A Very Holland Christmas: Holland Brothers 5
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By Toni Griffin
Holland Brothers
Release Date: December 6, 2014
Word Count: 12,662
Editor: Erika Orrick
It's Christmas time for the Hollands, and everyone is bustling about preparing for the coming festivities. As Marcus, Alex, Simon, and Patrick try to make time for their mates, they feel the pressure to make everything perfect. Thankfully Maryanne has the solution. However, they forget one important detail, leaving them scrambling at the last minute to prevent a Christmas disaster.
Please Note: This is a reedited, and expanded, second edition.
Holland Brothers
Release Date: December 6, 2014
Word Count: 12,662
Editor: Erika Orrick
It's Christmas time for the Hollands, and everyone is bustling about preparing for the coming festivities. As Marcus, Alex, Simon, and Patrick try to make time for their mates, they feel the pressure to make everything perfect. Thankfully Maryanne has the solution. However, they forget one important detail, leaving them scrambling at the last minute to prevent a Christmas disaster.
Please Note: This is a reedited, and expanded, second edition.
If you are looking for an AUDIO version of AVHC, the audio was released as a part of the A Very Holland Collection, which contains both the A Very Holland Christmas and A Very Holland Valentine.
Excerpt - Chapter One
The sounds of childish giggles rang through the house, quickly followed by the small thump of running feet. Heavier thuds chased the lighter ones, and Alex's laughter flowed through the hallway into the room Patrick sat in.
Rick looked down into the angelic face of his three-month-old daughter and cringed slightly when she jumped in her sleep at her uncle's loud voice. He had just gotten Charlie Marie Richmond to sleep, and the last thing he wanted was his loud-mouthed brother waking her back up again.
He cooed softly to Charlie and continued to rock her in the rocking chair they had purchased especially for her nursery. Thankfully no damage had been done and Charlie slept on, none the wiser. Rick continued to hold his daughter for several more minutes, loving the feel of her in his arms.
Charlie was such a daddy's girl, and Jake spoilt her rotten. Once Jake had gotten over his nervousness that he would turn out like his old man and actually held his daughter, everything seemed to fall into place. Now, he was always picking Charlie up and never wanted to put her down again. Jake thanked Rick often for giving him the gift of his daughter.
The Holland genes had held true for yet another child in the family being born with chocolate brown eyes. However, Charlie's hair was as black as night, just like Jake's. Rick's light golden brown locks didn't even get a look in. Her thick hair had started to thin out, as most babies' did, at the age of three months but remained just as dark.
Rick stood, careful not to jostle the sleeping babe in his arm and walked her over to her cot. He kissed her forehead and placed her in her bed, covering her with a thick blanket. December was summertime, but up in the alpine region of Victoria where their town of Leyburn was situated, it almost never got over twenty degrees during the day. It got down into the single digits overnight. The snow had all melted, though, long before Christmas came around.
It was a shame really. Rick would love to be able to wake up Christmas morning to a blanket of white snow on the ground. It had happened once in 2006 when severe drought had given way to abundant snowfalls on Christmas. Unfortunately, they lived on the wrong side of the equator for that to be possible too often.
After making sure his daughter was settled, Rick left the room and quietly closed the door behind him. He looked at his watch and groaned as he realised the time. Rick usually loved his mornings, but Charlie had woken at five that day and he was now in desperate need of some sleep.
Rick had gotten up with her as Jake had to go into his office today to finalise all his cases so he could take the next two weeks off. Jake wanted to spend some quality time with his family during the Christmas break and Rick couldn't be happier.
Rick looked down into the angelic face of his three-month-old daughter and cringed slightly when she jumped in her sleep at her uncle's loud voice. He had just gotten Charlie Marie Richmond to sleep, and the last thing he wanted was his loud-mouthed brother waking her back up again.
He cooed softly to Charlie and continued to rock her in the rocking chair they had purchased especially for her nursery. Thankfully no damage had been done and Charlie slept on, none the wiser. Rick continued to hold his daughter for several more minutes, loving the feel of her in his arms.
Charlie was such a daddy's girl, and Jake spoilt her rotten. Once Jake had gotten over his nervousness that he would turn out like his old man and actually held his daughter, everything seemed to fall into place. Now, he was always picking Charlie up and never wanted to put her down again. Jake thanked Rick often for giving him the gift of his daughter.
The Holland genes had held true for yet another child in the family being born with chocolate brown eyes. However, Charlie's hair was as black as night, just like Jake's. Rick's light golden brown locks didn't even get a look in. Her thick hair had started to thin out, as most babies' did, at the age of three months but remained just as dark.
Rick stood, careful not to jostle the sleeping babe in his arm and walked her over to her cot. He kissed her forehead and placed her in her bed, covering her with a thick blanket. December was summertime, but up in the alpine region of Victoria where their town of Leyburn was situated, it almost never got over twenty degrees during the day. It got down into the single digits overnight. The snow had all melted, though, long before Christmas came around.
It was a shame really. Rick would love to be able to wake up Christmas morning to a blanket of white snow on the ground. It had happened once in 2006 when severe drought had given way to abundant snowfalls on Christmas. Unfortunately, they lived on the wrong side of the equator for that to be possible too often.
After making sure his daughter was settled, Rick left the room and quietly closed the door behind him. He looked at his watch and groaned as he realised the time. Rick usually loved his mornings, but Charlie had woken at five that day and he was now in desperate need of some sleep.
Rick had gotten up with her as Jake had to go into his office today to finalise all his cases so he could take the next two weeks off. Jake wanted to spend some quality time with his family during the Christmas break and Rick couldn't be happier.