Christmas in Quincy

Cleo Hillcrest dreads the holiday parties her father throws every year, where she has to make small talk with his wealthy colleagues and her stepmother's friends. This year she skips it. She leaves California for three quiet days in Quincy, Montana, planning to trade presents and formality for room service and slippers.

Her plans last until she finishes unpacking at the Eloise Inn. Austin Myles knocks on her door. He leads her father's security team, and he has been ordered to bring her home.

Cleo refuses to go. Austin cannot haul her back against her will, and he will not leave her alone, so he stays in Quincy with her. A small Montana town at Christmas becomes the place where a bodyguard and the boss's daughter are stuck together, with no party to return to and no one watching.

This is a Christmas romance set over a short span of days. The premise points to a slow shift between two people who start out on opposite sides of an order from her father, in a cozy small-town inn.