Tis the season for love in this small-town holiday romance where two former high school enemies are thrown together to run a Christmas tree auction.
Christmas used to be Ella Wilson's favorite time of year. Cocoa by the fire, Christmas lights covering every surface, and her momma's warm voice singing carols as they put the star on top of the tree. But that was then, when Christmas meant home, warmth, and family. When Christmas meant her mother was around. These days, as a successful art curator in her thirties, Ella is one step away from being a Scrooge, especially now that she has returned home for the holidays for the first time in years and finds herself face-to-face with her own ghost of Christmas past... her former crush-turned-nemesis, all grown up and still as handsome as ever...
Seth Hamil is happy with his life. Or at least that's what he keeps trying to tell people. A widower and local art teacher, he loves his community, the small town he grew up in, even if everyone from his family to his church to the school where he teaches is determined to meddle in his life. When his high school crush comes back into town, Seth finds himself swept up in the magic of the season. As he and Ella work together on the church's Christmas tree auction, Seth is determined to help Ella rediscover the joy and love of Christmas-and maybe help her break her Christmas jinx.
