book cover of The Hideout
 

The Hideout

(2026)
(The second book in the Cedar Creek series)
A novel by

 
 
A Cedar Creek Christmas Novella

Burnt out and exhausted, actress Audrey Campbell just wants a minute to breathe. A peaceful Christmas in the snowy hills of Cedar Creek Ski Resort is just the thing to get her away from her dad’s micromanaging and the endless demands of the press. But escape might not be as easy as she thinks . . .

With his father’s security business on his shoulders, bodyguard Connor Greenwood is not going to let his main client disappear without a fight, especially when it’s the woman he’s been in love with forever. When he arrives at the resort and discovers she’s checked in using his last name, they are pulled into the role of a lifetime – husband and wife, and Connor will do anything to make Audrey smile for real.

But this Christmas is not all tinsel and cookies – someone is waiting in the wings, watching from a distance, and ready to take everything from them.

As their act starts feeling more and more like the real thing, can they bring their love out onto the main stage, or are they destined to always be a cameo?

The Hideout is an open-door romantic suspense, with no cheating and a guaranteed HEA. This novella is set in the world of Cedar Creek, but is a total standalone and can be enjoyed without having read When In Doubt.

Tropes include:
  • Holiday Romance

    Bodyguard x Actress

    Mutual Pining

    Forbidden Love

    Romantic Suspense

    Fake Marriage

    FMC On The Run

    Childhood Friends


    Genre: Romantic Suspense



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