A mistaken identity. A desperate lie. A Christmas that changes everything.Gabriel Winters has everything - a successful company, a corner office, a life meticulously controlled. What he doesn't have is time for love, and certainly not the emotional availability his worried mother keeps pestering him about.So when she asks if he's bringing someone to Christmas, he does what any reasonable man would do: he lies.Zoe Carter wasn't supposed to be part of the plan. A case of mistaken identity at a coffee shop - she's not the professional companion Gabriel was expecting. But when she agrees to play along, something shifts. Between stolen glances and genuine conversations, the line between pretending and reality blurs.As Gabriel's careful walls crumble and Zoe finds herself falling harder than she ever thought possible, the lie becomes impossible to maintain. Now, trapped in a Montana snowstorm with a family desperate for answers, Gabriel and Zoe must decide: Is what...

Naomi Armstrong needs an escape. She doesn't need a campaign.After a career in the city nearly broke her, Naomi retreats to a quiet Vermont estate, far from deadlines, demanding clients, and the ambitious life that almost swallowed her whole. She came to the rolling hills to rebuild herself, piece by quiet piece. The last thing she wants is another complication, especially one that comes with a spotlight.But then she meets Wyatt Stark.Wyatt is charming, grounded, and quietly magnetic, the kind of man who makes her feel truly seen for the first time. He helps her breathe again, showing her a future beyond burnout and pressure. Falling for him is easy. Falling for a man running to become the next Governor of Vermont? That's terrifying.As Wyatt's campaign surges, so does the scrutiny on Naomi. Their private, healing romance becomes public fodder, and the press begins to ask: Is she the right fit for a future governor's wife? The question she's been...