How the Grump Saved Christmas

How the Grump Saved Christmas follows Elias Stoneheart, a grumpy, workaholic businessman who returns to his hometown of Tilikum to acquire the struggling family farm and Christmas Village run by Isabelle Cook — the woman he has a painful shared history with, having broken things off with her years earlier. Isabelle is fighting to save the farm from Elias's buyout, and their clashing goals force the two exes back into each other's orbit.

What follows is a second-chance, grumpy-sunshine small-town Christmas romance: saucy banter, holiday cheer, and a slow thaw as old wounds are confronted and old feelings resurface. Reviewers have described it as a romantic, small-town retelling of A Christmas Carol, set in the same Tilikum community as Claire Kingsley's other small-town series.

It's a cozy, lighthearted holiday read built for fans of Hallmark-style Christmas romances, ending in the genre's expected happily-ever-after.