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Sam McNaughton is home for the holidays, but no one, especially his ex-fiancée, Sophie, is going to find out. He wants to be left alone, to stay dead like the military declared him.

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His plan is to hide out at the family Christmas tree farm until his back pay arrives, but it’s slow in coming and staring at sixty acres of untrimmed trees means he won’t be singing O Christmas Tree anytime soon. The temporary Santa job at the local market sounds like the answer to his problems.

 

Sophie Malone’s been in a funk since hearing her ex-fiancé was killed in action overseas. Why is she crying in her peppermint mocha over a guy who dumped her on a ZOOM call? Sam McNaughton isn’t worth her tears, but she’d give anything to have him with her. She needs to move on, pay her mom’s debts, and pick up the pieces of her life. The month-long Mrs. Claus contract she’s signed with Shiparelli’s market will make that happen.

 

Except, Sam’s not dead. He’s playing the secret Santa to Sophie’s covert Mrs. Claus, and he doesn’t have a clue. With the Christmas countdown on, can Sophie use Mrs. Claus to bring Sam back to life?

 

Grab a cup of cocoa, curl up by the fire, and escape to Christmasville where North Pole magic is real.