It Began with a Man in a Raffle (ePub)

Lexi is excited about the new mystery shop opening next to hers, but the suspense is killing her. None of the other shop owners on Ocean Street have been able to discover just what the shop will be selling. Her attempts to find out the truth aren't going well, and she decides she can't wait another second. Braving the papered over windows and door of the new shop, she brings a box of sweets from the bakery as a welcome-to-the-neighborhood gift. She knows the mystery is about to be solved and can't wait to share the news with the other shop owners.

Linc is hoping to pick up the pieces of his life after a career ending injury put paid to his life-long dream of making it to the Major Leagues, and he moves 700 miles away to leave his past behind and make a new start. Instead of feeling welcomed, he has an unpleasant encounter with one of the Bentley natives and wonders if he's made a huge mistake.

Instead of the pleasant conversation she anticipates, Lexi receives the coldest of cold shoulders from her new neighbor, who doesn't even bother to introduce himself. Just because she accidentally throws a bag of garbage at him and drops a box of brownies on his feet is no reason for him to be all snippy with her. Then Lexi learns she will be partnered with the man, Linc Easton, in the Ocean Street Shops' Christmas fundraiser this year and she knows she's going to have to summon enough Christmas spirit for both of them. No matter how impossible it will be.