“Did you cut my shirt too?” “No!” She was offended. He was in the bottom of a fancy velvet-lined sled. Having used up all his ability to care about propriety, Quik leaned back against the seat. “My reindeer.” “Of course.” The situation was going up in weirdness. He jerked his eyes back up to her face, hoping she hadn’t caught his wandering eye. Quik’s eyes traveled lower to find her bare shoulders and her skintight tank top. So he wasn’t the only one thrown off by all this. She looked around like they’d fallen off and she didn’t know how. Lux made to adjust her glasses, but they weren’t there. He could only imagine Lux and Ginger and Frost tearing his clothes off. “We pulled you out.” “We?” Quik adjusted the blankets over his arms. There must have been a crack in the ice nearby. His stove had tipped over and the hot metal had melted clear through the ice. He plopped his feet to the floor only to have them land in several inches of water. He’d fallen asleep and woken up when the ice cracked. “You fell in the water.” “I know.” At least, he thought he knew. Why did this woman bring to mind sweet things like powdered sugar and chocolate and kisses at sunset? He gave his head a mighty shake. ( 2017) (A book in the Marrying Miss Kringle series) A novel by Lucy McConnell Buy from Amazon Search Sorry, we've not found any editions of this book at Amazon Find this book at Christmas Magic is changing and the Kringle Family scrambles to keep up in this fun and romantic, sweet Christmas romance from Author Lucy McConnell.

With her red hair and fair skin, she should have flushed bright red, but only this sprinkling of pink appeared, like she’d been dusted with pink powdered sugar.

Marrying Miss Kringle by Lucy McConnell