On a quiet cobbled street in the heart of London, just a snowfall away from St Paul’s, Joshua Blakeman unlocks the door to his late father’s dusty old bookshop—Chapter One. He’s there to say goodbye to a life he no longer fits into, to a city that’s forgotten him, and to the dreams he buried beneath grief and guilt.
Then Michael walks in. With warm brown eyes, a gentle smile, and a coffee just the way Josh likes it, he seems to step straight from a dream. He owns the art shop next door—a place bursting with color, life, and a kind of magic Josh thought he’d stopped believing in.
As Christmas lights sparkle across the city and snow begins to fall, fate gently weaves between two men who thought love had passed them by.
Sometimes, all it takes is a locked door, a shared coffee, and one unexpected kiss to rewrite everything.
This Christmas, love finds its way home—between the pages of forgotten books and in the arms of someone who feels like forever.
RJ Scott is the author of the over one hundred published novels and discovered romance in books at a very young age. She realized that if there wasn’t romance on the page, she could create it in her head, and is a lifelong writer.
She lives and works out of her home in the beautiful English countryside, spends her spare time reading, watching films, and enjoying time with her family.
The last time she had a week’s break from writing she didn't like it one little bit and has yet to meet a bottle of wine she couldn’t defeat.