Twelve Lanterns to Christmas
June Ashworth · Romance · Larkspur Cove
About this book
Twelve nights. Twelve lanterns. One love worth staying for. Wren Calloway left Larkspur Cove, Maine, at eighteen and swore she would never become the kind of person who runs. Eleven years later she is a celebrated lighting designer with a Chicago studio and a six-figure contract waiting for her signature. All she has to do is fly home, sign for the lantern workshop her grandfather left her, and fly out again. Then she reads the will. Eli Bell left the Lantern Works to two people: Wren, and Theo Marsh, the gruff ex-architect who has been his apprentice for eight years and has never once asked anyone to stay. To keep the building, they must hang and light twelve lanterns together, one a night, ending on Christmas Eve. Each lantern comes with a sealed envelope and a task. Cook each other dinner. Skate until someone falls. Tell the truth you have been avoiding. Dance, even badly. And do not, whatever you do, read ahead. As the town of Larkspur Cove leans in, betting pools and all, the sparks between Wren and Theo grow harder to ignore. But a smooth developer is circling with an offer neither of them can afford to hate, a deadline in Chicago is closing, and two people who both expect to be left are about to find out how much a secret can cost. A cozy small-town Christmas romance with a snowed-in night by the glass furnace, a grumpy hero who learns to say the words, a heroine who learns that staying can be a choice instead of a cage, and a town that lights the dark together. Perfect for readers of heartfelt holiday romance, grumpy-sunshine slow burn, second chances, found family and seaside Christmas towns.