My name is Chris Pohle... and I hate Christmas. Which to my father, owner of the StoryBook Christmas Store franchise, is blasphemy. I should have known he was up to something when he claimed he needed me to fill in as Santa Claus at our flagship store this year. As soon as I arrived in the tiny town of Maple Grove, I wanted to pack up my Santa costume and catch the first sleigh out of there. Then I met Avery, the manager of our flagship store. My very own Christmas elf. And it was love at first fight... My name is Avery Pinkerton... and I love Christmas. Love is an understatement. I eat, breathe, and live Christmas. At my Christmas shop, the hot chocolate flows like water, fresh baked cookies are always within arms reach, carols sing through the speakers, and Christmas is anything but a one-month affair. So I shouldn't be too thrown off my game when my boss' son arrives to take over the role of Santa Claus. But Chris Pohle is nothing like Santa. To start with, he's decades too young. His beard isn't white as snow. His nose isn't red as a cherry. And his belly... well, what belly? I need to get my act together before I make the biggest, most unprofessional mistake ever—fall in love with my Grinch of a boss. Because when that Santa suit starts to come off and he's standing beneath the mistletoe... well, stick a candy cane in me. I'm done.
Author
Katana Collins is a USA Today bestselling author of over twenty novels, novellas, and comic books in a variety of genres. She is most known for her sensual contemporary romances and her wildly popular comic book—Batman White Knight Presents: Harley Quinn with DC Comics. When she was younger and stole her mother’s Harlequins to read beneath the covers with a flashlight, she wanted to read about the tough as nails heroine. The perfectly imperfect girl with quirks and attitude and sass. And the anti-heroes who were anything but “Prince Charming.” Forget the knight on a white horse … she wanted the bad boy on a motorcycle. An avid animal lover, she lives in Portland, Maine with her kind of mean cat, derpy lab-pitt mix, mellow chihuahua, and very not mellow cairn terrier puppy. Oh, yeah… there’s a husband somewhere in that mix, too. She can usually be found in a coffee shop with her nose buried in a laptop wearing fabulous (albeit sometimes impractical) shoes. She loves connecting with book lovers like herself, and fellow sassy storytellers, so feel free to drop her an email, visit her on her website. She also loves connecting on Instagram, Facebook or in her reader group, Kat’s Kittens!
