Chapter 1

Hip Porterman always expected he'd have the wife, the kids and the white picket fence. But that was before the Army and the PTSD, before falling in love skipped him over and left him a recovering drunk and Willing, Montana's go-to guy when somebody needed a hand.
And that's exactly what Sarah Winslow needs: a hand…or at least a tow, after her car ends up in an ice-filled ditch in her last-minute attempt to escape the holidays for Mexico. How ironic that two people so committed to avoiding Christmas end up finding the true meaning of holiday cheer in each other, playing Santa one long, snowy Christmas Eve.