The Winter We Fell: The Audrey Stone Havenbrook Christmas Romance Series, Book 10

When fixer-for-hire Leah Chamonix is sent to reboot a failing Christmas festival in Cornish harbour town Havenbrook, she clashes with grumpy rink keeper Jax Mitchell, guardian of a fragile ice rink and a painful legend. As they rewrite the Silver Dancer story together, sparks fly, and the town’s future hangs in the balance.

Two hearts, one rink, and a legend that could change everything

Event planner Sophie Chamonix has orchestrated spectacles across Europe, but recreating Havenbrook's legendary "Frozen Harbour Festival" presents her most ambitious challenge yet. According to local lore, when the harbour froze solid in 1847, the townspeople celebrated with three nights of skating beneath the Northern Lights, and a mysterious figure in silver performed a dance that supposedly saved the town from a terrible fate. Now, Sophie's been hired to resurrect this lost tradition as a Winter Wonderland experience, complete with period costumes, authentic Victorian skating performances, and a climactic recreation of the legendary silver dancer's routine.

Jax Mitchell has been running Havenbrook Ice Rink for fifteen years, maintaining the aging facility with stubborn pride and treating every scuff on his ice like a personal insult. His family has owned the rink for generations, and he's heard every version of the Frozen Harbor tale—including the parts the tourism board prefers to forget. When Sophie arrives with her grand plans to transform his practical rink into a theatrical wonderland based on what he knows is mostly fiction, he's determined to protect both his ice and the truth.

Their first meeting ends with Sophie's historical research scattered across Jax's office and his blunt declaration that she's "romanticizing a tragedy." But with the entire town banking on the Winter Wonderland to revive tourism after a disastrous year, they're forced into an uneasy partnership. Sophie needs Jax's technical expertise and grudging cooperation; Jax needs Sophie's event to succeed even if he thinks it's built on lies.

Through late-night rehearsals where Jax teaches Sophie the difference between theatrical skating and actual Victorian ice dancing, emergency repairs when old pipes threaten to flood the entire production, and the discovery of his grandmother's diary that reveals the real story behind the silver dancer, their icy standoff begins to thaw. Sophie starts to see that Jax's resistance comes from respecting history, not rejecting progress. Jax realizes Sophie's determination to create magic isn't about false narratives—it's about giving people something to believe in.

As opening night approaches and they uncover a connection between the 1847 festival and Jax's own family history, they must decide whether to reveal the truth that could shatter the town's cherished myth or create a new legend worth believing in—one that includes them.

A sparkling enemies-to-lovers romance about the stories we tell, the truths we keep, and finding that sometimes the best traditions are the ones you create together.