The Holiday Shoppe by Susan Hatler EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: Susan Hatler
- Language: English
- Genre: Holiday Fiction
- Format: PDF / EPUB
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If I could sit on Santa’s lap and whisper my Christmas wish into his ear, I’d
ask him to turn the clock back a year—or even a month to when my dad
was still alive. Tradition had been my dad’s middle name and we’d always
decked his store with the same beautiful decorations for Christmas. But this
year the magic wouldn’t happen.
Stuck with reality, that was me.
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“I don’t want to make assumptions, Anna, but are you trying to kill
Santa?” Kari cocked her head to the right and batted her dark eyelashes at
me. “They do say that homicide increases around the holidays.”
“It’s not my fault this Santa weighs a ton.” I wobbled on the way-toohigh-up step of the metal ladder planted on the sidewalk in downtown Blue
Moon Bay. My stomach lurched and I gripped the top rung with shaky
fingers. Don’t fall, Anna. The last thing my family needed was another
death this holiday season. Sucking in a breath, I shifted the giant—and way
too jolly—blow-up Santa Claus decoration a few inches to the left. “What
happened to the gold bells that used to line the downtown shops? They were
so much easier to balance.”
“Things have changed since you’ve been off living the city life in
Chicago, my dear.” Her tone held way too much humor at my frustration.
“Santas will hang between each of our downtown shop awnings this year.
Lots of Santas.”
I raised an eyebrow. “Have I mentioned I don’t like change?”
She shrugged. “Only a dozen times this evening.”
“Have I mentioned my fear of heights?”
She shook her head. “Not in the last thirty seconds.”
“Well, my fears bear repeating. I’m volunteering my time to decorate
the outside of your shop and yet you refuse to validate my love of the
traditional gold bells.” I craned my neck to view my best friend below,
whose mouth twitched at the corners. Warmth flooded through me. It felt
comforting living in my hometown of Blue Moon Bay again. I’d tired of the
fast-paced city life in Chicago and my small beach town on the California
coast was exactly what I needed right now. “Is Santa still tilted? If so, I’m
going to chuck him across the street at Frankie’s Fiesta and give up.”
“Don’t even think about blowing our margarita connection.” The toe of
her red leather boot tapped against the cobblestone street where she stood.
“Unfortunately, Santa is a tad lopsided still. Can’t you torque him to the left
more?”
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