{"id":14139,"date":"2014-10-26T14:33:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T18:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=14139"},"modified":"2014-10-26T14:33:48","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T18:33:48","slug":"giveaway-excerpt-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-by-jessica-scott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/26\/giveaway-excerpt-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-by-jessica-scott\/","title":{"rendered":"Giveaway &#038; Excerpt \u2606 All I Want For Christmas Is You by Jessica Scott"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"excerpt\"><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14141\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/AllIWantForChristmasIsYou.jpg?resize=225%2C360\" alt=\"AllIWantForChristmasIsYou\" width=\"225\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">All I Want For Christmas is You<\/span> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jessicascott.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jessica Scott<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Release Date: October 24, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>From <em>USA Today<\/em> Bestselling author Jessica Scott comes an all new novella about a woman who came back from war changed and the man who loves her enough not to let her go.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All Major Patrick MacLean wanted was Christmas with the woman and child who were his family in everything but name. But Captain Samantha Egan has come back from the war a different woman than the one who left &#8211; and she doesn&#8217;t know if she can love him anymore.<\/p>\n<p>But neither of them counted on the determination of a little girl they both call daughter and if Natalie has her wish, her parents may have no idea what&#8217;s coming for them. It&#8217;s going to take Christmas miracle to bring these two wounded warriors back from the edge of a broken heart.<\/p>\n<p>This story has been featured in <strong>Home For Christmas<\/strong>: <strong>A Holiday Duet<\/strong> with <em><strong>JoAnn Ross<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"none-decoration\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/excerpt-sheilabold.jpg?resize=243%2C74\" alt=\"excerpt-sheilabold\" width=\"243\" height=\"74\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14143\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Scott-Teaser-4-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"Scott Teaser 4\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>It was not a gentle kiss. It was not tame or timid or questioning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">It burned her down to the root of Sam&#8217;s soul. It touched something deep and dark and hidden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Something she&#8217;d thought was long since dead and buried and gone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Patrick\u2019s tongue slid against hers, stroking to life the very sensations she thought she&#8217;d never feel again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">It was electric, the feel of his mouth against hers. The scrape of stubble against her chin, the taste of him. The smell of his skin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">He nipped her. Pinched her bottom lip between his teeth and sucked it. And she sighed at the pleasure, at the raw ache his taste and touch aroused in her, pushing aside the darkness that haunted her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14145\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HomeForChristmas-187x300.jpg?resize=172%2C275\" alt=\"HomeForChristmas\" width=\"172\" height=\"275\" \/>Sam felt him. Felt everything. The heat of his skin. The warmth that drew her closer. That made her want to crawl into his lap and unzip his pants and push up that damned flannel shirt until they were skin to skin and there was nothing between them but sweat and heat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">One hand slid down her side. Tugged at her fleece and&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Dear lord how many layers of clothing do you have on under this thing,&#8221; he muttered against her lips.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">She smiled. &#8220;You weren&#8217;t wondering why I wasn&#8217;t cold?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Well you&#8217;d be a champ at strip poker right about now,&#8221; he murmured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Then his fingers found her skin and she was no longer thinking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/23359177-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"none-decoration\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/goodread-logo.jpg?resize=210%2C86\" alt=\"goodread-logo\" width=\"210\" height=\"86\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00MRHWM5K?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=thesea0f-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00MRHWM5K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"none-decoration\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/amazon-logo.jpg?resize=100%2C47\" alt=\"amazon-logo\" width=\"100\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=4jojKl08wnk&amp;subid=&amp;offerid=266972.1&amp;type=10&amp;tmpid=8432&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fsearch.barnesandnoble.com%252Fbooksearch%252Fisbninquiry.asp%253Fean%253D2940150634381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"none-decoration\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/bandn-logo.jpg?resize=100%2C47\" alt=\"bandn-logo\" width=\"100\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you\/id904942613?mt=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"none-decoration\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/iBooks_Icon.jpg?resize=100%2C47\" alt=\"iBooks_Icon\" width=\"100\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=4jojKl08wnk&amp;subid=&amp;offerid=290193.1&amp;type=10&amp;tmpid=9309&amp;RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kobobooks.com%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.html%3Fq%3D1230000257782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"none-decoration\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/kobo-logo.jpg?resize=100%2C47\" alt=\"kobo-logo\" width=\"100\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Jessica_Scott_All_I_Want_For_Christmas_Is_You?id=u-2EBAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"none-decoration\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/icon-google-play.jpg?resize=100%2C47\" alt=\"icon-google-play\" width=\"100\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a id=\"rc-07c2363f45\" class=\"rafl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/07c2363f45\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">a Rafflecopter giveaway<\/a><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/widget.rafflecopter.com\/load.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr class=\"full\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About the Author<\/strong><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14140\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Jessica-Scott.jpg?resize=175%2C175\" alt=\"Jessica Scott\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" \/>Jessica Scott is a career army officer, mother of two daughters, three cats and three dogs, wife to a career NCO and wrangler of all things stuffed and fluffy. She is a terrible cook and even worse housekeeper, but she&#8217;s a pretty good shot with her assigned weapon and someone liked some of the stuff she wrote. Somehow, her children are pretty well adjusted and her husband still loves her, despite burned water and a messy house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span>She&#8217;s written for the New York Times At War Blog, PBS Point of View Regarding War, and IAVA. She deployed to Iraq in 2009 as part of OIF\/New Dawn and has served as a company commander at Fort Hood, Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span>She&#8217;s pursuing a PhD in Sociology in her spare time \u00a0and most recently, she&#8217;s been featured as one of Esquire Magazine&#8217;s Americans of the Year for 2012.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Social Networking Links:<\/strong><b> \u00a0<\/b><\/span> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jessicascott.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JessicaScottAuthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaScott09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/5131118.Jessica_Scott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodreads<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"none-decoration\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/divider_sidebar2-300x37.jpg?resize=300%2C37\" alt=\"divider_sidebar2\" width=\"300\" height=\"37\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The novella <span style=\"color: #c41b1b;\"><strong>ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU<\/strong><\/span> is also included in <b>November 11th <\/b>release <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>HOME FOR CHRISTMAS with Joann Ross<\/b><\/span><strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Buy Links:<\/strong><b> \u00a0<\/b><\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00MRHG7JM\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00MRHG7JM&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thesea0f-20&amp;linkId=637OAS4CZ4UK7ELC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/hcfibooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/hfckobo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/hfcplay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-14139\" data-postid=\"14139\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-14139 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All I Want For Christmas is You by Jessica Scott Release Date: October 24, 2014 From USA Today Bestselling author Jessica Scott comes an all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,58],"tags":[216,311,327],"class_list":["post-14139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-giveaways","category-spotlight","tag-contemporary","tag-holiday-story","tag-ipad-mini-giveaway"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Giveaway &amp; 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