Two people with different lives. One small-town Christmas. Can the thing they create together survive real choices? Or will they be left with only holiday memories?

Carson Everett is excellent at planning parties and swallowing panic-inducing emails from her perfectionist boss. But she's terrible at trusting her heart. Heading north for her sister's first Christmas as a single mom, she expects messy snow, play-filled mornings, and zero cell reception — not a rumpled-yet-riveting winery owner who saves her from disaster while smelling like maple and cinnamon.

Tom Wyatt bought Whispering Hills vineyard to escape the noise and chaos of the city. It was a great plan. Until she appears — bright, messy, exhausting, and brilliant. She brings people, laughter, and fun into his winery and his life, making him wonder if he can be someone who can hold onto that.

Asking her to stay risks everything: the peace he protects and the heartbreak he thought he'd dodged.

Between a last-minute paint-and-sip, steamy stolen moments, and a boss throwing the word 'fired' around in all caps, Carson must decide: go back to the safety of the life she knows, or stay and try the messier, riskier thing called love?