Jack Thompson has every reason to hate Christmas.

At forty-five, the bear shifter has watched his dreams of a happy-ever-after disappear one Christmas at a time. His fiancée ran off with a wealthy tourist, leaving Jack convinced his chance at finding his mate is long gone. And the irony of the whole situation? He owns a Christmas tree farm.

Then Stormie Sanders drops into his life.

Following a spilled mocha-vanilla latte and a terrible first impression, Jack thinks she's another Christmas-loving tourist visiting the town. But his bear insists she's his mate is a complication he's determined to ignore.

Stormie isn't looking for a man, much less a bear shifter mate. She's come to Bear Hollow to escape her cheating ex-boyfriend and spend a quiet Christmas surrounded by familiar faces. The last thing she needs is a grumpy, controlling Christmas tree farmer who seems determined to get under her skin.

But when circumstances keep throwing them together, the attraction between them becomes impossible to ignore.

Neither Jack nor Stormie is looking for a mate. Neither one is willing to admit they're falling in love.

But Christmas and fate seem to have other plans.

Will Jack let go of the past long enough to claim the future his bear has chosen? Will Stormie be able to trust her heart again when the last man she expected to love might be the one destined to be hers?