Cirrus@Austlit

'You know all those wonderful sayings how ‘life dishes out lessons’ and ‘read the signs’ before you act? Yeah well, in matters of love I’ve subconsciously made it my mission in life to ignore all that great advice.

'I’m sure the popular song ‘I’ve Done All the Dumb Things’ was written about me. I charge in blindly into relationships, wearing my heart on my sleeve, only to get it broken. Rinse and repeat.

'Maybe I was destined to be this way? Or perhaps my mother cursed me when she named me Juliet, after Shakespeare’s tragic star-crossed lover. Either way, as I celebrated my fortieth birthday the penny finally dropped, and I decided to give up on love before it gave up on me.

'Only my best friend, Trey, the man I’ve been secretly in love with for almost my entire life, has other ideas.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Cherise really, really loves Christmas. So, when she wins her perfect holiday for two, a white Christmas at Whistler Ski Resort in Canada - all her dreams come true. There’s only one downside to her ‘12 Days of Whistler’ vacation … her boyfriend of six months has dumped her only weeks before they’re due to fly out.

'When her brother’s annoying best friend wants to buy her ticket, she point-blank refuses. Hunter had always been a thorn under her skin, ever since he’d asked her brother ‘who the fat chick was’, on meeting her as a pre-teen. The insult had stuck with her over the years, and in her opinion, Hunter was way too good looking, and needed to be brought down a peg or two every now and again. Cherise had assigned that job to herself, sick of women drooling over him. Plus, there was no way she would sell her ultimate Christmas so he could take one of his girlfriends.

'Then Hunter offers her a deal she can’t refuse. They’ll share the holiday, and with him paying for half, Cherise has plenty of spending money. However, there were conditions. One, Hunter must escort her to all the couple events the holiday entails, and two, absolutely NO SEX!

'Among the magical festivities of a Whistler Wonderland the rules shouldn’t be too hard to enforce. After all, Cherise was immune to Hunter’s charms, so she could easily resist him, right?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.