A prickly heroine, a hopelessly romantic bookseller, and one glittering, sabotaged holiday season.

Brandy: I like my coffee black, my playlists bleak, and my life as quiet as the back corner of Perky Cups. When Bethany runs off with the festival funds, I don’t want anything to do with glitter, cheer, or community theater. Then Brent shows up—the man who believes everyone has happy endings. He thinks I’m a problem to fix. He’s wrong. I’m not broken; I’m guarded.

Brent: I own a tiny bookstore, a ridiculous sweater, and a stubborn belief that towns are stories we can rewrite. When Holly Creek’s festival implodes, I volunteer. Perky Cups is the only place that makes sense for headquarters—unfortunately, it’s Brandy’s fortress. She’s brilliant, exasperating, and somehow the one person who can solve our logistical hell. I also didn’t expect to kiss her.

Can they rebuild a vendor list from coffee-stained ashes, survive storms and sabotage, and find a fragile truce in the eye of a snowstorm? The real question isn’t whether the festival will light the town—the real question is whether two tangled hearts can combine their light into something magical.

Welcome back to Holly Creek, where love doesn't follow blueprints and a Christmas Festival might just change everything.

Come for the coffee. Stay for the chaos. Leave humming your own little ditty.