I'll Be Home for Christmas: An eShort Story

By Zane

I’ll Be Home for Christmas is a moving story that reminds us of the true meaning of Christmas.

Noelle Mitchell never explained why she abruptly ran away from home at the age of fifteen. All anyone knew was that her boyfriend, Reno, convinced her to abandon her family. But when she shows up at the family house on Christmas thirteen years later to make things right, what’s revealed about her absence will either tear her family further apart or bring them closer together. But one thing is clear: she will not run away again.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Release date: Nov 20, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476725611

Zane

Zane is the New York Times bestselling author of Afterburn, The Heat Seekers, Dear G-Spot, Gettin’ Buck Wild, The Hot Box, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Nervous, Skyscraper, Love is Never Painless, Shame on It All, and The Sisters of APF; the ebook short stories “I’ll be Home for Christmas” and “Everything Fades Away”; and editor for the Flava anthology series, including Z-Rated and Busy Bodies. Her TV series, Zane’s Sex Chronicles, and The Jump Off are featured on Cinemax, and her bestselling novel Addicted is a major motion picture with Lionsgate Films. She is the publisher of Strebor Books, an imprint of Atria Books/Simon & Schuster. Visit her online at EroticaNoir.com.

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I’ll Be Home for Christmas

Zane

I'll Be Home for Christmas, by Zane, Atria  

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I’ll Be Home for Christmas

Everything looked the same. The house looked like it had a fresh coat of paint but other than that, everything was the same. The same huge oak tree in the front yard. The same white picket fence. The same ceramic bird bath with a statue of a frog that squirted water out of its mouth. The same mailbox designed like a Washington Redskins helmet. Everything was the same. Everything but me.

Miss, is this the right house? the cab driver asked me. The scent of his aftershave mixed with the

Reviews for I'll Be Home for Christmas

[ilonita50 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This is a short story with high climax and rushed peaceful ending. It tells about mistakes done in early youth and the day when you face them to be forgiven.

[writerbeverly · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This VERY short story is a charmer. Despite the author being known for erotica, this one's got no sex, nor even romance. Just a story about a teen runaway coming home to her family, years later, and the issue of mutual familial wounds and resentments, and whether they can be worked out.

Sweet holiday nibble, like a Christmas cookie, and best of all, FREE (at least at this time).

[jrpatterson · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The scene was good. I'm just wondering if Zane is just throwing it out there to see what her readers think and if they want more.This just seemed to be a chapter out of a book. I don't think that was put out there, glad it was free though.