Sienna Carr

Single mom Leah Shriver is doing her best. But raising a teen boy who grunts and barely speaks doesn't help, especially when she's trying to deal with her health. Her dreams of meeting Mr. Wonderful have been kicked to the curb, not that they amounted to much anyway. She's stood by and watched everyone around her fall in love. It doesn't matter now. Finding that elusive soulmate isn't important, not when she has more serious matters to contend with. Brody Holt is a good guy, even if at first glance he doesn't look like one. The six-foot two inch brick wall of muscle is a workman; a handyman who fixes things. A man who's recently been dealt a blow. He's not bothered about being single, though women desperately try to catch his eye. Attracting attention when he doesn't seek it is a hazard he's grown used to; women seem to like a strapping man with a toolbelt around his waist. But then he meets a woman who isn't trying to catch his eye. A woman who wants to be left alone. A woman who is alone, in the one place she shouldn't be. And he finds himself in the peculiar position of having to catch her eye. A CHRISTMAS WISH is the ninth book in the Starling Bay series. It is a STANDALONE romance and can be read without having to read the earlier books. Leah Shriver's world has been turned upside down and, much to Hyacinth's dismay, plans for the annual Christmas pageant are in jeopardy. Merry and Dylan are having their baby, so Dylan can't help either. All is lost. Or is it?

She's the city girl from Boston. He's the gift shop owner from the bay. Their worlds were never meant to collide. Dylan Fraser is an artist, a dreamer, and a failed actor. He runs a gift store on the edges of Starling Bay, a small coastal town where nothing much happens. Merry Nicholls hates Christmas. The festive season is full of bad memories, especially this year which marks the five-year passing of her husband's death. Falling ill due to stress, and at her mother's insistence, Merry reluctantly visits Starling Bay. She's supposed to recuperate, but with her surly daughter and her Great Dane in tow, not to mention the town's busy body on her back, recuperation might not be possible. And when her dog crashes into a gift shop, breaking a collection of handmade Christmas coffee mugs, all chances of an easy recovery period go out of the window. Neither Dylan nor Merry are looking for love, but maybe it's time for them to let go and give in. Because when the timing is right, and the feeling is ripe, taking a risk with their hearts could give them a second chance at love. Winter's Kiss is a STANDALONE sweet romance, with a HEA.