Unlike her relatives, who either joined the lucrative jewelry business or became thieves, rookie cop Ava Davis chose public service. Sent undercover on her first assignment to catch a notorious thief expected at the hotel in Christmas Tyme, Colorado, Ava intends to prove the police didn't make a mistake by hiring her. With her family history looming over her, she doesn't have time to reconnect with her childhood friend and first crush, Gabriel Lark. After being wrongfully accused, former cop Gabriel wants nothing to do with the police and longs for restful holidays. But when a series of thefts at the hotel threaten his new livelihood, he needs Ava's help to find the thief. Once deceived, can he trust her? Then an extravagant hotel guest is murdered, her jewels missing, and Ava is attacked… Can Ava and Gabriel solve their issues-and the mystery-before Christmas? And all before something from Gabriel's past can destroy his and Ava's future… THE 12 MYSTERIES OF CHRISTMAS series: o IN THE NICK OF TIME by Susette Williams o GABRIEL'S SECRET by Alexa Verde o GUARDING CANDY KANE by V.B. Tenery o MURDER: UP ON THE ROOFTOP by Tina Dee o JOY IN JEOPARDY by Lynette Sowell o HOLLY IN HIDING by P. Creeden o STARR WITNESS by Susette Williams o NOELLE ON THE RUN by Alexa Verde o GOLDEN BELLES ARE WRINGING by Gina Conroy o DEATH BY FIGGY PUDDING by Tina Dee o DANGER FOR GLORIA by Lynette Sowell o MERRY WITHOUT MALICE by P. Creeden