Just Until Christmas
Lila Hartley has survived every holiday season in Raven’s Ridge the same way—solo, smiling, and dodging her mother’s relentless matchmaking. But this year, the pressure is worse than ever, and Lila is out of excuses… until her best friend and longtime crush offers a solution she should definitely refuse.
A Christmas pact. Fake dating. Just until the Twelve Nights of Christmas are over.
Cole Walker. Small-town firefighter, her dad’s coworker, and the man Lila has quietly wanted for years, steps in without hesitation. And suddenly, the whole town is placing bets on when he’ll walk her down the aisle.
But the longer they pretend, the more the lines blur. One kiss under the mistletoe turns too real. A snowstorm trap becomes too intimate. And one night neither of them can forget makes it impossible to go back to being just friends.
Now Christmas is ending, feelings are impossible to hide, and Lila has to decide whether she’s brave enough to believe in something she’s wanted for far too long… a love that never needed pretending.