Abby spent every cent she had to open a Christmas store called The Christmas Wish. The numbers worked out perfectly on paper but she only has enough money to last till January.

On a dark morning in a snowstorm, black ice causes Russel's truck to tear the door off Abby's car. He offers to give her a ride to work every day until the car is fixed.

Russel smells like Christmas cookies and offers Abby a plan to save her business. All she has to do is turn her entire store over to him during December.

Dixie Jo Jarchow writes in Black Wolf, WI with her husband and her two fearsome hounds.