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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Jess Hagemann
Jess Hagemann’s recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Beneath the Bluebonnets: Tales of Terror from Texas Women, Three Seasons of Winter, and Last Girls Club, among others. Her debut novel Headcheese (2018) won an IPPY Award in Horror. Her sophomore novel Mother-Eating (2025) marries Marie Antoinette and cults. Jess received her MFA from the Jack Kerouac School, and has been awarded a teaching fellowship at McNeese State University as well as a writing residency at Dear Butte. She lives in Austin.