\New Cover Edition\ Shepard Lund: Age: 26 Looks: Tall, blond, and skinny Favorite Food: Meatloaf Status: Single, but secretly in love with his best friend Ivy Lancombe: Age: 25 Looks: Short, chestnut brown, and buxom Favorite Food: Blackberry Pie Status: Single, but secretly in love with her best friend Shep and Ivy are the biggest dating disasters of Bells Pass. They’ve spent years ignoring their feelings for each other, but this Christmas, the townspeople of Bells Pass, Michigan have a plan. It won’t be easy, but they’ll work together to teach Ivy and Shep to stop ignoring their hearts’ desires and explore their love. It will take an old spinster, an infamous diner, a mysterious man, and a hefty dose of Christmas wishing to get them under the mistletoe. Once there, they’ll let a dash of good old Christmas magic do the rest.

Melissa Murano Age: 24 Looks: Bite-sized, bleach blonde, and curvaceous Favorite Food: Hot Cakes Status: Single, but secretly in love with the cook at work Mason Hadley Age: 30 Looks: Lanky, sandy brown, and athletic Favorite Food: Pot Roast Status: Single, but secretly in love with the waitress at work Mel and Mason now hold the title for biggest dating disasters of Bells Pass. They’ve danced around each other at The Nightingale Diner for the past four years and everyone can see what they can’t; they’re perfect for each other. It will take a burning motel, an important wedding, and a mysterious disease to convince Mel and Mason to admit their feelings for each other. This Christmas, everything will change in Bells Pass, and no one will be untouched by the magic of Holly.

Addie Collop Age: 25 Looks: Tall, ginger, and curvaceous Favorite Food: Jam Status: Single, but secretly in love with a Bell’s Pass yoga instructor Ellis David Age: 25 Looks: Lanky, white, and thin Favorite Food: Tater Tot Hotdish Status: Single, but secretly in love with Bell’s Pass’s premiere cosmetologist Addie and Ellis now hold the title for biggest dating disasters of Bells Pass. Each afraid their differences are too much to overcome, they pretend friends will be enough for them forever. It will take a broken window, a broken leg, and a magical sleigh to convince them that their differences are what make them unique together. This Christmas everything will change in Bells Pass, and no one will be untouched by the magic of old Saint Nick.

Heather Robbins Age: 26 Looks: Tall, platinum blonde, and curvaceous Favorite Food: Apple pastries from The Nightingale Diner Status: Single, but secretly in love with Bells Pass’s police detective Gabriel Dennison Age: 27 Looks: Tall, dark, and handsome Favorite Food: Baked Chicken from The Nightingale Diner Status: Single, but secretly in love with his favorite cosmetologist It’s Christmastime in Bells Pass again, but Heather and Gabe are anything but jolly. A disastrous homecoming dance in high school hurt them both, and neither knows how to cross the gulf of pain between them. Old bets, hidden truths, family secrets, and tiny angels will come together to show them true love does conquer all. This Christmas, Gabe and Heather might be the couple that proves the legend of the Bells Pass gazebo isn’t just a legend after all.

Becca Estay Age: 24 Looks: Petite, jet black, and sweet chocolate brown eyes Favorite Food: Eggnog Status: Single, but secretly crushing on Bells Pass’s very own Paul Bunyan Cameron Robbins Age: 34 Looks: Rangy, tawny blond, and piercing blue eyes Favorite Food: Eggnog pie from The Nightingale Diner Status: Single, but secretly crushing on Bells Pass’s Eggnog Champion It’s Christmastime in Bells Pass, but Becca and Cameron are more spicy disasters than dating disasters. They’ve both been hurt in the past, and now, they’re too scared to risk their already battered hearts. Chosen by the legend of the Bells Pass Gazebo as the new Christmas couple, the townspeople know they’ll have to work together if they want to keep their matchmaking streak alive. This Christmas, secrets are revealed, and hearts are mended, but not before two people risk it all for a chance at an evergreen love.

Hazel 28 Tall, red hair, and curvy Favorite Candy Canes Single, but has her eye on a certain social worker in town Irving 28 Dark and handsome, accessorizing with a hip-hugging wheelchair and a furry German Shepherd Favorite Sweet Potato Nachos Happily single Irving Wallace is a bit of a Grinch, a Scrooge if you will. He’s too busy opening the Bells Pass Housing Project to worry about caroling and Christmas trees. Enter Hazel Cane. Intrigued by her new colleague, she makes it her mission to help his heart grow this holiday season. With a candy cane on her lips and a song in her heart, she gets some unexpected help from an infamous diner, an angel in disguise, and a whole lot of Christmas spirit. Can Hazel convince this Grinch that Christmas can mean a whole lot more?