The Winter Market Kiss

A quiet town, a widow who believes her story is over, and the patient carpenter who's returned home to remind her that love can bloom in any season.

Eleanor Greeley, owner of Maplewood Falls' premier flower shop, knows exactly how to make things beautiful for everyone else. For herself? Three years as a widow have left her heart in a state of quiet, disciplined hibernation. She's content to keep her hands busy with holly and cedar, believing that finding joy would be a betrayal of the love she lost.

Daniel Hale, the strong, silent carpenter who has returned to town to rebuild the annual Winter Market stalls, knows a thing or two about living with regret. He keeps his head down and lets the rhythm of the hammer drown out the ghosts of the past. When he meets Eleanor, his practical nature clashes with her careful perfection-he builds things to be strong; she insists they also need grace.

As they work side by side in the crisp winter air, their professional partnership quickly turns into a quiet, electric connection that neither can ignore. But taking a chance on Daniel means Eleanor must finally confront the fear that her heart might break again-or that it might finally open.

Can a brooding builder with a past and a cautious florist with a future trust the unpredictable architecture of a winter romance?

Book 4 in the heartwarming Maplewood Falls Holiday series.