Toyland Cowboy

?????? A virgin library page, a single-dad cowboy, and the wrong kind of toy shop…

FLANNERY:

I’m a library page who reads stories to preschoolers and secretly works at Lasso & Lace Adult Boutique to pay for library school. When Shepherd Starr—the hot single dad whose son Dash loves my storytime voice—shows up at my secret job thinking it’s a children’s toy shop, I’m mortified. Now we’re snowed in together on December 23rd, surrounded by vibrators, edible underwear, and something called the “Cowboy Collection” that makes me blush through my hand-knitted cardigan. He’s looking at me like I’m not just the shy girl who quotes Dr. Seuss when nervous. And suddenly, all those steamy romance novels I’ve devoured aren’t enough preparation for the way this cowboy makes me feel when he drawls “darlin'” and teaches me exactly what I’ve been missing.

SHEP: Since my ex ran off last year, Flannery Green has become my son’s favorite person—and my secret obsession. Now I’m trapped in a sex shop with Mistletoe Ridge’s sweetest woman, who’s wearing an elf costume that should be illegal and explaining products with the same earnestness she uses for picture books. She thinks she’s “green” at everything that matters. But when she looks at me through those fogged-up glasses, biting her lip while holding something that definitely isn’t meant for children, I realize I’m done pretending I don’t want her. This Christmas Eve, I’m unwrapping more than presents. And Flannery Green is about to discover she’s been on my wish list all along.