Knot So Holly Jolly by Bex Deveau L.E. Eldridge

What do you do when a gingerbread house horror show labels you as the town Scrooge?

You go to college in a different state and get a job as far away as you can without fleeing the country… Only to have your first big break, a four-page spread in the travel magazine you’ve been stuck in the wings on, land you right back where you started.

Christmas. Central. Shooting a world record attempt at a life-sized log cabin gingerbread display—and baked by the one alpha I’d do anything to avoid. My former best friend and the victim of my hot chocolate-fueled accident that ran me out of town in the first place.

Add in that Hollis, the Santa-obsessed writer that I’ve had a painfully obvious crush on since I started, is the one drafting the article, and the entire thing is one big recipe for disaster.

Overworked and spread too thin, it's only a matter of time until it finally crumbles.

Things finally start looking up when I meet a handsome stranger, turning my holiday fears into holiday cheer… Until a chance run-in with my father reveals the truth.

The sweet-smelling alpha of my deepest fantasies is actually Henri, my Dad’s best friend.

Happy. Freaking. Holidays.