The Christmas Cure
(2026)(The fourth book in the Cranberry Cove Christmas series)
A novel by Amy Rafferty
One Christmas wish. Two people who don't do holidays. And a meddling father with a pocketful of mistletoe.
Fifty-two-year-old Carol Whitaker left Cranberry Cove for a high-powered career, never married, and has only come home to keep an eye on her spirited father, Walt. She isn't lonely. She isn't looking for love.
Then she opens her envelope.
The letter is from Patty Reynolds, the nurse who has watched the town's beloved doctor spend one December after another alone in his undecorated office. Her wish: "I wish Doc Nate would let Christmas in this year."
Carol is certain there's been a mistake. She's no more sentimental about the season than Dr. Nate Brooks – a man who works late, forgets to eat, and treats Christmas as a scheduling problem. But Vivian insists Carol is the only person in town formidable enough to get him out from behind his desk.
So Carol tackles the wish the way she tackles everything: with a plan, a deadline, and absolutely no room for nonsense. Nate reads it over and makes a counteroffer. He'll do every single thing on her list, as long as she does it with him. If he has to get a life, so does she.
They agree to keep things businesslike. No feelings, no fuss, and definitely nothing that counts as a date. It's foolproof.
There's just one problem: Walt. He took one look at them and decided they belong together, and he has a winter's worth of mysterious symptoms, forgotten gloves, and suspiciously timed invitations ready to prove it.
Somewhere between the strictly-not-dates and the snowy walks home, the arrangement starts to feel real. Two people who can handle any crisis come face to face with the one thing they've spent their lives avoiding: letting someone love them.
The Christmas Cureis the fourth book in a heartwarming, clean and cozy Christmas series brimming with later-in-life romance, small-town warmth, and a forty-year-old mystery waiting to be unwrapped. Pour a mug of cocoa, string the lights, and return to Cranberry Cove, where love doesn't follow a schedule.
Genre: Romance
Fifty-two-year-old Carol Whitaker left Cranberry Cove for a high-powered career, never married, and has only come home to keep an eye on her spirited father, Walt. She isn't lonely. She isn't looking for love.
Then she opens her envelope.
The letter is from Patty Reynolds, the nurse who has watched the town's beloved doctor spend one December after another alone in his undecorated office. Her wish: "I wish Doc Nate would let Christmas in this year."
Carol is certain there's been a mistake. She's no more sentimental about the season than Dr. Nate Brooks – a man who works late, forgets to eat, and treats Christmas as a scheduling problem. But Vivian insists Carol is the only person in town formidable enough to get him out from behind his desk.
So Carol tackles the wish the way she tackles everything: with a plan, a deadline, and absolutely no room for nonsense. Nate reads it over and makes a counteroffer. He'll do every single thing on her list, as long as she does it with him. If he has to get a life, so does she.
They agree to keep things businesslike. No feelings, no fuss, and definitely nothing that counts as a date. It's foolproof.
There's just one problem: Walt. He took one look at them and decided they belong together, and he has a winter's worth of mysterious symptoms, forgotten gloves, and suspiciously timed invitations ready to prove it.
Somewhere between the strictly-not-dates and the snowy walks home, the arrangement starts to feel real. Two people who can handle any crisis come face to face with the one thing they've spent their lives avoiding: letting someone love them.
The Christmas Cureis the fourth book in a heartwarming, clean and cozy Christmas series brimming with later-in-life romance, small-town warmth, and a forty-year-old mystery waiting to be unwrapped. Pour a mug of cocoa, string the lights, and return to Cranberry Cove, where love doesn't follow a schedule.
Genre: Romance