Watching Ruby build a life away from Reindeer Valley hasn’t been easy, but I had to let her spread her wings and find out what she really wants. I’ve known what I wanted from the moment I saw her in high school. But I was a jerk then, someone who didn’t understand what love truly meant. Now I do. And now it’s time for Ruby to come home. Her grandmother’s bakery has (quite mysteriously) been overwhelmed with holiday orders over the past week, and Grams needs help. There’s only one person she can call to help, one person with the know-how to help make the mountain of Christmas cakes and cookies. Ruby. When she comes home, I’m going to show her how I’ve changed and how much she means to me. I only hope that will be enough to convince her to stay here with me in Reindeer Valley forever. MINK's Note: Cuddle a furry cutie and sip your cocoa for this sweet holiday tale with a HEA.

Reindeer Valley is a beautiful town of holiday happiness and Christmas cheer. I hate it. In fact, I have a plan to destroy the whole thing, reducing this place to a pile of ashes. But I’ll need an assistant, someone devious and cruel who can help me do all the dirty work. Merry is neither of those. In fact, she’s the warmest, kindest person I’ve ever met. Despite this fact, I hire her. She needs my guidance and protection, after all. As her employer, I’ll help her become the best employee she can be as she performs each of my underhanded tasks to wreck Reindeer Valley. Once I discover she isn’t following my instructions to the letter, I realize she’s in need of punishment. Lucky for her, I’m a very involved employer, and I’m more than happy to give her the discipline she is so sorely lacking. She takes my instruction quite well, and her desire to please me only reinforces how wise I was to hire her. But what happens when I have to choose between my revenge on Reindeer Valley and my sweet darling Merry? MINK’s Note: Merry makes certain parts of this Christmas Grump grow three sizes bigger, but it remains to be seen if it’s his heart or his …