Dear Reader,

Sometimes a coffee is just a hot drink. And sometimes a cherry turnover is just a pastry. But once in a lifetime, when they are shared with a special someone, they can lead to so much more. And so a chance meeting between Simon and Pepper leads to an unlikely friendship...and that’s just the beginning.

Curl up with a warm drink as these two face the challenges and victories of Christmases past, present and future. New York’s Most Eligible Bachelor, Simon Ross, is a self-made man whose whole life revolves around his toy-store chain. But this Christmas, he’s expanding into the pet market. However, he thinks it’s all business as he’s not a pet lover...until a little beagle named Daisy crosses his path.

The Polka-Dotted Baker, Pepper M. Kane, loves Christmas. But this year nothing goes as planned. And when things go awry, she thinks her life can’t get any worse. However, it isn’t until she loses everything that she learns what is most important in life.

I hope you’ll join Pepper, Simon and Daisy this Christmas as they make peace with the past, embrace the miracles of the present and are filled with hope for the future.

Happy reading,

Jennifer