Book excerpt: Christmas Chaos. New Year's Eve Stalking. Valentine's Day Misunderstanding. The holidays can be hell. Whether it's a surprise visit by an ex-boyfriend Navy lieutenant on Christmas Eve, or a obsessive stalker on New Year's Eve, or a heartbreaking Valentine's Day threatened by D-I-V-O-R-C-E, our beautiful heroines can rest assured of a happy holiday and a happily ever after ending. MISTLETOE & MARIO What's a girl to do when her former teenage love turns up on her doorstep? It's Christmas Eve and JAG Lieutenant Mario Judson is set to deploy to the Middle East in the morning. Struggling interior designer Alexa Devereaux has a deadline looming, and truth be told it's been eight long years since she's seen him. Now she has to struggle with whether or not to send him off to war with a smile on his face and sweet memories to last a lifetime. PILLOW TALK Stranded in Music City…alone on New Year’s Eve…in a freaking snowstorm. Is there a worse way to spend a holiday? FBI Agent Alex MacGregor is on his way to his next assignment in Chicago, but the weather has other ideas. He’s holed up in a low-rent motel waiting for the weather to clear. Enter a damsel in much distress. Bette Smithson is on her way out of town. Anywhere will do, as long as she can get away from a stalking ex-boyfriend. And for now “anywhere” is the last room in a dumpy motel with no heat and a leaking heater. Should she accept her neighbor’s offer of a dry warm bed…or will she be making another in a long line of bad choices? VALENTINE'S GIFT Valentine's Day isn't looking too promising for romance writer and former supermodel Nikki Prentice Devereaux. Max, her husband of ten years, has recently grown distant. Even though she doesn't want to, she comes to the unhappy conclusion that he's having an affair. It's Fashion Week in New York City, and the ever-busy Max is planning a big surprise for Nikki. But unfortunately he has more than one, and this one could affect the their relationship. Will Max's secret give them more of their happily ever after, or will their marriage end in D-I-V-O-R-C-E?