Ghosted Christmas Past

Merritt Perkins works as a nanny, and last Christmas she spent the holidays at a house in the Rockies with Dylan Camber, the private chef hired for the same stretch. The two bonded over being stuck working while everyone else celebrated. Merritt believed they had something real.

Then they parted, and Dylan went silent. No call, no text, not even a DM reached her for a full year. Merritt has since decided the whole thing was too much like a cliche to count.

This Christmas, both women are back at the holiday house. Merritt greets Dylan with a coldness she makes no effort to hide. The chill turns to a full tantrum when the two have to share a bedroom.

It gets worse when Dylan suggests they try again and pick up the fun they had before.

The book is a holiday romance between two women, with a second-chance setup and a grumpy, comic edge to Merritt's reactions. The story runs across a two-week stay in one house. The central question is whether Merritt can hold out against someone she still finds very hard to resist.