She can create Christmas anywhere. He won’t let her turn his family’s legacy into a holiday display.
Josie Merrill has spent ten years creating spectacular Christmases for Manhattan department stores, though she’s never managed to make much room for the holiday in her own life. When Maple Ridge hires her to produce its first Christmas in July festival, she expects six weeks of fake snow, color-coded schedules, and small-town charm before returning to the career she’s worked toward for years.
Then she sees the venue. The Maple & Holly Tree Farm has belonged to Wes Holly’s family for three generations. It earns nearly all its income in December, and unless Wes can pay off a fifty-two-thousand-dollar bank loan by August first, he may lose the land his grandparents spent their lives protecting. A successful summer festival could save it.
Wes still wants nothing to do with Josie’s plan. He’s stubborn, suspicious of anything that arrives on a truck, and certain Christmas can'''t be manufactured in the middle of a heat wave. Josie is equally certain she can win him over, even with melting snow, nonexistent wreaths, a Santa who refuses to wear the suit, and a matchmaking barn cat supervising her every move.
As Josie turns the farm into a midsummer winter wonderland, she begins to understand the magic Wes has been guarding. And somewhere between dawn in the tree fields, cocoa in July, and one impossible festival, Wes begins imagining a future that includes more than saving the farm.
But Josie’s dream job is waiting in Manhattan, and Wes learned long ago that the people who promise to stay are often the first to leave. With the farm’s future hanging in the balance, saving Christmas may be easier than trusting each other with their hearts.
The Maple & Holly Tree Farm is a heartwarming sweet romance filled with grumpy-sunshine sparks, save-the-farm stakes, meddling matchmakers, found family, small-town holiday chaos, and the beloved Maple Ridge community.
Genre: Romance
Josie Merrill has spent ten years creating spectacular Christmases for Manhattan department stores, though she’s never managed to make much room for the holiday in her own life. When Maple Ridge hires her to produce its first Christmas in July festival, she expects six weeks of fake snow, color-coded schedules, and small-town charm before returning to the career she’s worked toward for years.
Then she sees the venue. The Maple & Holly Tree Farm has belonged to Wes Holly’s family for three generations. It earns nearly all its income in December, and unless Wes can pay off a fifty-two-thousand-dollar bank loan by August first, he may lose the land his grandparents spent their lives protecting. A successful summer festival could save it.
Wes still wants nothing to do with Josie’s plan. He’s stubborn, suspicious of anything that arrives on a truck, and certain Christmas can'''t be manufactured in the middle of a heat wave. Josie is equally certain she can win him over, even with melting snow, nonexistent wreaths, a Santa who refuses to wear the suit, and a matchmaking barn cat supervising her every move.
As Josie turns the farm into a midsummer winter wonderland, she begins to understand the magic Wes has been guarding. And somewhere between dawn in the tree fields, cocoa in July, and one impossible festival, Wes begins imagining a future that includes more than saving the farm.
But Josie’s dream job is waiting in Manhattan, and Wes learned long ago that the people who promise to stay are often the first to leave. With the farm’s future hanging in the balance, saving Christmas may be easier than trusting each other with their hearts.
The Maple & Holly Tree Farm is a heartwarming sweet romance filled with grumpy-sunshine sparks, save-the-farm stakes, meddling matchmakers, found family, small-town holiday chaos, and the beloved Maple Ridge community.
Genre: Romance
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