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Christmas in Augustine
The Royal Captain and the Designer
The Wounded Guard and the Royal Stylist
The Impulsive Princess and the Soldier
Sweet Royal Romance Suspense
The General Prince and the Nerd
The Brave Prince and the Teacher
The Doctor Prince and the Outsider
The Ninja Prince and the Investigator
The Charming Prince and the Single Mum
The Crown Prince and the Traitor
The Police Chief and the Musician
The Royal Major and the Executive
The Grieving King and the Emissary
The Impulsive Princess and the Soldier
Chapter One
Captain Mason Henson strode down the hall of the military training facility in the picturesque mountains of Augustine. Twelve days until Christmas. Less than two weeks to prove his family and friends wrong.
Curses! That wasn’t a lot of time.
He’d been mocked with the title of ‘Serial Dater’ by his older siblings. He loathed it but of course he had to tease and not act affected. He was the youngest, the most hilarious, and the best-looking family member. As blessed as he was and as often as he teased everyone else, he had to take it as well as he gave it.
There was an underlying grain of truth to their taunts. He was twenty-nine and had rarely been on more than a few dates with any one woman. He’d dated a lot of incredible ladies, he’d simply never been intrigued enough to date someone exclusively.
That was all changing this Christmas. He had date number three set up tonight with the beautiful and accomplished Dr. Miriam Cruz. A doctor. The mocking siblings would be silenced and they’d be silenced with style. He grinned to himself and rubbed his hands together.
He recognized that his older brothers and sister were blissfully married and simply wanted that joy to happen in his life. He was on their same page, but it had to be the right one. They assumed he dated only for fun, but he would happily settle down with the right woman for him. Whether Miriam was that woman remained to be seen, but at least he could spend one holiday with his family without the mocking voices ringing in his head.
His entire family was going to be shocked when he brought Miriam home for Christmas Eve dinner. He’d confided his plan to his closest friend Major Levi Favor. Levi, with his serious nature, had asked if Miriam made him a better man.
Mason had scoffed and joked it off. He hardly knew her. They’d only been on two dates, he hadn’t kissed her, and he hadn’t even approached the idea of taking her home to the family. Levi had been concerned that Mason was only trying to get rid of his Serial Dater title and silence his siblings.
They weren’t unfounded worries but Mason pushed them away. Miriam was a fabulous lady, he enjoyed being with her, and he had two whole weeks to pour on the charm and win her heart. Tonight’s plan of a Christmas concert at The Festival Hall of Hofburg Vienna and a romantic dinner at the romantic, exclusive, and crazily expensive Silvio Nickol would have Miriam begging to date him exclusively.
He smiled. No stress.
He stopped at Prince General Raymond August’s door, straightened his uniform, and knocked. The summons to meet with the general was unexpected. Everything was in order with Mason’s men, the kingdom of Augustine had never been safer, the general wasn’t much of a people person and never did random interviews or simply wanted to chat or check in.
Something was up. It had better not affect his concert and dinner plans or his more comprehensive plan to secure a relationship with an ultra-impressive lady and get his family off his back this Christmas.
“Enter,” the general called out.
He pushed down on the handle and swung the door open. Marching in, he saluted and stood military straight. As a jokester and with a long history of protecting and respecting the royal family, Mason felt about as close to the August monarchs as anybody in the military.
