White Christmas (Novella)

By Ros Baxter

What if your only chance at survival was to seduce the man who broke your heart?

Seventeen years after the Apocalypse, Admiral–class Explorer Tabysha is caught up in a firefight and shot down over Tyver, where ice vampires hunt human warmth. Seeking shelter in an ice cave, she is instructed to stay put and await rescue. But after another ship crash–lands, and the Hunter Gatherers stalk its wounded pilot, Tabi breaks protocol.

When it turns out the survivor is the man who stole her heart then skipped out on her ten years before, it seems to Tabi that no good deed goes unpunished, and things can't get any worse. But she's so wrong.

As the Hunters pick up the escalating heat signature of the former lovers, Tabi has to tell Asha that there is only one way to repel the creatures stalking them.

And it involves picking up where they left off ten years before.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• Release date: Dec 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9780857991164

Ros Baxter

Ros Baxter has been writing since she was eight and penned a whimsical series of short stories about a race of tiny people who lived on a rainbow. While a few things intervened - a career in social policy, four children - Ros started writing again in earnest three years ago. In that time, Ros secured a two-book deal with Harper Collins Australia, published Sister Pact (a romantic comedy co-written with her sister Ali), been a contributing author to the e-anthology URL Love, and finaled in the STALI competition. Ros writes transporting stories about love, family, friendship and women in all their glorious strength and contrariness. She loves to turn up the sizzle, throwing heroes and heroines into screwy and sometimes fantastical situations and watching how they take the heat. Ros lives in Brisbane's North with her husband Blair, four noisy children under eight, a neurotic dog and nine billion germs.

Book preview

White Christmas

Ros Baxter

Contents

About the Author

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1

Bestselling Titles by Escape Publishing…

White Christmas

Ros Baxter

What if your only chance at survival was to seduce the man who broke your heart?

Seventeen years after the Apocalypse, Admiral-class Explorer Tabysha is caught up in a firefight and shot down over Tyver, where ice vampires hunt human warmth. Seeking shelter in an ice cave, she is instructed to stay put and await rescue. But after another ship crash-lands, and the Hunter Gatherers stalk its wounded pilot, Tabi breaks protocol.

When it turns out the survivor is the man who stole her heart then skipped out on her ten years before, it seems to Tabi that no good deed goes unpunished, and things can’t get any worse. But she’s so wrong.

As the Hunters pick up the escalating heat signature of the former lovers, Tabi has to tell Asha that there is only one way to repel the creatures stalking them.

And it involves picking up where they left off ten years before.

About the Author

Ros writes fresh, funny, genre-busting fiction. She digs feisty heroines, quirky families, heroes to make you sigh and tingle, and a dash of fantasy from time to time.

Ros has published Sister Pact (a romantic comedy co-written with her sister Ali) with Harper Collins, and Fish Out of Water (Escape Publishing), and been a contributing author to the e-anthology URL Love. She has sequels to Sister Pact and Fish Out of Water coming out in 2014, as well as a new single title romantic comedy: Lingerie for Felons.

Ros also runs a successful business consulting to government and the private sector. She teaches professional writing skills and has authored a writing guide, Clarity.

Ros lives in Brisbane, Australia, with her husband Blair, four small but very opinionated children, a neurotic dog and nine billion germs.

You can email Ros at [e-mail] or find her at www.facebook.com/RosBaxterInk, on twitter @RosBaxter, or www.rosbaxterink.com.

Acknowledgements

Thanks for this story go to Kate Cuthbert, Editor at Escape Publishing for her unfailing innovation, creativity and generosity, and for suggesting similes when words failed me.

Also, as always, to

Reviews for White Christmas (Novella)

[lizasarusrex · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Avenger 12 has crashed in snowy terrain leaving Tabi stranded, awaiting help that will come within two hours. She is told to maintain her position and not move. She disobeys orders as she attempts to save a man who has also gone down in his ship. She almost instantly regrets saving him for he the man that once broke her heart over ten years ago. Asha tries to explain that she doesn't know the whole story and he opens up to her and explains why he broke her heart so many years ago. There they find themselves surrounded by creatures that could possibly end it all for both of them. Asha has learned a secret technique to keeping the creatures away. Fortunately it's going to be very easy for both of them to accomplish. Keeping the creatures away will bring them closer than ever.

[stressedrach · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

White Christmas was a fantastic quick read. I really cannot tell you much about it due to it being a short story and if I tell you more than the synopsis says then I would spoil it for you. Let’s just say that Ice Cave gets pretty steamy.
It is a must read, especially if you want a quick read.
I absolutely loved it. I think the author did a great job in getting enough detail and information into the book to make it a good read.
Well written and I will definitely be looking out more more from Ros Baxter.