When sunshine mail carrier Delia Fortin panics and tells her matchmaking grandmother she is dating her grumpy neighbor, she expects him to walk away—not play along. But boat-builder Linus Kettridge desperately needs a shield, because the runaway bride who left him at the altar is returning to town as the grand marshal of the holiday parade.

Delia is the relentless festive cheerleader of Thimble Harbor, determined to restore her late father's lobster boat, the Delia Jo, for the Parade of Little Lights. Linus just wants to be left alone in his barn to avoid the locals' pity. But sharing a divided sea captain's house with paper-thin walls makes ignoring each other impossible. As they navigate Tourtière Sunday, ugly sweater nights, and one very large Newfoundland dog named Haddock, this fake dating christmas romance starts to feel dangerously real. Linus is the only one who sees past Delia's cheerful armor to silently fix things for her, while Delia shows him that staying is a choice worth making in this grumpy sunshine holiday romcom.

• Told in alternating chapters by the two leads
• A swoon-worthy grumpy hero closed door romance with crackling tension
• A cozy small town maine christmas romance full of authentic Franco-American traditions
• The perfect neighbors to lovers romance and christmas romantic comedy
• A standalone christmas romance audiobook complete with a guaranteed happily-ever-after