Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors !

I’m back this week showing off book 3 of The Welwyn Marriage Wager series, Yule Be Mine, which is now on pre-order on Amazon!

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‘Tis the season for love—no matter how much mistletoe it takes!

It’s Christmas time and Ulysses “Yule” Quartermain is unenthusiastically looking for a bride when Penelope St. Clare, the little sister of his boyhood friend, makes an appearance at a Christmas party. But it’s been ten years since he’s seen her. Penelope is no longer a child but a ravishing beauty, who’s turning heads everywhere she goes. And much to his discomfort, Yule is not immune to the charms of the little girl next door. But he’s working on it.

Penelope has wanted to marry Ulysses Quartermain for most of her life. Now she’s on the brink of her come out Season–a desirable young lady with wit and determination–and her happy ever after is within her grasp. If only she can make Yule see that she’s grown up and would make him the perfect wife, it’ll be the best present she’ll ever get.

Still, Penelope is not leaving anything to chance. Utilizing every ball of mistletoe she can find, she teases and tantalizes Yule, daring him to kiss her in hopes of breaking down his staunch resolve. As Christmas Day approaches, Penelope sets a final desperate plan in motion. Before the holiday is over, Yule will know just how much of a woman she truly is!

Ulysses “Yule” Quartermain is at a house party with Penelope, who was his childhood friend who moved away when she was seven. Now she’s all grown up and determined to make Yule see that. She’s managed to attach herself to Yule as they go out into the woods to gather greenery for the house party. And though she’s let her intentions toward him be known, he’s not having any of it! Enjoy!

EXCERPT:

She turned just in time to see Yule setting the basket of cuttings down with the growing pile beside the waggonette. Swiftly, she rushed toward him, taking his arm just as he put the heavy basket down. “Mr. Kastner says they are making up the game right now, over there.” She pointed toward the guests milling around under the skeletal oak trees. “It seems we are just in time.”

“Penelope, you didn’t mean what you said just now, did you?” Yule’s frown from the night before was back.

“Why would that be a bad thing, Yule?” Please, couldn’t he simply give in and let her have her way? “That is what mistletoe at Christmas is for.”

And a little more for good measure. . . 

“When you’re of a proper age for it, perhaps.”

Anger surging through her, Penelope swung herself around so she stood in front of him, stopping him mid-stride. Her body fairly trembled in outrage. “And you don’t think I’m of a proper age?”

His frown seemed more from confusion than anger. “No, I don’t. And I can’t understand why you think you are either.”

“Because I am of a proper age, you ninny.” What on earth was wrong with him?

Yule Be Mine is available for pre-order on Amazon for .99 . It releases in just 10 days, on December 5!

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Warriors here. There are some fantastic snippets to be read.

The Welwyn Marriage Wager series