Checking Under the Mistletoe
(2025)(The first book in the Frost & Fire series)
A novel by Harley Storm
Spilling coffee on the team captain wasn't part of my business plan.
Neither was falling for him.
Maren Winters needs this job. After her ex destroyed her reputation and her event planning business, the Evergreen Bay Wolves' Christmas gala is her shot at redemption. One problem: the devastatingly handsome captain hates everything about Christmas—and apparently, everything about her too.
Declan "Decker" Ashford has spent three years building walls around his broken heart.
His wife died two weeks before Christmas, and he's determined to get through the season without feeling anything. Then a gorgeous, relentlessly optimistic event coordinator crashes into his life, covering him in peppermint mocha and forcing him to remember what joy feels like.
Working together should be simple. Professional. Impersonal.
But stolen glances become lingering touches. Heated arguments turn into something hotter. And his six-year-old daughter? She's already planning their wedding.
Maren knows better than to trust her heart to another man who could shatter it. Decker swore he'd never love again, never risk that kind of pain.
Yet somehow, between ice rinks and Christmas lights, between a daughter's wishes and undeniable chemistry, they're both breaking every rule they made.
Can a woman who believes in Christmas magic heal a man who's forgotten how to hope?
Or will the ghosts of the past destroy their chance at a future?
Genre: Romance
Neither was falling for him.
Maren Winters needs this job. After her ex destroyed her reputation and her event planning business, the Evergreen Bay Wolves' Christmas gala is her shot at redemption. One problem: the devastatingly handsome captain hates everything about Christmas—and apparently, everything about her too.
Declan "Decker" Ashford has spent three years building walls around his broken heart.
His wife died two weeks before Christmas, and he's determined to get through the season without feeling anything. Then a gorgeous, relentlessly optimistic event coordinator crashes into his life, covering him in peppermint mocha and forcing him to remember what joy feels like.
Working together should be simple. Professional. Impersonal.
But stolen glances become lingering touches. Heated arguments turn into something hotter. And his six-year-old daughter? She's already planning their wedding.
Maren knows better than to trust her heart to another man who could shatter it. Decker swore he'd never love again, never risk that kind of pain.
Yet somehow, between ice rinks and Christmas lights, between a daughter's wishes and undeniable chemistry, they're both breaking every rule they made.
Can a woman who believes in Christmas magic heal a man who's forgotten how to hope?
Or will the ghosts of the past destroy their chance at a future?
Genre: Romance
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