Wynter & Wildfire (Dirty South #5)

An Ashford Holiday Romance

When event planner Wynter Ellis drives into the Shadow Pine Mountains to rescue a snow-bound corporate retreat, she’s expecting chaos—just not the six-foot-three kind who answers the door.

Gabe Walker, a firefighter on extended leave, traded sirens for silence after the night a Christmas blaze stole everything he loved. Now his only rule is no holidays, no attachments, no exceptions.
What starts as forced proximity turns into late-night confessions, borrowed flannels, and one kiss that burns hotter than the fire he fears most.

But when the snow melts and reality returns, guilt and grief threaten to douse what they’ve built. To claim the future waiting in the ashes, Gabe will have to face the night he’s been running from—and the woman who refuses to let him burn alone.
A slow-burn, high-heat Christmas romance about second chances, healing, and the kind of love that rises from the flames.