Holly Snow runs the only bakery in Winter’s End, working late nights alone to keep the doors open.
But this year… something visits after midnight.
A man carved from winter storms — tall, ancient, terrifyingly beautiful — walks through her locked door like it isn’t even there.
He calls himself Claus.
Not Santa Claus — the Claus.
Older than myth. Keeper of the Naughty List. Collector of souls who break holiday oaths.
And for the first time in centuries…
he wants someone innocent.
Holly.
He tells her she owes a ‘holiday debt,’ something her family broke generations ago… and he’s come to collect. Only he doesn’t want her soul.
He wants her.
Entirely.
Completely.
Every breath, every fear, every soft sound she makes when he gets too close.
And Claus never gives back what he claims.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
But this year… something visits after midnight.
A man carved from winter storms — tall, ancient, terrifyingly beautiful — walks through her locked door like it isn’t even there.
He calls himself Claus.
Not Santa Claus — the Claus.
Older than myth. Keeper of the Naughty List. Collector of souls who break holiday oaths.
And for the first time in centuries…
he wants someone innocent.
Holly.
He tells her she owes a ‘holiday debt,’ something her family broke generations ago… and he’s come to collect. Only he doesn’t want her soul.
He wants her.
Entirely.
Completely.
Every breath, every fear, every soft sound she makes when he gets too close.
And Claus never gives back what he claims.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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