As Noelle struggles to find her footing in small-town life, she uncovers a decades-old Christmas secret hidden among her grandmother’s files. For years, Grammie quietly served as Holly Haven’s anonymous Secret Santa, making sure struggling families had gifts beneath the tree and food on their tables. Now, with Christmas fast approaching, Noelle is determined to continue the tradition. The problem? She has no idea how to run a secret holiday operation…or a yarn shop.
Community center director Gabriel Reyes is warm, handsome, and impossible to resist. As Gabe introduces Noelle to holiday traditions, tree decorating, and the magic of a close-knit community, she begins healing parts of her heart she didn’t realize were broken. But when Gabe discovers her connection to the mysterious Secret Santa deliveries, Noelle fears the truth could destroy the relationship she’s only beginning to trust.
With snow falling over Holly Haven and Christmas lights twinkling through town, Noelle must decide whether to keep hiding behind the role of Secret Santa—or finally open her heart to love, family, and the future waiting for her all along.
Perfect for fans of Hallmark-style romance, cozy holiday traditions, small-town charm, family healing, and heartwarming happily-ever-afters.
Award-winning and best-selling author Lucinda Race is a lifelong fan of romantic fiction. As a young girl, she spent hours reading romance novels and getting lost in the hope they represent. While her friends dreamed of becoming doctors and engineers, her dreams were to become a writer—a romance novelist.
As life twisted and turned, she found herself writing nonfiction but longed to turn to her true passion. After developing the storyline for the McKenna Family Romance series, it was time to start living her dream. Her fingers practically fly over computer keys she weaves stories about strong women and the men who love them. To date she has published over 20 romance novels.
Lucinda lives with her two little dogs, a miniature long hair dachshund and a shitzu mix rescue, in the rolling hills of western Massachusetts. When she's not at her day job, she’s immersed in her fictional worlds. And if she’s not writing romance novels, she’s reading everything she can get her hands on.