Cynthia Randall has her life perfectly planned with a great career, a dream home, and a checklist for happily-ever-after that includes a white picket fence and a man who actually sticks around. The only problem is her next-door neighbor. Damien Giovanni is everything she’s sworn off… rich, charming, and notorious for his love-’em-and-leave-’em ways. Sure, he’s got the kind of smile that could melt a glacier, but Cyndi refuses to fall for another heartbreaker.
When her old high-school crush, Maxwell Harrington, struts into the newsroom as the new Channel Nine anchorman, Cyndi sees her chance for real romance. Armed with a foolproof online guide called Ten Ways to Win a Man, she’s determined to make Max notice her. Unfortunately, Damien seems just as determined to get in the way… or maybe just to get closer.
When everything goes wrong, Cyndi’s life feels more like a romantic comedy than the organized love story she planned. Can a girl ever get her fairytale without all the plot twists?
Cassidy Hilarion doesn’t believe in holiday miracles, especially not after heartbreak, a crumbling family bar, and a Christmas auction gone wildly sideways. But when a charming stranger with a crooked smile and steel-gray eyes bids an outrageous amount for one date with her, everything starts to change.
Mark Carey (real name Mark Carrington) walks into Cassidy’s life with a secret, a mission, and a heart he never meant to lose. Falling for the enemy was not in the business plan.
As sparks fly and snow falls, the truth threatens to tear them apart. Because behind Mark’s kisses and Cassidy’s guarded heart lies a century-old feud, a priceless family heirloom, and a decision that could save the bar… or destroy their shot at love forever.
Can love rewrite the rules of family, forgiveness, and the ultimate holiday twist of fate?
When journalist Clara Jennings gets dumped over dessert just weeks before Christmas, she vows to swear off romance and focus on what really matters: her career. But when her editor announces a holiday competition for the next senior columnist, Clara’s ambition sparks an idea so crazy it just might work. Twelve men. Twelve dates. Twelve chances to prove she can turn heartbreak into headline gold.
From awkward blind dinners to disastrous sleigh rides, Clara’s dating experiment becomes the talk of the town, and a hilarious public lesson in what not to do during the holidays. But there’s one unexpected twist she can’t seem to avoid—her charming, Christmas-obsessed next-door neighbor and the townhouse’s handyman, Luke Wilder. He bakes gingerbread, hangs twinkle lights in November, and volunteers as Santa at the local toy drive, and somehow, he keeps showing up every time one of Clara’s “perfect” dates goes hilariously wrong.
As deadlines close in and sparks fly beneath the mistletoe, Clara begins to wonder if the love story she’s been chasing might be a total mix-up… the one she never planned to write.