The Christmas Gamble

Tessa Jamison. Cole Lowry. One little boy searching for his father before Christmas changes everything.

All Tessa Jamison wants for Christmas is answers.

With her sister lying in a coma, Tessa has become the guardian of her two-year-old nephew—and the only clues to the little boy's father are hidden inside a worn diary that leads her to a charming mountain town dressed for the holidays.

Every road points to one man.

Cole Lowry.

The reluctant stand-in Santa at the local Christmas bazaar.

The moment Tessa meets him, the attraction is impossible to ignore. But when she tells him why she's there, Cole insists he's never met her sister.

He couldn't possibly be Brady's father.

Could he?

Cole has spent years rebuilding his life after losing everything that mattered—his marriage, his fortune, and his belief that love is worth the risk. The last thing he needs is an unexpected child turning his carefully ordered world upside down.

Yet the more time he spends with Tessa and the little boy who somehow feels strangely familiar, the harder it becomes to walk away.

As Christmas draws near, unanswered questions, undeniable chemistry, and a child's uncertain future bring them closer together.

But before they can build the family neither expected, they'll have to discover the truth that has been hiding in plain sight all along.

Because sometimes the greatest Christmas miracle isn't finding what you lost.

It's finding the family you never knew you needed.

A heartwarming Christmas romance filled with a secret baby mystery, found family, emotional healing, holiday magic, small-town charm, and a hero who discovers that love is always worth taking a chance on.