Moonlight and Mistletoe

Revisit author Dawn Temple's picturesque world of Land's Cross, Tennessee, where local color is as plentiful as ticks on a hound dog and the love bug bites hard, if given half a chance. Small town through and through, Shayna Miller believes she was squarely placed in the world to help people, a trait she learned from "Daddy" - a man she shared no blood tie with but who adopted her as a child, and raised and loved her like she was his own. Shayna's biological parents, a sleazy get-rich-quick scheming mother and a megalomaniac father with a false reputation on the line come slithering back into her life and threaten to expose a secret she has kept for nearly two decades. The instrument of their lies and deceit is attorney Kyle Anderson. Kyle, who had no easy childhood himself, needs only to get Shayna to sign a contract for his biggest client and his partnership, heck his whole future, will be assured. With a million dollars to sweeten the pot, he feels certain that Shayna, who must surely be as corrupt as her parents, will give him no trouble. So the slick urbanite drives into an alternate universe, and encounters small town morals, small town pride, and small town stubbornness - and in Land's Cross there ain't nothing small about any of those things. Still, a man doesn't easily set aside what he's worked a lifetime to achieve. And a woman with a secret to protect won't let the very person who threatens her world into her heart. Can a snowbound cabin and Santa suit change Kyle from a man who's determined to achieve career success at any cost? Will Shayna learn to move past her stubborn pride and see the wounded man who needs her help? Can the Tennessee love bug bite again? Perhaps with a little help from moonlight and mistletoe!