Two fresh starts. One unexpected Christmas romance.
The one woman he shouldn't love is the one he can't forget.
Will the midnight bell bless their loveβor seal their fate?
He ghosted her ten years ago. Now sheβs stuck with him for Christmas.
Christmas is sweet. Family secrets can be deadly.
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Kate Maruyama
Kate Maruyama writes, teaches, cooks, and eats in Los Angeles, where she lives.
Kate Maruyama is the author of Harrowgate (47North) Halloween Beyond: The Gentleman's Suit (Crystal Lake Publishing) and Bleak Houses, out now from Raw Dog Screaming Press. Her novella Family Solstice (Omnium Gatherum) was named Best Fiction Book of 2021 by Rue Morgue Magazine
Her short stories appear in journals including Asimov's Magazine and Analog Science Fiction and Fact as well as in numerous anthologies including December Tales, Gathering, Halloween Carnival Three, Winter Horror Days, and Accolades and her short "Jacaranda Park" was awarded the Uncharted Magazine Short Story Prize.
To learn more about Kate, you can find her at www.katemaruyama.com