminds him of the parents he lost and the marriage he couldn’t save, he’s mostly just getting by with a little help from his gaming community…until a lovely single mom moves in next door.
Suddenly, he’s moving her snow and sharing his boxed wine, and starting to wish for a little bit more.
When Christmas Eve nearly turns into tragedy, all it takes is a little nudge to bring these two together for the holidays.
~~~
A year later, photographer Adrian Tempest is fighting off an existential crisis by taking a last minute trip to Vermont to photograph a would-be model whose father was his mentor.
The man he meets in Thornton sparks a devastating fire in Adrian’s heart, one he’s sure is both reciprocated, and thoroughly inappropriate.
James Field just lost his shot at tenure, but the universe dropped an angel with a camera and a tweed jacket in his path as a consolation prize, and he’s determined to hang on for the ride, even if it requires a tiny sin of omission.
A sin that gets harder to atone for the harder he falls for Adrian Tempest.
If he confesses, will Adrian and James get their Christmas wishes after all?
- GenresContemporary
166 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 30, 2021
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About the author
Cameron D. Garriepy
33 books112 followersCameron D. Garriepy attended a small Vermont college in a town very like Thornton. She's missed it since the day she packed up her Subaru and drove off into the real world. Some might say she created the fictional village as wish fulfillment, and they would be correct.
She is the author of the Thornton Vermont series, and the founder of Bannerwing Books, a co-op of independent authors. Prior to Bannerwing, Cameron was an editor at Write on Edge, where she curated three volumes of the online writing group's literary anthology, Precipice. Cameron appeared in the inaugural cast of Listen to Your Mother - Boston, and irregularly contributed flash fiction to the Word Count Podcast.
Since her time at Middlebury College, Cameron has worked as a nanny, a pastry cook, an event ticket resale specialist, an office manager, and a content writer. In her spare time, she cooks, gardens, knits, reads avidly, and researches hobby farming. She writes from the greater Boston area, where she lives with her husband, son, a pug puppy, and four hens.
She is the author of the Thornton Vermont series, and the founder of Bannerwing Books, a co-op of independent authors. Prior to Bannerwing, Cameron was an editor at Write on Edge, where she curated three volumes of the online writing group's literary anthology, Precipice. Cameron appeared in the inaugural cast of Listen to Your Mother - Boston, and irregularly contributed flash fiction to the Word Count Podcast.
Since her time at Middlebury College, Cameron has worked as a nanny, a pastry cook, an event ticket resale specialist, an office manager, and a content writer. In her spare time, she cooks, gardens, knits, reads avidly, and researches hobby farming. She writes from the greater Boston area, where she lives with her husband, son, a pug puppy, and four hens.
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April 1, 2022
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October 31, 2022
Temptation for sure
Wonderful short stories with all the feel good things. Believable, instant, enchanting love at first sight with just a tad of challenge.
Wonderful short stories with all the feel good things. Believable, instant, enchanting love at first sight with just a tad of challenge.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews