Three things I know about Cade Sterling:

1. He's a playboy with a different woman every week (red flag)
2. His charm is part of the act (don't fall for it)
3. I am absolutely not going to sleep with him (famous last words)

When one viral photo makes us look like a couple, his agent proposes a deal: fake date for two weeks, save both our careers. My struggling bakery needs the publicity. He needs to clean up his reputation.

Simple. Professional. Temporary.

Except nothing about Cade is simple.

He shows up at my bakery at 6 AM just to make me laugh. Remembers my coffee order after one conversation. Looks at my scars—the ones I hide from everyone—and calls them beautiful.

The cameras love us. The town believes it. And somewhere between the staged kisses and manufactured smiles, I forget we're pretending.

But I've been left before. My dad. My ex. Everyone who promised to stay.

Cade's life is in Boston. Mine is in Pine Hollow. And I won't be the girl who gets left behind again.

This Christmas, I'm protecting my heart. Even if it means walking away from the only man who's ever truly seen me.

Fake Dating • Reformed Playboy • Opposites Attract • Small Town Holiday Magic • Steamy & Emotional

Welcome to Pine Hollow's Christmas holiday season, where two NHL players discover that the best holiday magic happens off the ice.

Ice, Ice, Maybe and Nice, Nice, Naughty are companion novels that can be read in any order. Each book is a complete standalone romance, but together they paint the full picture of one unforgettable Christmas in small-town Vermont. Expect overlapping timelines, cameo appearances, and twice the holiday romance!

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