Book Four in the Novel-Tea Christmas Series 
 
RELEASES NOVEMBER 21ST, 2025
 
 
Firefighter Monae Brown is used to putting out flames not falling for them. So, when her fire station volunteers at Whispering Pines nursing home for the holidays, she expects to hang lights, decorate trees, and keep her emotions tightly in check. But then he shows up again.
 
Restaurant owner Jai Carter has had a quiet crush on Monae since the night their friends, Audrey and Montrell, fell in love during a cooking competition. When he agrees to cater the nursing home’s holiday events, he hopes for a second chance to impress her but gets a kitchen full of burnt cookies and near-disasters instead.
 
To make matters worse, it’s Monae’s turn with the mysterious, magical journal that she and her friends have been passing back and forth the last few years. Every time she and Jai share a moment, a new entry appears urging her to take the leap and open her heart. As the journal’s guidance grows bolder, a nosy senior citizen at the nursing home joins in the matchmaking efforts, determined to make this holiday one for the books.
 
With Christmas around the corner and hearts on the line, will Monae finally stop fighting the fire that just might lead her home?