A Candycane Wish

Love stories are fiction. Just ask an author. Inside Holly's bestselling romance novels, her characters triumph over the odds and live happily ever after. Too bad the real world isn't a book. The day before her boyfriend meets her parents, he breaks up with her—at her favorite coffee shop, no less! How is she supposed to come up with a romantic idea for her next novel after that? The deadline whizzes past, and Holly's agent shows her the door. Single, career in shambles, Holly succumbs to her friend's invitation and together they hit the road, determined to help her forget what she thought she knew about romance. A year ago, Lucian left the chaos of acting in Hollywood—and the starlet who shattered his heart—behind. Ignoring his manager's protests about Lucian burying his talent and good looks in the middle of nowhere, he opens a bed and breakfast in rural Idaho. It's the perfect place to find peace, happiness, and above all, isolation. His personal rule...