Mistletoe and Mario: Holiday Interludes, #1

By Marie-Nicole Ryan

What's a girl to do when her teenage love turns up on her doorstep? It's Christmas Eve and JAG Lieutenant Mario Judson is set to deploy to the Middle East in the morning.

Struggling interior designer Alexa Devereaux has a deadline looming, and truth be told it's been eight long years since she's seen him. Now she has to struggle with whether or not to send him off to war with a smile on his face and sweet memories to last a lifetime.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ryandale Publishing
• Release date: Jun 28, 2014
• ISBN: 9781498971874

Marie-Nicole Ryan

Marie-Nicole Ryan was born in a small western Kentucky town, but after college and marriage, she said "Good bye" to small town life. After spending three years as an army wife, she landed in Nashville, TN, where she spent several decades working as an R.N. and case manager. Finally in 2002, she achieved her dream of becoming a published author. She loves all lawmen and detectives and writes erotic historical western romance and contemporary romantic suspense.  TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, won a 2008 EPPIE for erotic romantic suspense. One of her early books, SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS, won the Golden Wings award from the publisher for excellence in romantic suspense. In addition, her mystery/suspense novel, ONE TOO MANY, was a 2009 EPPIE Finalist. She's a formerly active member of RWA® and Music City Romance Writers. Recently, she returned to her old hometown in western Kentucky. When she's not slaving away at her current work in progress, you might find her walking her dog Kelsea, a sheltie rescue, or at the Y. But you won't ever find her in an airplane. No, not ever.

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