How To Bake The Perfect Christmas Cake
Don't miss the brilliant second book in the Home for the Holidays series from Gina Henning.A delicious cake. A guy who is late. Merry Christmas to all.After the best Thanksgiving of her life, Lauren Hauser can’t wait to see Jack-the-pecan-hoarder so they can finally be in the same place at the same time. Long distance really doesn’t work when you’re head over heels!But when Jack doesn’t turn up at the airport Lauren is left wondering if their relationship is really as great as she thought? Sure Jack’s kisses were delicious and when he looked at her, her knees felt weak, but what did they really know about each other?A big Hauser family Christmas is just what is needed for this situation. Not only will her mom be decking the halls with boughs of monstrous-Christmas-decorations, but Lauren is baking a Christmas cake to once again claim dessert queen of the family! Will Jack fit in with the Hauser clan? Or will Lauren have to face the music…and accept that not every holiday romance was made for a happily ever after…The Home for the Holidays series:Book 1 - How to Bake the Perfect Pecan PieBook 2 - How to Bake the Perfect Christmas CakeBook 3 - How to Bake the Perfect Apple PieBook 4 - How to Bake the Perfect Wedding Cake
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A delicious cake. A guy who is late. Merry Christmas to all.
After the best Thanksgiving of her life, Lauren Hauser canât wait to see Jack-the-pecan-hoarder so they can finally be in the same place at the same time. Long distance really doesnât work when youâre head over heels!
But when Jack doesnât turn up at the airport Lauren is left wondering if their relationship is really as great as she thought? Sure Jackâs kisses were delicious and when he looked at her, her knees felt weak, but what did they really know about each other?
A big Hauser family Christmas is just what is needed for this situation. Not only will her mom be decking the halls with boughs of monstrous-Christmas-decorations, but Lauren is baking a Christmas cake to once again claim dessert queen of the family! Will Jack fit in with the Hauser clan? Or will Lauren have to face the musicâ¦and accept that not every holiday romance was made for a happily ever afterâ¦
Home for the Holidays
How to Bake the Perfect Pecan PieHow to Bake the Perfect Christmas CakeHow to Bake the Perfect Apple PieHow to Bake the Perfect Wedding Cake
Ice Cream Dreams
Dream Come TrueDream A Little Dream
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Version date: 2018-07-23
GINA CALANNI
currently resides where bluebonnets line the highways in the spring, but she prefers the rock flower anemone from under the sea. Above the oceanâs surface Gina likes to bake with her three boys and run like the ground is crumbling beneath her feet while being dragged along by her pooch, Schatzi, Music is the backbone of each one of Ginaâs books and her favourite button to press is repeat. At the end of the day Ginaâs glass of wine is always half full.
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To Ethan, Beck, and Jude, the perfect Christmas cake is one shared with you.
To my mom, thank you for showing me that often the best gifts are the ones you make.
To my author consigliere, Tracie Banister thank you for your sage advice and guidance.
To my friend and critique partner Helen Rena, thank you for reading all of my stories and offering such valuable insight.
To my Gems, thank you for answering endless polls and supporting me and my books, yâall are as sparkly as they come.
Thank you to my editor Victoria, you truly bring out the best in my stories.
Thank you to the lovely team at Carina UK (Harlequin) you are such a supportive and wonderful group, Iâm honored to be associated with you.
To my pooch Schatzi, who canât read but Iâm sure appreciates a mention, thank you.
To all the bakers of the world, the ones that follow the recipe and the ones who make it up as they go, this one is for you.
Contents
âSo, whatâs the problemâ¦is it the money?â
âNo, itâs not the money.â I pick up my Santa bobble head pen my mom shipped to my office. She always sends something festive to my work. I think she realizes if I open the package here then everyone will want to see whatever it is and thus Iâll be forced to display it. In this case a bobble head Santa, he is wearing a cowboy hat and has a lasso. Itâs a Countrified Santa.
âWell then, what is it? Come on, Lauren, weâre not that miserable to be around.â
âMegan, itâs not that,â I say as I scribble on the yellow lined notepad at my desk. I donât want to have this conversation while Iâm at work. Itâs bad enough sharing a wall with my coworker Leena, but for conversations like these, itâs almost as if her ears are against my phoneâs receiver. I prefer using my headphones but Megan called me on my direct line which is connected to my black desk phone, not to my computer.
