NEW RELEASE: UNDER THE MISTLETOE by ARIA COLE

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As the head of ER at Snowpass Mountain Hospital, Aurora Snow hardly 

has time to decorate much less be wooed by every mouthy carpenter that 

lands in her emergency room this holiday season. But you won't find Declan

 Callaghan on Santa's nice list, and the devilish dimples and twinkle in his eye

 leaves Aurora wondering what it would be like to be at the top of this cocky carpenter’s

 naughty list.

Together, they’re the biggest natural disaster to hit this Rocky Mountain town, but that

 won’t stop Declan from trying to win the heart of the sassy, curvy caregiver that’s left 

a lasting tattoo on his soul. He’s going to have to move mountains to get Aurora under 

the mistletoe, but maybe a sprinkle of Christmas magic is all they need to find their way

 to each other, and to ever-lasting love.

Warning: Grab your jingle bells and hold on tight, Declan and Aurora are about 

to light up your holiday! Stuffed full of festive cheer, cheesy one-liners, 

Christmas confessions, and a lifetime of love, this classic love story with 

a dirty twist is sure to leave you wishing for your own cocky carpenter under 

the mistletoe!

ONE

Declan
“Fuck!” Another roar rushed past my lips. “Doesn’t anyone work around here?” I pressed the

 towel tighter against my thumb, desperate to quell the throbbing. “Got time enough to put up

 these stupid-ass decorations, but no time for a bleeding man. Great emergency room 

response here. I’ll be sure to tell all my friends—”
“Hello, Mr. Callaghan, is it?” The curtain pulled away, revealing long, blond waves and a pair

 of iced-over blue eyes, trained directly on me. “So you’re the guy who’s been moaning like

 a dying cow back here.”
Both my eyebrows shot up, the incessant throb in my mangled thumb increasing another 

notch. “Pounding a nail through your thumb will do that, I guess.”
For the first time, my eyes dipped down her neck, over the soft swell of ample tits, a curvy

 little waist, and hips that looked perfect for digging my hands into when I—
“Can I get a look at the damage?” She stepped closer, eyes zeroing in on my aching hand.
This woman had more curves than a country road. Suddenly, the throb in my hand wasn’t

 as persistent as the throb in my dick.
I sucked in a quick breath when she slowly unwound the white towel, stained with dark 

slashes of red.
My blood.
Oh, shit.
My head swam as she discarded the towel and leaned in for a closer look. “That’s gonna 

need stitches.”
“You don’t say,” I blurted before I could put a lid on my mouth.
“You always such an asshole to people tryin’ to help you?” She shot me a glare.
“Well, I nearly bled out on the table waiting for ya. Isn’t the customer always right or some bullshit?”
She narrowed her eyes, the faintest hint of a grin turning up one side of her lips. “That’s 

in retail, so, no, that’s not a rule the emergency room subscribes to. Actually, we prioritize

 patients, and the elderly gentleman in cardiac arrest trumped you.” Her eyes were on 

mine again, mesmerizing in their depths. “And according to your intake paperwork, you’ve

 been here about four minutes, so I don’t think that constitutes bleeding out.” She took hold

 of my thumb to wrap it with a roll of gauze. “Are you always so dramatic?”
I shot her a cocky grin. “You’ve got a winning bedside manner—” my eyes shot to the 

name tag on her chest “—Dr. Snow.”
A soft grin ticked across her face at my words before she took a step back, cocking her

 head to the side. “My patients call me Dr. Aurora, and since it looks like I’m stuck with 

you for at least the next few hours, you’re welcome to as well.”
“No shit?” I settled a little deeper into the cot underneath me.
“No shit, what?” She pressed the clipboard to her tits, eyes holding mine.
“Your name is really Aurora Snow?” I didn’t believe it. I’d never met anyone with a name like that.
“Yup.” She began wrapping a blood pressure cuff around my bicep.
“Anyone ever tell you you look like that Disney ice queen? Ya know, the blond hair, the blue eyes?”
A soft huff pushed past pretty pink lips, and my heart nearly shattered like a fallen icicle.

 “The mean one? Nothing I haven’t heard before.”
She stood close as she waited for the machine to stop its incessant buzzing. I sucked 

in a quick whiff of her scent. Sweet, warm, like cinnamon hot chocolate on a winter day,

 she soothed my mind and made me hungry for something, way down deep.
I’d never met anyone like Dr. Aurora Snow.
“So how long am I gonna be holed up here with your sparkling personality?” I couldn’t help 

the dig. Something about the way she could take my sharp tongue drew me to her, made 

me want to demonstrate all the other things I could do with that tongue. The waves of 

pleasure cascading through her while she called my name at the top of her lungs.
“I’m off at eleven Nurse Harriet will be in after that—”
“Eleven?” I glanced at the clock hanging above the door. “It’s already nine.”
“Indeed, it is.” Her eyes glistened as they lit on mine. “Mind if I ask how it was you drove a 

nail into your thumb this time of night?”
I shoved my uninjured hand through my hair, thinking back on the hellish day I’d had. “Been 

on the worksite since six this morning, trying to get it finished before the holiday.”
“So you were at work?” She unwrapped the cuff on my bicep and set it aside.
I shook my head again, wishing to hell it was that easy. “Nope, left a little after eight and went

 straight to Mama’s house to hang up Christmas lights.”
A soft chuckle filled my ears. “You put a nail through your thumb hanging Christmas lights 

for your mom?”
“Seems so,” I grumbled.
“How sweet.” Her lips teased up in a smile. “Didn’t peg you for the festive type.”
I shrugged. “I’m not. I fucking hate the holidays, but hell if I can say no to Mama.”
“Well, you probably should have waited until daylight…also maybe on a day you didn’t work 

fourteen hours. You shouldn’t be so careless.”
“I know what I’m doing. I don’t need any advice from an—” Her eyes darted up, waiting on my

 next word. “Ice queen.” I winked at her.
She tried to stifle a smile behind her hand, but she failed, her cheeks pinking up the prettiest 

shade of red I’d ever seen.
A vision came to me of her spread underneath me, all that golden hair fisted in my hands, 

those lips attached to mine, and stealing all the air from her lungs.
“You work tomorrow night?” I asked, no longer giving a fuck if I ever got a stitch. My thumb

 could fall off for that matter, and as long as Dr. Aurora was in the room, I’d be just fine.
“That’s a probing question.” She averted her eyes as she tried to act busy. She 

wasn’t busy, just trying to hide her reaction to me. The way her thighs were shifting 

back and forth, how her gaze kept landing on my eyes, and everything in her expression

 again told me I was right.
“I can get a lot more probing than that.” I cocked a sideways smile.
“Are you always such a wiseass?”
“Just wondering what poor bastard is gonna be graced with your lovely personality next.”
“You’re a real…” She shook her head, no longer able to stifle her laugh.
“Bastard?”
“Cocky bastard,” she added, pushing that clipboard against her tits again before stepping away.
Hell, I wasn’t ready for her to leave yet. My stubborn ass began conjuring ways to

 keep her here. I didn’t give a fuck if she had a job to do. I wanted to be the center of her universe.
Aurora Snow might be walking away now, but not for long. Not if I had anything to do with it.

Aria Cole is a thirty-something housewife who once felt bad for reading dirty books

 late at night, until she decided to write her own. Possessive alpha men and the sassy

 heroines who love them are common, along with a healthy dose of irresistible insta-love

 and happily ever afters so sweet your teeth may ache.

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