Monday, November 10, 2014

Excerpt - The Salty Carmel Christmas - Romancing Christmas


This week I've released the Romancing Christmas boxed set, with nine other great romance authors. During our first day of sales yesterday, we've shot up the charts and have been #1 in Holiday Fiction!! To kick off this release, once a day over the first two release weeks, I'll be posting an excerpt from each story. Take a look and then go buy this awesome set, priced at just 99 cents for its introduction! Grab it now before the price rises! Now, for today's book excerpt:

Romancing Christmas: 10 Love Stories to Spice up the Holidays ~EXCERPTS EDITION~

Multi-author boxed set
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Genre: Holiday Romance
Cover Artist: http://www.bellamediamanagement.com/

~~Blurb~~
Do you like your Christmas nice...or a little naughty? Bring the season into your heart with love stories to match your mood. This boxed set from 10 of today’s hottest romance authors will warm your heart even on the coldest night.

~~Purchase Links~~
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Apple iBooks
KOBO

The Salty Carmel Christmas by Barbara Lohr





Nothing ever changes for Rachel Morgan in Paris, Indiana. And then Eli kisses her. When Rachel returns home for Christmas, she’s not exactly the family success story. The soft-spoken guy with killer blue eyes makes Rachel take a second look. Paris offers her a second chance. Sometimes life can be like a salty Christmas carmel—sweet but with a tang you remember. Sometimes the boy you leave behind is the man you want forever. 








~~Excerpt~~

Eli tasted like popcorn and hot chocolate, warm except for his cold cheeks. Soft and searching, his lips nudged mine and they opened. Excitement ignited in my chest like Mr. Wheatman’s lights. Clutching Eli’s arms, I fell into the kiss until I couldn’t catch my breath and pulled away, panting.

Panting, for Pete’s sake. And this was Eli.

“Hey, Eli?” I whispered, palms flat on his chest.

His eyes opened. “What?”

“Nothing.” I tipped my face up for more.

A makeout session in front of my house in broad daylight on Christmas seemed wicked. People were leaving for their relatives, trunks full of cranberry jello molds, Christmas cookies and gifts.

Time to come to our senses, not that it was easy.

“That was so nice, Eli. Really,” I whispered.

“Nice?” He pressed his lips together, like he had when he came over to fix my computer, loping up our walk like a middle school Ichabod Crane.

Ichabod had filled out. My mouth dried at the difference.

I ran one hand up, feeling his heart thud under my palm. “More than nice, okay?”

“What are you doing Friday night?”

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Excerpts from Romancing Christmas - A Christmas Miracle

This week I've released the Romancing Christmas boxed set, with nine other great romance authors. During our first day of sales yesterday, we've shot up the charts and are currently #1 in Holiday Fiction!! To kick off this release, once a day over the first two release weeks, I'll be posting an excerpt from each story. Take a look and then go buy this awesome set, priced at just 99 cents for its introduction! Grab it now before the price rises! Now, for today's book excerpt:

Romancing Christmas: 10 Love Stories to Spice up the Holidays ~EXCERPTS EDITION~

Multi-author boxed set
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Genre: Holiday Romance
Cover Artist: http://www.bellamediamanagement.com/

~~Blurb~~
Do you like your Christmas nice...or a little naughty? Bring the season into your heart with love stories to match your mood. This boxed set from 10 of today’s hottest romance authors will warm your heart even on the coldest night.

~~Purchase Links~~
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Apple iBooks
KOBO

A Christmas Miracle (a 2014 Carolyn Reader’s Choice winner) by Sandy Loyd


Megan Jenkins isn't looking forward to Christmas, a holiday that reminds her of what she had and lost, a husband who died right after Christmas the year before, leaving her a young widow with a fatherless son to raise. During the course of this Christmas Eve, Megan experiences her own Christmas Miracle as she learns the true meaning of giving with the help of Kevin Murdock, a long-time friend who's always been there for her.



~~Excerpt~~

Stealing covert glances now and then, Kevin noted how sad Megan appeared staring out the passenger window. He’d love to ease her sorrow, but he just didn’t know how. Nor did he dare broach the subject of his feelings. Her husband hadn’t even been dead a year. He had no idea when the time would be right, but one thing he did know, it was getting harder and harder to keep his thoughts to himself.

He’d hoped to spend some time alone with her during this trip, but that obviously wasn’t going to happen.

Adam had been his best friend, but he damn sure hadn’t deserved a wife like Megan, who centered her life on him, something Adam had expected as his due. And now that he was gone, she still pined for him.

If only he’d met her first. He’d treat her a lot better than his best friend ever did. At times Adam could be a selfish son of a bitch. Hell, just look at the way he died! In a parachuting accident. Couldn’t the bastard have waited a couple of weeks to try out his new toy? The holidays were a hard enough time for families without adding an accidental death to the load.

As he continued driving, their silence was only broken with one of Ryan’s occasional questions and Kevin’s short answer. When the quiet became too ear-shattering, he flipped on the radio, using the background music to keep his thoughts occupied for the next hour.

Eventually his torture came to an end when his exit came into view. He veered off the freeway and wound his way through the Brentwood streets.

At Oak, he turned right. Seconds later he eased the car into the Jenkins’ driveway and, after climbing out of the car, ran around to open Megan’s door. She grabbed on to the hand he offered.

“Thanks.” She smiled, then brushed at her jeans and buttoned her coat while he focused on helping Ryan.

“Need help, Uncle Kevin,” Ryan asked as Kevin began unloading the trunk.

He handed him his suitcase. “You got it?” he said, releasing the bag when Ryan nodded.

Loaded down, he followed Megan and her son up the walk.

The door opened just as his foot hit the top step.

“You made it. I was so worried that the storm would delay you.”

“No need. I made sure we had plenty of time.” As a licensed pilot, Kevin never took chances with anyone’s life, especially his own. Not like Adam, who lived to take chances—his last with deadly consequences.

“Look how much you’ve grown.” Leanne Jenkins hugged her grandson, then greeted her daughter-in-law with a nod and a curt, “Megan.” Turning her back on her in a most insulting way, she reached up to give him a peck on the cheek, and said, “It’s good to see you, Kevin.” Placing her arm around Ryan in a proprietary move, she guided the boy inside.

“After you,” Kevin said, smiling at Megan in an attempt to gloss over Leanne’s lack of warmth toward her. As she stepped ahead of him, he followed, wishing Leanne would quit blaming Megan for her son’s faults. In his mind the fault lie with Adam, maybe even his upbringing, but certainly not with his wife, who was left to mourn because of one of those faults.

Inside the sprawling mansion, he did his best to keep the conversation going.

Jerry Jenkins, Leanne’s husband did his part to help. The older man had always been Megan’s ally. He seemed to understand and accept his son’s failings, never once attributing them to her.

Friday, November 7, 2014

Excerpts for the #1 Holiday Fiction on Amazon!

This week I've released the Romancing Christmas boxed set, with nine other great romance authors. During our first day of sales yesterday, we've shot up the charts and are currently #1 in Holiday Fiction!! To kick off this release, once a day over the first two release weeks, I'll be posting an excerpt from each story. Take a look and then go buy this awesome set, priced at just 99 cents for its introduction! Grab it now before the price rises! Now, for today's book excerpt:

Romancing Christmas: 10 Love Stories to Spice up the Holidays ~EXCERPTS EDITION~

Multi-author boxed set
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Genre: Holiday Romance
Cover Artist: http://www.bellamediamanagement.com/

~~Blurb~~
Do you like your Christmas nice...or a little naughty? Bring the season into your heart with love stories to match your mood. This boxed set from 10 of today’s hottest romance authors will warm your heart even on the coldest night.

~~Purchase Links~~
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Apple iBooks
KOBO


Christmas Hope (2013 Golden Heart finalist) by Leslie Lynch 


A one-man landscape business keeps a roof over Sam Bledsoe’s head and food on the table—and keeps his badly scarred face away from curious eyes. Free spirit Becca Sweet is pregnant—and down on her luck. With Christmas and a storm on the way, living in her car is no longer an option. When Sam comes to Becca’s rescue, they discover that Christmas hope applies to all, even to them. Will hope lead to love, the most precious Christmas gift of all?





~~EXCERPT~~

“Mommy, who’s that lady?” Megan’s voice rang out in the cold air like Christmas handbells.

Regret squeezed Becca’s heart. She’d let far too many months pass without making an effort to repair her relationship with Maggie. Now the months had stretched into more than a year, and Megan didn’t even recognize her anymore.

But Megan’s question ricocheted in her mind. Who am I, Mags? Your sister? A bag lady? Granted, she had a car full of stuff rather than a bag or a grocery cart, but that answer stung. The black sheep of the family? Well, that was a given, and had been since her earliest memories.

More than her imagined replies, though, Maggie’s silence struck a shaft of pain through Becca’s heart. She trudged through the accumulated dusting of snow toward her car, head bent against the wind.

“She’s…”

Tears pricked at the back of her eyelids, but Becca refused to shed them. She blinked, causing the image of her car to waver in front of her. At first, she thought the sensation was because of tears shimmering in her eyes, but then her vision narrowed. The odd combination of hunger and nausea that had dogged her over the past several months surged to the forefront and sapped the strength from her legs. She wobbled. Horror filled her as Becca realized she was on the verge of fainting.

“…my sister. Your Aunt Becca.”

Her knees gave out. Becca flung an arm out to break her fall, and everything went dark.

As her consciousness faded away, one clear thought flared bright before it, too, evaporated.

Maggie had acknowledged her. My sister.

Hope, unearned and probably unreasonable, sparked as Becca’s surroundings slipped from her awareness and snow chilled her cheek.


What readers say about Leslie Lynch:
Powerful, challenging, uplifting
Characters are complex: endearing but never saccharine
Beauty in the broken, hope in the darkness, justice through courage
PERFECT for your book club!
Emotional powerhouse!
My tagline: Out of Darkness, into Hope. Novels of suspense and healing.

Other: Women’s fiction with a twist of suspense.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Romancing Christmas ~ Story Excerpts ~ Season For Love

This week I've released the Romancing Christmas boxed set, with nine other great romance authors. To kick off this release, once a day over the first two release weeks, I'll be posting an excerpt from each story. Take a look and then go buy this awesome set, priced at just 99 cents for its introduction! Grab it now before the price rises! Now, for today's book excerpt:

Romancing Christmas: 10 Love Stories to Spice up the Holidays ~EXCERPTS EDITION~

Multi-author boxed set
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Genre: Holiday Romance
Cover Artist: http://www.bellamediamanagement.com/

~~Blurb~~
Do you like your Christmas nice...or a little naughty? Bring the season into your heart with love stories to match your mood. This boxed set from 10 of today’s hottest romance authors will warm your heart even on the coldest night.

~~Purchase Links~~
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Apple iBooks
KOBO


Season For Love by Chantel Rhondeau

The specter of death tempered by beautiful miracles is all in a day’s work for head nurse Tess Riggs and pediatric specialist Dr. Dash Brisson. But discovering Christmas is the season for love could be their biggest challenge yet.





~~EXCERPT~~

Tess sat in Dash’s car in her driveway. The horse-drawn carriage ride had been perfect, and she was reluctant to go inside her house and bring the night to an end.

“I had a really nice time.” She reached across the console to take Dash’s hand. “Thank you for tonight.”

He squeezed her fingers softly. “I have a confession.”

“What’s that?”

Dash lifted her hand to his face, kissing her palm and then pressing it against his cheek. “I don’t want to say goodnight.”

A flutter of excitement tickled Tess’s stomach. The smoothly shaved skin of Dash’s face beneath her hand made the tingles extend even further down. It had been a long time since she had male companionship.

Reluctantly, she shook her head. “I don’t either Dash, but if I don’t get out of this car and go inside right now, I might not be strong enough to do so.” She looked away from his sexy blue eyes. The heat coming off him was enough to melt metal, and she so badly wanted to indulge herself in his fire.

“Why do we have to be strong?” Dash reached across and stroked her knee, making Tess squirm even though she couldn’t feel his touch well through the thick coat. Just imagining it was enough.

“This is our first date. We can’t end up in bed together.” Yeah, right. She was saying the right words, but there was no conviction behind them.

“We’re adults, Tess, and we like each other. I’m tired of being alone. Invite me inside.”

Ever since their kiss, Dash had been careful not to touch her too intimately. It was obvious that he wanted to though, and boy, did she ever want him to.

But she couldn’t. Until earlier today, she thought she hated him. It didn’t matter that he had proven himself to be a kind, compassionate, and utterly sexy man. She had to maintain some semblance of being a lady, not a sex-starved maniac.

She blew out all the air in her lungs and shook her head. “Not tonight.”

Hurt passed behind his partially shuddered eyelids, but he nodded. “I’ll walk you to the door.” 


~~BUY THE SET NOW~~

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Romancing Christmas ~ Excerpts ~ Shades of Holly

This week I've released the Romancing Christmas boxed set, with nine other great romance authors. To kick off this release, once a day over the first two release weeks, I'll be posting an excerpt from each story. Take a look and then go buy this awesome set, priced at just 99 cents for its introduction! Grab it now before the price rises! Now, for today's book excerpt:

Romancing Christmas: 10 Love Stories to Spice up the Holidays ~EXCERPTS EDITION~

Multi-author boxed set
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Genre: Holiday Romance
Cover Artist: http://www.bellamediamanagement.com/

~~Blurb~~
Do you like your Christmas nice...or a little naughty? Bring the season into your heart with love stories to match your mood. This boxed set from 10 of today’s hottest romance authors will warm your heart even on the coldest night.

~~Purchase Links~~
Shades of Holly by H. D. Thomson

Do you like murder and mystery with your mistletoe?


Enter Zach Howard, a man who’s finally managed to get his life on track this holiday season, until that is, he comes across a pair of otherworldly sunglasses. They reveal scenes of a terrifying future. Holly, the one woman he’s never stopped loving, is in danger of a psychopath. This time around, he’s determined to fight for Holly, even at the risk of his own life. But even if he manages to save her, can Zach restore her faith in him? He prays that this Christmas miracles and angels do exist.


~~EXCERPT~~

Zach stepped across the threshold and closed the door to the fast approaching evening. Backing away, Holly clutched her hands together to hide their sudden trembling. Snow clung to his mahogany-colored hair and leather jacket, which opened to reveal a t-shirt that clung to his powerful chest and flat belly. Faded jeans hugged his muscular legs. The color of his shirt matched the incredible blue of his eyes. Six-two, and almost a good foot taller than her. Even in winter, his skin glowed with a subtle tan. He'd filled out, looked healthier and still had the ability to steal the air from her lungs. How could a man after two years touch her heart like non-other? There was nothing rational about it.

“Zach,” she breathed. She hadn't seen him for over two years now, but that didn't mean she hadn't thought of him while alone at night, sleepless, restless, lonely.

“How have you been?” His deep, throaty and far too sexy voice fanned this sudden need and longing for what was and what could have been. “You look beautiful.”

The sparkle in his blue eyes launched a myriad of emotions that she thought were long gone or at least buried deep in her psyche. But just one smile, one moment of his eyes on her and she felt herself melt when she had no business melting. “Thank you. I'm doing fine. Business has finally taken off to where I'm not running from the creditors.”

“Glad to hear it but not surprised. I knew you always had the smarts. It was just a matter of time.”

An awkward silence enfolded them. The heat in his eyes probably matched her own. She'd never been good at pretending. God, she missed him, but she had to remember why she'd left. There was a reason. She took another step back, more mental than physical. “I don't understand. Why are you here? Is there something wrong?”


Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Romancing Christmas - Story Excerpts - Broken Protocols 3.5

This week I've released the Romancing Christmas boxed set, with nine other great romance authors. During our first day of sales yesterday, we've shot up the charts and are currently #1 in Holiday Fiction!! To kick off this release, once a day over the first two release weeks, I'll be posting an excerpt from each story. Take a look and then go buy this awesome set, priced at just 99 cents for its introduction! Grab it now before the price rises! Now, for today's book excerpt:

Romancing Christmas: 10 Love Stories to Spice up the Holidays ~EXCERPTS EDITION~

Multi-author boxed set
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Genre: Holiday Romance
Cover Artist: http://www.bellamediamanagement.com/

~~Blurb~~
Do you like your Christmas nice...or a little naughty? Bring the season into your heart with love stories to match your mood. This boxed set from 10 of today’s hottest romance authors will warm your heart even on the coldest night.

~~Purchase Links~~
Broken Protocols 3.5 by Dale Mayer

When Charmin Marvin wonders when Christmas Day would be in their new time frame, he sets events in motion no one could have expected.

Dani and Charmin lost a lot when they were brought 200 years into the future. But nostalgia brings the possibility of Christmas back into Dani's life – if she can make it happen.

Levi hates to deny Dani anything, but all holidays were removed from his society by the government decades ago. He has no idea what she's talking about – and when he does research and finds out – he wonders if something can be done. And someone outside of their small family wonders, too…

Dani has the best of intentions – but creating Christmas in a world that no longer knows what a holiday is makes her life very complicated very quickly.

Website: http://www.dalemayer.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DaleMayer.author
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaleMayer


~~ EXCERPT ~~
"When is Christmas?" Charmin asked.
Dani Blackburn looked over at her beloved orange Persian cat and grinned. It was a little hard to have any respect for his vast intelligence when he was upside down, four paws to the wind and twisted in a bizarre curl.
"Remember? They don't do any of those old holidays anymore."
"So? That's them. Then there's us." He snorted out a sneeze and flopped over on one side. "And the two don't have to be the same."
Sometimes the darnedest things came out of that cat's mouth. And where was this all coming from? "Are you missing the holidays?" She quirked her lips and laughed. "You hated the noise, the company. Really howled when I sang Christmas carols."
"Ha!" He rolled over to glare at her. "Anyone would howl at your singing."
While she was still gasping at his barb, he continued, "I liked the tree, it was fun. Adored the tinsel." He grinned evilly. "Loved the cookies."
She remembered the last Christmas in Technicolor. Charmin climbing up the pathetic fake tree until it collapsed on top of him. The problem of him constantly trying to eat the tinsel and her finding the tinsel and plastic needles everywhere, but the cookies…she groaned out loud. "You used to take a bite out of every one."
"I had to see which one I wanted," he said in such a reasonable tone of voice that she had to laugh.
"Christmas tree? Tinsel?" Levi, Dani's husband, who was technically several hundred years older than her, sat down on the chair. She grinned as the furniture stretched and sprawled to accommodate the extra person. That never got old. Her husband, and what a trip that still was, held a mug of something hot.
"Is that coffee?" she said accusingly. "And you didn't bring me one?"
He leaned over and kissed her. "I brought enough to share."
"Blech." Charmin rolled over in such a way that his butt was presented.
"Charmin, don't you fire that thing," Levi warned.
But gentle snores were already working up and out of her beloved dust ball of a cat. 

Monday, November 3, 2014

#NewRelease ~ Romancing Christmas Boxed Set




Romancing Christmas: 10 Love Stories to Spice up the Holidays

Multi-author boxed set
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Genre: Holiday Romance
Cover Artist: http://www.bellamediamanagement.com/

~~Blurb~~
Do you like your Christmas nice...or a little naughty? Bring the season into your heart with love stories to match your mood. This boxed set from 10 of today’s hottest romance authors will warm your heart even on the coldest night.


~~Purchase Links~~

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Prizes Galore, Q&A, Authors, Readers, Books, and FUN! So what are you waiting for? Come join us and have a blast!

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Broken Protocols 3.5 by Dale Mayer

When Charmin Marvin wonders when Christmas Day would be in their new time frame, he sets events in motion no one could have expected.

Dani and Charmin lost a lot when they were brought 200 years into the future. But nostalgia brings the possibility of Christmas back into Dani's life – if she can make it happen.

Levi hates to deny Dani anything, but all holidays were removed from his society by the government decades ago. He has no idea what she's talking about – and when he does research and finds out – he wonders if something can be done. And someone outside of their small family wonders, too…

Dani has the best of intentions – but creating Christmas in a world that no longer knows what a holiday is makes her life very complicated very quickly.

Website: http://www.dalemayer.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DaleMayer.author
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaleMayer

Shades of Holly by H. D. Thomson

Do you like murder and mystery with your mistletoe?

Enter Zach Howard, a man who’s finally managed to get his life on track this holiday season, until that is, he comes across a pair of otherworldly sunglasses. They reveal scenes of a terrifying future. Holly, the one woman he’s never stopped loving, is in danger of a psychopath. This time around, he’s determined to fight for Holly, even at the risk of his own life. But even if he manages to save her, can Zach restore her faith in him? He prays that this Christmas miracles and angels do exist.

Season For Love by Chantel Rhondeau


The specter of death tempered by beautiful miracles is all in a day’s work for head nurse Tess Riggs and pediatric specialist Dr. Dash Brisson. But discovering Christmas is the season for love could be their biggest challenge yet.

Website: http://www.chantelrhondeau.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChantelRhondeau
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChantelRhondeau




Christmas Hope (2013 Golden Heart finalist) by Leslie Lynch 

A one-man landscape business keeps a roof over Sam Bledsoe’s head and food on the table—and keeps his badly scarred face away from curious eyes. Free spirit Becca Sweet is pregnant—and down on her luck. With Christmas and a storm on the way, living in her car is no longer an option. When Sam comes to Becca’s rescue, they discover that Christmas hope applies to all, even to them. Will hope lead to love, the most precious Christmas gift of all?

Website: www.leslielynch.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeslieLynchWrites
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Leslie_Lynch_


A Christmas Miracle (a 2014 Carolyn Reader’s Choice winner) by Sandy Loyd


Megan Jenkins isn't looking forward to Christmas, a holiday that reminds her of what she had and lost, a husband who died right after Christmas the year before, leaving her a young widow with a fatherless son to raise. During the course of this Christmas Eve, Megan experiences her own Christmas Miracle as she learns the true meaning of giving with the help of Kevin Murdock, a long-time friend who's always been there for her.

Website: www.sandyloyd.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sloydwrites
Twitter: www.twitter.com/sloydwrites



The Salty Carmel Christmas by Barbara Lohr

Nothing ever changes for Rachel Morgan in Paris, Indiana. And then Eli kisses her. When Rachel returns home for Christmas, she’s not exactly the family success story. The soft-spoken guy with killer blue eyes makes Rachel take a second look. Paris offers her a second chance. Sometimes life can be like a salty Christmas carmel—sweet but with a tang you remember. Sometimes the boy you leave behind is the man you want forever.

Website: www.BarbaraLohrAuthor.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Barbaralohrauthor
Twitter: www.twitter.com/BarbaraJLohr

Heating Up the Holidays by Marcia James


When Chris Spencer returns home with his daughter, he's not looking for a second chance with his first love. And the last thing Nicky Paxton needs at Christmas time is her high school heart-breaker. But thanks to a hairless dog and a lonely child, they might get their Christmas desires.


Website: www.MarciaJames.net
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarciaJamesAuthor
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Marcia_James



Insanity Claus by Carolyn Hughey

A widow of two years, Mallory Gardner is struggling to keep her business alive and still function in her dysfunctional family. Having two daughters, one of which who blames Mallory for her father’s death is enough to test anyone’s sanity. But when Arden J. Miller waltzes into town, he has other ideas—like capturing Mallory’s heart even though love is the last thing on her mind.

Can two irresistible forces deal with immovable objects, or will the effects of the holiday spirit help resolve issues previously thought to be unsolvable?

Website: www.carolynhughey.com
Facebook: http://on.fb.me/YUamEZ
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ScribBLINGDIVA

A Family for Christmas by Tallulah Grace


Erin Matthews returns home to find closure, but she soon discovers truths that change her life forever. Luke Simmons never expected to meet a woman who sparks fire in his soul, even as his heart is breaking. Together, they find healing, and the true spirit of Christmas, in the love of a patchwork family.



A Father for Christmas by Rachelle Ayala

Single mother Kelly Kennedy can't afford lavish gifts for her four-year-old daughter, Bree. Homeless veteran Tyler Manning doesn't believe he deserves a Merry Christmas. When Bree asks Santa for a father and picks Tyler, both Tyler and Kelly must believe in the power of love to give Bree her best Christmas ever.