Blood dripped from the edge of Damian Moretti’s knife when he first saw her.Adriana Rossi should have turned away—any sane woman would. Instead, she met his stare across the bloodstained marble floor, her chin tilted like a challenge.Two families. One war. A love carved out of violence.“You shouldn’t be here,” Damian murmured, voice low, dangerous.Adriana’s lips curved. “Neither should you.”

Arielle North is cursed — or at least it feels that way.Every holiday, disaster follows her: burnt dinners, broken lights, lost jobs, zero romance. Christmas joy belongs to everyone but her.Until a mysterious red envelope appears on her doorstep.“Your luck changes when your heart does.” — SantaSuddenly her world shifts… starting with Noah Frost, the handsome bookstore owner she literally falls into. When he touches her, her curse weakens. Lights stop exploding. Snow melts. Wishes begin to come true.But Santa’s magic has one rule:If she falls in love and refuses to admit it, her luck will spiral into something far worse.This holiday, Arielle must decide—trust love and claim her magic…or lose the miracle she never knew she had.

When sixteen-year-old Ruby Cole’s life gets uprooted from her sunny hometown to the loud streets of New York City, she expects the worst. New school, new rules, new people—total disaster.But she didn’t expect him.Kai Kingston.Her next-door neighbor.The loud, ridiculously handsome, rich boy who throws parties that last until 3 a.m.The boy every girl wants……except Ruby.Because Kai is rude. Arrogant. Annoying. A certified heartbreaker.And after she accidentally embarrasses him on her first day of school, he decides to make her life miserable.But the more they clash, the more Ruby realizes that Kai’s smirk hides loneliness…And the more Kai pushes her away, the more he finds himself drawn to the one girl who refuses to worship him.Enter:A charming boy at school who actually treats Ruby right.A jealous Kai who hates how much he cares.Secrets, late-night rooftop confessions, family drama, heartbreak, and a love that neither of them expected.Because sometimes the boy she swore she hate……is the one her heart can’t let go of. Welcome to the loudest, sweetest, most confusing year of Ruby’s life. Read to find out what happens