Elf Off The Shelf

A brooding rancher, a sweet small-town elf helper, and three steamy days that set tongues wagging.

Holly:

I’ve been crushing hard on Blane Richards—the quiet, impossibly hot rancher who comes into my dad’s feed store with the flimsiest excuses to buy things he doesn’t need. Three pitchforks? Really?

When our town Santa gets the flu the day before the Christmas market, I’m desperate. So when dark and brooding Blane volunteers to play jolly old St. Nick for three afternoons, I should be relieved.

But no... I just know I’m in trouble.

Because working side-by-side with him in my cute elf costume is pure torture. And he looks at me like I’m the only gift he wants to unwrap.

But what the hell, maybe I’ve had enough of being good.

If I get to have Blane, I’ll be naughty for once.

Blane:

I left my legal career in Boston for a quieter life. No more posturing, no more performing, just me and my horses at Diamond Plain.

Then Holly Bennett smiled at me in her dad’s feed store, and I’ve been finding ridiculous reasons to go back ever since. The supply shelf my ranch hand Mack keeps teasing me about? Yeah, that’s all her fault.

But she’s twelve years younger, and completely off-limits.

Until I agree to be Santa. Now I’ve got three afternoons to show her I’m done waiting and make her see me as more than just the quiet rancher who gives her loaded looks.

This Christmas, I’m not letting her go.

My little elf is coming off the shelf. And I’m keeping her.

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A steamy instalove Christmas romance featuring a possessive former lawyer turned rancher, a small-town store sweetheart, and enough heat to melt all the hearts in Diamond Falls. Book 3 in the Diamond Falls series—can be read as a standalone.

Tropes in Elf Off The Shelf

Main Tropes:

• Short read
• Instalove
• Age Gap (12 years)
• Grumpy/Sunshine
• Small Town Romance
• Virgin Heroine
• Possessive/Protective Hero
• Secret Relationship
• Forced Proximity
• Holiday Romance (Christmas)

Secondary Tropes:

• Cowboy/Rancher former Lawyer Hero
• He Falls First
• Cinnamon Roll Hero (grumpy exterior, soft for her)
• Small Town Gossip