Making Merry — Seraphina Donavan

This is an erotic romance Christmas novella of roughly 8,000 words.



Nathan Bishop is so focused on keeping his family's department store afloat that he's planning to work through the night on Christmas Eve. That kind of dedication to the business leaves no room in his life for anything else. With that in mind, he's chosen to ignore his growing attraction for Holly Merriweather, the sweet and shy young woman who operates the store's small coffee shop.



Little does Nathan know that Holly's been indulging a few fantasies of her own. Holly thinks Nathan would never notice her and certainly never be attracted to her, so she contents herself with adoring him from afar. When a chance meeting with Nathan's secretary results in Holly's admission that she'll be spending Christmas alone, the plot thickens.



Nathan's meddling secretary gets him locked in the store with Holly on Christmas Eve, while a winter storm blankets the city in ice and snow. With no electricity and nowhere to run, there's only one way to keep warm on a cold winter's night.