ThunderSnow

When the popular - and devastatingly handsome - Hollywood actor, Eli Colton, is sent to a filming location in Minnesota in the middle of the frigid deep freeze of winter, he never expects to find someone who will melt his heart.

Lyn Elliston is as average as it gets - at least in her own eyes. An introverted, self-conscious woman who grew up in a small Midwestern town, she is the opposite of Hollywood in every way. She is reserved. She doesn't want or seek attention. Like so many "average" women - especially Midwestern girls who like to eat - she isn't a small girl. She has curves. Lots of them. Carbs? Heck yeah! Thigh gap? Never heard of it. She is a far cry from the size zero starlets of Hollywood.

Someone like Eli Colton, Hollywood heartthrob, would never give her a second glance. Or would he?

** EXCERPT **

"It's magical, isn't it? The raw strength and earth-shaking power of the lightning and thunder combining with the soft, silent beauty of the snow. It's two different worlds - two things that logic tells you shouldn't be together - colliding in a beautiful, supernatural moment. It's rare and memorable; something you never forget."

She paused for a moment, then took a breath and continued.

"I think that's part of the exceptional beauty of it. These two things that are seemingly polar opposites - that are supposed to exist in different seasons - are actually deeply connected, interwoven into something that is so strong, so powerful, yet so gentle and beautiful, it takes your breath away and makes you stop and just be grateful you were blessed to be there to experience it."

Eli swallowed around a lump in his throat. He lifted his arms, wrapping them around Lyn, pulling her back against his chest.

"Like it was meant to be. They were destined to come together..." he said softly.