The whole town is ready for the holidays: The Cookie Club is baking, Main Street glitters with lights, the carolers sing . . .Thereâs even a Christmas wedding.
When bodyguard Ryder Southerland sees his best friendâs sister Katie at an L.A. Christmas party, he mistakes the slinky blonde for a celebrity stalker and tackles her. Then they tackle each other . . . at his place. The next morning, Katieâs gone, and Ryder tells himself itâs for the best. It isnât. Now, one Christmas later, Ryderâs falling for the woman heâs been missing in the town he hasnât missed at all . . .
Katie Cheekâs outgrown the romantic fantasies she had about Ryder when she was fifteen. Katieâs packed their hot night away in a box labeled âflingââor tried to. But Twilightâs bad boy is the best man in her brotherâs wedding. And up-close and personal, Ryderâs impossible to ignore. So Katie can either go into hidingâor surrender to Christmas magic.