He loathed Christmas.And yet here he was feeling downright merry.Something was very wrong here. He was out of his element and he wasn’t thinking clearly, it was as simple as that. He hadn’t had a vacation in too long. He was getting swept away. Yes, that was it. It had to be. But he had a job to do, a purpose for being here, and he needed to focus. He wasn’t here to flirt with the locals or get caught up in… festive activities. The sooner he got out of this town and back to his regular life in New York, the better he’d feel.But even as he processed this reassuring thought, his stomach rolled with uneasiness. He was struggling to convince himself.And that was a problem.
First loves are hard to forget… When Scott Collins walks into Sweetie Pie Bakery, Emily’s convinced she’s seeing a ghost! It has been twelve years since he left town and shattered her teenage heart. What has brought him back to Maple Woods? And why now?Time has only improved Emily’s beauty and Scott would give anything to take away her pained expression, to hold her in his arms again… But the family secret that drove him away still stands between them and telling her the truth could ruin more than just their second chance at a happy ending.