<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>In the quaint coastal town of Chances Inlet Christmas is a time for rekindling lost connections . . .</em></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Elinor Elle McAlister is on the brink of a big-time promotion that will finally put her on equal footing with her overachieving siblings. The catch? She has to babysit a notoriously prickly war reporter who's late delivering his memoir. As if that weren't enough her editor banishes them both to Elle's hometown on the Carolina coast to get the job done. Spending the holidays in Chances Inlet might have been fine-if only she hadn't wrecked the most important relationship in her life during her visit last Christmas.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Deputy Sheriff Hayden Lovell has known Elle was his person ever since she swiped his purple crayon back in kindergarten. Through every twist and setback her steady friendship has been his anchor especially after he returned from combat with wounds that run deep. But everything changed last New Year's Eve when Elle surprised him with a kiss stirring feelings he didn't realize he had. Now that she's back in town and keeping her distance Hayden wonders if that moment meant as much to her as it did to him.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Chances Inlet has a knack for bringing people together. </span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>With Christmas around the corner can Elle and Hayden rewrite their story before the holiday spirit fades? Join them in a heartwarming tale of love friendship and the magic of second chances in a town that knows how to celebrate Christmas like no other.</span></p><p></p><p></p>