By: Lara Van Hulzen
Series: Silver Bay
Genre: Contemporary Holiday Romance Novella
Release Date: November 10, 2021
Publisher: Tule Publishing
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This Christmas, will they finally receive the miracle they’ve been yearning for?
Hannah and Paul Wagner both grew up in Silver Bay, California. They love everything about the small town they call home, especially at Christmas when the air turns crisp and the residents’ joy is more contagious than usual.
After waiting years to adopt their precious daughter, Abby, and with a successful real estate business, Hannah and Paul can’t think of anything more they want in life or for Christmas. They finally have everything they've wished for. And yet…will their ongoing hope for more children become their Christmas miracle?
Age: 31
Date of Birth: Feb. 12th
Physical Description: Auburn Hair. Green Eyes. 5 foot 9.
Occupation: I own a real estate agency with my husband, Paul.
3 likes in no particular order: Hot tea. The color red. Any book with a happy ending.
3 dislikes in no particular order: Super-hot weather. Coffee. Long trips.
Drink of choice: Tea
Favorite food: Pizza
Favorite Song: It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas by Michael Bublé
Choice of Transportation: Walking – or my own car.
Favorite way to spend an evening: Watching a movie with Paul
Favorite holiday tradition: Choosing and cutting down the tree
Best memory to date: The day Paul and I adopted Abby
If you could have a do-over, what would you do differently? Nothing. I’m not one for regrets.
What is something you said you would never do, but in fact have done? Skinny dipped in Silver Bay
Most romantic gesture: Paul bringing me my favorite tea every morning.
Words to live by: When life gives you lemons, make apple juice and keep the world wondering how you did it.
Paul smiled at her and her insides did a flip again. His brown hair was cut short in the back but was longer on top. He combed it to the right every morning and Hannah could swear not a strand moved all day. No hair products, no help. The man just had awesome hair.
He wore his work clothes, dress pants with a button-down shirt and sweater. His shirt was opened at the collar, its print showing where the cuffs were rolled up over the sweater.
As much as the whole package together made her swoon, Paul’s smile had always been what drew her to him. So genuine and kind and full of joy. And every time he smiled, it reached his eyes, the brown depths sparkling like the bay in summer when the sunshine hit.
“What?”
She giggled.
“Why are you staring at me?”
“Just thinking about how lucky I am.”
“Oh yeah? Lucky how?”
“Lucky I got to be the one to snag you in high school.” She lifted an eyebrow and smirked.
He laughed, the sound only adding to the flutter inside her. “Oh yeah?” The blush in his cheeks was beyond adorable.
“I had to fight the other girls, but they didn’t stand a chance.”
He laughed even harder at that and stood. He stepped toward her and leaned over, his hands resting on the arms of her chair. He leaned down until they were nose to nose. “There was absolutely never, ever anyone else for me but you, Hannah Wagner.”
She placed her lips on his. They’d shared countless kisses over the years. It never ceased to amaze Hannah how often it felt like their first kiss. So full of excitement and eagerness and promise. And yet with time came security and desire and every kiss, every moment, a sense of coming home.
He wore his work clothes, dress pants with a button-down shirt and sweater. His shirt was opened at the collar, its print showing where the cuffs were rolled up over the sweater.
As much as the whole package together made her swoon, Paul’s smile had always been what drew her to him. So genuine and kind and full of joy. And every time he smiled, it reached his eyes, the brown depths sparkling like the bay in summer when the sunshine hit.
“What?”
She giggled.
“Why are you staring at me?”
“Just thinking about how lucky I am.”
“Oh yeah? Lucky how?”
“Lucky I got to be the one to snag you in high school.” She lifted an eyebrow and smirked.
He laughed, the sound only adding to the flutter inside her. “Oh yeah?” The blush in his cheeks was beyond adorable.
“I had to fight the other girls, but they didn’t stand a chance.”
He laughed even harder at that and stood. He stepped toward her and leaned over, his hands resting on the arms of her chair. He leaned down until they were nose to nose. “There was absolutely never, ever anyone else for me but you, Hannah Wagner.”
She placed her lips on his. They’d shared countless kisses over the years. It never ceased to amaze Hannah how often it felt like their first kiss. So full of excitement and eagerness and promise. And yet with time came security and desire and every kiss, every moment, a sense of coming home.
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Writing stories since she was a young girl, Lara’s dream of being a novelist became a reality with her Men of Honor Series.
An avid reader, she worked as a book reviewer for 18 years with various organizations. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and a Masters of Divinity in Chaplaincy.
Lara loves tea, baseball and living in San Clemente, California with her husband and two dogs.
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This was such a sweet story.
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