His Brat, His Christmas: A Spicy Standalone Holiday Romance

Snow falling outside. Tension rising inside. Control was never the plan.


Delaney did not come back to Mapleby Harbor to fall in love.

She came back to hide. From her past. From her body. From the life she was building before everything shattered. Her world is smaller now, quieter, shaped by routines, careful distances, and the stubborn need to stay in control. Love feels like a risk she cannot afford. Desire feels even more dangerous.

Asher never planned on staying either.

He only returns after his mother’s death leaves him with debt, grief, and a house full of ghosts. He keeps his head down, his walls high, and his hands busy. Especially when he takes a short-term job helping care for a woman who wants nothing to do with him. Especially when that woman is Delaney.

Forced proximity blurs lines fast in a small town that notices everything. And when winter settles over Mapleby Harbor, it traps them together in quiet mornings, shared spaces, and moments that linger far too long. What starts as guarded necessity turns into charged silences, lingering looks, and a pull that tightens every time Asher helps Delaney more than he should. He sees her exactly as she is, not fragile, not broken, but fierce enough to undo him. And Delaney finds herself craving something she swore she would never want again.

This is a spicy romance to binge this holiday, filled with aching tenderness, slow-burning tension, and intimacy that heals as much as it burns. A protective grumpy sunshine romance where control slips, hands linger, and restraint becomes its own kind of temptation. A cozy holiday opposites attract romance about choosing to stay, choosing to trust, and choosing each other when it would be easier to run.

If you love emotional slow burns, small-town winter magic, and romances that leave a mark long after the last page, this story is waiting for you.

Buy now and fall into Mapleby Harbor this holiday