ASSIGNMENT HUMBUG
Part of the collection
DASHING THROUGH THE MALL
Harlequin Books, November 2006

Dashing through the Mall is a collection of three holiday tales from Darlene Gardner, Sherryl Woods and Holly Jacobs. It’s the day before Christmas at the mall, and romance is in the air along with the snowflakes.

In ASSIGNMENT HUMBUG, my contribution to the anthology, TV reporter Merry Deluca’s "tis the season to be greedy" story is about to get complicated — her new cameraman is recently ex-fiancé Patrick MacFarland! And he's got a whole new angle for her story. . . .

 In Sherryl’s SANTA BABY, Santa, who is actually police officer Nick DiCaprio, comes to the rescue when Amy Riley’s son disappears in the mall.

And in Holly's DECK THE HALLS, retail manager Joy O’Connell is fraying at the edges when rheumatologist Ed Hall and his three child terrors enter her store.

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"Darlene Gardner cleverly shows
the true meaning of the holiday
season in delightful detail.
ASSIGNMENT HUMBUG captures the
spirit of the Christmas season in
an appealing love story."
                       --Singletitles.com