In small-town Dickens, New England, lurks a special Christmas magic for second chance, later-in-life romance.
Belle Rodgers, an ambitious loner, loves her quiet life in Manhattan. She’s had all the personal drama she can handle. When she’s guilted into attending her Grandad’s wedding celebration in the New England holiday town of Dickens, she’s shocked to discover the weirdo who tried to lure her into his car at the airport.
His good friends vouch for him, telling her he’s kind and generous but a bit shy.
Ezekial ‘Coop’ Cooper has a huge problem conversing with attractive women; a barricade to the normal life he wants more than anything, made worse since the tragic loss of his fiancée.
But this stunningly vibrant Belle? His heart says she’s worth the agony of trying to talk, despite their emotional and physical distances. She’s big city and he’s moving to Dickens. She’s a loner while he wants a family. He’s done with ambition, and she’s determined to succeed.
Shy brain, they call it. He calls it a damn curse; one with the potential to make him a very lonely man. To win Belle he must change. That change requires conversation—for Coop the equivalent of running through a burning building drenched in gasoline.
First step, get her to stop looking at him as if he were some kind of weirdo.
Genre: Romance
Belle Rodgers, an ambitious loner, loves her quiet life in Manhattan. She’s had all the personal drama she can handle. When she’s guilted into attending her Grandad’s wedding celebration in the New England holiday town of Dickens, she’s shocked to discover the weirdo who tried to lure her into his car at the airport.
His good friends vouch for him, telling her he’s kind and generous but a bit shy.
Ezekial ‘Coop’ Cooper has a huge problem conversing with attractive women; a barricade to the normal life he wants more than anything, made worse since the tragic loss of his fiancée.
But this stunningly vibrant Belle? His heart says she’s worth the agony of trying to talk, despite their emotional and physical distances. She’s big city and he’s moving to Dickens. She’s a loner while he wants a family. He’s done with ambition, and she’s determined to succeed.
Shy brain, they call it. He calls it a damn curse; one with the potential to make him a very lonely man. To win Belle he must change. That change requires conversation—for Coop the equivalent of running through a burning building drenched in gasoline.
First step, get her to stop looking at him as if he were some kind of weirdo.
Genre: Romance