How to Melt a Snowflake

Nicholas Saint
Christmas has one purpose: go all in for the holiday my late son adored. This holiday is supposed to be a yearly reminder of how I lost the people I loved the most. Instead, I choose to dress my grief in tinsel to celebrate what was, rather than yield to the painful truth of what life actually is. A Christmas Retreat in this snow globe of a small town is exactly the kind of trip my son would have loved – but meeting Krystal, the only other single person here, makes me want to turn Christmas into something other than a morbid tribute to everything I’ve lost.

Krystal Evergreen
I used to bleed garland, now I want Christmas to burn. My best friend meant well by booking me a stay at a cozy bed and breakfast for the holidays, but being the only single here makes the sting of being alone so much worse…at least until he shows up. A man who seems to run on everything jolly and bright, a man who’s lost it all but still believes. With only twelve days together before we go our separate ways, maybe meeting each other here, of all places, is some kind of Christmas miracle. We can choose to dwell in the past or make the most of the heat of the moment.

When Christmas represents everything they’ve lost, being the only two singles at a couples’ retreat allows them to make the holiday mean something different. How To Melt A Snowflake is a spicy, grumpy x sunshine, small-town, Black holiday romance about reclaiming your identity after losing it all.