TMaren
Coming home for Christmas was not part of Elara Vance's five-year plan.
But after her dream career crashes spectacularly, she's forced to return to the snowy Vermont town she swore she'd outgrown. With her confidence shattered and her future unraveling, Elara plans to hide, heal, and slip through the holidays unnoticed.
Enter Declan O'Connell.
Her brother's best friend. Her former almost-crush.
Her long-time rival with shoulders built by God and a personality carved from ice.
Declan isn't thrilled to see her back-especially not with all her big-city pride dented and bruised. But Frost Creek is small, Christmas is everywhere, and avoiding each other becomes impossible.
When a tangle of festive chaos, unresolved tension, and one infuriatingly swoon-worthy carpenter pushes them together, Elara begins to realize:
Maybe home isn't failure.
Maybe plans can change.
Maybe the boy she once hated loving... is the man she never saw coming.