Grumpy Pilot's Christmas Romance
(2025)(The sixth book in the Holiday Christmas Romance Nights series)
A Story by Betrice Clayton
He flew home for a favor—
and crashed straight into a kiss he never planned.
Noah Bennett is a pilot who can glide through any sky
but never learned how to stay on the ground.
Lila Hart runs a struggling gallery with paint on her hands
and determination in her veins.
She needs a fake fiancé for ten days.
He agrees—simple smiles, staged photos, a harmless pretend kiss.
But the kiss stops being pretend.
His fingers tangle in her hair.
Her breath catches against his grumpy resolve.
Heat climbs fast against paint-splattered skin.
He funds her gallery in secret, thinking it will save her.
She finds out—and the betrayal cuts deep.
Then Archer, the predatory curator she escaped, sues her.
Donor funds freeze.
Her future hangs by a shrinking thread.
Noah lands a promotion with a deadline that could take him away.
Roots or wings—
the choice stalks him like a winter shadow.
They trade barbs and confessions.
They write rules and shatter them.
And when he proposes under the tree, it feels dangerously real.
But legal papers hit hard, threatening everything they’ve rebuilt.
This isn’t just about a gallery.
It’s about whether a man built for flight can choose the woman who makes him want to stay.
Turn the page. Land with them.
Begin Grumpy Pilot’s Christmas Romance today.
Genre: Romance
and crashed straight into a kiss he never planned.
Noah Bennett is a pilot who can glide through any sky
but never learned how to stay on the ground.
Lila Hart runs a struggling gallery with paint on her hands
and determination in her veins.
She needs a fake fiancé for ten days.
He agrees—simple smiles, staged photos, a harmless pretend kiss.
But the kiss stops being pretend.
His fingers tangle in her hair.
Her breath catches against his grumpy resolve.
Heat climbs fast against paint-splattered skin.
He funds her gallery in secret, thinking it will save her.
She finds out—and the betrayal cuts deep.
Then Archer, the predatory curator she escaped, sues her.
Donor funds freeze.
Her future hangs by a shrinking thread.
Noah lands a promotion with a deadline that could take him away.
Roots or wings—
the choice stalks him like a winter shadow.
They trade barbs and confessions.
They write rules and shatter them.
And when he proposes under the tree, it feels dangerously real.
But legal papers hit hard, threatening everything they’ve rebuilt.
This isn’t just about a gallery.
It’s about whether a man built for flight can choose the woman who makes him want to stay.
Turn the page. Land with them.
Begin Grumpy Pilot’s Christmas Romance today.
Genre: Romance
Used availability for Betrice Clayton's Grumpy Pilot's Christmas Romance