The Bad Boy's Secret Santa

CHRISTMAS IN ALPINE VALLEY #9

Piper

When I receive a personal invitation to participate in my grandma’s Secret Santa event, I am over the moon.
There’s a rumor floating around that the event might be a matchmaking one, but most people don’t take that bit seriously.
But I know better.
I know that this is the Christmas I finally find my true love.
Until I draw the name of the last man on earth who I would ever marry: Eli Winchester.
The bad boy convinced me to run away with him a decade ago.
Except, the night we were supposed to leave, he skipped town without me.
I never thought I’d see him again.
Santa, is this a cruel joke?
Because despite how much I want to hate him, my heart is at serious risk of falling for him all over again.

Eli

When I left Alpine Valley eleven years ago, I left behind the woman I loved.
I couldn’t give her the life she deserved back then.
I had accepted that she was better off without me.
Until my uncle passes, and I have to come back to my hometown to settle his estate.
I’m surprised to find Piper Stanton living in Alpine Valley.
Despite how much she seems to hate me, I can’t help but think this is our second chance.
I’m a changed man.
Though the bad boy she never could resist is still alive and well.
And hell bent on winning her back, now that I can finally give her the life she deserves.
This Christmas, I’m going to make her mine—for good.

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