Kindled Hearts: A reluctant to love, spicy Christmans romance

Welcome to Mistletoe Bay, where love happens one snow-dusted kiss at a time.

I've spent most of my adult life elbow-deep in flour and frosting, running Dockside Café with my best friend and pretending I don't notice the firefighter who comes in every morning smelling faintly of smoke and pine.

Hayes Thatcher. Mistletoe Bay's brooding hero. My best-kept temptation.

He's steady, reliable, endlessly kind-and the kind of man who becomes feral when anyone dares to cross me. Everyone in town knows: touch me, and die.

We've danced around this for years-him overly protective, me stubbornly independent-but when a late-night kitchen disaster throws us together, the sparks we've been ignoring finally ignite. And suddenly, my carefully ordered life is burning in all the right ways.

Second chances are rare. Love that fierce? Scarcer. But with him, scorching kiss, every stolen moment, and every cookie-laced bribe feels like it was meant to be.

Because in Mistletoe Bay, some hearts aren't just warmed by Christmas-they're kindled.

Mistletoe Bay comes alive every holiday season with enough heat to melt even the iciest of hearts. From cinnamon-scented bookstores and cozy coffee shops to firehouse flirtations and unexpected holiday hookups, each story in the Christmas in Mistletoe Bay series proves that sometimes Santa's nice list is the naughtiest one of all. Unwrap this collection of spicy Hallmark-style novellas filled with swoon-worthy heroes, strong heroines, and the kind of festive magic that lingers long after mistletoe comes down.