Snowed In for Christmas. The Pine Ridge Christmas Series, #1

Safety expert Jake Morrison has one job: shut down the dangerous Christmas festival. Festival coordinator Emma Martinez has one mission: save her grandmother's legacy at all costs. Neither expected to fall in love in the process. Emma Martinez has coordinated Pine Ridge's Christmas Festival for years, honoring the traditions her grandmother established four decades ago. But after last year's accident, the town council brings in safety consultant Jake Morrison-a by-the-book former military firefighter determined to enforce regulations that threaten everything Emma holds dear.
When a winter storm traps them overnight in the community center, their professional animosity gives way to an unexpected attraction. As they work together to make the festival both safe and magical, Emma and Jake discover that opposites don't just attract-they might be exactly what the other needs. But someone in town wants the festival to fail, and they're willing to use Emma and Jake's growing relationship against them.
With the clock ticking down to Christmas, they'll need to uncover the saboteur and save the festival-all while protecting their hearts in the process. Can a woman devoted to tradition and a man determined to protect others find a future together? Or will the magic of Christmas fade when the snow melts?A heartwarming small-town Christmas romance about finding love in the most unexpected blizzard.