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Jingle Bell Love
A Montuak Romance Book 2
By P.C. Zick
Genre: Contemporary Romance 

A man in mourning for his dead wife. A woman unable to trust the opposite sex. Blind date fiascos until they discover one another.

Denny’s wife—the only woman he’s ever loved—died the year before and his friends are intent on finding him a new love. Jill’s first experience with love in college left her skeptical that she would ever be able to find love. Both the widower and the bachelorette hope for a second chance at love.

When Denny and Jill find themselves lustfully drawn to one another, they’re ashamed of their secret encounters. When friends suspect there might be something between them, they disapprove. Unsure of how they feel about one another, the attraction continues. To keep things on the downlow, they hatch a pact to be friends with secret benefits and embark on a hot sexy romance. When those benefits explode into something more than primal urges, one of them breaks the pact, and the whole affair and friendship ends up unraveling as the holiday season approaches. This steamy romance jingles all the bells for the Christmas season.

Denny, a contractor with a desire to become an architect, designs a home with Jill foremost in his mind. Their love ebbs and flows in this Hamptons romance.

Jingle Bell Love is the second novel in the Montauk Romance series, which feature novels filled with steamy passion, and always, everlasting love.

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​THE MUSIC BLARED FROM the speakers when Denny entered Last Call. The pulsing beat perked him up and removed any regrets he’d had earlier about showing up. It would be good to see his friends. He needed a break from work and from missing Sara. And it would be nice to go out with friends rather than with a woman who couldn’t carry on a conversation. The date with Barbie lingered, and not in a pleasant way.
“We wondered if you’d make it,” Colt said when Denny joined him and Haley at the bar. “And you beat everyone else. Good job.”
Haley gave him a hug. “How are you, Denny? How did the date go the other night?”
Denny and Colt both groaned as an answer.
“I don’t understand. My cousin recommended her so highly.”
“She just wasn’t my type, Haley. I’m doubtful there’s anyone out there who’s my type, so I’m done.”
“But don’t give up, old man,” Colt patted him on the back. “You just haven’t met the right one yet.”
“I’m taking a break, remember? Even Jeff agreed to back off.”
Colt slapped his forehead. “I forgot, but just in case, I brought you something.” Colt reached into his shirt pocket and pulled out several small square packages. Denny stared at them and wondered why Colt was carrying around condoms.
“Why do you need those?” Denny asked.
“I don’t, but you do.” Colt put them in the pocket of Denny’s blue shirt. “We get these by the caseloads to take with us to the villages. A delivery came today, and I thought of you. No need to thank me.”
Denny laughed. “If I have to wait for my friends to fix me up with a worthwhile woman, I won’t need these for a very long time. And now that I’ve sworn off dating, these are going to rot.”
“Better to be safe,” Colt said. “You never know when something might happen. I’d hate for you to miss an opportunity just because you weren’t prepared.”
Denny turned to look at the woman who now stood next to him. Jill, Kiley’s friend and money handler. They had met only a few times before, but Denny had liked her immediately.
“Jill, I didn’t know you were in town,” Denny said. “Good to see you.”
“Hi there. I just got here today.” Jill greeted them all with a big smile. He’d never noticed what a lovely grin she had. But she looked different.
“Did you do something with your hair?” he asked.
Jill laughed. “You’re very observant. I guess it’s been a few months since we’ve seen one another. I’m letting it go back to my natural color. Platinum was too much. I’m almost thirty after all.”
Again, that smile as the rest of them laughed.
“I like it.” Then he turned to his beer. He hadn’t meant to say that. But she looked so damn sexy in a denim skirt a few inches above her knees and a red stripe top that outlined her breasts and dipped just enough to see her cleavage. He needed to get a grip before he lost his mind completely and kissed her.
“How have you been?” Jill asked quietly when they were settled. “It’s been almost a year, right?”
He nodded. “Next month. I’m surviving. The worst part has been the concern of my friends.” When Jill gave him a puzzled look, he plunged ahead. “They’re all intent on fixing me up on dates. So far, they’ve all been disasters.”
“I can relate to that. To avoid Kiley and my mother pestering me to get out more, I started online dating this past year. After my last date, I’ve sworn off it.”
“That bad? Same thing here. My last date did it for me, too. I didn’t realize there were so many empty-headed women out there. No offense because that certainly doesn’t fit you.”
“None taken, if you don’t mind me saying that there are some pretty lame guys as well. I think I’ve had a date with all of them.”
For the first time in more than a year, Denny felt as if a huge burden had been lifted from his shoulders. It would be all right. And suddenly, the woman next to him with the dark blonde hair curling softly around her jaw aroused in him feelings he hadn’t had since long before Sara died. He tried not to look at her chest as she leaned toward him. She gave his arm a squeeze, which sent a shiver down his spine.
When she rose and headed for the back of the bar, he followed her.
 

Love On the Wind
A Montuak Romance Book 2 

An uptight builder. A quirky reality TV travel show host. An explosive passion that surprises them both in this sexy Hamptons romance.

Six years of traveling for her reality TV series has left Kiley Nelson, a dedicated career woman, longing for a place to call her own. Spending a weekend at her girlfriend’s beach house is the perfect reprieve, especially when she purchases property to finally settle down. But her peaceful escape is shaken when she smashes into a car containing the sinfully sexy and infuriated passenger, Jeff Hammond, who immediately melts her heart.

Jeff, staying at his friend’s Montauk home to relax after a trying week of building a home for a spoiled diva, doesn’t count on sharing his weekend with the flaky, yet incredibly sexy, Kiley. He agrees to build her house, despite the tug on his heart as Kiley turns him on in every delicious way.

Passionate weekends and shared dreams begin to shape the house they start to build together as Jeff begins to realize his dream of becoming an architect. As their relationship deepens, so do the wounds from past hurts, rousing ghosts from Jeff’s traumatic past when his fiancé cheated on him with his brother. When a summer storm rolls in at the nearly complete house, they’re forced to deal with the past before it shakes and cracks the very foundation they’ve built.

Misunderstanding and stubborn personalities threaten to rip apart the fledgling relationship until both Kiley and Jeff learn to trust one another and are given a second chance at love.

Love on the Wind is the first novel in the Montauk Romance series, which feature novels filled with steamy passion, and always, everlasting love.

Buy your copy of Love on the Wind to begin reading about the sexy men and beautiful women who seek meaningful relationships beyond lust at first sight.
 

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​KILEY DROVE OUT TO Long Island on Saturday morning in the rental car the studio provided whenever she needed it. She put down the top on the BMW, excited to be driving on one of those rare, cloudless days of endless blue sky. At eight o’clock, the temperature was a lovely seventy degrees and rising steadily. She was glad she’d thrown in her new bikini at the last minute, along with a gauzy see-through sundress for wearing over the bathing suit. She loved to dress like an old hippie with lots of lace and wispy material that seemed to float on the air. When she worked, she mostly dressed down because her show took her on adventures not usually chosen by the average tourist. She hiked through rain forests, floated down crocodile infested rivers, and climbed rugged mountains free of cleared paths. She loved it, but she also liked taking off the hiking boots and thick protective socks and running barefoot on the beach. She wouldn’t mind racing naked over the dunes, but she’d heard the beaches on the eastern end of the island could be rocky. Not to mention, crowded.
So now she followed Route 27, the Sunrise Highway, to the eastern end of Long Island to East Hampton, where the community of Montauk plunked itself down right on the Atlantic Ocean as a hamlet on the dunes. The Montauk Lighthouse, still in operation as the fifth largest working lighthouse in the United States, dominated the end of Montauk Point, sitting high on a dune guarding and protecting the hamlet. She felt herself relax as the miles flew by, hoping to make it to Taylor’s well before noon.
She almost missed the turn off for the house and made a sharp right turn a little too fast. Her tires spun in the sand of the beach road, and she lost control as the BMW turned sideways. She worked hard to turn the wheel, not paying attention to anything else on the road. When she’d corrected it and straightened out the wheels, she looked up too late to see a Jeep Cherokee in front of her driving much slower than she was. She tried to brake, but it was too late. She barreled right into the back of the vehicle, bringing them both to a halt.
“What the hell are you doing?” a dude dressed in shorts and a tank top yelled as he jumped out of the Jeep. “You’re driving too fast down this road.”
She got out of the driver’s seat, afraid to look at the damage. Instead, she looked up into angry brown eyes as the man approached her. If he wasn’t so angry, he’d be handsome. But now she needed to focus.
“I guess I lost control.”
“Obviously.” He nearly growled at her.
“It was an accident,” she meekly offered as she approached the front of her vehicle.
“Again, obviously. I’d hate to think what might have happened if you’d meant to hit us.”
Her eyes filled with tears, but she fought them back. No need to give this guy any more ammunition.
“Is everyone all right?” she asked when she realized angry dude was a passenger in the backseat, which meant more people were riding inside.
“Yes, they’re fine.” As he spoke, the front doors of the Jeep opened. Another good-looking man jumped out of the driver’s side, and a female out the other.
“What’s the damage?” the driver asked as he approached the rear of his car.
“Not much that I can see,” angry dude said. “I think that we might have lucked out.”
“I’m so sorry,” Kiley said. “I was trying to get control of my car in this sand, and I didn’t see you in front of me.”
“Don’t sweat it. I’m Colt by the way. This is Haley, and this is Jeff.” He pointed his thumb at the one who’d been so mean to her.
“I’m Kiley.” She held out her hand to Colt and then Haley. She decided not to press her luck with the one called Jeff. He was still glaring at her.
“I know you,” Haley said. “I’ve seen your show, Aroma Roads.
“Yup, that’s where you’ve probably seen me.” She turned to Colt. “Your name is Colt? That’s funny because I’m visiting a friend here this weekend who has a brother named Colt—pretty distinctive name.”
He laughed. “It’s an unusual name, unless you’re a horse. I’m surprised there’d be another Colt out on this road, so who’s your friend?”
“Taylor Bennett.”
He laughed again. “Well, that is a coincidence, because I have a sister with the same name. You must be the friend she said was coming out this weekend.”
“That’s great—I mean, it’s not the best way to meet my weekend roomies, now is it?”
“Just be more careful next time,” angry dude said. “You could have done real damage.”
“Yes, sir.” She gave a mock salute hoping to be funny, but his scowl deepened. Too bad he was so damn attractive. She could tell he worked out because his tight tank only accentuated his broad shoulders and firm pecs, revealing arms that were muscular and thick. She almost licked her lips, but the disgust written across his face stopped her cold.
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P.C. Zick describes herself as a storyteller no matter what she writes. And she writes in a variety of genres, including romance, contemporary fiction, and creative nonfiction. She's won various awards for her essays, columns, editorials, articles, and novels.

Zick offers a variety of nonfiction books, which include a book on vegetable gardening, a compilation of her essays and short stories from her decades-long career as a writer, and a primer for writers on taking an idea and turning it into a published book. She has also published and annotated the journal of her great-grandfather based on his experiences as a Union soldier during the Civil War.

Her novels contain elements of romance with strong female characters, handsome heroes, and descriptive settings. And all of her works express her philosophy of living lightly upon this earth with love, laughter, and passion.

She and her husband live in Tallahassee, Florida, where they enjoy gardening, kayaking, golfing, hiking, and traveling.
 
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​The Setting for Love on the Wind
The setting for Love on the Wind was inspired by the first place I ever saw the ocean. I’d grown up in Michigan and had familiarity with large lakes, of course, but never had I felt salt air on my face or smelled seaweed or tasted the salty wind on my lips until I was ten years old. My family and I traveled to New York to visit my oldest brother and his family who had moved to Long Island. One day we took a trip to Montauk Point, and I never forgot the beach, the rocks, the winds, and the horseshoe crab washed up at my feet. As an adult, I moved to Florida, but I never forgot my first touch of the sea.
 
The Characters in Love on the Wind
The idea for Kiley’s career came from Anthony Bourdain and his show, which I regularly watched. I imagined what it might be like to travel around the world, and in this story, her career took precedence over romance. Bringing her to a friend’s house at Montauk seemed the perfect place for Kiley to realize she needed a home of her own instead of staying in a hotel whenever she landed back in New York City. Jeff, a contractor with a wounded heart, was fun to create. Crusty on the outside, mushy on the inside—my favorite kind of guy—Jeff’s broken heart seems to be irreparable until he meets a woman unlike any he’s ever known before. And because both Kiley and Jeff had best friends, it was only natural I would have to write a second book in the same place, which led to Jingle Bell Love.
 
Jingle Bell Love Continues the Story
The first time I saw the ocean, I was ten years old and stood on the rocky beach at Montauk Point near the lighthouse. The little girl from Michigan stood in awe of the power and beauty contained within the waves pushing up over the rocks, revealing a horseshoe crab. It began a love of the ocean and wildlife that remains to this day. As I thought about a setting for this series, I was suddenly transported to that experience on the tip of Long Island as a young girl and could see no other place to set these romantic stories featuring the majestic Atlantic Ocean and the graceful architecture of the homes on its shores. I had so much fun creating Love on the Wind, I decided it needed a sequel with the best friends of the couple in the first book. Jingle Bell Love gives hope to the forlorn as romance unfolds to the sound of waves crashing on the beach and two hearts join together.
 
The Characters in Jingle Bell Love
Jingle Bell Love gave me great pleasure to write. I wrote about very real feelings and attractions that two people can feel for one another. It’s a little surprising at times, but the tension inside both of the main characters, Jill and Denny, needs to be released even though it cause both guilt.
I explore the guilt and shame that can come from lost loves and the process of starting over with new relationships. I love how the book evolved with Jill and Denny’s relationship. The ending still makes me cry with the tears of joy that comes from the love of family and friends.
 
The Men of the Montauk Romances
In Jeff, Love on the Wind, and his best friend, Denny, Jingle Bell Love, I created the type of man who can be frustrating but also endearing. Jeff wounded by the deception of his first love comes across as gruff and unfeeling when Kiley first meets him. But the hero of a romance must have redeeming qualities, and Jeff is no exception. Once Kiley takes the time to learn who he really is under the rough exterior, she can overcome her insecurities and open herself to him. He melts hearts as his vulnerabilities are revealed.
Denny married his high school sweetheart, only to lose her to cancer after their marriage. He is devastated. I wrote him from the experience of knowing men and women who have lost the love of their life. He became very real to me in his grief. In some ways, while painful to create him, he was one of the easiest characters I’ve ever written into a story. Jill, wounded in other ways by romance, struggles to understand as she fights her own demons. Denny’s mother-in-law, also suffering from the loss of her daughter, helps the two overcome those barriers.
 
My Favorite Characters
Some of my favorite characters in my romances are the older wiser women who give back to those with less life experiences. They love, forgive, and give of themselves freely. We all need women like them in our lives. As I grow older, I can only hope I’m turning into one of my characters.
However, I must say I love writing about the opposite kind of woman—the vengeful, narcissistic type. I’ve known my share of them, so giving myself the freedom to explore why they are the way they are allows me to forgive those who have peppered my life over the years. I love how my writing leads me to discover the backstory, which leads to understanding. They also help create the tension in a novel, and it’s fun to step into the shoes of a character who says and does all the bad things I would never be able to do in real life.
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