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Keep Me At Christmas
General fiction
Keep Me At Christmas
260 pages · First published 2018
Luciana Romano takes a museum-restoration job in Hudson Springs, New York, expecting to finish in time to return to Portugal for Christmas. Weather and circumstances threaten those plans and leave her spending more time with a local man who is not looking for a holiday romance. Being stranded turns a temporary American assignment into a test of where Luciana actually wants to belong. The fourth Romano Family romance combines a small-town Christmas, Portuguese family ties, forced proximity, and a sweet courtship in which the end of the holiday may require a much larger decision than booking a flight home.
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Travel disruption and being stranded away from home; family/relationship stress; holiday loneliness; sweet romantic attraction and kissing-level affection.
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Spiced Christmas Cocoa
Velvety chocolate suits a wintry evening with a book.
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Family Secret Sour
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A warming pour with a sharp edge suits a wintry evening with a book.
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- 2 oz bourbon
- 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice ↗
- 3/4 oz simple syrup ↗
- 1/2 oz pasteurized egg white or aquafaba (optional) ↗
- Ice
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- If using egg white, dry-shake first. Add ice and shake again, then strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
- Garnish: Lemon peel.
- Glassware: Rocks glass.
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