Welcome to Frosty Pines, a snow-covered small town filled with festive chaos, familiar faces, and twelve love stories waiting to unfold. Where the Northstar Leads is a heartwarming Christmas romance that can be enjoyed entirely on its own-or as part of the wider Frosty Pines Collection.

Nell Hayes is good at leaving.

As a travelling grant consultant, she makes a living arriving in unfamiliar places, solving problems, and moving on before anywhere begins to feel like home. She's built her career around temporary contracts, carefully packed suitcases, and never staying long enough to put down roots.

Frosty Pines should be no different.

With just three weeks to secure the funding needed to protect Northstar Hollow, the town's beloved lantern-lit skating trail, Nell has a job to do. Years of damage have left the Hollow at risk, and without urgent intervention, a cherished piece of the town's history could disappear forever. Nell intends to save it, collect her fee, and head somewhere considerably warmer.

Jonah Mercer has spent his life caring for the Hollow.

Quiet, capable, and deeply rooted in Frosty Pines, Jonah knows every bend in the trail and every challenge threatening its future. For him, Northstar Hollow isn't simply another local attraction. It's a place woven into the fabric of the community, filled with memories, traditions, and everything that makes Frosty Pines home.

Working alongside Nell might be the Hollow's best chance of survival. But as shared breakfasts turn into evenings beneath the lanterns, and professional conversations give way to something neither of them expected, the boundaries between work and romance begin to blur.

Nell has always believed that leaving is easier than staying. Jonah has never needed to question where he belongs.

And with Christmas approaching and Nell's next contract waiting, they'll have to discover whether some places-and some people-are worth changing your plans for.

A cosy, slow-burn small-town Christmas romance featuring a cinnamon-roll hero, a fiercely independent heroine, forced workplace proximity, and the unexpected possibility of finding home where you least expect it.