A Mistletoe Moment Next Door

Paige isn’t feeling the holiday spirit. For the first time, her daughter isn’t coming home for the holidays, and decorating seems kind of pointless. It doesn’t help that Paige’s fortieth birthday is a few days before Christmas and she’s celebrating alone, wondering what comes next in her life. After becoming a single mom as a teenager, focusing on her daughter is all she’s known.

When her neighbor’s all grown up son takes over the house next door, she’s surprised he remembers her. He tells her that she deserves something bright and cheerful for the holidays, but she never could have imagined that he meant himself.

Simon not only remembers the older woman next door, he’s always wanted to help erase that sad look in her eyes. After heat flares between them, he admits that he craves more than one amazingly hot night and asks her out on a date.

Paige is torn. They live in a small town, and the age gap wouldn’t go unnoticed among the nosy neighbors. Besides, her daughter once had a crush on Simon, and their relationship is already strained.

When she runs into Simon again at a neighborhood party, will a moment under the mistletoe allow her to reach for what she really wants?

Featuring underappreciated women receiving help from male neighbors who are gentle caregivers, The Neighborly Repairs series contains standalone short reads with steam.

This story was previously published in the Cinnamon & Spice Anthology as “Fix My Lights”.