Eve

Christmas in Snowflake Falls is the most wonderful time of the year. The lights, sounds, and smells are pure magic. Living here is like being wrapped up in a warm holiday hug. There’s nothing better.

My cozy little world gets shaken like a snow globe when the house next door sells. Worse yet, the new neighbor’s tomcat sneaks over and makes himself at home on my Christmas quilt with my sweet feline. Furious, I storm next door to give the owner a piece of my mind, only to find John Mitchell—my first love—standing there.

It would be so easy to fall back into a rhythm with him, one where only he and I exist. As the holidays pull us closer, I have to wonder, are we just wrapped up in the season…or could this time be different?

John

Returning to Snowflake Falls is exactly what I needed in my life—especially right before Christmas. I’d forgotten how much I missed the holidays in my hometown.

What I didn’t expect was my new next-door neighbor to be the one who got away. The moment she stomps over to my house, bangs on my door, and demands cat-support in the likelihood of a feline pregnancy, I know I’m done for. Eve is every bit as feisty and beautiful as I remember.

Being around her rekindles feelings I thought had faded, and the spark between us makes me think we could pick up right where we left off. First, I have to convince her this isn’t about holiday nostalgia. It’s about forever.

Faith

Graduating from college is bittersweet. I've accomplished my dreams, obtained my teaching degree, and am ready to find my dream job. However, I never realized how difficult or stressful it would be to find a position.

That's why I jump at the chance to visit Chad, one of my best friends, on base in California.

It was meant to be two weeks of catching up and putting all thoughts of job hunting out of my mind. Little did I know those two weeks would change my life and alter the course we were both on.

Chad

The day she agrees to join me in California is one of the happiest days of my life. Having her with me gives me the taste of home I've been craving, but deep down, it's more than that. She's important to me, more than just my friend, and my closest friend's twin sister.

Spending my nights with her has done nothing but reinforce this feeling I get when I'm with her. I know we said we'd keep things light, but she's making it so damn hard not to want more.

Then I get stationed overseas. Everything changes in the blink of an eye, and I'm not just talking about our jobs or the fact we're suddenly thousands of miles apart. Call it fate or destiny or just pure luck, but it's beneath the desert sun that finally our future becomes clear.

Ava

My life is content. Living and working in my small hometown of Pine Village is right where I want to be, especially with family and a few close friends nearby.

It's taken me some time to dig my way out of the negative spotlight I found myself under a few years back, thanks to an old photo from college that resurfaced. That's why I have rules: no social media, no drinking alcohol in public, and no dating the father of one of my students. Then, Gavin Pierson rescues me from the side of the road.

He's not making it easy to say no, especially when he flashes that sexy boyish grin of his. The only problem is dating him would be a complication I'm not prepared to deal with, but he's proving to be relentless.

Gavin

Something calls to me when I'm near my daughter's shy fifth-grade teacher. I wanted Ava Rutledge when we were teenagers in high school, and now that seems to be the case once again.

However, she's given herself strict guidelines, and despite the attraction I know she feels, convincing her to take a chance on us could be a challenge. Its a good thing I'm a patient man. The biggest hurdle we face is the fact she's my daughter's teacher, and that's the one rule she's not willing to budge on.

I'm going to have to show her how much fun it can be when we break it.