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    She's Making A List: The Springs, #6
    She's Making A List: The Springs, #6
    She's Making A List: The Springs, #6
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    She's Making A List: The Springs, #6

    By Elena Aitken

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    A holiday, small-town wedding romance from USA Today Best Selling Author, Elena Aitken. 

     

    They're in love.

    He sees no need to get married.

    She has a different opinion.

    Will they be able to agree on a future?

     

    Samantha and Trent have been dating since The Springs opened and things are going well. Or are they?

     

    Everyone else is getting engaged, planning weddings or having babies, but Sam and Trent's relationship seems to be at a standstill. 

     

    When Sam's best friend announces that she's finally set a date for her own wedding…and it's only a week away—on Christmas Day, of course Samantha is excited. But she's also envious…just a little. Especially because the most romantic destination in the Rockies—Castle Mountain Lodge—is chosen as the venue. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElena Aitken
    Release dateNov 30, 2014
    ISBN9781927968192
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      She's Making A List - Elena Aitken

      She’s Making A List

      SHE’S MAKING A LIST

      The Springs

      Book 6

      ELENA AITKEN

      Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Summit of Desire

      Also by Elena Aitken

      Join Me!

      About the Author

      Chapter One

      Despite the sun high in the sky, it was cold. More than cold, it was cover every inch of exposed skin so it doesn’t instantly turn white and freeze cold. And for Samantha Burke, the bitter cold was the one thing she hated about living in the mountains. Unfortunately for her, the temperatures had been unseasonably low in the last week leading up to the Christmas festivities of Cedar Springs, festivities she normally loved both to help plan and participate in. But unless it warmed up a little, and soon, she’d be hard pressed to get excited about skating on the lake or joining in the town’s Light Up celebrations.

      With a sigh, she looked away from the frosty view outside the window, poured herself another coffee from the carafe on the counter and went to rejoin her friends in the living room. Carmen Kincaid, one of her best friends, had begged the ladies to come up to the apartment she shared with her boyfriend Dylan Harrison and their new son, Hunter. It was a nice place. More than nice: as one of the co-owners of the Springs resort, Dylan had a gorgeous apartment built for himself, complete with floor-to-ceiling windows that afforded brilliant views of the Rockies outside.

      It was an exact duplicate of the apartment Sam shared with Dylan’s brother, Trent. An apartment she’d moved into over a year ago. A move she’d felt would lead to other, more permanent moves in their relationship.

      Hey, Sam. You have to see these pictures Bria took of Hunter. They’re amazing.

      She shook herself out of the fog she seemed to find herself in more and more lately, and focused on Carmen, who sat on the floor, her legs outstretched in front of her, a pile of pictures scattered between them.

      Of course they are. Sam took a photo from the pile. Hunter’s way too adorable for them to be anything but amazing.

      And Bria’s pretty fantastic, too, Carmen said.

      Bria blushed, the way she usually did when someone complimented her work. Which was all the time, because she was an extremely talented photographer. She was also a really nice person, and even though it had taken a bit to get past the walls she put up, Sam was glad they had and now she could count both her and her boyfriend, Jax Carver, as good friends.

      Really, it’s not hard to take pictures of this little guy. He’s perfect. Bria didn’t even look at the other women as she spoke, she was so focused on Hunter. They’d always had a special relationship. Bria had inadvertently helped Carmen with her labor, and no one was as surprised as Bria by how much she enjoyed spending time with the baby. No doubt, Jax and Bria would be the next to get pregnant.

      The thought filled Sam with unexpected and totally inappropriate jealousy. Why shouldn’t they have a baby? Sure, they could and some would say, should, get married first, but Carmen and Dylan hadn’t. And they seemed perfectly happy in their family situation.

      That’s because they have a family situation, Sam thought. All she had was a live-in boyfriend. And of course she loved Trent. More than anything. But their relationship wasn’t moving forward, and more and more Sam couldn’t help think that it was because they’d rushed into things too soon. Maybe they weren’t meant to be together forever and get married and have babies. Maybe that’s not what Trent wanted. After all, they’d gotten serious quickly, and shortly after, she’d moved in to his apartment and out of her little house down in town that was now occupied by their friends Rhys and Kari.

      And they’d probably be the next to get engaged.

      Sam tossed the picture down on the pile and walked over to the window, avoiding the questioning gazes from all the women. She didn’t want to have to admit she was burning up with jealousy for all of them. Especially Beth, her best friend, who couldn’t join them for coffee because she was with her rock star fiancé Slade Black, while he finished up the last leg of his tour before the holidays. It was all too much.

      Sam? Kari’s quiet voice floated across the room. You okay?

      She nodded, but didn’t turn around. She knew it would all sound ridiculous if she tried to say anything and she didn’t want any of her friends to feel bad about their own happiness. No. That was the last thing she wanted. Of course she was happy for them all. They deserved it. But so did she.

      Sam? It was Bria’s voice this time. I’m sorry if my pictures…I mean, I could take pictures of you and Trent, too. Lots of people are doing that for Christmas this year.

      She almost laughed at the absurdity of it all. Not that a photo shoot with Trent would be absurd; it might actually be fun. No, it was the idea that she was acting like a pouty child when she should be enjoying an afternoon with her friends. They didn’t get the chance to spend time together much anymore and she was wasting it by feeling sorry for herself.

      Sam shook her head and turned away from the window. Thank you, Bria. That would be awesome. I’d love to have you take some pictures of us. But I know how busy you are and there’s really no reason to do them.

      What do you mean, no reason? Carmen chimed in. How about celebrating your love? That’s a good reason.

      Sam snickered. You do realize how Disney that just sounded, right?

      She has a point. Kari agreed with Carmen, but Sam could see the woman try to hide her laughter. It would be nice to do the pictures. Have you guys ever done any?

      Have you?

      We’ve never had a reason to.

      Exactly. Having made her point, Sam helped herself to a cookie and sat on the floor opposite Bria and the baby. Maybe if we had a baby or were recently engaged or… She drifted off as Hunter crawled over to her. He really was a cute little guy, and the happiest baby she’d ever seen. Sam broke off a bit of the cookie and fed it to him before Carmen could object.

      She was so taken with the baby, she didn’t notice right away that her friends had stopped talking. It took her a minute, but finally Sam looked up to see them all staring at her. Stop looking at me, she snapped. I told you, nothing’s wrong. And I don’t need any pictures of Trent and me, either.

      If you say so, Kari said slowly.

      I do. She gave them all a stern look before she pasted a smile on her face. Now tell me what this little guy wants for Christmas.

      Her friends dissolved in happy chatter about Hunter’s first Christmas. As soon as it was polite enough to do so, Sam excused herself and let herself into her empty apartment across the hall.

      Of course it was empty. Trent would be working. It’s what he did. And she couldn’t blame him. Not really. He’d worked really hard to get the Springs up and running, and his hard work had a lot to do with how successful the hotel was. They were always booked up and now with the new ski resort, Stone Summit, opening just up the mountain, the notoriously slower winter months were set to look just as successful.

      So why then was it too much for her to expect Trent to slow down and focus on their relationship a little? Every time she mentioned that they take a holiday, he had a reason it wasn’t a good time. If she wasn’t such a strong, self-assured woman, she might have been worried about things between them long before now.

      She pulled the afghan off the back of the couch and wrapped herself in it as

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