Wishes & Woodsmoke Series by Eleanor Flynn

She planned for every detail of her perfect life — except for him. When Boston event planner Margot Hale arrives in the snow-buried town of Prescott, she has three save a failing Christmas Festival as a favor to her aunt, fill her suspiciously empty December, and absolutely do not think about the wedding binder sitting untouched in her apartment... moreShe planned for every detail of her perfect life — except for him. When Boston event planner Margot Hale arrives in the snow-buried town of Prescott, she has three save a failing Christmas Festival as a favor to her aunt, fill her suspiciously empty December, and absolutely do not think about the wedding binder sitting untouched in her apartment. What she doesn't plan for is being forced to co-chair the festival with Ben Braggs — a quiet, steady widower who builds furniture with his hands and has no interest in her spreadsheets, her corporate sponsors, or her very sensible feelings about "optimizing" a small-town tradition. He wants to keep it simple. She wants to scale it up. He moves at the pace of hand-planed cherry wood. She moves at the pace of a headset and a clipboard. And somehow, between a catastrophic gingerbread house competition, a blizzard that refuses to cooperate, and an ancient oak tree in the town square that has a peculiar habit of granting exactly the wish you didn't know you needed — they start to build something neither of them was prepared for. The Festival Fix is a warm, witty holiday romance about two people who were very good at staying safe — and what happens when a small town refuses to let them. This sweet, clean Christmas romcom Forced partnership to lovers where co-chairs can't agree on anythingOpposites attract between a city perfectionist and small-town woodworkerWounded hearts healing through a broken engagement and quiet griefCozy small-town Christmas setting with snow, a diner, and nosy localsMagical realism featuring an ancient Wish Tree that knows better. Book 1 in the "Wishes & Woodsmoke" Christmas Romcom series. less

She came to buy his farm. She didn't plan on falling for the man who refused to sell it. Harper Vance doesn't lose. As a ruthless, partner-track corporate lawyer from Chicago, she's spent six years closing deals, outmaneuvering opponents, and keeping her emotions well out of the conference room. So when her senior partner hands her one last assignment — quietly acquiring a struggling Christmas tree farm in rural Vermont — she fully expects to be in and out before the snow sticks to her boots... moreShe came to buy his farm. She didn't plan on falling for the man who refused to sell it. Harper Vance doesn't lose. As a ruthless, partner-track corporate lawyer from Chicago, she's spent six years closing deals, outmaneuvering opponents, and keeping her emotions well out of the conference room. So when her senior partner hands her one last assignment — quietly acquiring a struggling Christmas tree farm in rural Vermont — she fully expects to be in and out before the snow sticks to her boots. What she doesn't expect is to run her rental car into a ditch in a blizzard. Or to be stranded at Garland's Grove — the very farm she's been sent to dismantle — without a soul knowing who she really is. Caleb Garland is a widowed single father holding the world together with stubbornness and sheer will. He has a seven-year-old daughter who speaks exclusively in astrophysics, a barn full of elk-damaged Christmas trees that were supposed to save his farm, and absolutely no interest in selling the land his late wife planted her heart in. He definitely doesn't have time to fall for the sharp-tongued city woman who crashed into his life and somehow talked him into a guerrilla marketing scheme to sell "imperfect" Christmas trees. But when Harper's client issues the order she can't ignore, she'll have to choose between the partnership she's sacrificed everything for and the family that somehow started to feel like home. The Wishes & Woodsmoke series returns with a slow-burn holiday romance about what happens when the woman who fixes everything finally finds something she can't bear to let go. This sweet, clean Christmas romcom includes:Hidden identity as a lawyer secretly plots to buy his farmForced proximity when a blizzard strands her at his farmhouseSingle dad romance with a devoted father and precocious daughterOpposites attract between a ruthless city lawyer and stubborn farmerGrand sacrifice when she risks everything to protect his familyBook 2 in the "Wishes & Woodsmoke" Christmas Romcom series. less

She inherited a cottage she doesn't want, in a town she can't leave, from a grandmother she never knew. Gemma Brewster has spent her adult life perfecting the art of not staying. As a nomadic travel writer, she's traded roots for runways, permanence for passport stamps, and intimacy for the clean, uncomplicated freedom of moving on before anyone can ask her to stay... moreShe inherited a cottage she doesn't want, in a town she can't leave, from a grandmother she never knew. Gemma Brewster has spent her adult life perfecting the art of not staying. As a nomadic travel writer, she's traded roots for runways, permanence for passport stamps, and intimacy for the clean, uncomplicated freedom of moving on before anyone can ask her to stay. So when she inherits a crumbling cottage in Prescott, Vermont from an estranged grandmother she barely knew, the plan is simple: liquidate, walk away, and never look back. What she doesn't plan for is Nate Braggs. Nate is the town postmaster, the guy who shows up before he's asked, fixes things before they break, and has quietly made himself indispensable to every person in Prescott — because if he's useful enough, maybe no one will ever leave. He has no business spending his evenings repairing burst pipes and sticky hinges in the cottage of a woman who has already announced, with impressive clarity, that she is not his friend, she is not staying, and he should absolutely send her an invoice. But somewhere between late-night mail sorting and the discovery of thirty years' worth of unsent letters hidden inside the cottage walls, Gemma starts to wonder if the grandmother she never knew left her something more than a drafty house. And Nate starts to wonder if the woman he's been quietly falling for might actually be brave enough to stay. The Wishes & Woodsmoke series closes with its most emotional chapter yet — a tender, funny holiday romance about the terrifying courage it takes to stop running and finally call somewhere home. This sweet, clean Christmas romcom includes:Reluctant homecoming when a nomad inherits her grandmother's cottageSlow burn romance with walls firmly up on both sidesWounded souls healing through fear of abandonment and running awayCozy small-town charm with beloved returning characters from the seriesFamily mystery uncovered through thirty years of hidden, unsent letters. Book 3 in the "Wishes & Woodsmoke" Christmas Romcom series. less