The First Nowelle
About
A snowstorm, a stranger, and a little girl who knows exactly what Christmas needs.
Nowelle has one goal this holiday: to give her five-year-old daughter, Abbie, a happy Christmas after the hardest year of their lives. A beach getaway seemed like the perfect fresh start, until a blown tire strands them at a cozy mountain inn in the Smokies and a surprise snowstorm buries the roads under a foot of snow.
Nicholas deSaint stopped for one night. Just one. The no-nonsense CEO doesn’t do tinsel, carols, or holiday cheer, and he certainly didn’t plan on sharing the parlor with a quiet, ginger-haired little girl and her storybook. But Abbie has a way of sneaking past his defenses with a soft smile, a small wave, and questions he can’t help answering.
Before long, they're decorating cookies, reading stories by the fire, and a guarded single mom starts to wonder whether the grumpiest guest at the inn might be the kindest man she’s ever met. Nowelle isn’t looking for love, and Nicholas doesn’t believe in Christmas magic. Abbie has other ideas.
A heartwarming, feel-good holiday romance about second chances, found family, and the gift of finally being home.
Coming December 23, 2026