Also by Kate Clayborn
Love Lettering
The Chance of a Lifetime Series
Beginner’s Luck
Luck of the Draw
Best of Luck
"Missing Christmas" in A Snowy Little Christmas
Published by Kensington Publishing Corporation
Praise for LOVE LETTERING
“On the surface, Love Lettering is the story of a letterer falling in love, but in actuality, it’s a novel of lush complexity, one bursting with humor, a tender melancholy, and meditations on love, friendship, and life any reader can find solace and inspiration in. It’s lyrical and engrossing, a novel that possesses all the colors, idiosyncrasies, and range of the alphabet. Like the pages Meg designs, Love Lettering is a novel bursting with hidden messages essential to discover – so long as we open our hearts to analyze the codes.”
—A+,Entertainment Weekly
“This is the first Kate Clayborn I’ve read. It won’t be the last—this book is utterly captivating, with a voice that leaps forward and then back on itself, like a series of curling loops inked a blank page. Dizzying, in the way of good champagne.”
—Olivia Waite, Seattle Review of Books
“Fresh, funny, clever, and deeply satisfying.”
—Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW
“Written in a wry but vulnerable first-person voice, Love Lettering moves at a stroll, but readers will be happy to enjoy the scenery of the city and the interactions between Meg and her friends. With smart characters and authentic dilemmas, this is a very special romance to both smile and sigh over.”
—BookPage STARRED REVIEW
“Clayborn (Beginner’s Luck) delivers an emotionally resonant love story filled with charming details of city life and the artisanal trendiness of handlettering and calligraphy that adorns the urban setting. This will be popular among the enthusiastic and growing audience for romantic comedies.”
—Library Journal
"I flew through this creative and original book. I was completely absorbed by the world Kate Clayborn creates—the characters felt so real and their joys and sorrows and struggles and triumphs felt so relatable that I forgot I was reading fiction. I can’t wait for the whole world to fall in love with Love Lettering!"
—Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author of The Proposal
“Love Lettering is delicious and beautiful and perfect.”
—New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean
"Kate Clayborn's writing is uniquely, intensely beautiful. This book will wake you up in the middle of the night aching for these perfectly imperfect characters. It's layered, nuanced, and unrelenting in how deep it digs."
—Sonali Dev, author of Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
“Love Lettering made me laugh and made me cry. Kate Clayborn is my new go-to romance author.”
—New York Times bestselling author Stacy Finz
Praise for BEST OF LUCK
“Clayborn is a thoughtful, very talented writer with a gift for complex characters and individual arcs.”
—BookPage
Praise for LUCK OF THE DRAW
"Warm and lively romance"
—The New York Times
“In the hands of a lesser author, this setup could be preachy and heavy, but Clayborn’s characters are bright and nuanced, her dialogue quick and clever, and the world she builds warm and welcoming. Zoe and Aiden slide into love, healing themselves along the way.”
—Sarah MacLean, The Washington Post
“[Zoe and Aiden] are intriguing and relevant characters that drive this layered and memorable love story, and Kate Clayborn delivers a smart, sexy and sublime enemies-to-lovers romance with Luck of the Draw.”
—HEA USA Today (happyeverafter.usatoday.com)
“The book is filled with sadness and loss, a heroine and hero that are racked with guilt and are perfectly mismatched. Clayborn’s prose is outstanding and I loved every single moment of the emotional roller-coaster. The writing is luscious and had me so wrapped up in the characters’ plight to work through their issues.”
—Frederick News Post
Praise for BEGINNER'S LUCK
“Well paced, conscientiously plotted and effortlessly charming, this is very nearly a perfect romance. Kit is real and relatable, geeky and self-conscious, with wit and humor that shine through her inner monologue. The male lead, Ben, is incredibly realized as well: he is complicated, self-aware, and he still carries shades of his angry youth. With a slow-burn beginning, the story deftly balances multiple roadblocks to the leads’ happiness without losing its grounding. The moments that shift a relationship do not lose impact for being precisely timed. This book is stunning from the get-go, and it never disappoints even as it speeds to a very satisfying conclusion.”
—RT Book Reviews, 5 Stars Gold
“Emotional and real.”
—Jasmine Guillory, Oprah Magazine
Missing Christmas
KATE CLAYBORN
ZEBRA BOOKS
KENSINGTON PUBLISHING CORP.
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Missing Christmas © copyright 2020 by Kate Clayborn
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of the Publisher, excepting brief quotes used in reviews.
To the extent that the image or images on the cover of this book depict a person or persons, such person or persons are merely models, and are not intended to portray any character or characters featured in the book.
If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the Publisher and neither the Author nor the Publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.”
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ISBN-13: 978-1-4201-5345-3 (eBook)
ISBN-10: 1-4201-5345-5 (eBook)
Table of Contents
Also by
Title Page
Copyright Page
Missing Christmas
Chapter One - JASPER
Chapter Two - KRISTEN
Chapter Three - JASPER
Chapter Four - KRISTEN
Chapter Five - JASPER
Chapter Six - KRISTEN
Chapter Seven - JASPER
Chapter Eight - KRISTEN
Chapter Nine - JASPER
Chapter Ten - KRISTEN
Chapter Eleven - JASPER
