Rumor Has It: In Christmas Falls — Melinda Curtis

Twelve unlucky years ago, rumors flew about Lexi and Kevin. And now? Well, not much has changed, except this time neither can run away. Not from Christmas Mountain. And maybe . . . not from each other.

As a political strategist at Dunlop Bennet & Associates, Lexi Townsend's career is going nowhere. She's a cubical dweller writing speeches for freshmen senators in DC. But if she can hitch her career wagon to a rising political star, she'll be on her way to a corner office in no time. When she's offered a plum holiday assignmentâ€"an ideal candidate with deep pockets, someone who could make the leap from local to national politicsâ€"she starts to dream about that corner office.

Until she realizes her candidate is Kevin O'Malley, aka Kevin the Hottie, Kevin the Snob, Kevin the Liar, the same guy who shattered her high school reputation back home in Christmas Mountain with a rumor. Assignment in hand, Lexi braces herself for the most difficult political race of her career--because this time it's personal.