A Short Story -When Samantha Noelle was talked into replacing her friend Monique as one of Santa's helpers at Nickels Department store she was less than thrilled with the divinely handsome store manager who laughed at her in her green elf costume.Sam thought Mr. Giovanni should have been called Mr. Grumpy and would have liked to just stay out of his way, but his precocious young daughter was going to show them both how much they all needed one another.*** Burroughs has an incredible voice whether writing a Scottish historical or a contemporary love story.