Santa's Scheming: Holliday Island Resort, #1

By Danni Roan

HOLLIDAY ISLANDS RESORT SERIES
After growing his Alaskan resort empire into the "honeymooner's paradise of the world," Gordon Holliday is ready to retire. But there's no way he can cruise the globe in his luxury yacht until his sons are groomed and polished into proper executives to take his place. There's just one catch: He's convinced their biggest current job requirement is marriage!

To help find the perfect matches for his nine billionaire playboy sons, he secretly enlists the help of a high-end matchmaker, Evelyn Reese of True Love Connection, Inc. (TLC.net). She visits the islands under the auspices of becoming a future investor and begins to work her magic. What ensues is a delightful romp of sizzling new business "partnerships" and dates, laugh-out-loud mayhem, and sweet holiday attractions. You won't want to miss a single one!

 

Book 1: A short introduction to the series:

Gordon Holliday has lived a full life, built an empire, and accrued the wealth others only dream about but now he is ready for a break. The problem is how does he ensure that his nine sons are ready to take over and have the partners they need to continue his legacy of luxury at the Holliday Island Resorts? When the Christmas magnate starts scheming, he needs the perfect partner to help him push his boys into their own version of happily-ever-after.                                                                                                  

 Hiring matchmaker Evelyn Reese, Gordon will have to challenge each of his sons to come home, take over a specialized Holliday Island resort and meet the women made just for them. Will true love take hold along the coast of Alaska or will Gordon fail? Or maybe he'll meet his own match despite the machinations of his mixed-up ex-wife and her devious plans.                                                                         

One man, one matchmaker, many marvelous romances in a series that just keeps giving.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Danni Roan
• Release date: Nov 15, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201265632

Danni Roan

About the Author Danni Roan, a native of western Pennsylvania, spent her childhood roaming the lush green mountains on horseback. She has always loved westerns and specifically western romance and is thrilled to be part of this exciting genre. She has lived and worked overseas with her husband and tries to incorporate the unique quality of the people she has met throughout the years into her books. Although Danni is a relatively new author on the scene she has been a story teller for her entire life, even causing her mother to remark that as a child “If she told a story, she had to tell the whole story.” Danni is truly excited about this new adventure in writing and hopes that you will enjoy reading her stories as much as she enjoys writing them.

Book preview

Introduction

HOLLIDAY ISLANDS RESORT SERIES

After growing his Alaskan resort empire into the honeymooner’s paradise of the world, Gordon Holliday is ready to retire. But there’s no way he can cruise the globe in his luxury yacht until his sons are groomed and polished into proper executives to take his place. There’s just one catch: He’s convinced their biggest current job requirement is marriage!

To help find the perfect matches for his nine billionaire playboy sons, he secretly enlists the help of a high-end matchmaker, Evelyn Reese of True Love Connection, Inc. (TLC.net). She visits the islands under the auspices of becoming a future investor and begins to work her magic. What ensues is a delightful romp of sizzling new business partnerships and dates, laugh-out-loud mayhem, and sweet holiday attractions. You won’t want to miss a single one!

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Epilogue

Next in Series

Chapter 1

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Gordon Holliday paced his office, his mind buzzing with thoughts, doubts, and worries. This was it. He was going to retire and turn his multibillion-dollar resorts over to his sons.

The resorts, a string of specialty-themed islands dotted like jewels along the western coast of Alaska, was his legacy and, if managed well, should continue to bring joy, fun, and wealth to his family for generations to come.

The problem was how to ensure his sons were up to the task of carrying this legacy on. After all, how could it become a legacy if they didn’t have families of their own?

Gordon’s eyes scanned his wide mahogany desk, the polished bookshelves, the opulent furnishings and family photos filling his office. But no spark of an idea came. He needed to find the perfect matches for his boys, like his own happy-ever-after with his wonderful first wife. But when she passed, he made mistakes and now dealt with an ex-wife that was eccentric at best. He didn’t want to see that happen to his sons and hoped they found love and a purpose for their islands, ones that would