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

When they reached each other, Jules couldn’t hold back and hugged Felix, his body relaxing as Felix rested his head against Jules’s chest and sighed.


“Felix? Why don’t you stay with me tonight?”


Felix looked up, a smile curving his lips. “Sounds good. But my house is closer. And this time you don’t have to stay on the sofa.” He winked.


“I’m in.” The dream of sleeping next to Felix had been almost too much to hope for, but as he’d watched the man run this entire operation, giving it his all, Jules had known it would happen. They belonged together. “But I need to go to the landing site first, then grab Belle and her food.”


“How about I go get her? I can take her out, get her food and chew toys, and meet you back at my place?”


As people began to trickle out, they joined the line. Jules reached for Felix’s hand, not caring who saw, and grinned when Felix slid his hand into his and squeezed.


Chapter 26