A secret identity, small town holiday romance

Frankie

It was supposed to be a good time, not a ghost story. No names or strings attached, just late-night voice notes and flirty messages in a matchmaking app with a man who called himself Fireboy.

He made me laugh, made me blush, and somewhere between the teasing and the heat, he made me start to believe again.

Then he ghosted me.

So when my sister drags me to her in-laws’ snow-covered house outside Toronto for Christmas, I tell myself I’m over it. Ready to focus on hot cocoa, family chaos, and absolutely no mysterious firefighters.

Except one of them shows up to visit the retired chief, and the second he opens his mouth, I know that voice.

Fireboy.
Real Mason Fletcher.
Real he’s even hotter in person—and determined to make things right.

I’m furious. He’s relentless. And when a blizzard traps us in my rental cabin, the line between fury and fire starts to blur.

And I realize, some matches refuse to burn out, no matter how deep the snow gets.

Tropes to
- When Ms 'I don't belong anywhere', meets Mr 'You belong with me'
- Firefighter MMC x Graphic Designer FMC
- Golden retriever x black cat
- Shock horro: they get snowed in
- Dual POV
- Found family
- When online secret identities turn into oops—it's you IRL
- Cat dad
- Things happen with tinsel
- Things happen in a firetruck
- Banter and grovelling
- Hurt x comfort
- Open door / spice

This novella can be read as a standalone, but there are character cameos from the Colorado Storm hockey romance series, too.