Candy Canes & Sweet Dreams

When life gives you a candy shop inheritance, sometimes the sweetest surprise is the flannel-wearing lawyer who comes with it.

After years of dead-end jobs and cramped apartments with indifferent roommates, Megan Caldwell’s world implodes in a single day—eviction notice, missed promotion, and the crushing realization that she’s utterly alone. Then a phone call changes everything: her Aunt Phyllis has left her Sugar & Spice Candy Shop in the perpetually festive town of Mistletoe Falls, Tennessee, along with the building it’s housed in and enough money to start over completely.

What Megan doesn’t expect is Kyle Porter—the ruggedly handsome attorney who practices law from the back of a Christmas shop and looks devastatingly good in flannel. Or the five devoted employees at the Sugar & Spice Candy Shop who are eager to teach her candy-making secrets. Or the warm Porter family who welcome her like she’s always belonged. Most challenging of all, she never expected to find herself falling for a man whose patient love makes her want to believe in forever.

But Megan’s history of abandonment runs deep. When everyone she’s ever loved has left, how do you learn to trust that good things can last? As she transforms from survival mode to building a real life—mastering chocolate tempering, navigating small-town warmth and community, and discovering she’s actually good at running a business—Megan must face her greatest fear: being vulnerable enough to accept the love, family, and belonging she’s always craved.

Set against the magical backdrop of a year-round Christmas town, this is a story about second chances, found family, and learning that sometimes the life you never dared imagine is exactly the one you were meant to live.

Featuring beloved tropes:
Inheritance Romance
Fish-Out-of-Water
Forced Proximity
Small-Town Christmas Magic
Grumpy Sunshine
Found Family
Workplace Romance

A heartwarming standalone romance that proves the best things in life—like love, belonging, and perfectly pulled taffy—are always worth the wait.

Perfect for readers who love:

• Grumpy/sunshine dynamics (wounded heroine meets patient hero)

• Small-town romance with Christmas magic

• Found family and community acceptance

• Inheritance/fish-out-of-water storylines

• Enemies-to-lovers adjacent (fear-to-love)

• Workplace romance with candy-making

• Emotional healing through romance

• Hallmark movie vibes in book form

• Found Family Themes

• Heroes who show love through actions

Author’s Note

Candy Canes & Sweet Dreams is more than a romance novel—it’s a Christmas experience designed to wrap you in warmth, restore your faith in love, and remind you that the best traditions are the ones we share with people who matter most. Pour yourself a cup of hot chocolate, find your coziest reading spot, and let me take you to a place where Christmas wishes come true and love really can conquer all.

Welcome to Mistletoe Falls, where every ending is happy and every heart finds its home.

Series Information

Book 1: Whisk Me Under the Mistletoe
Book 2: Once Upon a Christmas
Book 3: The Mistletoe Express
Book 4: Candy Canes & Sweet Dreams
Book 5: Wrapped Up in Christmas
Book 6: Jingle All the Way Home

Each book in the Mistletoe Falls series can be read as a standalone novel, but reading in order allows you to follow the interconnected community stories and watch beloved characters from previous books continue their happily-ever-afters.

Content Promise

This is a completely clean and wholesome romance featuring:

• Sweet, tender romance without explicit content
• Family-friendly language and situations throughout
• Characters who communicate respectfully and resolve conflicts maturely
• Traditional values celebrated alongside personal growth
• Christmas magic and seasonal traditions woven throughout
• A deeply satisfying happy ending that will leave you believing in love