Light Up My Heart: A Point Perry Christmas

He swore off Christmas. Then she came home.

She's forgotten the summer that changed everything. He remembers every single day of it.

Scarlett Reynolds' big-city life is quietly falling apart—but she's holding it together on the outside, the way she always does. Christmas is her favourite time of year, and she's finally headed back to Point Perry, the little coastal town full of the holiday traditions and the people she left behind. What she isn't expecting is Ryan Black: her teenage summer love, who seems to remember every detail of a season she's somehow let slip away.

Nurse Ryan's had more than his share of heartbreak, and a lifetime of reasons to dread December. When he realises Scarlett doesn't remember what they once were to each other, he decides the safest thing is to keep his distance. But in a town this small, with the whole community pulling them into the festive chaos, distance isn't an option—and neither, it turns out, are the feelings he buried a long time ago.

Scarlett's only home for the season. Ryan's spent years making sure no one gets close enough to hurt him again. Falling for each other was never the plan—and when the past finally surfaces and one reckless moment puts everything on the line, both of them have to decide whether a second chance is worth the risk of losing it all over again.

A small-town, second-chance, grumpy sunshine Christmas romance set on the South Australian coast—low spice, big emotions, and a happily ever after you can count on.

Perfect for fans of Virgin River and Catherine Cowles—small-town romance with all the heart and none of the heat.

Come home to Point Perry this Christmas. One-click and start reading today.

Trigger warnings: panic attack, near drowning, workplace bullying, rejection by parents, abuse, abandonment.

Author's note: Light Up My Heart: A Point Perry Christmas is a feel-good, small-town, opposites-attract romance written in Australian English. Depending on where you're reading, you might find an 's' instead of a 'z', or some other spelling variation. There's also Aussie slang—'ambo' for ambulance, 'road train' for a long truck, and 'petrol bowser' for what Americans call a gas pump.