A Gift from Fate

By Cheryl McIntyre

A blizzard the night before Christmas Eve.
A handsome stranger in need of a ride.
A lonely girl with nowhere to go.
It’s sounds like the beginning of one of those Hallmark movies I used to watch over the holidays with my mom. Except those movies always have a happy ending, and mine... probably won’t. My storybook life collapsed five years ago, and now, I’m just trying to stay one step ahead of my past.
It’s exhausting. And lonely.
I’m sick of running.
I’m sick of hiding.
So when my grateful passenger offers me a quaint place to wait out the storm and the chance to experience a real Christmas again, I accept. Because who am I to turn down a gift from fate?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cheryl McIntyre
• Release date: Nov 13, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463617908

Cheryl McIntyre

Cheryl McIntyre is the author of the bestselling Sometimes Never series, as well as the Dirty series, Infinitely, Dark Calling, HARD, Villain, and Love Sex & Other Games. She resides in Ohio with her high school sweetheart, their two sons, one daughter, and one fur son.FIND CHERYLFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/CherylMcIntyreauthorCheryl’s Blackbirds:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1006715782777752/Twitter:https://twitter.com/CherylHMcIntyreGoodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6431156.Cheryl_McIntyreAmazon:https://amzn.to/2HudaD9BookBub:https://www.bookbub.com/authors/cheryl-mcintyreInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/cherylmcintyreauthor/Pinterest:https://www.pinterest.com/chm22480/Book+Main Bites Romance:https://bookandmainbites.com/CherylMcIntyreNewsletter:http://bit.ly/1C2azm3BOOKS BY CHERYL:New Adult Romance:~Sometimes Never~Blackbird (A Sometimes Never novella)~Before Now~Long After~Always Forever~Let It Be (A Sometimes Never novella)~Sometimes Never: The Series Box SetAdult Romance:~HardNew Adult Suspenseful Romance:~InfinitelyAdult Suspenseful Romance:~Getting Dirty (Dirty 1)~Playing Dirty (Dirty 2)~Talking Dirty (Dirty 3)~Fighting Dirty (Dirty 4)~Staying Dirty (Dirty 5)~Dirty: The Five-Part Serial Bundle~Grit: A Dirty SequelYoung Adult Paranormal Romance:~Dark Calling (Dark Calling 1)Adult Urban Fantasy:~VillainRomantic Comedy:~Love Sex & Other Games

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A Gift from Fate

Cheryl McIntyre

A Gift from Fate

Cheryl McIntyre

2018

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Table of Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

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A Gift from Fate

ONE

The roads are slick with a fresh layer of snow. According to the forecast, this is just the beginning. Most of my co-workers and classmates have voiced their concerns, dreading this storm. It’s nothing more than an inconvenience for their holiday trips home, but it’s been years since I’ve had snow on Christmas. Five years to be exact. Not since my last Christmas with my parents.

I have the next two days off and I’m going to enjoy every second of this gorgeous weather—even if I’ll be spending it by myself.

Memories flash like lightening. My brother’s gap-toothed smile as he pounced on my bed with the excitement of a kid who still believed in Santa Claus, shaking me awake so we could rip into our presents. Mom curled into the corner of the couch sipping her mug of coffee while she watched us take in the sight of gifts under a glowing tree. Dad wrapped in his robe, laughing at us as we fought over which is better to receive—large or small packages. I preferred small. My brother always dove straight for the biggest ones. A small chuckle slips from my lips now with the reminiscence and moisture blurs my vision.

I miss them.

Every day.

It’s late in the evening when I pull into my complex parking lot. The snow crunches under the thin Keds I wear for work. They were