He came home to heal. He didn't expect to become the hero they all needed.

When Marine Gabe Bennett steps back into the Christmas Inn, it's supposed to be a quiet holiday on the sidelines. But one unexpected homecoming sets off a season of reckoning-and redemption. With his daughter Trinity growing up fast, and his mother still recovering from heartbreak, Gabe is desperate to make up for lost time.

Jane Christmas has survived devastating loss-but she's not living. Until Trinity's friendship with Madison Turner brings Jane face-to-face with her past...and with Madison's mother, Isabella, Jane's once-rival and now a struggling single mom with secrets of her own.

When Isabella and Gabe's lifelong best friend, Christopher, collide in the inn's kitchen, it's all sparks and sarcasm-until a dangerous twist turns one holiday romance into a life-saving mission.

This Christmas, the lights shine brighter-but so do the shadows.

If you crave small-town romance with heart, healing, high stakes, and holiday magic-buy now and come back to the Christmas Inn, where second chances aren't just possible... they're the point.