title: Ghostwriter of Christmas Past
author: Moore, T.A.
description: Ever since ghostwriter Jason Burke ended up in loco parentis for his orphaned niece, Mallory, heâ€™s been trying. He goes to parent/teacher events, and he makes packed lunches, so he definitely didnâ€™t mean to forget about Christmas. He just hasnâ€™t celebrated it since he left home under a cloud years ago.
  Put on the spot, Jason makes the snap decision to take Mallory to see where he and her father spent their Christmases as kids. The last thing he expects is to run into Tommy, his exâ€”ex-best friend, ex-boyfriendâ€”who is still living in townâ€¦ and working as a sheriffâ€™s deputy.
  Itâ€™s hard to avoid someone in a small townâ€”and maybe Jason doesnâ€™t want to. He got Mallory a Christmas, and maybe now itâ€™s time to get himself a Christmas boyfriend. But first, he owes Tommy some explanations.
  A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2017 Advent Calendar "Stocking Stuffers."