What she did have was a very sexually adventurous husband and a tiny little apartment shower and a definite aversion to getting a closed head injury due to any of the above. Or a mother or a father for that matter, at least any that she knew. Poor grandma, she was getting on in years and really couldn’t get around well anymore and needed one of those medical seats for the shower. You may want to have more fun with this family!Ĭarrie told the pharmacist at Rite-Aid that it was for her grandmother. Doc has a surprise Christmas present for his wife anyway-but in an ironic twist, he discovers she has one for him as well, and each gift allows the Baumgartners to rediscover, in the true spirit of Christmas, an expansive love that includes not only their feelings for each other, but their ability to share that inclusive passion with others as well. Doc believes bringing in someone “new” like they did early in their relationship might add just the spice their marriage needs, but Carrie isn’t so sure about that plan. A move far from home, coupled with new friends and long hours away from each other in classes or at work, have left the young Baumgartner couple on shaky ground. In spite of a brief experimentation early in their relationship, Doc and Carrie Baumgartner have since maintained a monogamous marriage without too much difficulty or even temptation-until now. By the end of the night, Moxie finds herself in far more trouble than she bargained for! But Moxie wasn’t counting on lying about her age to get into an x-rated movie, and she definitely wasn’t counting on her date’s Roman hands and Russian fingers, or the fact that the pants she’s borrowed from Patches are several sizes too small.

High school senior, Moxie, agrees to be moral support for her friend, Patches, who is totally enamored with a college boy, so she says yes to a double date, even though she has to lie to her parents to do it. PLUS EXCLUSIVE to Newsletter Subscribers:

A Baumgartner Christmas by Selena Kitt