Becoming The Mountain Man's Christmas Gift
(2026)(A book in the Mountain Man Christmas - Season 2 series)
A novel by Avery Shaw
Every year, Whisper Vale's Christmas Festival needs a Santa for the kids' gift-giving event. Every year, the guys draw straws.
This year, I lost.
So I'm stuffed into a red suit in the town square, handing out presents and pretending I don't want to be literally anywhere else — when she sits on my lap.
Not a kid. A woman.
Margot Sinclair is the event coordinator the town hired for the Christmas Festival, and apparently sitting on Santa's lap was her idea of "testing the experience." She's all dark curls, red lips, and a body that makes the Mrs. Claus jokes write themselves.
She's also bossy, opinionated, and determined to make this the best festival Whisper Vale has ever seen — which means she needs my help. My cabin is closest to the town square. My truck is the biggest. My land has the best trees for cutting.
I keep saying no. She keeps showing up anyway with lists and timelines and that perfume that makes me lose my train of thought mid-sentence.
I'm a simple man. I chop wood, hunt my dinner, keep to myself. I don't do Christmas chaos and committee meetings and a woman who looks at me like I'm a present she's planning to unwrap.
But God help me, I want her to.
Becoming The Mountain Man's Christmas Gift is a playful, steamy Christmas romance featuring a reluctant Santa, the festival coordinator who makes him believe in the season, and holiday heat that unwraps them both. Guaranteed HEA with no cheating.
Genre: Romance
This year, I lost.
So I'm stuffed into a red suit in the town square, handing out presents and pretending I don't want to be literally anywhere else — when she sits on my lap.
Not a kid. A woman.
Margot Sinclair is the event coordinator the town hired for the Christmas Festival, and apparently sitting on Santa's lap was her idea of "testing the experience." She's all dark curls, red lips, and a body that makes the Mrs. Claus jokes write themselves.
She's also bossy, opinionated, and determined to make this the best festival Whisper Vale has ever seen — which means she needs my help. My cabin is closest to the town square. My truck is the biggest. My land has the best trees for cutting.
I keep saying no. She keeps showing up anyway with lists and timelines and that perfume that makes me lose my train of thought mid-sentence.
I'm a simple man. I chop wood, hunt my dinner, keep to myself. I don't do Christmas chaos and committee meetings and a woman who looks at me like I'm a present she's planning to unwrap.
But God help me, I want her to.
Becoming The Mountain Man's Christmas Gift is a playful, steamy Christmas romance featuring a reluctant Santa, the festival coordinator who makes him believe in the season, and holiday heat that unwraps them both. Guaranteed HEA with no cheating.
Genre: Romance