Making Spirits Bright: a Festive, Feel-good Second-chance Romance

A heartwarming Christmas romance about healing, hope, and second chances.Gigi Holmes has spent a decade perfecting the art of avoidance.A self-made New Yorker with a thriving event-planning business, she knows exactly how to keep her heart safe. But when a late-night phone call drags her back to the seaside village she once called home, she finds more than a beloved family friend in a hospital bed.She finds him.Christian Jordan—the boy who shattered her heart senior year—is now the interim youth pastor at her father’s church. And thanks to a hasty promise, Gigi is stuck planning the town’s Centennial Festival of Light alongside the very man she swore she’d never lay eyes on again.What Pelham Cove’s gossip mill—and official Facebook page—doesn’t know is just how deep their heartbreak runs.When a local teen’s crisis hits too close to home, old wounds resurface forcing Gigi and Christian to finally face the truth—and each other.As twinkle lights go up and the town prepares to celebrate a century of faith and miracles, Gigi must decide whether to keep running from the past and pain—or risk everything on the possibility of forgiveness, faith, and perhaps even a second chance at love.Perfect for fans of Hallmark Christmas movies, this cozy, snow-dusted romance delivers hope and redemption, a lovingly meddling small-town community, and a heartfelt journey of healing and second chances.If you love faith-filled holiday stories, swoony clean romance, and the kind of Christmas magic only a small town can deliver—Pelham Cove is waiting.