Run Darling

Arabella Gaspar is ready to take charge of her family's toy run for the first time. Her world runs on a Santa-mythology: Santa is a title passed down through families, and the business belongs to Magi who wield magic.

Not every Magus welcomes her. Some believe the role should never go to a woman, and they have sent threats. Her brothers, already overprotective, decide she needs a guard and pick Rhyne Carrasco.

Rhyne is her brother's best friend. He left seven years ago, and Arabella has carried feelings for him ever since. Now he is assigned to stay at her side, which puts the two of them back in each other's company after years apart.

An accident at the toy factory leaves them stranded together at the North Pole for the night. Rhyne decides he is finished running from what he wants, and the night alone in the snow forces the question of what happens between them.

This is the third book in Adriana Herrera's Toy Runners series, a holiday romance set in a wintry, magical backdrop. It is a short second-chance romance with an open-door heat level and a humorous tone. The danger from the hostile Magi keeps the stakes real while the attraction builds.