One Wild Weekend with Ryder Novel

Sarah thought Christmas would bring an engagement ring and a trip home to Iowa with her boyfriend Adam. Instead, she receives a breakup email and, in her heartbroken haze of margaritas, accidentally agrees to spend the holiday in Alaska. When she arrives in Anchorage expecting her college roommate Cindy, she's met by Cindy's brother Ryder—a broody ex-MMA fighter. While Sarah is there to review Cindy's retreat for her travel magazine and heal from her breakup, Ryder makes clear she's an unwelcome guest. Her situation worsens when Cindy breaks her ankle, leaving Ryder as her reluctant guide. After Sarah falls through the ice while photographing the Northern Lights, she and Ryder are forced to spend a night together in his cabin to survive hypothermia. As she learns why he despises Christmas and lives isolated in the wilderness, Sarah discovers warmth beneath his icy exterior. If she can convince him to lower his guard, she might find reasons to stay through New Year's.