Mistletoe in the Maritimes

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A socially anxious writer hiding out in a tiny Nova Scotia town.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A sunshiney handyman spreading Christmas cheer to his town-sized found family.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>One snowstorm a cozy B&B a harbour full of lights and a love that finally feels like home.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A low-angst grumpy/sunshine MM Christmas romance with snowed-in forced proximity quirky small-town charm and a heart-warming found family.</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sometimes the best love stories come from sheltering in unexpected harbours.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Evander Winslow isn't here for Christmas cheer. He's here to escape. A socially anxious big-city writer from Toronto he books a quiet room at Whispering Pines a seaside bed-and-breakfast in the small town of Mintlaw Nova Scotia. His only plan? Disappear into his notebooks and finish his historical novel. Romance? Not a chance.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ryan MacNeil the B&B's sunshiney cook/handyman is still lonely under the life he's built surrounded by the found family he holds dear. He's got a schedule full of holiday events a kitchen that smells like Fat Archies cookies and a knack for nudging even the shyest guest into joining the fun. When Ryan feels drawn to the handsome new guest he tells himself that he's just trying to spread holiday cheer to someone who needs it. That's all right? It'd be foolish to develop feelings for a visitor with baggage.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A warm community welcome and Ryan's charm start to thaw Evander's guarded heart. Mintlaw has a way of pulling people in. When a nor'easter hits they are snowed-in together for movie marathons game nights and a shared obsession with maritime history. After the storm lifts Mintlaw's twinkling boardwalks and a harbour glowing with Christmas lights quietly suggest how good forever could be.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Evander must decide whether he's ready to let go of the past and embrace a love he never saw coming. Will Evander have the courage to choose the home he's found here anchored in Mintlaw and in Ryan?</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A cozy clean low-angst MM Christmas romance featuring grumpy/sunshine social-anxiety rep snowed-in forced proximity found family a quirky Canadian small town no third-act breakup and a guaranteed happily ever after.</strong></p>