’Tis the season for snowstorms, secret desires, and sizzling kitchen encounters!<br/><br/>I'm Nova, the first-grade teacher whose Christmas dreams crumbled faster than day-old cookies.<br/>When desperation leads me to pose as a temporary cook, I discover my new boss is my recent steamy one-night stand.<br/><br/>Enter Bryan Matthews: brooding CEO, single dad, and the man who makes my temperature rise higher than a Christmas soufflé.<br/>His daughter is still raw from her mother's Christmas abandonment—I should know better than to let either of them into my heart.<br/><br/>But here's the spice:<br/>A massive snowstorm traps us together.<br/>Between fireside cuddles and cookie-baking kisses, I hear the words that change everything:<br/>"Are you going to be my new mommy?"<br/><br/>Just as our holiday romance starts to simmer...<br/>His ice-queen mother makes it clear: the help doesn't belong with her son.<br/>Then my ex-best friend arrives with a bombshell that shatters our Christmas dreams.<br/>Now I'm running away on Christmas Eve, leaving behind a heartbroken little girl and her guarded father.<br/><br/>As the bells of Christmas morning ring...<br/>Will I become another holiday heartbreak in their story?<br/>Or could true love melt more than just his mother's frozen heart this Christmas?<br/><br/>"The Christmas Cookie Promise" is a deliciously steamy tale of family, forbidden love, and second chances. Some desserts are best served hot and sinful.<br/>Warning: these Christmas cookies aren't the only thing getting hot in the kitchen. Pour yourself a glass of wine—you're going to need it!