Carol Chaos (Pinch of Grinch #6)

Josie I’m back home in Lake Placid, New York, facing the aftermath of a devastating loss.

My mother’s kitchen at Magnolia Inn waits for me, but with no place of my own to stay, I find myself moving in with Killian Montgomery. He’s the guy I swore I’d always hate.

It’s been fifteen years since he shattered my best friend’s heart, and now he’s just another insufferable man in a business suit, somehow grumpier and more grinch-like than I remember.

I love Christmas, and it becomes my mission to gradually decorate the whole house, turning it into a game.

When Killian needs my help, asking me to pretend to be his girlfriend to ward off someone obsessed with him, I agree, thinking it’s a simple, one-off arrangement.

But as we play the part, sparks fly and secrets whisper between us, revealing more than I ever anticipated.

Killian Josie Summers is back in town, and I never expected to find myself living with her.

I broke her best friend’s heart all those years ago, and now I’m the grumpy guy in a suit, just trying to focus on my work.

But Josie isn’t just any roommate— she’s a whirlwind of Christmas spirit that I can’t ignore. I brace myself for her relentless cheer, convinced she’s only doing it to make me suffer.

What starts as a convenient lie with Josie begins to unravel the barriers I’ve built and secrets I’ve hidden.

I thought after all this time, my feelings for her would have dissipated, but they haven’t. She still resents me and there doesn’t seem to be anything I can do about that. Or so I thought.

What started as pretend is beginning to feel like it could be real between us. Can two opposites like us finally become something more, or will misguided emotions get in the way of what we could be?