She’s a city girl chasing peace. He’s a small-town woodworker with no time for nonsense. Stuck together in a snowy cabin, how will they survive Christmas?

Lily Bennett has spent her life climbing the corporate ladder in San Francisco, but her success has come at a cost—burnout and an aching sense of emptiness. Desperate for a reset, she books a Christmas vacation to a remote cabin in Ruidoso, New Mexico, where she hopes to find peace. Instead, she finds Jake—a handyman with an infuriating knack for fixing everything, while her cabin seems oddly determined to fall apart.

Jake Walker loves his simple life in the mountains, crafting furniture and managing his family’s rental cabins. He didn’t expect his holiday season to include constant calls from a high-maintenance city girl. 

Lily and Jake must confront their differences as the holiday season draws closer. Will this Christmas bridge the gap between their worlds—or leave them more broken than before?

"A Handcrafted Christmas"

by CJ Ives Lopez