Natalie King believes in schedules, festive knitwear and plans so detailed they have backup plans. She does not believe in sharing the trivia microphone with a man who thinks reindeer costumes are a cry for help.
As Snowball Falls’s most determined librarian and the driving force behind the Twelve Nights of Cheer, Natalie is used to running the show. This year, she’s been paired with Theo Morgan, the broody new fire captain and older brother of her best friend, Holly.
Theo is as warm as a snow shovel, as expressive as a brick wall and completely unmoved by Natalie’s color-coded cue cards. Community spirit isn’t on his Christmas list. Neither is the woman currently reorganizing it.
Then a blizzard traps them at the Ginger Bell Inn with one bed, dwindling cocoa and an orange cat with no respect for personal space.
Between snowman contests, cookie catastrophes and evenings spent far too close beneath the holiday lights, Natalie begins to glimpse the steady heart beneath Theo’s gruff exterior. Theo starts to wonder whether the woman who organizes the entire town might be the one person he doesn’t want to keep at a safe distance.
Unfortunately, falling for her best friend’s brother wasn’t in Natalie’s plan. Theo has spent years making sure nobody gets close enough to matter. Snowball Falls, the blizzard and one determined cat appear to have other ideas.
Reindeer Games is a sweet, closed-door Christmas romantic comedy filled with grumpy/sunshine banter, forced proximity, flannel-wrapped feelings, festive disasters and surprising tenderness.
