title: Runtabaga: A Christmas Story For Grown-ups
author: Stan Stites
description: This is the second book length work by the author. His first book The Continuum of Know was published in 2005. He has written directed and produced two three act comedies and a number of one act plays for a local community theatre group. For a time he write a newspaper column entitles It Occurred to Me. His other fiction to date has been limited to shorter works with a number of stories being published. Editorials and news stories added to his writing experience. He served at one time as editor and co-publisher of a weekly newspaper. He practiced Podiatry for 16 years. For the past 20 years he has bought and sold out of print and scarce books and maps. He lives with his wife, Helen, in Clinton, Illinois. He was mayor of the town for 8 years.
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  # Christmas Makeover
  
  
  ### Echo Ridge Romance
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Cami Checketts
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  #### Birch River Publishing
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2016 by Cami Checketts
  
  
  _Christmas Makeover: An Echo Ridge Romance_
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or
  mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without
  written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in
  a book review.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To Stan \- the love of my life who always makes Christmas and every day
  special. Thank you for being the one I want to be with.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](chapter-001.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](chapter-002.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](chapter-003.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](chapter-004.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](chapter-005.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](chapter-006.xht