The whole town is ready for the holidays: The Cookie Club is baking, Main Street glitters with lights, the carolers sing . . .Thereās even a Christmas wedding.
When bodyguard Ryder Southerland sees his best friendās 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, Katieās gone, and Ryder tells himself itās for the best. It isnāt. Now, one Christmas later, Ryderās falling for the woman heās been missing in the town he hasnāt missed at all . . .
Katie Cheekās outgrown the romantic fantasies she had about Ryder when she was fifteen. Katieās packed their hot night away in a box labeled āflingāāor tried to. But Twilightās bad boy is the best man in her brotherās wedding. And up-close and personal, Ryderās impossible to ignore. So Katie can either go into hidingāor surrender to Christmas magic.