Ashley Torrington never cared much about Christmas before. But this year she’s having a particularly blue holiday because Marine Special Operations Team member, Nick Turner got under her skin just before he was deployed to Afghanistan. With her neighbors’ precocious daughter Bella volunteering Ashley for a special project at school, and a mysterious white-haired stranger named Estelle in town buying gifts from Ashley’s shop, not to mention the odd assortment of presents Ashley’s been receiving from an anonymous source, she shouldn’t have time to worry about her guy. But when he and his team go missing the week before Christmas, she realizes only a Christmas miracle will reunite them. Captain Nicholas Turner never backed down from challenges—on the battlefield or in his personal life. But he’d never met a challenge like Ashley, who doesn't want to be anyone’s “girl back home.” Now he’s on the other side of the world, wanting to be anywhere but in Afghanistan for Christmas. About to embark on one of the most dangerous missions of his life, he needs Ashley to know she’s much more than the girl he’d left behind, and he does plan to come home to her. But in the meantime, a little Christmas magic would be appreciated. Little does he know, he’s about to get his wish.
Kay Springsteen learned about the meaning of love and happily ever after from her parents, who were true soul mates. Kay first began her romance with fiction when her mom read her Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. At about age 10, after she’d read all the interesting books she could find in the library, Kay decided to write the kinds of stories she enjoyed. She still believes in magic and real-life fairy tales, and the romance of life.
She currently lives in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains with her several adopted rescue dogs, with some of her family residing nearby. When she’s not cuddled up with a good romantic read, or writing one of her own, she enjoys photography, gardening, hiking in the mountains, spending time with grandbabies, and playing with her pups.