Secret Santa Surprise: Book 29 in the Kindred Tales Series - Evangeline Anderson Page 0,65

said. She sighed. “I know that she has a plan for everyone’s life and that she works the events in our lives—good and bad—according to that plan. But sometimes I just can’t see where things are heading. Especially in cases like Ellilah’s.”

“That poor little priestess,” Melanie murmured. “She probably needs some therapy to get over what happened to her.”

“Or at least someone to talk to,” Sonja said. “I’m going to go see her today. I’ll give the excuse that I’m checking over the Sacred Grove for my upcoming Joining ceremony and sneak in to see if she’s okay.”

“I’ll go with you,” Liv offered. “If they won’t let you in, maybe I can say that I’m her doctor and I have to give her a checkup.”

“Good idea!” Sonja brightened up. “And if she’s having a hard time, we can demand that they treat her better.”

“We can try, at least.” Liv nodded. “Well…” She looked at Melanie. “Now that’s settled, you and I need to talk about setting you up with some prenatal vitamins. You carry Kindred babies for an entire year—not just nine months—and getting the right nutrition is vital.”

“A whole year?” Melanie blinked in surprise. “Wow, Clear wasn’t kidding when he said we’d be having Christmas twins,” she murmured.

“Yup!” Sonja grinned at her and patted Melanie on her still-flat tummy. “This time next year you’re going to be having another Secret Santa surprise! Merry Christmas!”

Melanie laughed. “Yes—Merry Christmas is right! Now, I’d better get my guys together and show them these.” She held out the tiny blue buds that Liv had given her. “I know they’re going to be just as excited as I am.”

But as she left the Med Center, she couldn’t help thinking again of the little priestess who had taken the first drink of drugged punch. Would she be all right? Were the other priestesses being mean to her? And where was her attacker? Why had he done such an evil thing in the first place?

Melanie wondered if she would ever know…

The End?

Of course not!

There’s always more Kindred to come!

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If you're looking for more Christmas Presents for yourself, I have two more books coming soon. First, look for Companion 3000, about a girl who orders herself a hot male sex robot and gets a lot more than she bargained for, coming Dec 5th. (This book was previously published under the title, For Her Pleasure but I recently got the rights back so I am re-releasing it with a hot new cover.)

Then, coming later in December, look for the sequel to Secret Santa Surprise, The Priestess and the Thief, which tells Elliala, the priestess's story.

When Elli gets shipped off to an ultra-strict convent where she is supposed to meditate on her sins, scrub floors, and live on bland bread soup for a year as punishment for her encounter with the mysterious stranger who spiked the punch in Secret Santa Surprise, she decides to run away and have her own adventure instead. But she gets into a very dangerous situation and who should the Goddess send to act as her bodyguard but Roke, the same mysterious stranger who got her into trouble in the first place. Will Elli forgive him and allow him to watch her back in the treacherous Targish court where assasination and blackmail are the order of the day? You'll have to read The Priestess and the Thief to find out, coming later in December.

Turn the page for excerpts from both, Companion 3000, and The Priestess and the Thief.

Hugs and Happy Reading to you all!

Evangeline

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