Black-Tie Christmas: A Sweet, Young-Adult Christmas Romance

By Jo Michaels

Seventeen-year-old Evelyn Hart is a broken shell of her former self. She can’t even talk to the cute barista in the mall who asks for her number without having a panic attack afterward. Barely holding herself together, she heads to the Caymans with her family for a little pre-Christmas trip, needing time to focus on her future career as an artist.
All is well until they check in at the hotel, and Evelyn comes face-to-face with the boy from the mall, Adam. Believing she has a boyfriend, Adam tells her he just wants be friends, and she agrees. They spend their entire vacation hanging out together.
Falling in love wasn’t in her plan, and now, she has no idea how to tell him about the lie—or the incident that left her in pieces—because she’s terrified he’ll run. So, Evelyn lets him return to New York without saying a word.
All she can hope for is understanding from Adam and a little Christmas magic to help her open her heart to someone once again.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jo Michaels
• Release date: Nov 27, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463141939

Jo Michaels

Jo Michaels loves writing novels that make readers gasp in horror, surprise, and disbelief. While her browser search history has probably landed her on a list somewhere, she still dives into every plot with gusto, hoping "the man" will realize she's a writer and not a psychopath about to go on a rampage. Her favorite pastimes are reading, watching Investigation Discovery, and helping other authors realize their true potential through mentoring. She's penned the award-winning Pen Pals and Serial Killers series and the best-selling educational book for children, Writing Prompts for Kids, which has rocketed the kids that use it into several awards of their own.Most of Jo's books feature the places she's lived: Louisiana, Tennessee, and Georgia. That's given her a special amount of insight to what makes those locations tick. Her works are immersive and twisty, and she wouldn't want it any other way.

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Black-Tie Christmas

a sweet, young-adult Christmas romance

by Jo Michaels

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Black-Tie Christmas

a sweet, young-adult Christmas romance

By Jo Michaels

Copyright © 2018 Jo Michaels

All Rights Reserved

Published November 27, 2018

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Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

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Edited by Tia Silverthorne Bach

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"What is with all this glittery stuff?" Evie’s frustration grew as she slapped at another rack of sparkly outfits.

Duh. It’s nearly Christmas. Everything’s gonna have some kind of glitz happening. Shana plopped on the couch and threw herself backward, draping her forearm over her face. You’re killing me. It’s a good thing you’re my best friend, or I would’ve traded you in a long time ago.

Shut. Up. Grabbing a scarf, Evie chucked it at her friend’s head. You know you love me.

A grin bloomed on her over-glossed lips. "I do, but that doesn’t mean you’re not being a brat right now. Why don’t we just go to the freaking swimsuit store? You know they’ll have something beachy."

"Have you seen their prices?"

Yeah, but it’s not like your family is hurting for cash. What does it matter? She sat up and threw the scarf back on the rack. It hit the metal, paused for a second, and slowly slid to the floor.

Evie bent over to pick it up and hang it properly as she answered, "Ever wonder why we’re not destitute? My parents are super frugal."

You guys are the definition of yuppies.

With a sigh, she shrugged and waved her hand. Fine. Let’s go to the swimsuit store.

They stopped off at the coffee shop for a couple of lattes on the way. One of the baristas took the girls’ orders, and they moved to the end of the counter to wait while he fixed their drinks.

Girl, he was eying you hard, Shana said.

Evie turned back to look at the guy again, and she couldn’t stop the quirk of her lip when she saw him glance up, turn red, and go back to what he was doing. He was cute in a boy-band kind of way. His blond hair curled at the ends and was just long enough to graze the tops of thick eyebrows over honey brown eyes. She turned away when he looked at her again, and she grinned at Shana.

I told you so.

And?

He’s fine as hell. If you don’t get his number, I’m going to. Putting her hand on her hip, she pursed