An innocent big city girl who’s forgotten the meaning of Christmas. A lonely mountain man too stubborn to fall in love. She asks him to be her fake boyfriend for the holidays. Before long, he’s ready to unwrap her under the mistletoe. It’s my first time home for the holidays in years, and I have enough on my plate with my mother nagging me to find a boyfriend. The last thing I need is a car accident just before Christmas... moreAn innocent big city girl who’s forgotten the meaning of Christmas. A lonely mountain man too stubborn to fall in love. She asks him to be her fake boyfriend for the holidays. Before long, he’s ready to unwrap her under the mistletoe. It’s my first time home for the holidays in years, and I have enough on my plate with my mother nagging me to find a boyfriend. The last thing I need is a car accident just before Christmas. But imagine my surprise when the other driver, Alex, turns out to be a rough and rugged mountain man who’s secretly hiding a heart of gold underneath that chiseled body.He's way older than me, but there’s something in the way Alex stares at my curves that makes my heart skip a beat. Before I know it, I’m inviting him to be my fake boyfriend at Christmas dinner. It’s crazy, but what’s even crazier is that he says yes.I tell myself that it's just to keep my mom off my back. It’s not like I have time to fall in love anyway, I barely have time to keep up with my big city career. But I can’t keep denying that there’s something steamy between us.If I’m not careful, this fake date may turn into a real-life Christmas romance.Christmas Dinner with the Mountain Man is a short, sweet, and very steamy holiday small town instalove romance. Noelle and Alex’s HEA is guaranteed, with no cheating or cliffhangers. It can be read either as a standalone or together with the entire Blackrock Ridge Christmas series. less