Lighting up the Mountain Man’s Christmas (Grumpy Christmas Mountain Man #21)

Chapter 1

Lighting Up the Mountain Man

HOLLY

I have one mission: win the Silver Ridge Christmas Display Competition to save Grandma's cabin from the tax collector. Simple, right? Wrong. My grumpy mountain man neighbor hates Christmas lights, Christmas music, and apparently... me.

RILEY

I've spent four years avoiding Christmas and the memories that come with it.

The last thing I need is Edith's granddaughter showing up with her infectious optimism and determination to cover the entire mountain in twinkling lights.

But when I see the fierce love in her eyes as she fights to honor her grandmother's memory, something long-frozen in my chest begins to thaw.

One blizzard. One cozy cabin. One memorial display that means everything.

What starts as reluctant neighborly help becomes so much more when the storm traps us together. We discover that some lights shine brightest when two guarded hearts learn to trust again.

But when the competition ends and reality returns, will our mountain Christmas be just a beautiful memory, or the beginning of something worth fighting for?