Twenty-Four Windows

Twenty-four windows. One December. One last light to switch on.

Margot Ellery left Juniper Hollow at eighteen with a scholarship, a broken snow globe and no intention of coming back. Ten years later, her six-foot gingerbread reindeer has face-planted onto a morning-show host on live TV, her Fifth Avenue career is over, and she's back in her childhood bedroom just in time for December.

Her mother has volunteered her to run the town's beloved living advent calendar: twenty-four shop windows, one opened every night until Christmas Eve. There's just one problem. Door twenty-four belongs to Hartley Glassworks, and Theo Hartley - the quiet, infuriating boy she blamed for ruining everything ten years ago - has said no.

With the calendar's future on the line and the whole town watching, Theo is the only one who can save it. And the more nights Margot spends beside his furnace, the harder it gets to remember why she ever left.

Perfect for fans of:
• Small-town Christmas magic and a town full of meddling neighbors
• Second chances and a misunderstanding ten years in the making
• Sunshine heroine, quiet grump with a soft heart
• Hot chocolate with a secret ingredient and one very judgmental cat
• A slow burn that turns steamy (open door)

A cozy, swoony standalone Christmas romance about second chances, glass that remembers your hands, and the light you save for yourself.