Rowan Bell can handle two hundred wish letters, a mutinous donkey, and a boiler held together by optimism. What she cannot handle is losing Starlight House.
A high-heat Christmas romantic comedy with forced proximity, sharp banter, royal complications, found family, small-town warmth, and one infuriatingly competent Englishman.
The grand old Vermont home is the heart of Rowan's nonprofit, where families choose gifts with privacy and pride. Now the English trust that owns it is reviewing the property's future—and Christopher “Kit” Beauclerk has arrived to decide whether Rowan's work is worth preserving.
Kit is irritatingly composed, unexpectedly useful, and suspiciously good with old buildings. He fixes what breaks, listens when Rowan expects judgment, and sees the system of dignity behind the holiday chaos.
He's also keeping one devastating fact to himself: the decision about Starlight House is far more personal than Rowan knows.
A snowstorm leaves them stranded together. The temperature drops. The boiler fails. Their restraint follows.
What begins as a snowbound holiday collision becomes a scorching transatlantic relationship spanning the year between one Christmas and the next.
Rowan has built her life around protecting other people's choices. Kit belongs to a world where power can masquerade as help. And the longer his secret survives, the more it threatens everything they're building.
Christmas and Other Noble Intentions is a steamy standalone Christmas romcom packed with sharp banter, forced proximity, royal complications, snowed-in chemistry, English estates, small-town warmth, found family, and a heroine who refuses to be rescued without her consent.
Perfect for readers who like their Christmas romance funny, intelligent, emotionally grounded, and unapologetically spicy.
When desire collides with duty, can love survive the truth?
