Handmade Carpenter's Christmas Romance
(2026)(The eighth book in the Holiday Christmas Romance Nights series)
A Story by Betrice Clayton
She returns home to polish her image.
He’s trying to keep his carpentry shop alive through the harshest winter he’s ever faced.
She offers a contract—clean terms, simple expectations.
He takes the money, thinking it’s just business.
Neither expects the pull between them to ignite so fast.
Cold town.
Hot hands.
Close quarters that blur every boundary.
The heater dies.
The distance between them dies next.
A foreclosure notice hides under a hinge.
December 17th waits like a deadline with teeth.
They stage a fundraiser for the town.
They stage kisses that stop feeling staged.
Rules crumble under stolen touches and breathless moments.
Then a publisher calls—an advance big enough to save his shop…
or wreck their timing and force a choice neither wants to make.
A storm rolls in.
Roads shut down.
Every limit they set collapses.
Pride clashes with need.
Desire overshadows fear.
And every touch threatens to cost them everything they’re fighting for.
He offers the warmth of wood and callused hands.
She offers a voice, a plan, and a future built from truth.
They bargain for tomorrow on a workbench.
They take a chance on each other in the winter quiet.
Step into their December and feel the heat rise.
Fall into Handmade Carpenter’s Christmas Romance today.
Genre: Romance
He’s trying to keep his carpentry shop alive through the harshest winter he’s ever faced.
She offers a contract—clean terms, simple expectations.
He takes the money, thinking it’s just business.
Neither expects the pull between them to ignite so fast.
Cold town.
Hot hands.
Close quarters that blur every boundary.
The heater dies.
The distance between them dies next.
A foreclosure notice hides under a hinge.
December 17th waits like a deadline with teeth.
They stage a fundraiser for the town.
They stage kisses that stop feeling staged.
Rules crumble under stolen touches and breathless moments.
Then a publisher calls—an advance big enough to save his shop…
or wreck their timing and force a choice neither wants to make.
A storm rolls in.
Roads shut down.
Every limit they set collapses.
Pride clashes with need.
Desire overshadows fear.
And every touch threatens to cost them everything they’re fighting for.
He offers the warmth of wood and callused hands.
She offers a voice, a plan, and a future built from truth.
They bargain for tomorrow on a workbench.
They take a chance on each other in the winter quiet.
Step into their December and feel the heat rise.
Fall into Handmade Carpenter’s Christmas Romance today.
Genre: Romance
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