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<\/a><\/center>It’s Sunday and time for the Weekend Writing Warriors, in which writers share 8-10 sentences from their work.<\/p>\nIf you celebrated Christmas yesterday, I hope you had a great one!<\/p>\n
This is the last excerpt from Spirits of Christmas. It skips ahead several scenes. Joel has gone for a run, leaving Christa alone in the house.<\/p>\n
Thank you for stopping by!<\/p>\n
Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n A shout snapped her to attention. That had been a man\u2019s voice.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cJoel?\u201d She hurried out of the kitchen and toward the parlor. She was sure the voice had come from there. <\/strong><\/p>\n In the parlor, electric candles flickered in the windows. Strange. Christa didn\u2019t remember turning them on this morning, and she doubted Joel had done it. He understandably didn\u2019t like Christmas decorations. <\/strong><\/p>\n Was someone else in the house? <\/strong><\/p>\n Spirits of Christmas<\/strong> On Christmas Eve twenty-five years ago, a brutal murder was committed at the house where Christa Wild works as a live-in maid. When the other servants leave for the holiday this year she stays behind, hoping that any spirits dwelling there will help her regain the psychic power she lost. She\u2019s surprised when the intriguing but disturbed owner of the house appears several days before Christmas.<\/p>\n Action star Joel Connor has kept a terrible secret for most of his life. Despite his success as an athlete and actor, he is plagued by flashbacks of a gruesome attack that destroyed his family. This Christmas, Joel returns to the house where it happened to face the ghosts of the past, but finds he is not alone.<\/p>\n Joel and Christa are instantly attracted, but will his psychological state prevent them from finding peace and love?<\/p>\n
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\nby Kate Hill<\/p>\n