Occupational therapist Christy Rime (45) left her hometown twenty-seven years ago, but now she’s back for the holidays to cut the final ties. Selling her late father’s house and wrapping up a few loose ends will keep her too busy to focus on regrets—until a new acquaintance begs a favor. Then a chance meeting with her first love sparks doubts about her reasons for staying away.
Single dad Sven Carlsen (45) has plenty of experience going up on the housetop as a roofer, so playing Santa at the local fundraiser to benefit his disabled daughter is a no-brainer. When his high school sweetheart unexpectedly shows up as a last-minute Mrs. Claus replacement, old feelings and attraction flare to life again.
Will a steamy right-time, right-place kiss under the mistletoe and a nudge from his matchmaking daughter help Sven and Christy finally find their happily-ever-after?
Mellanie Szereto is the USA Today Bestselling Author of over fifty romcoms and contemporary romances, most with characters who have plenty of life experience like herself. Whether you call them older, seasoned, mature, experienced, or later-in-life protagonists, they deserve love too! Her stories are often set in small towns with quirky main characters, fun secondary casts, and lots of humor. She enjoys gardening, cooking, and baking—as well as hiking to work off the fruits of her labor—and incorporates food into all of her stories. She lives in an old farmhouse in rural Indiana with her husband of thirty-eight years.