Charming Christmas — Erica Penrod

Hilary Newton wants to see the world, to experience all the sights and sounds first-hand of the traditions and cultures she describes on her MyHeartChannel “Holiday's with Hilary,” but her dream is out of reach from behind the front desk of her family's hotel. Her father is ill, her mother is his caretaker, and her younger sister just moved to Ghana, leaving Hilary to keep the business running. Nothing seems to be going her way until one day, a handsome man enters through the lobby's revolving door. Griff Bailey prefers the isolation of his home on Mt. Bedford. When a package arrives on his doorstep by mistake, he begrudgingly makes a trip into town. Newton Hotel was clearly marked on the label and Griff cusses the postal service as he enters the ancient revolving door to Hollyville's only hotel. He marches to the front desk, ready to drop the package and run, when he sees her face; the girl he saved from the ice so long ago. Hilary and Griff share a past, a brief moment in time which forever changed her life. However, the irritated man before her is completely forgettable, or would be if her heart wasn't racing. But mysterious packages continue to arrive, each bringing Griff and Hilary together in unexpected ways. The gifts inside are clues to what the future may hold, but will Hilary and Griff give into the growing attraction between them; or, are her dreams of traveling the globe and his painful past too much to conquer? Not if a Christmas angel has anything to say about it.