Sleigh Bells and Rings — Dahlia Rose

Dave Scott had been run through the ringer. His last tour in Afghanistan in the bomb removal unit had left him raw and bare, especially losing one of his friends to an IED. He didn't want to think about Christmas or friends and couldn't go to visit Caine and Danika and pretend to be the happy go lucky guy they expected him to be. The holiday spirit was something he didn't want to fake, so he decided to spend Christmas is a cabin alone. As soon as he got off the plane, he rented a truck and headed into the mountains of North Carolina. But his best laid plans fell short when a snowstorm sent his car off the side of the road with no help in sight. His saving grace came in the form of a Christmas horse-drawn sleigh with bells that jingled and a woman dressed in white down to the thick fur hoodie she had on. Sophia Martin was a breath of fresh cold air who brought the holiday spirit in droves. Instead of his cabin he was stuck spending Christmas in Merry, North Carolina where the holidays reached a whole new level. Yet instead of being upset, he found Sophia intoxicating. Their first kiss made him burn from the inside out, and Dave never knew an aching need existed in the way he wanted her. Merry, North Carolina boasted the holidays like he never knew possible, but it was Sophia that captured his attention. The only question was could he leave Sophia after the holidays were over, and did he really want to?