Eliza Peake

'Tis the Season for a Second Chance to Seduce the Hot Mechanic... Jake Henderson and I spent some long, hot days together, stealing kisses behind his dad’s auto shop. But the summer ended, and he broke my heart–I packed up the pieces and left town, vowing he’d never hurt me again. When I come home for the holidays twelve years later and get paired up with Jake on a local Christmas event, I feel like the universe is pranking me. I might be the youngest female ad executive in my company, but he makes me feel like the shy, awkward girl I used to be. It takes all my newfound bravado to act like his rejection meant nothing. But spending time with Jake brings out unexpected feelings, ones that pull on my heart. He's kind to his mother, helps the town bring Santa to life, and makes me breathless on the hood of his restored muscle car. I have a life to get back to, one where Jake is just a memory. But I can't ignore this unexpected gift. I wasn't looking for love this Christmas, but it looks like it found me. *** Polish your jingle bells, strategically hang the mistletoe, and get ready to claim your spot on The Naughty List. This holiday season, fourteen of your favorite authors are spicing up the cocoa and taking advantage of those long winter nights, proving that sometimes it’s more fun to claim your coal than it is to stay on Santa’s good side. After all, well-behaved women might make the nice list, but naughty ones have all the fun… Wood Girl Gone Bad by Mae Harden Owned By Santa by Imani Jay Stuck Under the Mistletoe by Georgia Coffman Lovestruck by Julia Jarrett Secret Santa Surprise by Tamrin Banks Checking It Twice by Claire Hastings Falling for the Grinch by Amy Alves Unexpected Christmas by Eliza Peake Sleighed by Em Torrey Nailed by Claire Wilder Entry Level by Bella Michaels Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree by Breanna Lynn Two Pink Lines for Christmas by Ember Davis Run Run Rudolph by Chelle Sloan

One stolen night with my best friend’s older brother and I have a new name…Mommy. When I meet baseball star, Nate Gentry, our chemistry is out of the park. And for one night, he shows me more pleasure than I thought possible. But two months later, life throws us a curveball in the form of two pink lines. I don’t fool myself that it could ever work. We’re from different worlds. He’s a newly retired future baseball Hall of Fame contender and his handsome face rakes in millions of sponsorship dollars. I’m launching my dream career as an event planner and thus far, my biggest accomplishment is carrying twenty shots of tequila through a bar without spilling a drop. From putting together a crib to managing my weird cravings, he insists on being a big part of our accidental family. I’m falling for him, even though his emotional scars tell him we can’t be together. But when he brushes his lips over my forehead, I wonder if he could be falling for me too. We may have started as a one-time thing, but now I want our unexpected forever.