Cody Laughman, a lonely firefighter in New York City, gets a blast from the past when his late father’s lawyer approaches him with news. It has been three years since Cody’s father’s death, the family house needs to be sold. Although Cody is glad to get rid of this part of his life, there is one final thing he needs to do -- fly home to Muffin, Alaska, and make the property presentable.<br><br>He expects this to be a quick visit, just cleaning up some old memories he usually ignores. But memories are stubborn, and on top of everything else, he finds a real Christmas elf living in the attic of his house. Not a tiny fairy, but a full-grown, deliciously handsome man. He doesn’t even have pointed ears.<br><br>But can Cody open up to the possibility of finding love, when the ghost of Christmas past is still haunting him?

The Firefighter in the Snow

“When you wake up, I’ll be gone,” Candy whispered softly before he fell asleep. He sounded apologetic, or maybe that was just how Cody wanted him to sound. The last thing he thought, ere sleep overcame him, was that if he held on tightly enough, Candy might not leave.


Cody awoke in the middle of the night, wanting to check on his bedfellow—no, that wasn’t it, there was noise coming from downstairs. It was the middle of the night and there was a strange noise and Cody was twelve years old. He knew Mom and Dad were sleeping, sound and fast asleep; he knew better than to wake them. He would go and check. Maybe it was the arctic fox that had visited them once before, sneaking into the garage one particularly cold day. Cody sat up and grabbed for the He-Man doll that slept next to his head on the pillow with him. He-Man was good company


Chapter 16