The woman who cannot take a gift is about to become one.
Patti has run the Fairhaven Diner for thirty years. Twelve stools, nine booths, a 4:15 alarm, and not one person who has ever poured her a cup of coffee.
Three weeks before a Christmas Eve wedding, two things walk in during the same week. The first is a brand-new magic that has decided, after thirty years, that it is Patti's turn to be waited on. The coffee pot pours cups nobody asked for. Her own chair pulls out. The pastry case has taken sides. The second is Miles Thorpe, back in town to sell his late mother's house, eating breakfast at her counter every morning like twenty-seven years is a thing that happens to other people.
She sent him away. She lied about why. He built a life on the lie. Now the magic gets pushier every time he looks at her, and the bouquet toss is aimed directly at her.
A Hot Flashes & Hexes Christmas novella is a second-chance romance, midlife heroine, closed-door heat, complete happily-ever-after, no cliffhangers. Stands on its own.
