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An Ellora’s Cave Romantica Publication

www.ellorascave.com

Jessamyn’s Christmas Gift

ISBN # 1-4199-0476-0

Edited by: Pamela Cohen.

Cover design by Syneca. Photography by Dennis Roliff.

Electronic book Publication: December 2005

This book may not be reproduced or used in whole or in part by any means existing without written

permission from the publisher, Ellora’s Cave Publishing, Inc.® 1056 Home Avenue, Akron OH 44310-

3502.

This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales

is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the authors’ imagination and used fictitiously.

Warning:

The following material contains graphic sexual content meant for mature readers. This story has been

rated E–rotic by a minimum of three independent reviewers.

Ellora’s Cave Publishing offers three levels of Romantica™ reading entertainment: S (S-ensuous), E (E-

rotic), and X (X-treme).

S- ensuous love scenes are explicit and leave nothing to the imagination.

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J ESSAMYN ’ S C HRISTMAS G IFT

N.J. Walters

Dedication

To my wonderful readers, the generous authors, the hardworking and creative staff

at EC and my supportive editor, Pamela—may the holidays be joyous and peaceful for

all of you and your families, and may the New Year bring you all health and happiness!

Happy holidays, everyone!

And to my amazing husband, whose belief in me never wavers. Thank you for

supporting my dreams and sharing my life, including every Christmas.

Jessamyn’s Christmas Gift

Chapter One

I must be out of my mind. Jessamyn Parker rubbed her hands up and down her arms,

trying to warm herself. Goose bumps covered her skin in spite of the cheery fire

crackling in the hearth beside her. A log shifted, sending sparks flying into the air

behind the fireplace screen.

What was I thinking? There was no answer from the firelight as she stared into its

depths. She knew very well what had prompted this desperate move on her part—

Bennett Anderson.

They’d been dating for about six months, but Bennett had been away on business

for the last three. A lawyer in the small town of Serenity, Bennett was considered a most

eligible bachelor. Jessamyn had been surprised and flattered when he’d first asked her

out. She wasn’t the type of woman who usually got asked out on dates by handsome

lawyer types.

Not that she wasn’t pretty, in her own way. She wasn’t thin or blonde, which

seemed to be society’s accepted norm of beauty. At thirty years of age, she’d long

accepted the fact that she was a solid size sixteen with very generous curves. Her brown

hair tumbled down past the middle of her back in a riot of untamed curls, which was

why she usually kept it pinned up in a bun at the nape of her neck. But tonight, her hair

was down.

Bennett was due home tonight from New York City where he’d been working. His

phone calls had been fewer, his tone brusque, over the past few weeks, and Jessamyn

had been getting that sinking feeling in the bottom of her stomach that the end was

near. This was her last-ditch effort at reviving their lagging relationship.

Jessamyn smoothed her hands down over the red satin that covered her stomach,

desperately trying to settle the butterflies that were fluttering there. It was the twenty-

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