Jess Lennox works in the music industry, but she doesn’t date musicians. It’s a hard and fast rule, one she has no intention of breaking. Too bad Jimmy Blue, up and coming country singer, is going to be a star. Jimmy only has eyes for Jess, but he can’t find a way to break past her defenses. If only he could convince her to spend Christmas Day with him, instead of spending the holiday alone… Thanks to a ghostly visit on Christmas Eve, Jess gets a glimpse of what her life, and Jimmy’s, will be like if she throws her rule aside. And what’s to come if she doesn’t. Previously published in the collection Jingle Bell Rock

Laura Marlow is back in Memphis, determined to tell her old love Michael that he has a four-year-old daughter. She’d be fine keeping him out of her life forever, he’s too hard on her heart, but Megan wants a daddy for Christmas. Michael Arnett is much more successful than he was when Laura walked out on him. Most people don’t know that he’s the songwriter behind a number of hit songs, or that he owns the bar where he plays piano almost every night. He’s convinced himself that he doesn’t need anything else in order to be happy, until Laura walks back into his life. While love is rekindled, their daughter carries on long conversations with an invisible Elvis. Sensible Laura is horrified that her daughter is a dreamer like her father. But is the ghost really a product of a little girl’s imagination, or a resident of the weird Elvis-themed hotel where they’re staying until Christmas Eve? Previously published in the collection Jingle Bell Rock