A sweet and spicy holiday romance between a spirited artist who returns to her small town for Christmas and her older brotherās best friend, a serious architect who pushes all her buttonsābut whom she canāt seem to stay away from. Now with exclusive bonus content!
Lenaās plans are simple. Surprise her family for Christmas, donāt 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 sheās not the only unexpected guest this year. Her older brotherās 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 heās 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 unexpectedābut he didnāt have a strategy for the possibility of seeing Lena again. Though heās been dreaming of her since the day he left, he canāt 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 mindā¦and on Lenaās. All the plans theyāve made might end up completely wrecked. And for once, maybe they want it that way.