Beneath the Crimson Mistletoe
READING AGE 16+
Scarlett Hawthorne thought the holidays would be her escape—a chance to rebuild her life and create new memories with her young daughter. But her quiet Christmas in her hometown takes a sharp turn when Ethan Pierce, her brother’s best friend and her long-lost childhood crush, unexpectedly shows up at her doorstep.
Ethan isn’t the carefree boy she once knew. Rugged and guarded, he agrees to play along as Scarlett’s fake boyfriend to keep her manipulative ex-husband at bay. What Scarlett doesn’t know is that Ethan’s return isn’t a coincidence—he’s a secret agent on a mission to uncover the dark secrets behind her family’s fortune and the criminal syndicate tied to her late father’s legacy.
As they navigate fake dates, holiday parties, and an opulent Christmas Eve cruise, old sparks reignite, and long-buried truths surface. Scarlett begins to suspect Ethan is hiding something, and Ethan finds himself torn between his duty to expose her family’s past and his growing love for her.
But when the cruise spirals into danger and Scarlett’s ex-husband reveals his own sinister agenda, Scarlett and Ethan must face the truth: love may be their only way out—but can they survive the secrets threatening to tear them apart?
Full of holiday cheer, sizzling tension, and heart-pounding twists, a story of second chances, hidden agendas, and finding love when you least expect it.
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The wind howled through the open courtyard as the transport vehicles screeched to a halt outside Wellington Academy. Snow and mud splattered against the cobblestones, mixing into a dull grey slurry beneath their boots as the team disembarked. The sun had barely risen, but the tension that followed them back was heavy enough to blot out what l……
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