Holidays with the Mechanic
(2025)(The third book in the Hope Hollow Christmas series)
A novel by Stephanie Faris
She came to Hope Hollow to run from grief. He gave her a reason to stay.
Marley Preston spent eight months running from grief.
As a home health nurse specializing in dementia care, she knew exactly what loving someone with the disease cost. She'd watched her mother slip away, piece by painful piece. So when a Christmas week assignment landed her in Hope Hollow, Tennessee, it was supposed to be simple. One week. Then gone.
But nothing about Rourke Carter was simple.
The small-town mechanic had been caring for his father alone, carrying a weight that was slowly breaking him. When Rourke's friends hired Marley as a surprise Christmas gift, she walked into a life that looked nothing like the temporary assignment she'd signed up for. A father and son holding onto each other through an impossible illness. A town that welcomed her like family. A man whose quiet devotion made her want things she'd sworn off forever.
Rourke hadn't let anyone close since his mother abandoned them years ago. Now he was watching dementia steal his father away, terrified of needing help and even more terrified of the nurse who was making him feel things he'd given up on.
Seven days. That's all they had.
Seven days of Christmas traditions and stolen glances. Of laughter and heartbreak. Of two broken people learning that loving someone means risking loss—but running from love guarantees it.
Holidays with the Mechanic is a sweet, small-town Christmas romance with a found family theme. It has no profanity or violence, and romance doesn't go beyond kissing. If you like your romances on the sweet, heartwarming side, you'll love the entire Hope Hollow Christmas series.
Genre: Romance
Marley Preston spent eight months running from grief.
As a home health nurse specializing in dementia care, she knew exactly what loving someone with the disease cost. She'd watched her mother slip away, piece by painful piece. So when a Christmas week assignment landed her in Hope Hollow, Tennessee, it was supposed to be simple. One week. Then gone.
But nothing about Rourke Carter was simple.
The small-town mechanic had been caring for his father alone, carrying a weight that was slowly breaking him. When Rourke's friends hired Marley as a surprise Christmas gift, she walked into a life that looked nothing like the temporary assignment she'd signed up for. A father and son holding onto each other through an impossible illness. A town that welcomed her like family. A man whose quiet devotion made her want things she'd sworn off forever.
Rourke hadn't let anyone close since his mother abandoned them years ago. Now he was watching dementia steal his father away, terrified of needing help and even more terrified of the nurse who was making him feel things he'd given up on.
Seven days. That's all they had.
Seven days of Christmas traditions and stolen glances. Of laughter and heartbreak. Of two broken people learning that loving someone means risking loss—but running from love guarantees it.
Holidays with the Mechanic is a sweet, small-town Christmas romance with a found family theme. It has no profanity or violence, and romance doesn't go beyond kissing. If you like your romances on the sweet, heartwarming side, you'll love the entire Hope Hollow Christmas series.
Genre: Romance
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