Will the grumpy wounded hero mountain man claim the sweet, innocent curves of the new girl this Christmas?

Aaron

During the holidays, my family has owned and operated Merry Lane every year. It's an immersive experience for those diehard Christmas fans - sleigh rides, figure skating, and making toys in Santa's workshop. You can eat, sleep, and breathe Christmas for the entire month of December. I do my best to avoid it as much as possible. All that holiday cheer is too saccharin-sweet for my taste. My sisters claim it's because I'm getting grumpy now that I'm closing in on fifty in a few years. The truth is that I lost my leg during my service in the military and it's a never-ending reminder of how different I am from everyone else around me.

When I cross paths with the new hire, Sylvie Perkins, she's practically glowing with Christmas spirit. She's determined to convert me from Ebenezer Scrooge to Father Christmas himself.

And I'm so smitten that I just might let her.

Sylvie

Despite Aaron's boisterous, big family, he's a grumpy mountain man, gruff and aloof. But beneath that scowl is a man who is soft as a marshmallow. I've seen the way he adores his nieces and nephews.

And I've seen the way he looks at me. It's enough to make me blush from head to toe.

I don't have any experience with falling in love, let alone with a man like Aaron - handsome, strong, confident, and determined to get what he wants when he sets his mind to something.

This Christmas, I'll be waiting under the mistletoe for my first kiss. Will Aaron be the one to meet me there? Or will he stick to his reclusive ways instead and remain a mountain man Scrooge forever?