When Jules Evergreen lands in trouble at the North Pole and gets shipped off to Snow Hope Island for ninety days, he never expects to take up the cause of the forgotten toys waiting for new homes. Falling for his new boss is not on the agenda either, but his heart has other ideas.<br><br>Felix Winterson has grown up on Snow Hope Island and now runs the place. He isn’t thrilled when party boy Jules arrives, and Felix tries hard to ignore the man’s charms. He has other problems, anyway. For years he’s tried to get Santa to look at the growing inventory of damaged toys in the warehouse, to no avail.<br><br>When Jules comes up with a plan to save the toys, the men find themselves working closely together. As Christmas Eve looms, there’s a lot at stake. Can they save Snow Hope, convince Santa to rescue the toys, and fall in love all at the same time?

Operation Toy Rescue

“Yeah,” he finally said, nodding. “I’ll take her.”


Felix grinned again and began texting. If the man kept looking at him like that, Jules may just have to adopt him, too.


“Charlie said they’re happy she found a home. He asked me about you and I told him you seemed like a great guy…” His face reddened. Felix cleared his throat and looked away. “You can pick up all the stuff she needs at the store tomorrow. If you need to come in a little late, that’s fine.”


Great guy? We’ve barely talked since I arrived on the island. Interesting.


“Thanks. I’ll run over there first thing in the morning. Now I just need to find a name for her.” He picked her off his chest and she looked sleepily at him. “She had on a bell when she ran in here. Maybe Belle?”


Felix nodded. “That sounds perfect.”


Chapter 7