A Bibliophile Christmas
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From the author of “A Whisper to a Scream (The Bibliophiles: Book One)” and “Until My Soul Gets It Right (The Bibliophiles: Book Two)” comes a heartwarming holiday tale of friendship and family.
Sarah Anderson and Annie Jacobs have not had the best of years. And now, here come the holidays.
Great.
Sarah's husband Tom is stuck in Boston after a nor'easter dumps a foot of snow on the day he is scheduled to leave for home.
And Annie is working hard at picking up the pieces of her life after a painful divorce.
But, maybe with a little help from their friends, Christmas won't be a total wash after all.
This holiday season, take a break from all the hustle and bustle, pour yourself a beverage, and have “A Bibliophile Christmas.”
Karen Wojcik Berner
Karen Wojcik Berner writes contemporary fiction with a sprinkling of the classics. An award-winning journalist, her work has appeared in several magazines, newspapers, and blogs, including the Chicago Tribune, Writer Unboxed, Women's Fiction Writers, and Fresh Fiction. She is a member of the Chicago Writers’ Association. When not writing, she can be found on the sidelines of her youngest’s football or lacrosse games, discussing the Celts with the oldest, or snuggling into a favorite reading chair with a good book and some tea. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her family.
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A Bibliophile Christmas - Karen Wojcik Berner
A Bibliophile Christmas
Holiday Digital Short
Karen Wojcik Berner
A Bibliophile Christmas
Copyright © 2012 by Karen Wojcik Berner. All rights reserved.
Second Smashwords Edition: April 2013
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to locales, events, business establishments, or actual persons—living or dead—is entirely coincidental.
Some snowflakes fall haphazardly from the sky, singularly floating until they eventually land on something like a windshield and melt. Other snowflakes accumulate, joining together to form piles, inches even, creating something much more substantial.
A Bibliophile Christmas
God rest ye merry, gentlemen. Let nothing you dismay…
Of course, men need not dismay, Sarah Anderson thought. What did they have to do for the holidays anyhow? Show up? Wow, that was taxing.
Her husband slammed the lid of his suitcase. I’ll be back on Friday. Will you pick me up, or do you want me to take a cab?
If you’re back on Friday, you might as well go straight to the lawyer’s office.
Christ, Sarah. That’s extreme.
Friday’s December twenty-sixth.
Christmas is this week?
"And they pay you the big bucks? You’d better be here on the twenty-third. The boys would be heartbroken if you missed Christmas Eve. She lowered her voice.
You have to help me with the you-know-whats. Let Tom think the kids cared if he made it home for Christmas all he wanted, as long as he returned in time to assemble the various cars and bikes slated to magically appear under the tree on Christmas morning. That was the one thing on her
To Do list with the initial
T next to it, one measly task among the never-ending items marked with an
S."
Four days? How the hell am I going to get the system up and running in only four days?
He picked up his suitcase, laptop backpack, and phone. I’ve got to call Deanna and Shrevani and move Wednesday’s meeting to early Tuesday.
She trailed him through the kitchen, family room, and down the hall. He stopped briefly at the front door to dial a number on his phone.
She leaned toward him. Have a good trip?
He merely nodded, shushing her, as he balanced the phone between his cheek and shoulder. Picking up his luggage, he dashed outside to the waiting limousine.
Silly her, she had thought he might actually give her a kiss. No need for formal good-byes,