Holidays with the Postman
(2025)(The fourth book in the Hope Hollow Christmas series)
A novel by Stephanie Faris
He swore he'd never risk his heart again. She made him want to try.
Zoey Gibson had one rule: keep her head down and keep working.
After watching all her friends leave Hope Hollow for impressive careers in big cities, she'd poured everything into her small candle business—convinced that success would prove she hadn't wasted her life staying behind. When a viral social media post brought two hundred orders she couldn't possibly fulfill alone, she found herself chasing down the new mail carrier in her candy cane pajamas, desperate for help.
Asher Landry had one rule: never let anyone close enough to hurt him.
Nine years ago, his high school sweetheart left him with a Dear John letter while he was deployed overseas, right after his father died. He'd spent nearly a decade delivering mail to her house, watching her build the life they'd planned together—with someone else. A new route was supposed to be his fresh start.
He didn't expect to find a woman crying on her porch, surrounded by boxes, looking like her world was falling apart.
He definitely didn't expect to offer to help.
What started as a simple favor became something neither of them saw coming. Late nights packing orders turned into shared dinners. Casual conversation turned into real connection. And two people who'd spent years hiding from life started to wonder if maybe, just maybe, they didn't have to hide anymore.
But old wounds don't heal easily.
And when fear threatened to destroy everything they'd built, they'd have to decide: Was love worth the risk of getting hurt again?
Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is stay.
Holidays with the Postman 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
Zoey Gibson had one rule: keep her head down and keep working.
After watching all her friends leave Hope Hollow for impressive careers in big cities, she'd poured everything into her small candle business—convinced that success would prove she hadn't wasted her life staying behind. When a viral social media post brought two hundred orders she couldn't possibly fulfill alone, she found herself chasing down the new mail carrier in her candy cane pajamas, desperate for help.
Asher Landry had one rule: never let anyone close enough to hurt him.
Nine years ago, his high school sweetheart left him with a Dear John letter while he was deployed overseas, right after his father died. He'd spent nearly a decade delivering mail to her house, watching her build the life they'd planned together—with someone else. A new route was supposed to be his fresh start.
He didn't expect to find a woman crying on her porch, surrounded by boxes, looking like her world was falling apart.
He definitely didn't expect to offer to help.
What started as a simple favor became something neither of them saw coming. Late nights packing orders turned into shared dinners. Casual conversation turned into real connection. And two people who'd spent years hiding from life started to wonder if maybe, just maybe, they didn't have to hide anymore.
But old wounds don't heal easily.
And when fear threatened to destroy everything they'd built, they'd have to decide: Was love worth the risk of getting hurt again?
Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is stay.
Holidays with the Postman 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