A feel-good, festive, and queer holiday rom-com featuring Adam, a young man determined to save his family’s inn—and Graham, the hot contractor he can’t resist.
Adam Wheatley has not-so-triumphantly returned from the city to his sleepy Maine hometown, Silver Falls. Freshly dumped and jobless, he's wandering around his aunt Rose’s run-down historic inn like a gay Victorian ghost. He feels completely without purpose . . . until he learns that his aunt Rose has been keeping a secret: the business is failing, and she’s just weeks away from losing the inn altogether.
Adam has a brilliant idea: he’ll take charge of renovating the inn, and he'll organize a grand re-opening on Christmas Eve. Then, having triumphantly saved the business, he’ll move back to the city to rebuild his life and his career. But when the renovation proves more “flop” than “flip,” he realizes it will take a Christmas miracle to turn things around.
Enter Graham. A former high school classmate of Adam, he’s also newly back in town. He’s a great contractor, and he’s willing to work free of charge, as long as he can stay at the inn. He’s also hot. And kind. And… Nope! It doesn’t matter, because Adam (and his bruised ego) have sworn off love. Forever.
With the inn’s future in peril, and Adam’s feelings for Graham growing more confusing each day, the future is a big neon question mark. In the end, Adam is faced with an impossible decision: move back to the city to claim the life he always dreamed of—or stay in Silver Falls and build something truly special.
Tropes
- Small-town romance
- Friends-to-lovers slow burn
- Forced proximity
- Open-door spice
A sparkling queer holiday rom-com about a former book editor determined to save his family’s failing inn… and the infuriatingly charming contractor he can’t seem to cut from the narrative.
Freshly dumped and jobless, Adam Wheatley has a list of personal failures as long as his arm. Forced to move back to his sleepy Maine hometown, he feels completely without purpose… until he learns that his aunt Rose has been keeping a secret: her beloved inn is failing, and she’s just weeks away from losing her home and her livelihood.
Adam has a brilliant idea to save the business: he’ll take charge of renovating the inn, and organize a grand re-opening on Christmas Eve. Then, victorious, he’ll move back to the city to rebuild his life and his career in publishing.
But when the renovation proves more “flop” than “flip,” Adam realizes it will take a Christmas miracle to turn things around. Enter Graham—the maddeningly competent, ridiculously attractive contractor who offers to help… in exchange for a place to stay. He’s talented, patient, kind, and far too easy to like, which is inconvenient, because Adam has sworn off romance. Permanently.
As the inn’s future becomes even more uncertain, and his feelings for Graham grow more confusing, Adam finds himself rewriting more than just his to-do lists. Because the future he thought he wanted—and the one he’s starting to build with Graham—might not be the same story at all.
And this time, there’s no easy edit.
