The Great Christmas Candy Caper (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu

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Popular bachelor Robert "Bob" Barnwell is in no hurry to get married. Between running Barnwell's, his family's candy company while his uncle is on his honeymoon, and his round of social engagements, who has time to fall in love, especially when Barnwell's is competition with Hanover's, his chief rival for a coveted cash prize. When pretty saleswoman Laura Stern convinces him to buy a typewriter, Bob hires her as a temporary secretary and finds himself unexpectedly attracted to her. But then calamity strikes the factory and it looks as if the woman of Bob's dream might be his worst Christmas nightmare come true. Laura Stern love the independence her work being a sales clerk and a volunteer teacher gives her. Give that up for a husband? No, thank you! Calling on England's biggest candy company to demonstrate a typewriter is just part of her job. But when Robert Barnwell hires her to work the few weeks before Christmas, and they later wind up in the same community choir, her heart begins to take on a mind of its own. And just when it looks like Cupid is about to strike, an old nemesis makes its own mark, threatening not only Laura's reputation but her newfound love as well.