One Last Christmas

Why it got the middle seat:

• The original cover for this book was cute, but wasn't on genre (it didn't communicate that it was sweet romance)
• Some readers don't like that Ben has a different girlfriend at the beginning of the book. I don't understand this. As adults, we get into relationships and then realize they aren't right. So why can't our characters have a moment like this!? Again...I didn't fully understand genre when I wrote this one and it's more for the women's fiction crowd. lol!
• Also...it deals with the death of a loved one. Not something typically talked about in sweet romance.

Why this book could still be your favorite child:

• It's funny and so relatable. If you love the reuniting with a friend who you secretly always loved vibes plus cozy, small-town Christmas, this is your book
• It's the sweetest story about people coming together to celebrate the life of Ben's mom. She has a terminal illness, so they make it her best Christmas ever...and fall in love in the process. This will give you all the feels for the holidays!

Life story:

Getting stuck in Sugar Creek wasn’t on Bobbi’s Christmas list…

After a string of bad relationships and a canceled graduation trip, Bobbi gives up and heads home for Christmas. Despite the magnetic pull of holiday lights and hot cocoa in the square, she’s still solidly committed to landing her dream film internship in L.A. and putting any distractions decidedly in the slush pile.

Ben, a highly sought-after ski instructor—and Bobbi’s first kiss—is back in Sugar Creek for one reason and one reason only: to spend one last Christmas with his mom before she loses her battle with ALS.

When Bobbi runs into Ben at St. Ambrose ski resort, she fights valiantly to ignore the memories that bubble up inside her. She didn’t plan on biffing it in fresh powder on the hill next to him. And she definitely didn’t anticipate getting torturously snowed in with him and his girlfriend.

Despite her best efforts to stay far, far away from Ben McNeil, Sugar Creek seems to foil Bobbi’s plans at every turn. As the two one-time best friends help build a set for White Christmas and work to create one last magical Christmas for Ben’s mom, Bobbi can no longer ignore the attraction reigniting within her. She can’t help but wonder what might’ve been had Ben stayed in Sugar Creek all those years ago…

This cozy, festive read is a toasty blanket and steaming cup of cocoa in a book. Fans of Katherine Center, Debbie Macomber, and Nicola May will love this heartwarming, small-town holiday romance.