All Lacey Wilde wants for Christmas is to open her long-awaited bed and breakfast. When her only guest is a sexy stranger who claims her adopted Military Working Dog is his, Lacey isn't about to lose her fur babyor her heartto charming Marine veteran Dean Hunter.
But the K-9 controversy is the least of their troubles. Danger lurks in the shadows of Candlelight Inn, and someone will stop at nothing to steal Lacey's heirloom ornaments. Can wounded warrior Dean protect the woman he's falling for against a deadly threat, or will this Christmas be their last?