A big thank-you to
Diane for hosting me, again. This time, I am proud to share the release of my 27th
book. Yes, I am a multi-published and award-winning author, but this is my first attempt at penning a sweet romance. (that
means that there might be some sexual tension between characters, but not much
more than a kiss or two on the pages.)
I set my story
in Vermont and filled it with sights, sounds, great characters, small town
comforts, and a fire department fundraiser in danger of cancellation due to a
lack of snow. I combined my love of New England, where I raised my family, and
my years as an EMT, Firefighter, and 911 Dispatcher. I believe my history helped
me come up with the ideas that bring this story to life. Sometimes, writing
what you know is a way to kickstart a plot. No, I did not base the heroine on
me, nor did I know a city bigwig that morphed into my hero. They simply
evolved! Elinor and Bradley are strangers, but how they meet and what comes
next is fun and exciting!
Book
Blurb
A Manhattan businessman in a Vermont ditch meets a
muddy female firefighter. No snow since November might ruin the town’s annual fire
department fundraiser. Can Elinor and Bradley stop their squabbling long enough
to Rescue Christmas?
Excerpt from Rescuing Christmas
A lone figure
stood on the roof where fire spewed toward the sky.
“Dear Lord!” Bradley
had spotted Elinor. She stood encased in smoke, just below the roof’s peak.
A firefighter raced
by him, heading in the other direction. “Sean! Elinor is in trouble. Help her!”
Ignoring Bradley’s
plea, Sean disappeared beyond the fire truck. Was he coming back?
Bradley was
running before he knew he had moved. He grabbed a helmet and a pair of fire-retardant
gloves off the back of the firetruck. Racing to the side of the house where
flames licked from an upstairs window, he called up to her. “Elinor! Are you
all right?”
She didn’t answer
and appeared to be bending over, choking on the smoke. He had to save her, but
how? Cinders spewed from the open window, and he tripped over something laying
in the grass. “A ladder! Hold on. I’m coming!”
He slapped the
helmet on his head, then pulled on the gloves. Seizing the heavy aluminum ladder,
he struggled with its weight, but managed to prop it against the house. It barely
reached the roofline where he had last seen Elinor.
“Elinor! Walk to
the ladder!”
Could she hear him?
The smoke was choking him, but he would not leave without her. Elinor must not
have spotted it, so he slipped his glasses in his coat pocket and raced up the
ladder. The helmet slipped sideways and the gloves were cumbersome, but Elinor’s
safety was paramount.
Reaching the top,
heavy smoke drifted into his eyes and throat and his cough must have caught her
attention. The flames from a hole in the roof had been replaced with smoke, so
she jumped over the hole and grabbed the top of the tall ladder.
“What are you
doing up here?” she asked.
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soon in print! ISBN 978-1697443608
Nancy
Lee Badger grew up in Huntington on New York’s Long Island.
After attending Plymouth State, in New Hampshire, she earned a Bachelor of
Science degree and met and married her college sweetheart. They raised two
handsome sons in Rumney, New Hampshire, where Nancy volunteered as an EMT and
firefighter while working full-time. When the children had left the nest, and
shoveling snow became a chore, she retired from her satisfying job as a 911
Emergency Medical Dispatcher and moved to North Carolina, where she writes
full-time. She and family volunteer every fall at the NH Highland Games.
Nancy is a member of Romance Writers of America,
Heart of Carolina Romance Writers, Fantasy-Futuristic & Paranormal Romance
Writers, and the Triangle Association of Freelancers. She loves to travel with
her husband and is never far from her laptop. She finds story ideas in the most
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