Sugar Pine Trail
An unlikely attraction brings comfort, joy and unforgettable romance this holiday season! Librarian Julia Winston is ready to ditch the quiet existence she's been living. She's made a list of new things to experience, but falling for Jamie Caine, her sexy military pilot neighbor, isn't one of them. Julia's looking to conquer life, not become the heartbreaker's latest conquest. But when two young brothers wind up in Julia's care for the holidays, she'll take any help she can get – even Jamie's.Happy to step in, Jamie reveals a side of himself that's much harder to resist. Not only is he fantastic with kids, he provides the strength Julia needs to tackle her list. She knows their temporary family can't last beyond the holidays, but the closer she gets to Jamie, the more she wonders if things could be this merry and bright forever…
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An unlikely attraction brings comfort, joy and unforgettable romance this holiday season!
Librarian Julia Winston is ready to ditch the quiet existence sheâs been living. Sheâs made a list of new things to experience, but falling for Jamie Caine, her sexy military pilot neighbor, isnât one of them. Juliaâs looking to conquer life, not become the heartbreakerâs latest conquest. But when two young brothers wind up in Juliaâs care for the holidays, sheâll take any help she can getâeven Jamieâs.
Happy to step in, Jamie reveals a side of himself thatâs much harder to resist. Not only is he fantastic with kids, he provides the strength Julia needs to tackle her list. She knows their temporary family canât last beyond the holidays, but the closer she gets to Jamie, the more she wonders if things could be this merry and bright forever...
Praise for New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne
âRomance, vivid characters and a wonderful story; really, who could ask for more?â
âDebbie Macomber, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on Blackberry Summer
âEntertaining, heart-wrenching, and totally involving, this multithreaded story overflows with characters readers will adore.â
âLibrary Journal on Evergreen Springs (starred review)
âThis holiday-steeped romance overflows with family and wintry small-town appeal.â
âLibrary Journal on Snowfall on Haven Point
âA sometimes heartbreaking tale of love and relationships in a small Colorado town.... Poignant and sweet.â
âPublishers Weekly on Christmas in Snowflake Canyon
âThis quirky, funny, warmhearted romance will draw readers in and keep them enthralled to the last romantic page.â
âLibrary Journal on Christmas in Snowflake Canyon
âRaeAnne Thayne is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors... Once you start reading, you arenât going to be able to stop.â
âFresh Fiction
âRaeAnne has a knack for capturing those emotions that come from the heart.â
âRT Book Reviews
âHer engaging storytelling...will draw readers in from the very first page.â
âRT Book Reviews on Riverbend Road
For all the wonderful readers who have been asking me for years to write Jamie Caineâs book!
As always, I have legions of people to thank for helping to bring this story to life. I am deeply indebted to my editor, the wonderful Gail Chasan (and her assistant Megan Broderick); to my agent, the indomitable Karen Solem; to Sarah Burningham and her hardworking team at Little Bird Publicity, for tirelessly helping spread the word about my books; and to everyone at Harlequinâfrom the art department for their stunning covers to the marketing team to everyone in editorial and sales (and anyone else I have neglected to mention!).
I must also thank my hero of a husband and our three children, who have somehow managed to put up with my deadline brain more than fifty times now. I love you dearly.
Finally, this particular book would not have been possible without two amazing, brilliant friends, Susan Mallery and Jill Shalvis. I adore you both and canât thank you enough for all your help!
Contents
THIS WAS GOING to be a disaster.
Julia Winston stood in her front room looking out the lace curtains framing her bay window at the gleaming black SUV parked in her driveway like a sleek, predatory beast.
Her stomach jumped with nerves, and she rubbed suddenly clammy hands down her skirt. Under what crazy moon had she ever thought this might be a good idea? She must have been temporarily out of her head.
Those nerves jumped into overtime when a man stepped out of the vehicle and stood for a moment, looking up at her house.
Jamie Caine.
Tall, lean, hungry.
Gorgeous.
Now the nerves felt more like nausea. What had she done? The moment Eliza Caine called and asked her if her brother-in-law could rent the upstairs apartment of Winston House, she should have told her friend in no uncertain terms that the idea was preposterous. Utterly impossible.
As usual, Julia had been weak and indecisive, and when Eliza told her it was only for six weeksâuntil January, when the condominium Jamie Caine was buying in a new development along the lake would be finishedâshe had wavered.
He needed a place to live, and she did need the money. Anyway, it was only for six weeks. Surely she could tolerate having the man living upstairs in her apartment for six weeksâespecially since he would be out of town for much of those six weeks, as part of his duties as lead pilot for the Caine Tech company jet fleet.
The reality of it all was just beginning to sink in, though. Jamie Caine, upstairs from her, in all his sexy, masculine glory.
