Bryan Baker is kind and good-natured, with a weakness for sweets. He's been indulging more often than he should lately, turning to comfort food and focusing on work to keep his mind off a recent breakup. When he injures his back, his doctor reads him the riot act and he agrees to see a personal trainer to get in shape. When he meets Melanie, he thinks she is great, but knows there is no way the pretty new personal trainer would ever look at him twice. But she does. Melanie isn't put off by Bryan's teddy bear figure at all. He's handsome and nice and she wants to get to know him better. But his ex, Amy, is a new member at the gym and she doesn't hesitate to point out that it's against the rules for staff to date clients. And when Melanie hires Bryan to design her a house, it becomes even more impossible because Bryan has the same policy for his clients. Can they find their way to happiness somehow? **Includes two of my favorite recipes!

Bryan Baker is kind and good-natured, with a weakness for sweets. He's been indulging more often than he should lately, turning to comfort food and focusing on work to keep his mind off a recent breakup. When he injures his back, his doctor reads him the riot act and he agrees to see a personal trainer to get in shape. When he meets Melanie, he thinks she is great, but knows there is no way the pretty new personal trainer would ever look at him twice. But she does. Melanie isn't put off by Bryan's teddy bear figure at all. He's handsome and nice and she wants to get to know him better. But his ex, Amy, is a new member at the gym and she doesn't hesitate to point out that it's against the rules for staff to date clients. And when Melanie hires Bryan to design her a house, it becomes even more impossible because Bryan has the same policy for his clients. Can they find their way to happiness somehow? **Be sure to check out the two recipes I've included. Both feature raspberry jam and I make one of them almost every day.

Chrissie Tripp wants to play her fife with the rest of the band at the the Sunrise Mall but she doen't know how.

Chrissie Tripp cannot manage to play "Jingle Bells" on her fife, so she tries to hide it well enough to play in the Christmas concert at the Sunrise Mall with the Lincoln Lions Band.

Addie Collop Age: 25 Looks: Tall, ginger, and curvaceousFavorite Food: Jam Status: Single, but secretly in love with a Bell's Pass yoga instructor Ellis David Age: 25 Looks: Lanky, white, and thin Favorite Food: Tater Tot Hotdish Status: Single, but secretly in love with Bell's Pass's premiere cosmetologist Addie and Ellis now hold the title for biggest dating disasters of Bells Pass. Each afraid their differences are too much to overcome, they pretend friends will be enough for them forever. It will take a broken window, a broken leg, and a magical sleigh to convince them that their differences are what make them unique together. This Christmas everything will change in Bells Pass, and no one will be untouched by the magic of old Saint Nick.

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