Three Bells, Two Bows and One Brother's Best Friend

About “Three Bells, Two Bows and One Brother's Best Friend”

In this Christmas novella, the narrator has long carried an on-and-off crush on Heath Holiday, her older brother's best friend, which she tried to smother once she began working for his construction company. When Heath kisses her at his family's annual Christmas party, she assumes that the next day she will simply be her brother's little sister and the office newbie again, the kiss forgotten. Instead, he keeps showing up at her house bearing gifts and eventually asks whether she can keep a secret.