1.0booksbylyncote.comhttps://booksbylyncote.com/SWBSrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="wx60vZFaxU"><a href="https://booksbylyncote.com/SWBS/new-book-release/excerpt-of-winter-homecoming">Excerpt of “Winter Homecoming”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://booksbylyncote.com/SWBS/new-book-release/excerpt-of-winter-homecoming/embed#?secret=wx60vZFaxU" width="600" height="338" title="“Excerpt of “Winter Homecoming”” — booksbylyncote.com" data-secret="wx60vZFaxU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://booksbylyncote.com/SWBS/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Here's the Excerpt from my novella "Winter Homecoming," part of the Christmas Eve Kisses Novella Collection. Chapter One Christmas Day, 1930 Why couldn’t life go according to plan? In the stark moonlight at the railroad freight yard, Will Gustafson sheltered his ears in his upturned collar against the bitter December wind. They called Chicago the Windy City and they weren’t wrong. In the distance he heard an engine idling. Relief flickered within him. Even late on Christmas Day, the trains were running. At least something in this country was still working. He’d hoped the feared railroad guards or “bulls” he’d read about in the Tribune would be busy celebrating in their warm office and he could make his escape without meeting them. He didn’t know how to jump a freight, but he’d learn how tonight.https://booksbylyncote.com/SWBS/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Christmas-Eve-Kisses.png313499