The Breadcrumb Christmas
(2025)(The third book in the Hearthridge Holidays series)
A novel by Laurel Leigh
A cozy, heartwarming Christmas novel about one woman’s courage to stake her name on home.
Charlotte Villarreal is back at the Snowdrift Inn with flour on her sleeves, pine on the air, and a planner full of color-coded hope. This December is her test: pull off a glittering Christmas gala, prove she belongs in the family business, and quiet the last voice that says she doesn’t. She can stage beauty in her sleep. Trusting that it will hold? That’s harder.
When a treasured painting disappears on gala night under the mistletoe and fairy lights, the town’s conversation shifts. The future she’s rebuilding is suddenly in question.
Enter Mike Blackwell — Hunter’s younger brother, all torque wrenches and rough edges. He’s the last person Charlotte planned to lean on…and the first to step between her and the storm.
With Reece and Hunter steady at their backs — and Shelby and Reid proving that family and new beginnings can stand under the same snowy sky — Charlotte and Mike follow the breadcrumbs from cinnamon-star cookies and Christmas carols to an antiques after-hours that hides more than holiday cheer.
The friends show that some miracles look like clear heads, steady hands, and people who won’t let you go.
The perfect curl-up read for fans of sweet, slow-burn romance, found family, and a cozy mystery tied up with a red ribbon.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Charlotte Villarreal is back at the Snowdrift Inn with flour on her sleeves, pine on the air, and a planner full of color-coded hope. This December is her test: pull off a glittering Christmas gala, prove she belongs in the family business, and quiet the last voice that says she doesn’t. She can stage beauty in her sleep. Trusting that it will hold? That’s harder.
When a treasured painting disappears on gala night under the mistletoe and fairy lights, the town’s conversation shifts. The future she’s rebuilding is suddenly in question.
Enter Mike Blackwell — Hunter’s younger brother, all torque wrenches and rough edges. He’s the last person Charlotte planned to lean on…and the first to step between her and the storm.
With Reece and Hunter steady at their backs — and Shelby and Reid proving that family and new beginnings can stand under the same snowy sky — Charlotte and Mike follow the breadcrumbs from cinnamon-star cookies and Christmas carols to an antiques after-hours that hides more than holiday cheer.
The friends show that some miracles look like clear heads, steady hands, and people who won’t let you go.
The perfect curl-up read for fans of sweet, slow-burn romance, found family, and a cozy mystery tied up with a red ribbon.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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