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

"Are you ready to shut it down for the day?" I ask Merry when the final customer leaves right before closing time. 


"Yes," she sighs, rubbing her eyes. "I'm really tired today."


No one knows our little secret. It's fun having something that's just ours. In the life I had before I came to Blizzard Bluff, I kept my secrets close. I never allowed anyone in. Since Merry and I got married in April, I've been sharing everything with this town. They stop me on the sidewalks or wherever they see me, asking when I'm going to come back to work at the bakery. They wonder how Merry and I are getting along, are we planning on staying here, or moving to a bigger city?


At first, it was disconcerting since I've never had this many people in my business before. I had to come to the conclusion that everyone was worried about Merry. They wanted to make sure she was taken care of. 


Now? I'm used to it, but we've been keeping a secret the last three months.


Chapter 13