Small-town corruption, an unlikely romance and a Christmas Carnival that has to be saved.
When Harper, reporter at the Saddleback Ridge Post, lost her mother on Christmas Eve, it turned a magical time of year into a time of mourning and loss. She hadn’t touched tinsel or mistletoe ever since. But when her editor signs her up as Santa’s Helper the entire town is looking to Harper to make this Christmas season more special than ever before.
Stephen Roberts is a simple guy. After inheriting the Irish pub, Whiskey Woes, from his uncle, Stephen settled into small-town life with much ease. As a bartender he fulfils the role of psychologist, parent, best friend and invisible man every night of his life. But he never expected to find himself falling for a girl twelve years his junior.
While both Harper and Stephen are trying to deny their unexpected attraction, she’s got a Christmas season to plan. But the deeper Harper falls into the planning, the more she realizes something isn’t right. Someone is stealing from the town’s coffers and if that isn’t alarming enough, she’s fallen for a man her father would never approve of.
Can Harper save Christmas in Saddleback Ridge? Will her father stand in the way of true love?