Scrooged Over by David Connor (A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2016 Advent Calendar "Bah Humbug.") Cat's Review & #giveaway @Dreamspinners

For dueling radio hosts Deke and Dudley, the battle over Christmas starts the day after Thanksgiving. Deke hates the whole season. Dudley is a yuletide overachiever. They put their debate to a vote, inviting audience members to weigh in. The loser must go on a blind date of the winner's choosing. Dudley decides he wouldn't mind taking the loss, if his blind date, picked by Deke, turns out to be Deke himself. As Christmas gets closer, not only does that fantasy seem unlikely, but everything that can go wrong for Dudley does, including malfunctioning decorations, rancid cookies, and a lost pile of hundreds of handwritten Christmas cards. Just days before Santa's arrival, Dudley's about to throw in the red and green towel and join all the haters. It'll take a miracle to change his mind….

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2016 Advent Calendar "Bah Humbug."

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Scrooged Over

Bah Humbug

Advent Calander 2016
Author: David Connor
Category: Holiday, Contemporary
Pages: 69

Cat gives this one 5 Meows...

Deke and Dudley are radio hosts that their show is a good guy, bad guy kind of thing. Deke hates Christmas and all the commercialism that goes with it; Dudley goes all out with something planned every day in December with lights, cookies, cards and the whole nine yards. This year they add a twist to the show with the winner of a contest choosing the other man's date. Will Dudley or Deke determine who the other goes out with?

Scrooged over is a fun story combining Grinch with The Griswalds. I loved the back and forth banter between the two, and you could see the underlying like as well.  I thought I had the story all figured out but the little twist was a pleasant surprise. I found it a very fun story. fast-paced, lots of action, lots of holiday year and a sweet romance.

If you like Christmas stories, radio hosts, lights garland, tinsel, and mistakes, you will love this one.

My 7th grade English teacher told me I should be a soap opera writer when I grow up. I have always made up stories. Even before I realized I was doing it, I was playing pretend, creating elaborate characters and situations I acted out with my sisters and friends. (We've all done that!) I would sit with catalogs in a quiet room and make up tales to go along with the pictures. I had my favorite pages in the JC Penney or Sears books for sure, the handsome gentlemen who would ask the pretty ladies on dates from a few pages back. My stories have changed a little since then. :) I would add more story to the picture books my mother read to me or I read to myself. I was always thrilled when a teacher would say "Write a story about...." I even dream fiction. I have vivid, adventurous dreams every night, some of which are worked into my works. My imagination never rests. I always loved soap operas. I watched "Another World" after school with my mom. She got home from work partway through, and I would fill her in on what she missed. I would write out my own stories, which she would read, as far back as my early teens. Soap opera writing has always been my dream job. I dipped my toe on those waters a little a bit, and then I found Dreamspinner Press. Romance novels are a lot like soaps. The connection of the couple is part one. Then, there is something that keeps them apart and something drawing them together. I am living my dream.

• Soapy Romance Novels by David Connor and E. F. Mulder: https://www.facebook.com/mmromcomsinprint?ref=hl

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