Christmas With The Tycoon

Some stories arrive fully formed. This one didn’t.

Christmas with the Tycoon began as a familiar trope of a wealthy outsider and a small mountain town. Somewhere along the way, it slowed down. It softened. It started asking better questions.

What happens when progress isn’t the enemy … but fear of change is?
What happens when love isn’t about rescue, but about listening?

Willow Grant was always the anchor of this story. As the Town Manager of Hope Peak, she represents the quiet labor of loving a place enough to fight for it. She knows what’s been lost before. She knows how easily “improvement” can erase memory. Writing Willow meant honoring the women who hold communities together without applause -- who carry responsibility with grace. Yet in her quieter moments, she wonders if there’s room left to want more.

Graham Sinclair, on the other hand, arrived with edges. He’s a man used to winning, used to reshaping landscapes and calling it vision. But he isn’t careless. He isn’t cruel. And I didn’t want him to be another tycoon who bulldozes his way into love. Graham had to learn. He had to see the Hearthstone Lodge not as a project, but as a living memory -- one that mattered to people who never had the luxury of walking away.

The moment that changed everything for me as the author was when Graham finally sees the lodge through Willow’s eyes. That was the heartbeat of the book. Once he understood that restoration didn’t mean replacement, the entire story shifted. So did their relationship.

This isn’t a romance built on grand speeches or dramatic ultimatums. It’s built in shared meals, late-night conversations, quiet compromises, and the kind of intimacy that grows when two people choose to meet in the middle ... without either one disappearing in the process.

And yes, it’s still steamy. Because connection deserves heat. Because trust deepens desire. Because love, when it’s right, feels both grounding and intoxicating.

At its core, Christmas with the Tycoon is a story about home -- what it means, how it changes, and how sometimes the greatest risk isn’t losing what we love … but letting it evolve.

I hope Willow and Graham find a place in your heart this holiday season. And I hope their story reminds you that love doesn’t have to arrive loudly to be life-changing.

— Opal

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Christmas With The Tycoon