Sapphire Rumple hates her life. Nothing ever goes right. No matter how hard she works, the Christmas lights are always tangled, the cookies burnt, her cat has knocked over the tree again, and Bartholomew has found and chewed up her favorite church shoes that she spent the last of her pathetic pay to buy.
She was raised to be a company-employee, someone who worked hard and believed in what she did. But Sapphire is getting tired of dealing with a regular co-worker prankster, an ex who won't leave her alone, a car that loves to break down at the most inconvenient times, and successful siblings that don't understand why he hasn't "figured it out yet."
Sapphire's in tears, half-frozen from walking home, and trying to hold her tearing bags of groceries together when she bumps into the most handsome man she's ever seen. His shy smile makes her stumble and face-plant in the snow. What she doesn't expect is for him to help her up, collect her groceries, or ask if he can see her again.
For once in her life, she's found a silver thread woven into her existence. She just isn't sure if letting him into her tumultuous life will end well for him. Staying friends seems like the best way to keep him around without scaring him off.
Huxley Pierson has worked his life away since he was a teenager. The only son of a luxury vacation property company owner, he was forced to take over after his father's passing. All the meetings and decision making finally get to him. Deciding he needs to take a vacation himself before he loses his mind, he sets out for warmer seas only to find himself stuck in holiday traffic in a town he's never been to. All the hotels are booked, and suddenly his perfect life feels like a total disaster.
Enter the most beautiful, chaotic mess he's ever seen. Sapphire's innocent heart survives on good intentions, sugar, and caffeine. From the moment her little whirlwind spins his life around, he knows there's no way he's going back to cold, dreary Seattle. He needs her kind of light in his life. But underneath, Sapphire is deeply broken by things she doesn't want to talk about.
Can Huxley find a way to reach through her storm and hang onto the light his life so desperately needs?
A clean, small-town holiday romcom, featuring opposites attract, a millionaire MMC, and meddlesome pets. Includes an uplifting HEA.
Possible triggers for sensitive readers: emotional trauma, depression, and anxiety.
Genre: Romance
She was raised to be a company-employee, someone who worked hard and believed in what she did. But Sapphire is getting tired of dealing with a regular co-worker prankster, an ex who won't leave her alone, a car that loves to break down at the most inconvenient times, and successful siblings that don't understand why he hasn't "figured it out yet."
Sapphire's in tears, half-frozen from walking home, and trying to hold her tearing bags of groceries together when she bumps into the most handsome man she's ever seen. His shy smile makes her stumble and face-plant in the snow. What she doesn't expect is for him to help her up, collect her groceries, or ask if he can see her again.
For once in her life, she's found a silver thread woven into her existence. She just isn't sure if letting him into her tumultuous life will end well for him. Staying friends seems like the best way to keep him around without scaring him off.
Huxley Pierson has worked his life away since he was a teenager. The only son of a luxury vacation property company owner, he was forced to take over after his father's passing. All the meetings and decision making finally get to him. Deciding he needs to take a vacation himself before he loses his mind, he sets out for warmer seas only to find himself stuck in holiday traffic in a town he's never been to. All the hotels are booked, and suddenly his perfect life feels like a total disaster.
Enter the most beautiful, chaotic mess he's ever seen. Sapphire's innocent heart survives on good intentions, sugar, and caffeine. From the moment her little whirlwind spins his life around, he knows there's no way he's going back to cold, dreary Seattle. He needs her kind of light in his life. But underneath, Sapphire is deeply broken by things she doesn't want to talk about.
Can Huxley find a way to reach through her storm and hang onto the light his life so desperately needs?
A clean, small-town holiday romcom, featuring opposites attract, a millionaire MMC, and meddlesome pets. Includes an uplifting HEA.
Possible triggers for sensitive readers: emotional trauma, depression, and anxiety.
Genre: Romance