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Escaping a life of controlling parents, a demeaning boyfriend, and lackluster career, an unexpected gift gives Bella the opportunity to move to California and launch a business of her own.  

She finally has it all: a beautiful apartment near the beach, her dream job, and Jack, the newly available yet complicated business owner next door.  Jack is everything her parents warned her about. Is that what makes him so intriguing? 

Things are finally looking up when she learns her business is in jeopardy.  

Will passion, grit and determination be enough to save her happily ever after? 

This contemporary romance will take you on a journey of friendship, love, heartache, and triumph. 

Welcome to Winchester, a small town in upstate New York where something special is in the air. You see, its Christmastime, the time of gingerbread and holly. A time where anything is possible — especially love — but that doesn’t appear to be the plan for Stephanie. Much to her mother May’s disappointment, Stephanie is a wedding planner who seems to be “always the planner and never the bride.” 

She came close to love once, but it just wasn’t in the cards for her, leaving her with unresolved feelings of hurt and abandonment. Everything changed when she planned the Chambers wedding. She finally got her big break and it turned her life upside down, putting her in the position of getting things done in a “better late than never” fashion the entire Christmas season. 

She ends up falling head over heels in love with a man who is not available — yes, it’s a customer but no, it’s not the groom. She knows it’s a bad idea, but as a hopeless romantic, what do you do when the heart wants what it wants. Will she jump in with both feet and finally find her happily ever after, or will she be once again left heartbroken?     

Anxious, comic book-loving Emma Foster doesn’t think she has what it takes to save herself, let alone the company to which she’s dedicated the last five years of her life. Determined to save the business from being sold and preserve the memory of her mentor she attempts to purchase Manifest Marketing but falls short of funds. 

With a manipulative manager, enchanting co-worker, overwhelming stress, and nowhere else to turn, she strikes a deal with a man of questionable integrity. Emma needs a miracle, and a gift from a stranger gives exactly that. A necklace that promises luck and courage, but can it give her what she needs? Faith in herself.

Set in Las Vegas, Nevada, this contemporary women’s fiction novel is about family, friendship, and a dash of romance.