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    A Present for Christmas
    A Present for Christmas
    A Present for Christmas
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    A Present for Christmas

    By Shiloh Walker

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    Faced with a choice, David has to decide what matters the most. Home...or the heart.

    After completing an assignment in Alaska, he’s about to head home, but he realizes he might be leaving behind his heart—Cris, the woman he fell in love with. Now he has to make a choice. Return home to everything he knows, or take a chance on love.

    Warning: This is a short story, it is only a short story and it's a short story that contains naughty words and sex. It also contains a happy ever after.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherShiloh Walker
    Release dateOct 30, 2010
    ISBN9781452410647
    A Present for Christmas
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    Shiloh Walker

     Shiloh Walker is an award-winning writer…yes, really!  She’s also a mom, a wife, a reader, and she pretends to be an amateur photographer. Her Secrets and Shadows series includes Burn for Me, Break for Me, and Long for Me.  

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      A Present for Christmas - Shiloh Walker

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      Cover Art Shiloh Walker

      Copyright Shiloh Walker 2008

      Revised 2011

      This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the writer's imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locale or organizations is entirely coincidental.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. This is a free ebook and there is no need to purchase it.

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      She wasn’t coming.

      David resisted the urge to check at his watch. He doubted three minutes had passed since the last time he looked. He didn’t need to watch the second hand of his Rolex tick away the few precious seconds he had left before he had to board his plane.

      Come with me, Cris.

      David…I’m sorry, I can’t.

      He’d been replaying their talk from Sunday over and over. Hell, for the past three days, that brief exchange had pretty much dominated his thoughts. He shouldn’t have rushed. Shouldn’t have pushed. He shouldn’t have sprung it

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