Hillary Bear keeps the coffee hot and the lights on for everyone in Moonshire Bay. Nobody has ever kept them on for her.
Two Saturdays before Christmas, her ancient espresso machine dies and takes the heat with it. Before Hillary can call a repairman, her mother, the town’s most determined matchmaker, has already called one for her.
Thomas Allison is back in town for one reason. Empty his late mother’s cottage, sell everything, and be gone by New Year’s.
But Joan Bear has a list. A long one. And every job on it keeps Thomas in Moonshire Bay a little longer.
Soon he’s hanging garland after closing, drinking cocoa at Hillary’s counter, and winning over a shop cat who doesn’t like anybody.
Hillary knows grief when she sees it. She also knows what it feels like to be the reliable one everybody leans on and nobody chooses. And she isn’t about to fall for a man with one foot out the door.
Can a grieving handyman and a woman who gave up on love find their way home for Christmas?
A tender later-in-life Christmas romance about healing hearts, meddling mothers, and the true Christmas spirit.
