The Evergreen Inn Christmas Collection Series by Noelle Marcelline

A crumbling Victorian inn. A thirty day deadline. And the one man who makes her question everything.Emma Winters left Pine Haven fourteen years ago and never looked back. Now a successful Denver lawyer, she returns only to settle her grandmother's estate and sell the dilapidated Evergreen Inn to developers. But her grandmother's will contains a Emma must stay for thirty consecutive days, actively restore the inn, and host the legendary Christmas Eve party, or lose everything... moreA crumbling Victorian inn. A thirty day deadline. And the one man who makes her question everything.Emma Winters left Pine Haven fourteen years ago and never looked back. Now a successful Denver lawyer, she returns only to settle her grandmother's estate and sell the dilapidated Evergreen Inn to developers. But her grandmother's will contains a Emma must stay for thirty consecutive days, actively restore the inn, and host the legendary Christmas Eve party, or lose everything.With the building literally falling apart and only three weeks until Christmas, Emma has no choice but to accept help from Jack Sullivan, the local contractor who's been maintaining the property. Jack loved Miss Lillian like family and he's not about to let Emma destroy her legacy. He agrees to help with one Emma has to actually work, not just write checks from her corporate world.Working side by side proves challenging when sparks fly between the buttoned up lawyer and the steady, small town contractor. Emma discovers that the grandmother she thought she knew had touched countless lives, that the town she couldn't wait to escape feels more like home than her sterile Denver apartment, and that Jack Sullivan is far more than she ever noticed in high school.As the inn slowly transforms and the community rallies to help, Emma must decide what she truly wants. Her high powered career and the partnership she's worked years to achieve? Or a new life in Pine Haven with a man who sees her for who she really is, not just what she's accomplished?When her old firm makes an offer she can't refuse and Jack's own wounds from being left behind resurface, Emma faces the hardest choice of her life. Will she run back to the safety of her old life, or will she take a chance on the messy, beautiful, terrifying possibility of home?The Christmas Inheritance is a sweet, clean small town romance Second chance at love and life, forced proximity romance, enemies to lovers tension, a crumbling Victorian mansion with character, a tight knit mountain community, swoon worthy kisses that close the bedroom door, found family themes, a matchmaking grandmother's final wish, no explicit content or profanity, and a guaranteed happily ever after.Perfect for fans who believes in the magic of small towns, the power of community, and love stories that warm your heart. Grab your hot cocoa, curl up by the fire, and discover why readers are calling this "the perfect comfort read" and "everything a Christmas romance should be."Start the Evergreen Inn Christmas Collection today and fall in love with Pine Haven, where coming home is just the beginning. less

He came to Pine Haven to hide from the world. She came to light it up. Sharing a tower room for six weeks might just destroy them... or heal them both.Maggie Chen has built a successful career as a travel blogger by never staying anywhere long enough to get attached. When her best friend asks her to facilitate a writing retreat at the newly restored Evergreen Inn, Maggie agrees to two weeks in Pine Haven, Colorado. Just two weeks. Then she'll be off to Bali, back to her perfectly nomadic life... moreHe came to Pine Haven to hide from the world. She came to light it up. Sharing a tower room for six weeks might just destroy them... or heal them both.Maggie Chen has built a successful career as a travel blogger by never staying anywhere long enough to get attached. When her best friend asks her to facilitate a writing retreat at the newly restored Evergreen Inn, Maggie agrees to two weeks in Pine Haven, Colorado. Just two weeks. Then she'll be off to Bali, back to her perfectly nomadic life.But there's a problem. The tower room where she's supposed to stay is already occupied by a reclusive thriller writer who specifically requested complete isolation. And he's not happy about sharing his space with a chatty, camera-wielding social media influencer.Owen Fletcher came to Pine Haven for one to finish the book that's already eight weeks overdue. After his ex-wife plagiarized his work and destroyed his career, Owen has severe writer's block and a publisher threatening to drop him. He needs silence, solitude, and zero distractions.Enter Maggie Chen, a human tornado of energy, ring lights, and relentless optimism. She's everything Owen doesn't want in his carefully controlled world. Unfortunately, they're stuck sharing the tower room, complete with a literal tape line down the middle and a roommate agreement that would make lawyers weep.As they navigate their forced proximity arrangement, cracks appear in both their armor. Maggie realizes that beneath Owen's grumpy exterior is a wounded man who's forgotten why he fell in love with writing. Owen discovers that Maggie's constant movement isn't wanderlust but fear, a woman running from commitment after watching her parents destroy each other in the name of love.When Owen asks Maggie to be his local guide for content creation, their professional collaboration becomes something more. Stolen moments turn into stolen kisses. Late night conversations reveal hidden depths. And suddenly, two people who've spent years protecting their hearts are falling impossibly, terrifyingly in love.But Owen's toxic ex returns with threats that could destroy his career again. Maggie receives her dream job offer in New York. And both must do they retreat to the safety of their old lives, or do they risk everything for a love neither was looking for?The Christmas Guest is a heartwarming clean romance about second chances, learning to trust, and discovering that home isn't a place you're tied to but a person you choose. Perfect for readers who love grumpy sunshine pairings, forced proximity that sparks into more, and emotional depth that will make you believe in love again. Enemies to lovers tension, only one bed situation, sharing space that leads to sharing hearts, a hero learning to trust after betrayal, a heroine learning to stay instead of run, creative partnership that becomes romantic partnership, small town charm, found family themes, and a guaranteed happily ever after that proves the best stories are written together.No explicit content. No profanity beyond mild expressions. Just pure emotional romance, witty banter, and the kind of love that makes you believe in second chances. less

She owns the heart of Pine Haven. He's citing her for code violations that could shut it down forever. Now they have ninety days to save her café and figure out if love is worth the risk.Ruby Martinez has poured her heart into Ruby's Café, the beloved gathering place her grandparents opened seventy years ago. She gave up culinary school to care for her sick grandmother, sacrificed her dreams to keep the family legacy alive, and now runs the café alone while barely breaking even... moreShe owns the heart of Pine Haven. He's citing her for code violations that could shut it down forever. Now they have ninety days to save her café and figure out if love is worth the risk.Ruby Martinez has poured her heart into Ruby's Café, the beloved gathering place her grandparents opened seventy years ago. She gave up culinary school to care for her sick grandmother, sacrificed her dreams to keep the family legacy alive, and now runs the café alone while barely breaking even. It's all she has left of the grandmother she loved and the future she abandoned.Then Cole Harrison walks through her door with a clipboard, a tablet, and the worst news possible.Building inspector. Annual safety inspection. Critical violations everywhere.The wiring is outdated. The plumbing is corroded. The foundation has cracks. Ruby has ninety days to fix everything or lose the café forever. The estimated cost? Seventy-five thousand dollars she absolutely doesn't have.Cole Harrison knows he's the most hated man in Pine Haven right now. But he also knows that outdated wiring kills people. He lost his parents to a preventable house fire when he was sixteen, and he's spent every day since enforcing the building codes that exist to keep tragedies from happening. He can't bend the rules, can't show flexibility, can't let his growing attraction to the passionate café owner compromise safety.Even when Ruby Martinez looks at him like he's destroying her world. Because he kind of is.When Cole offers to help with repairs in exchange for meals, Ruby's too desperate to refuse. Working together daily, they discover that the impossible building inspector has a tragic past that drives his rigidity. That the stubborn café owner sacrificed everything for family and forgot to dream for herself. That arguing can turn to understanding, and understanding can turn to something that feels dangerously like love.But just as they're finding their rhythm, Ruby receives an offer she can't her dream teaching position at San Francisco's most prestigious culinary school. Everything she gave up at eighteen, offered to her now at twenty-eight. And Cole's ready to let her go, convinced she deserves the opportunities he can't provide.Then the county shuts down all renovation work due to decades-old permit issues. Ruby's ninety-day deadline is still ticking, but now she can't even make repairs. The café will close. Her grandmother's legacy will be lost. And the teaching job in San Francisco suddenly looks like the only rational choice.Unless Cole can learn that sometimes love means bending the rules. And Ruby can realize that the dreams that matter most aren't always the ones you planned.The Christmas Café is a heartwarming enemies to lovers romance about second chances, healing from loss, and discovering that home isn't a place you're trapped but a choice you make. Perfect for readers who love forced proximity that sparks into passion, grumpy heroes with tragic pasts, and small-town settings where community saves the day. less

She left without explaining why. He waited eight years. This Christmas, thirty days could heal everything or destroy them both.Holly Sullivan hasn't been home to Pine Haven in eight years. Not since she joined the Army two months after her parents' funeral. Not since she broke up with Danny Brooks via letter and never looked back. She's a combat medic now, good at saving lives, terrible at living her own.Then her commanding officer orders her home. Thirty days leave before her next deployment... moreShe left without explaining why. He waited eight years. This Christmas, thirty days could heal everything or destroy them both.Holly Sullivan hasn't been home to Pine Haven in eight years. Not since she joined the Army two months after her parents' funeral. Not since she broke up with Danny Brooks via letter and never looked back. She's a combat medic now, good at saving lives, terrible at living her own.Then her commanding officer orders her home. Thirty days leave before her next deployment. A deployment with a fifty percent casualty rate that Holly volunteered for because dying in combat feels easier than dealing with the PTSD that's slowly destroying her.She doesn't plan to see Danny. Doesn't plan to stay longer than a few days. Definitely doesn't plan to face everything she's been running from for eight years.But Pine Haven is a small town. And Danny Brooks is impossible to avoid.He's a high school history teacher now. Beloved by his students, settled in the life Holly abandoned, and he's spent eight years trying to understand why the girl he loved disappeared. He volunteers at the veterans center, learning about PTSD and military service, hoping to understand the war she's been fighting.One look at Holly and Danny knows two he never stopped loving her, and she's barely holding herself together.Thirty days. That's all they have. Thirty days before Holly deploys to almost certain death. Thirty days to figure out if eight years of hurt can be healed. Thirty days to discover if the girl who ran can learn to stay.But Holly's nightmares are getting worse. The panic attacks are more frequent. And when she nearly hurts Danny during a PTSD episode, she's ready to run again. Ready to deploy, to disappear, to die halfway around the world rather than risk staying and failing.Danny can't watch her self-destruct. Can't spend six months wondering if each day brings news of her death. He loves her, but he can't save someone who won't fight to save herself.Holly has a submit for medical evaluation and stay in Pine Haven to heal, or deploy to a war zone she probably won't survive. It should be simple. But nothing about coming home is simple when home means facing your trauma, accepting help, and believing you're worth saving.Christmas Comes Home is an emotional second chance romance about healing from PTSD, learning that staying is braver than running, and discovering that home isn't a place but the person who loves you through the darkness. Perfect for readers who love military heroines, patient heroes, and the journey from broken to whole. less

He's running from guilt that won't let him rest. She's hiding from a past that won't let her go. This Christmas, a snowstorm will trap them together and force them both to stop running long enough to heal.Dr. Benjamin Cooper moved to Pine Haven six months ago hoping a small town could cure the grief that's slowly killing him. It hasn't. His wife Rachel died of cancer two years ago while he was at a medical conference, and he's been punishing himself ever since. Eighty-hour weeks. No friends... moreHe's running from guilt that won't let him rest. She's hiding from a past that won't let her go. This Christmas, a snowstorm will trap them together and force them both to stop running long enough to heal.Dr. Benjamin Cooper moved to Pine Haven six months ago hoping a small town could cure the grief that's slowly killing him. It hasn't. His wife Rachel died of cancer two years ago while he was at a medical conference, and he's been punishing himself ever since. Eighty-hour weeks. No friends. No life. Just work and guilt and the crushing weight of believing he killed her by not being there.Then Natalie Brooks walks into his overwhelmed clinic during a medical emergency and saves two lives with the kind of competence that comes from training. She claims she's just the concierge at the Evergreen Inn. But Ben recognizes medical knowledge when he sees it. He also recognizes someone running from something.He offers her a job. She should refuse. Visibility means danger. But Natalie hasn't used her pre-med training in a decade, not since her ex-husband Marcus destroyed her dreams along with her bones. She's been hiding for two years under a false name, always watching for the man who nearly killed her. Working at the clinic means being seen. Being seen means being found.But Ben is drowning. And Natalie can't watch someone drown without helping.They work well together. Two broken people who understand self-punishment, hypervigilance, and the exhaustion of just surviving. Ben doesn't ask why Natalie flinches at sudden movements or why she wears long sleeves year-round. Natalie doesn't ask why Ben works himself to death or keeps his dead wife's photo in a drawer instead of displayed.They have an unspoken don't dig, don't fix, just exist in shared brokenness.Then a private investigator walks into the clinic looking for a woman matching Natalie's description. Her abusive ex-husband has hired professionals to find her. Marcus is coming. And when he arrives with lawyers, money, and the kind of obsessive control that almost killed her once, Natalie has to run again or stand her ground with a community that barely knows her.Ben can't let her face this alone. Not when she's the first person since Rachel who's made him want to actually live instead of just exist. Not when he's finally found someone who understands that guilt and grief aren't things you get over, just things you learn to carry.But Marcus is dangerous. And on Christmas Eve, when he shows up at the town celebration with a gun and ultimatums, Natalie will have to decide if she's brave enough to stop running. If Ben is brave enough to risk his heart again. If a small town's protection is enough against a man who believes he owns her.The Christmas Doctor is an emotionally powerful romance about healing from abuse and grief, learning that surviving isn't the same as living, and discovering that home isn't a place but the people brave enough to stand with you in the darkness. Widower hero working through grief and guilt, heroine escaping domestic violence, forced proximity during snowstorm, both in therapy, working together at medical clinic, grumpy/grumpy (both closed off), small town protection, villain confrontation on Christmas Eve, restraining order violations, found family, realistic trauma portrayal, slow burn emotional connection, and guaranteed HEA proving that broken people can heal together.Sensitive Contains references to past domestic violence (not shown on page), PTSD, grief, and a confrontation involving a weapon. Trauma is handled with care and realism. All abuse occurs off-page in character's past. less