Blurb

With an off-limits relationship jeopardizing a complicated business deal, family secrets trap Maddy between fighting to save her legacy and fighting for the man on the verge of upending it.

Battling to keep her bookshop open is not how Maddy Ellis envisioned spending the holidays. Neither is growing attached to the closed-book newcomer who’s only passing through on business. But when family secrets get tangled up with her mission to make Mr. Scrooge fall for her small town before he leaves, the cost of mending his hurts will test the very faith she’s fighting to hold on to herself.

If it weren’t for a promise to his brother, Nate O’Connor would’ve spared himself the pain of dredged-up memories and avoided this trip altogether. It gets complicated enough when his clients ask him to keep a secret from their daughter. But when his reason for being in Willow Creek puts him on a collision course with Maddy’s storybook heart, a business acquisition quickly becomes the last thing he’s worried about losing.

As dangers threaten Maddy’s safety and the pressure of keeping secrets erupts, Nate must risk facing the past that broke him before the countdown for saving Maddy’s future runs out.