Blue Christmas: A Romantic Comedy Novella

 Wall Street tycoon Clayton Jessup III flies into Memphis with one goal: dump his tacky inheritance and get back to civilization. The Blue Suede Suites—an Elvis-themed hotel stuffed with over-the-top questionable taste—was his mother’s legacy, and Clay wants it gone faster than you can say “Thank you very much.”

Then he slips in sheep poop. Now concussed, furious, and stuck in town, Clay finds himself under the care of Annie Fallon—a gorgeous, warm-hearted farm girl dressed like Elvis’s sultriest girlfriend. Annie and her brothers are running a living Nativity scene (with backup Elvis impersonators) to save their failing dairy farm. It’s ridiculous. It’s desperate. And somehow, it’s irresistible.

Annie does not need a cranky, arrogant Yankee with bedroom eyes and a body that makes her forget her good sense. Clay does not need a big-haired, big-hearted Southern woman who makes him laugh, challenges his control, and sets his blood on fire.

But with a little Elvis magic, hearts—and hips—are about to start shaking.

Blue Christmas is a laugh-out-loud, sexy holiday romance packed with sizzling chemistry, outrageous humor, and enough Southern charm to make even a hardened Wall Street suit believe in Christmas miracles.

(Originally published as “Fever” in the Blue Christmas anthology from Leisure Books and in the Blue Christmas anthology from Bell Bridge Books)