Heart of the Season

Christian Contemporary Romance (Laurel Ridge Series Book 17)

By: Tara Baisden

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Sometimes the most beautiful Christmas miracles happen when broken hearts find their way home.

Robin Fitch thought she had everything figured out—a thriving nursing career in small-town Laurel Ridge, West Virginia, and a heart safely protected from the kind of love that leaves you breathless and broken. But when she's assigned to provide in-home care for Jake Gibson after his devastating farm accident, she walks straight into her past and comes face-to-face with Wyatt Gibson, the forest ranger who took her heart with him twelve years ago and never looked back.

Wyatt built his life around solitude and the wilderness, choosing the peacefulness of forestry service and the dangerous isolation of wildland firefighting in West Virginia over the messy complications of family and forever. But Jake's injuries shatter his carefully constructed world and force him home to Gibson's Tree Farm during their make-or-break Christmas season. With the family legacy hanging by a thread and hundreds of families depending on their perfect holiday traditions, Wyatt discovers he needs help from the one woman he never stopped loving—and never thought he deserved.

As snow falls over the rolling Christmas tree groves and the magic of the holiday season weaves through their days, Robin and Wyatt must navigate the tender space between professional duty and matters of the heart. Working side by side to assist Jake's recovery and the farm's survival, they rediscover the deep connection that time and distance couldn't destroy. But with Wyatt's Forestry Service career calling him back with a new job offer, can they find the courage to trust in second chances and the faith to believe that some love stories are worth the risk?

This heartwarming contemporary Christian romance features the beloved tropes readers adore:

• Second chance romance with childhood sweethearts reunited

• Forced proximity through professional caregiving

• Small-town Christmas magic and holiday atmosphere

• Working together to save a family business

• Hero torn between career and home

• Heroine who's built walls around her heart

• Family crisis bringing people together

• Faith journey and spiritual growth

• Christmas tree farm setting with cozy winter vibes

Perfect for fans who enjoy all the Christmas feels with a love story that celebrates both independence and partnership.

Reader Promise: Experience a tender second-chance romance set against the magical backdrop of a West Virginia Christmas tree farm, where faith, family, and community create the perfect foundation for a love story that will warm your heart and restore your belief in Christmas miracles. This clean, sweet romance offers the beloved small-town holiday atmosphere with characters who face real challenges, grow through genuine spiritual struggles, and find their happily ever after through courage, forgiveness, and trust in God's perfect timing.