Publisher's Synopsis
She's a Holiday Grinch... Carly Gatlin doesn't want to spend another Christmas alone. With her beloved father gone, she's desperate to be part of a family-so she's spending the holidays with her step-brothers on Stewart Island. But even with sand, sun, and not a snowflake in sight, everything reminds her of what she's lost. So no tree trimming, cookie baking, or kisses under the mistletoe for her, thanks. Especially not from Due South's sexy bartender, Kip. He's a too-hot-for-his-Santa-suit killjoy... Kip Sullivan's moved hundreds of miles away from his family who'd like to see him married off before his next birthday-on Christmas Eve. Then ten days before the big event, his meddling relatives arrive en masse, and dear God, they're planning to stay. With match-makers breathing down his neck, it's becoming harder to ignore the temptation to unwrap Carly like a present under the tree. The Kiwi barbecue isn't the only thing sizzling this summer... Kip agrees to help make Carly's first New Zealand Christmas special. He's got five holiday missions to complete-one involving a frisky fake reindeer-before he hopes to claim a mistletoe kiss...and maybe even Carly's heart. Christmas just isn't Christmas without this spicy yet sweet Due South novella.
