Tessia Bennington is relieved to spend the Christmas holidays at the Blackmoor Inn with her elderly aunt and uncle and their friends. The invitation offers an escape from her family's constant urging for her to consider other suitors. The man she'd expected to marry begged off after hearing of her meager dowry. She has no desire to be drawn into another fated relationship. Once settled at the inn, she shrugs off their handsome host's advances, but when she senses a ghostly presence in need of her help, she can't refuse.Damien Reeves grudgingly agrees to take over as host for his ailing uncle's Christmas party. Since Damien's family's horrific tragedy two years earlier, holidays hold only painful memories for him. The event, held at a country inn famous for absurd ghost lore, promises to be a tedious few days, even with his uncle's request that he try to solve a mystery of petty thefts that have occurred among his guests over the past year. When an enticing young woman arrives at the inn. Damien begins to think it might not be as dreadful a holiday as he'd predicted. Neither Tess nor Damien could have imagined the outcome of their holiday-the bizarre events, the frolicking escapades of the aged partiers, or the thieving culprit's tenacity. Will they part with memories of an unforgettable Christmas or shed their defenses and find happiness in each other?