Toy Soldier Christmas — Rachelle Ayala

[LARGE PRINT EDITION, 18 pt font size]Breast cancer cost Nutmeg Brown her fiancé, her job, and her cleavage, but not her love for Christmas. She's had enough pity from family and old friends, so she travels to Christmas Creek to celebrate anonymously.Army specialist Craig Brockman has lost more than a foot and an eye. He's lost his pride and can't face his family-least of all for Christmas. When his friend, Nutmeg's brother, asks him to anonymously deliver an old toy to his sister, he comes face to face with a wish he'd lost long ago.Nutmeg wakes up the next morning and finds a flesh and blood soldier in her bed. He tells her he's her Nutcracker toy, come to give her a perfect Christmas.Meanwhile Craig finds himself in a healthy body with both eyes and no missing foot. His memory is shot, but he knows things about Nutmeg he has no idea how.What sort of enchantment has turned him into her super soldier and how long will it last? When the mouse king plays a dirty trick on Nutmeg and Craig, will Christmas wishes be enough to mend their broken hearts?---Christmas Creek romances are a fun way to get into the holiday spirit. They are sassy, standalone romances centered around a town which celebrates Christmas all year round. Each story has a happy ending and can be read in any order, but of course, they are more fun if read together.Deck the Hearts, #1 Can Holly's jolly Christmas spirit help Grinchy Gordon Gills save the town of Christmas Creek?Her Christmas Chance, #2 A woman with cerebral palsy and her tomcat disagree about the attractive ex-con living next door. Will a dose of Christmas magic reach through his dark secrets?A Christmas Creek Carol, #3 A reclusive writer, Ebony Cruse, is given a one-star review on her life by characters in her past, present, and future.Kitty, It's Cold Outside, #4 When mailman Mick Jolly delivers a kitten to an abandoned millhouse, he is ensnared by a beautiful Victorian woman caught in a Christmas curse.A Christmas Creek Caper, #5 Someone's stealing packages off the Christmas Creek porches. Sheriff Brad Wing is on the case-until he's caught with his hands up and his pants down.Toy Soldier Christmas, #6 Breast cancer survivor, Nutmeg Brown, finds a broken toy soldier under her Christmas tree. It's love at first sight with a wooden toy or is it?Red's Christmas Woodsman, #7 When Ruby Red Rumsey visits her grandmother's Christmas Creek cottage, she finds a hunky woodsman asleep in her grandmother's bed.Dashing Through Christmas, #8 Misty Jolly and Dash Weston play guessing games while rushing through a Christmas project with no help from Westie, a talking dog.Dottie's Christmas Wish, #9 All Merry Jolly wants is to make Dr. Colton Dale smile. All his daughter, Dottie, wants is a dog. Will Christmas wishes come true for three lonely hearts?