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LAUREN LAYNE is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen novels. A former e-commerce and Web marketing manager from Seattle, Lauren relocated in 2011 to New York City, where she left the corporate world to pursue a full-time writing career. Her hobbies include maintaining a designer-purse addiction and observing cocktail hour. Lauren lives with her high school sweetheart in midtown Manhattan, where she writes romantic comedies with just enough sexy times to make your mother blush.
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Read on for an excerpt from
An Ex for Christmas
Love Unexpectedly
by Lauren Layne
Available from Loveswept
December 15, Early Friday Afternoon
Remember back when you were a kid, and there was no better feeling than the last day of school before Christmas break?
And then you got older, and thought, “Man, those were the days. I wish I could have that moment of pure joy as an adult.”
Pro tip: Become an elementary school teacher. The euphoria isn’t quite the same as when you were a kid, but it’s darn close.
Ten more minutes. Just ten more minutes, and then it’s nothing but eggnog and Bing Crosby for daaaaaaaays.
“Bye, Ms. Byrne, Merry Christmas!”
“Merry Christmas, Alex.” I ruffle the third-grader’s blond curls. Or at least try to. He’s out the door in a flash of holiday-break ecstasy.
“Happy Hanukkah, Ms. Byrne. And Merry Christmas. And Happy Kwanzaa. And—”
“Thank you so much, Danielle. Enjoy your break, sweetie.”