A sweet and spicy holiday romance between a spirited artist who returns to her small town for Christmas and her older brotherâs best friend, a serious architect who pushes all her buttonsâbut whom she canât seem to stay away from. Now with exclusive bonus content!
Lenaâs plans are simple. Surprise her family for Christmas, donât tell them she lost her job, and most importantly, spend the week relaxing with the people she cares about.
But when she arrives in Juniper, she discovers sheâs not the only unexpected guest this year. Her older brotherâs best friend, Gavin, is back after disappearing three years ago without a word. He has the kind of charm Lena has always been drawn to. But she knows heâs also the kind of temptation she needs to stay far away from.
Gavin has built his architecture career out of planning strategies for dealing with the unexpectedâbut he didnât have a strategy for the possibility of seeing Lena again. Though heâs been dreaming of her since the day he left, he canât risk giving in to his feelings when they could upend the only family and home he has ever known.
New plan: try to be friends again. Just friends.
But as the pieces fall into place about why Gavin left, staying friends is the last thing on his mindâŚand on Lenaâs. All the plans theyâve made might end up completely wrecked. And for once, maybe they want it that way.