Kelsey Bentley knows she's a pessimist, and doesn't care. She's sarcastic, negative, and puts up an I-don't-care wall whenever she's in an unfamiliar situation. She doesn't mind that people tend to stray away from her hard exterior, or that she's slowly falling apart inside. All she wants is to be left alone to weave stories publishers tell her are "not going to be appealing to the public." She doesn't care, because writing, and her cat, Jefferson, are all she needs. At least, that's what she thinks.
Until James Penny saunters into her life one evening at the local bar Kelsey snuck into. Charming, witty, famous, extroverted and-shudder- forever an optimist, he's the last person Kelsey expects to fall into a fairytale with. Not to mention he's published several books worshipped by teen boys and girls everywhere, all of which Kelsey despises. She swears she'll have nothing to do with him, but has no idea that her story has just begun.
And it all starts once upon a...
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When a bachelor-style reality show centered around finding this year's Mrs. Claus comes to Charlie's small town, she is vehemently against the attention it brings, yet in the chaos of it all, somehow finds herself in the running as a contestant... and falling in love.
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In the weeks before Christmas, Charlie Duncan's small town finds itself the backdrop to the hit new reality show, Finding Mrs. Claus. And to spice up the drama, a handful of locals are thrown into the casting mix, including not only Charlie, but her best friend Ellie as well. While Charlie does everything she can to get tossed off the show (to no avail), and watches skeptically as Ellie truly begins to open up her heart, she can't help but feel a certain spark for the man behind the scenes - the show's producer, Noah Cyrus.
Book One of the Anne's Ferry Series