Weekend Writing Warriors ~ 12/24/2023 ~ Yule Be Mine~ “What the Hell Have You Done?”

Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors !

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!

I’m back this week showing off book 3 of The Welwyn Marriage Wager series, Yule Be Mine, which released on December 5th and is now available on Amazon!

BLURB:

‘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!

This is the final excerpt of Yule Be Mine. I’ll be absent on New Year’s Eve, but will be back in the New Year with a new WIP to share.

Enjoy!

EXCERPT:

Mesmerized, Penelope peered at him, wondering if he was simply going to stand there holding her forever. Well, she wouldn’t mind that at all. Her gaze strayed upward, past his face to the lofty oaks above them—and the large green ball with waxy, white berries clinging to it directly above them.

Penelope found her footing and pushed upward, sliding her arms around Yule’s neck, and pressed her lips onto his, kissing him for the very first time.

Heat poured through her from her lips, down her arms, her back, her sides, all the way down her legs until her toes curled inside her half-boots. It was like she was electrified, with sparks shooting through her body and out her fingers and toes. Despite all these incredible feelings, she reveled in the fact his lips were soft, yet firm. And that he was incredibly gentle, despite everything they’d just gone through. Lord, but she never wanted this to end.

Yule broke the kiss and glared down at her. “What the hell have you done?”