Grumpy Little Christmas

<p>My country music career is going downhill fast and my very public breakup isn't helping. All I want is to hide away at a cozy ski lodge this Christmas avoid anything festive and figure out what to do with my life. Is that so much to ask?</p><p><br></p><p>Aksel Lund is a modern-day Viking who should be gracing magazine covers with his smoldery frown not running the Havenkirk Ski Lodge like a tyrant. Unbeknownst to me this map-dot town in Idaho doesn't have a spa or know how to be chill about Christmas. Aksel's eight-year-old daughter drags me to every single Snowmass celebration because I don't have the heart to tell her no. </p><p><br></p><p>Her grinch of a father though? He has no heart. When he's not criticizing my music or saving me from hurtling down the slopes or arguing with me over my excessive luggage-it's only five suitcases calm down-he's dodging my questions about why he's a single dad and who keeps calling about his debts.</p><p><br></p><p>I may be a celebrity- which basically makes me a scrooge in his eyes-but I know a thing or two about hard times. And it looks like Havenkirk will be sold to some rich developer the minute the tinsel comes down. If only Mr. Tall-Dark-and-Brooding would let me help save the lodge.</p><p><br></p><p>And if only Aksel didn't make my heart twist painfully in my chest and leave me panting whenever he turns that glower on me. If only I truly loved the season and could pull a Christmas miracle out of my guitar. </p><p><br></p><p>Turns out a miracle is what I need to get Aksel out of my heart too.</p>