Merry, bright, and ready to go all night...

Merry Lights

With a name like mine everyone assumes Christmas is my favorite time of year. 

Truth is, being the owner of Blizzard Bluff's most popular bakery, this is my busy season and if it doesn't go well, I won't have anything to live off of for the remaining eleven months of the year. I'm closest to my coworkers, since I spend the most time with them. 

But there's one I can't get out of my head; Beckett. A construction worker by trade, he's using his winter break to save money for a new home. 

When a blizzard surprises the town, and I'm stuck at the shop with the hottest baker I've ever worked with. Over the course of twenty-four hours, he teaches me things about my body I never knew. As the plows go through to clear the streets, I hope it doesn't end.

The Blizzard Bluff Series is created by Laramie Briscoe, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author. 

The Blizzard Bluff Series

The roads are slightly shitty as I make my way up to the cabin on Candy Cane Lane I'm renting while saving up for the house I want to build. The cabin is just this side of being on grid. I'm pretty lucky it actually has running water and an indoor toilet. There are quite a few on this road that don't. 


Parking under the carport, I grab the windshield cover I've been using to help make my mornings go faster. It's starting to sleet and tomorrow is going to be an interesting drive to work. Once I get the cover on, I head inside, stomping my feet to get the snow off. The fire has gone out and it's fucking cold in here.


Heading to the wood stove, I stoke the fire and add a few logs. 


This is the time of day when I wish there was someone here to spend time with. The only thing to keep me company right now is a little kitten I found the other night. When I left today, I shut him up in the bathroom so I'd be able to find him when I came home. At least I assume it's a boy. 


Chapter 17