Chapter 3 Peppermint Peppermint repeated his name quietly to herself. Delbert. She would love to roll it off her tongue out loud. Probably sounded as sweet as cotton candy. Santa motioned for them to step behind the church where he used a bit of magic and whisked them to the back of Miracle Inn. Peppermint straightened her forest green dress and tried to smooth her unruly hair. She’d tried to use a flat iron on it, but the humidity only sprung it back into a curly mess. Mom always told her to be grateful for what the good Lord blessed her with. Sure, she could say that since her hair…

Chapter 3 Peppermint Peppermint repeated his name quietly to herself. Delbert. She would love to roll it off her tongue out loud. Probably sounded as sweet as cotton candy. Santa motioned for them to step behind the church where he used a bit of magic and whisked them to the back of Miracle Inn. Peppermint straightened her red dress and tried to smooth her unruly hair. She’d tried to use a flat iron on it, but the humidity only sprung it back into a curly mess. Mom always told her to be grateful for what the good Lord blessed her with. Sure, she could say that since her hair was…

Chapter 2 Delbert Oh, lawsy, that pretty little filly across the aisle from Delbert was the gosh-darndest lookin’ woman he’d ever laid eyes on. From her blond hair and bluest ever eyes to the freckles on her little button nose, she set his chest a thump-thumpin’. Dang, Wink’s sister was a might bit on the gorgeous side. Too bad about Wink not getting any of those good looks. Pastor Williams started speaking, but be darned if he wasn’t hearin’ a word being said. That gal over there had pruttenear clogged up his ears. All he could hear was the buzz of Cupid’s sitting on his shoulder right now. It was…