A small-town Christmas, a local Scrooge, a Christmas ball, and a truck load of puppies in need of their own Christmas magic, make for a charming holiday caper.

Ainsley Holloway had come to Gooseberry Bay to find answers about her past. She’d come to find an explanation for the dreams that haunted her after the death of the cop who’d both rescued and raised her. And she’d come to identify the family she couldn’t remember but knew in her heart she’d once belonged to.

Ainsley hoped that by finding these answers, she’d also find healing. She hoped that once she’d resurrected the memories buried deep in her mind, she’d find peace.

In book 17 in the series, Ainsley is hired to put a stop to the plans recently announced by the local scrooge to evict twelve families from the apartment building he owns just two weeks before Christmas.

Meanwhile, Adam and Archie are working hard preparing for the annual Winter Ball, Remi finds the new deputy in town too captivating to ignore, Parker has been assigned her first big story since making the move to the Seattle News, and Bexley has a truck load of puppies to place with foster families so they don't have to spend Christmas behind bars.