by Diana Palmer
First published 2025
Rancher Tiberius Blakeney has plenty of reasons to stay grumpy this Christmas season. The weather turned cold too early, decorations appeared before Thanksgiving, and now a crying child has wandered onto his Colorado property. The boy's guardian, a recently orphaned young woman, chases after him in a panic. Tiberius knows her story. She struggles to raise her little brother alone after losing their parents. A stray puppy complicates the scene further. Meanwhile, successful New York artist Jessy Danson arrives in Colorado to settle her grandfather's estate. She plans to handle the paperwork quickly and return to the city before Christmas. Chad Barlow, her grandfather's neighbor and the will's executor, cannot understand her indifference to the property's history. When dangerous thieves break into the house searching for hidden treasure, Jessy discovers both the house and Chad matter more than she expected. Two holiday stories explore how strangers become family and how home reveals itself in unexpected places.
Genres: romance, christmas, contemporary-romance, holiday
Vibes: cozy, emotional, intimate
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Colorado
Period: Christmas
272 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Zebra