When travel writer Harper Jean returns to her snowy hometown for the holidays, she's only planning to stay long enough to fake a little cheer, drink her mom's famous cinnamon tea, and escape before the ghosts of her past catch up. But fate—or maybe just a perfectly inconvenient snowstorm—has other plans.

Trapped in a cozy cabin with Beck Lane, her ex's cousin and the boy who once watched her from the edges of every room, Harper finds herself face-to-face with the kind of man who doesn't just flirt—he sees. Beck has grown into someone confident, magnetic, and heartbreakingly honest. And he's been waiting for a chance to prove he's not just a memory in her rearview mirror.

What starts as teasing turns into late-night confessions, firelight kisses, and a chemistry neither of them can keep pretending doesn't exist. But Harper's built her life on leaving, not staying—and Beck isn't asking her to change. He's just daring her to choose.

One December. One snowbound connection. One impossible decision.

Will Harper finally stop running long enough to see where she truly belongs?