Unwrapped By The Mountain Man Santa
(2026)(A book in the Mountain Man Christmas - Season 2 series)
A novel by Deidre-Ann Anderson
Christmas in Crimson Hollow is a production. Lights on every storefront. Carols at Bean & Bloom. A tree lighting in the town square that draws people from three counties. And this year, the first annual Crimson Hollow Christmas Gala at Club Crimson, where the mountain's most exclusive private club opens its Ember Lounge to the public for one sparkling, champagne-soaked night.
I'm not here for the gala. I'm here because my sister lives in Crimson Hollow and I promised I'd spend the holidays with her instead of working through them the way I've done for the last five years.
He's not here for the gala either. He's here because he lives here. Because he's one of those mountain men this town seems to grow like wildflowers, all broad shoulders and quiet intensity and the kind of jaw that makes you forget your own name.
We meet at the tree lighting. He hands me a hot chocolate without asking if I want one. I take it without asking who he is.
We meet again at the gala. He's in the corner, watching the room like he's cataloging every person in it. I'm at the bar, pretending I'm not watching him.
By the third meeting, which happens in the parking lot behind Bean & Bloom at midnight because neither of us could sleep, we stop pretending.
He's not what I expected. Underneath the mountain-man exterior is a man who draws wildlife in a leather sketchbook, who quotes poetry he claims he doesn't read, and who touches me like I'm something precious he's afraid of breaking.
I'm leaving after New Year's.
He knows that.
We both know that.
We fall anyway.
Unwrapped By The Mountain Man is a Crimson Hollow Christmas romance featuring a holiday visitor and the mountain man who makes her want to stay. Christmas gala magic, three chance meetings that feel like fate, a hero with hidden depths, a heroine running from burnout, "I'm only here for the holidays" to "I'm not going anywhere," and the kind of emotional, intimate, soul-deep connection that turns a Christmas fling into a forever love. Set against the twinkling backdrop of Crimson Hollow's holiday festivities. Steamy. Romantic. Guaranteed HEA.
Genre: Romance
I'm not here for the gala. I'm here because my sister lives in Crimson Hollow and I promised I'd spend the holidays with her instead of working through them the way I've done for the last five years.
He's not here for the gala either. He's here because he lives here. Because he's one of those mountain men this town seems to grow like wildflowers, all broad shoulders and quiet intensity and the kind of jaw that makes you forget your own name.
We meet at the tree lighting. He hands me a hot chocolate without asking if I want one. I take it without asking who he is.
We meet again at the gala. He's in the corner, watching the room like he's cataloging every person in it. I'm at the bar, pretending I'm not watching him.
By the third meeting, which happens in the parking lot behind Bean & Bloom at midnight because neither of us could sleep, we stop pretending.
He's not what I expected. Underneath the mountain-man exterior is a man who draws wildlife in a leather sketchbook, who quotes poetry he claims he doesn't read, and who touches me like I'm something precious he's afraid of breaking.
I'm leaving after New Year's.
He knows that.
We both know that.
We fall anyway.
Unwrapped By The Mountain Man is a Crimson Hollow Christmas romance featuring a holiday visitor and the mountain man who makes her want to stay. Christmas gala magic, three chance meetings that feel like fate, a hero with hidden depths, a heroine running from burnout, "I'm only here for the holidays" to "I'm not going anywhere," and the kind of emotional, intimate, soul-deep connection that turns a Christmas fling into a forever love. Set against the twinkling backdrop of Crimson Hollow's holiday festivities. Steamy. Romantic. Guaranteed HEA.
Genre: Romance