This Christmas, he just might believe in a little magic… Rustin Wildish furiously left Belmont North Carolina as a teen to make his reputation in the culinary world. Over twelve years later, he’s back in the town that where the founding family of Mayes once branded him a worthless bad boy. Intent to show them how wrong they were, he buys the local diner—considered an institution—from his former mentor and boss, Miss Millie Maye and transforms. Success will be his revenge as the Maye’s and other ‘upstanding families,’ are forced to eat their words and so much more. But then the youngest Maye daughter asks him for help, and he inexplicably says yes. This Christmas Chloe Maye has finally bitten off far more than she can chew. She’s agreed to organize The Maye family’s annual fundraiser–a movable feast where historic downtown homes are open to the public and each serve one course of a lavish meal. Chloe can’t cook so armed with a historic handwritten cookbook she mysteriously finds in a mini library outside her Grandma Millie’s home, she approaches Rustin for help. She’s always crushed on him and is thrilled he’s back. But when Rustin, who ignored her their entire childhood, takes a bite from the meal she cooks under his exacting supervision, the unthinkable happens. He falls head over heels in love…

She doesn’t believe in magic…right? CPA Jessica Maye might secretly regret many decisions she’s made in her quest to be indispensable and perfect, but even she can’t pretend she hasn’t lost her shine and is stalled. When she’s shockingly fired, she takes it as a sign that it’s finally her time to follow her dreams. Returning to her grandma’s small family farm on Cramer Mountain, she’s drawn to opening a niche nursery and rehabbing the once famous gardens. But committing to host her sister’s bridal shower in the garden this spring cranks the pressure so tight she fears failing. Landscape architect Brent ‘Storm’ Stevens worked hard to forget the high school heartbreak called Jessica Maye, so of course she’s his first potential client. He needs the job as much as Jessica needs the help, but neither seems able to call a truce with their rocky past. Jessica’s unwilling to compromise on her vision, but the specter of disappointing her sister has her stifling her instincts and hiring Storm. And then that mysterious, heirloom Southern Love Spells book reappears and Jessica’s superstitious enough to worry. Storm’s not the one, is he?

Falling out of a tree and landing at the feet of a sexy neighbor is not the meet-cute of corporate attorney Meghan Maye’s dreams. He’s too handsome, too flirty, too fun and too young. She could ignore those flaws, if she were looking for a man, but she’s not. Meghan’s contemplating a career switch that sounds crazy even to her and will upset her ambitious parents. Plus, there’s bad blood between their families. Then he brings up the mysterious, heirloom cookbook—Southern Love Spells—and issues a challenge. And Meghan, even bruised and embarrassed, can’t let that go unanswered. Firefighter Jackson Roberts wasn’t looking for trouble when he wandered onto a recently deceased neighbor’s property. He knows he’s not supposed to be there, but he’s housesitting for his folks, and he’s looking for answers to questions his family’s afraid to ask. As a first responder, he can hardly call 911 and walk away, but taking care of Meghan until she’s back on her feet will open a Pandora’s box. But Jackson rarely plays it safe, and he’s convinced Meghan’s worth the risk.