The Twelve Days of Christian

Three years of wanting her. Twelve days to win her. One chance at a Christmas miracle.

A scandal-shy rock guitarist hides out with his best friend’s sister…and turns her world upside down. Rock guitarist Christian Steele has spent years being misunderstood—but it’s Haley Templeton’s disappointment that cuts deepest. When a career-killing scandal explodes, he ditches the spotlight for the last place anyone will look: her London flat.

She’s his best friend’s rule-loving sister, the woman he’s secretly wanted for three years, and the last person he can afford to lie to. Haley needed Christian to win a reality show prize to save her dog rescue. Instead, she gets the man himself: leather jackets in her hallway, her dogs curled up traitorously at his feet, and a rock star who’s starting to feel less like a stranger crashing her Christmas, and more like someone she isn’t in a hurry to see leave.

For twelve days they share a roof, a cause, and a chemistry she can’t explain away—and a secret he’s running out of ways to hide. But the truth can’t stay hidden forever. If Christian and Haley can’t uncover what really happened the night of his walk-off before Christmas runs out, she could lose her dog rescue and he could lose the only woman he’s ever wanted.

Tropes & details: Forced proximity • Best friend’s sister • Cinnamon-roll rockstar • Found family (dogs!) • London at Christmas • Dual POV • Medium heat • HEA. Series: Standalone in Stellar Riot Christmas (reading order optional)