<p>It all started with a not-so-innocent sprig of mistletoe …</p><p>In retrospect Rina Lowell should have known that Emma Montgomery’s mistletoe was a matchmaking ploy.</p><p>Rina is new to Ashford to her newspaper job to her whole life. And she can’t wait to write “Hot Stuff” a series of columns that will definitively pin down what men really want.</p><p>When Emma maneuvers her under that pesky sprig of evergreen with Ashford’s prodigal son Rina can’t resist the chance to plant one on that dark-haired blue-eyed man’s sensual mouth. She never expected that kiss to go down like a shot of fine tequila. The man is perfect for her or so she thinks.</p><p>When his adoptive father Joe falls ill globetrotting news reporter Colin Lyons doesn’t hesitate to drop everything to fly home and take over Joe’s baby the Ashford Times. Which Colin discovers is veering away from hard news to sexy smutty fluff. Something he can’t let happen.</p><p>He’s only got until New Year’s to save this sinking ship and to do that he needs an ally. Rina with her sparkling brown eyes and frumpy clothes that make his fingers itch to discover what’s underneath is the perfect target to help him. Even if it means the job she loves will be cut in the end.</p><p>He never expected one kiss to take his simple plan to save the Times and tie it into impossible knots … and possibly cost him the woman he loves.</p>
