Peppermint Stick

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After a Thanksgiving PR disaster went viral I'm back in Snowberry Falls Vermont running the town's Christmas festival-and praying it saves my career.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Then my ex shows up-parading his influencer fiancée-and I need a win. Fast.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Enter Penn Radford: Boston Bucks enforcer tabloid magnet and currently stranded without a room at the fully booked inn. I know his type. Loud flashy allergic to shirts...and the guy who punched mall Santa.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My solution? Team up. Fake a holiday romance. Nail the festival. Fix his image. Easy.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But the mistletoe buzzer won't quit and those pretend kisses? They feel way too real. And when my past comes back swinging I have to figure out if Penn is the real deal...or just another mistake wrapped in peppermint sheets.</span></p><p></p>