Grinchland (Christmasland Series)

When the mayor of Tinsel Falls bans Christmas—yes, actually bans it—kindergarten teacher Noelle has exactly two choices: pack up her twinkle lights and admit defeat, or wage the most festive war this small town has ever seen. She chooses war.

Silas St. Nick is infuriatingly handsome, obscenely wealthy, and apparently determined to drain every drop of holiday magic from the town she loves. His list of prohibited decorations is three pages long. Three pages. Noelle's students call her Ms. Christmas for a reason, and no brooding, anti-joy mayor is going to steal the season from her kindergarteners without a fight.

What begins as a spirited one-woman rebellion—guerrilla caroling, surprise cookie drops, a suspiciously large inflatable snowman on the town hall steps—slowly forces Noelle and Silas into each other's orbit more than either of them bargained for. Because underneath Silas's scowl and his maddening rules, there might actually be a story worth hearing. And underneath Noelle's cheerful exterior, there's a woman sharp enough to challenge him at every turn.

This small-town contemporary romance wraps enemies-to-lovers tension in candy-cane layers of holiday charm and laugh-out-loud humor. Grinchland is warm, witty, and wonderfully chaotic—proof that the line between rivalry and attraction is thinner than a strand of tinsel.

Will Noelle thaw the heart of Grinchland's grumpiest mayor, or will Christmas be cancelled for good?