Christmas Cookies on a Cruise Ship by Parker Fairchild 💕 Behind the Scenes, Book Tour and $25 Gift Card Giveaway 💕 (Contemporary Christmas Romance)

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On a Caribbean cruise, a platter full of cookies, and a shot of Christmas magic yields a perfect pairing.

On a Caribbean cruise, a platter full of cookies, and a shot of Christmas magic yields a perfect pairing.

Chemist and budding romance writer Olivia Chasen is on a cruise to avoid spending Christmas with her beautiful twin sister and new fiancé—Olivia’s ex. Now, thanks to her lonely, intoxicated ramblings on Santa’s lap, her fellow passengers think she’s in love with a fictional character.

Former Navy SEAL Commander Jace Morse has dealt with plenty of unusual situations in his career, but he’s never had the honor, the pleasure, or the privilege of being a beautiful and intelligent woman’s fantasy hero come to life. While he hasn’t officially met the sexy chemist, he’s sure eager to explore the chemistry that’s sizzling between them. Bringing the charming SEAL together with the skeptical Olivia is going to take more than just Christmas cookies and a little help from Mrs. Claus; it’s gonna take a heaping dose of Christmas magic.

After my publisher, 5 Prince Publishing, accepted “Christmas Cookies on a Cruise Ship” for publication, they told me that sadly it was too late in the holiday season to release it for that year. Then, a few days later, they contacted me excited to share with me that they’d just learned of an opening in their publishing calendar, and I’d be able to get Christmas Cookies out for that holiday season after all. However, in order to meet this deadline, I’d have to work diligently on my end to get all the edits completed with their in-house editor.

Every writer understands the tremendous importance of editing and proofreading. As amazing as spell check is, it can’t determine, for example, the difference between and the correct usage of ‘their’ and ‘there’. Therefore, in this short period of time, the more people reading my manuscript the better the finished product would be.

My mom and hubby were my initial and steadfast rock star readers and editors. Late one night, we were all working together on the book, and I was so tired and stressed that my hubby put me to bed and said that my mom and he would carry on with the work of proofreading. Unbeknown to me, while I was in dream world central, my hubby and my mom accidentally deleted several pages of my manuscript. Thankfully, my computer savvy husband restored my book and in correct order, too. Talk about things that go bump in the night!

She stepped to him. “I trusted you. You act all so cool and collected. Perhaps, this will faze you,” she said pushing him back and into the pool. 

Suddenly, everything spun out of control. Olivia had been so upset that she hadn’t seen Santa Claus approach Jace carrying a small Christmas tree full of decorations for the hospital in Grand Cayman. 

As Jace stumbled back into the pool, he unfortunately carried Santa and the tree with him into the water. The last thing Olivia heard was Santa’s “Ho! Ho! Ho!” turn into “Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!” before they both took a splash. 

Olivia literally bit her tongue to stop from laughing. This was so not funny, but yet it was hilarious. She, Olivia Chasen, had finally found her fun and excitement. She had a new groove. 

And as she looked around and noticed all the phone cameras rolling, and most likely had been the entire time, she delicately took a curtsy as proper as one she’d give Queen Elizabeth herself. Thankfully, watching all those episodes of the The Crown had paid off big time. 

  

Parker Fairchild is a model, social media copywriter, and freelance writer with multiple writing credits. A Virginia native, she and her husband had their own shipboard romance as they met on a cruise ship tender in Maui, and as her mom is fond of saying, "they haven't stopped talking since." When she's not busy playing with words, she loves spending time with her husband and family in Arizona where she now resides.

    

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