The last thing she needs is a reason to stay.

Maddie Lark is living out her type-A dreams planning events for Miami’s elite—until a celebrity bride’s viral meltdown makes her an unemployed internet meme. Desperate for a job, she lands in the last place she’d choose: a Christmas market in the Colorado mountains, plagued by snow, sleigh bells, and one nagging thought: what if the disaster really was her fault?

But Snowdrop is a place that believes—in kindness, kinship, and the magic of being heard. For fifty years, the town has written letters to Santa, knowing Ford Bennett and the team at Winterbloom Market would always write back. Now Ford is gone, and his grandson Ben is fighting to save the market from developers who’d rather build condos than community.

Maddie didn’t come here to save anything, but Winterbloom gets under her skin—and so does Ben. He’s chaos in a cable-knit sweater—stubborn, scattered, and disarmingly kind. Somewhere between the arguments, their friction turns to flirting that hints at more. As the fight for Winterbloom becomes her own, Maddie must choose: return to the life she planned, or bet everything on a snow-covered town worth saving—and the man who made her want to stay.