Every Christmas for the past eleven years, Merry Anne Martinnelli has wished for the chance to have a "do-over" and accept Josh Johnson's marriage proposal. She doesn't know Josh wishes for a second chance, too. Or that he has returned to Tassanoxie in the hopes of mending the rift.

Josh conspires with Merry Anne's brother to set up a meeting with her, unaware his house has become the target of a burglary. When the unsuspecting Merry Anne tries to deliver a pizza, two burglars answer the door, drag her in the house, and lock her in a kitchen pantry with the unconscious homeowner.

Suddenly, Merry Anne has the future she's dreamed "the house, the dog, and the 2.5 children" within her grasp. Will she be able to forgive Josh for breaking her heart, not once, but twice? Will she get her Christmas "do-over" wish?

Fleeing arrest by a spurned suitor, Lady Riana Travistock heads for London where she is knifed in a street brawl when she helps a man attacked by footpads. Luckily for Lady Riana, the victim of the attack is army surgeon Captain Devlin Carrington who takes her home to tend her injury. When Dev cuts off her blood-soaked chemise to stitch the knife wound, a fortune in jewels spill out. Has he saved a lovely jewel thief only to watch her hang?

Take one heroine and hero gripped in relationship limbo. Stir in a possible media scandal. Sprinkle lightly with a three-year-old child. Add one potential mother-in-law, a former boyfriend, a celebrity reporter hot for a story break and a Hollywood starlet. Knead above ingredients. Cover and let rise in a warm place. Bake for 31 chapters. Yield: Ellie’s Song, the story of shy folk artist Ellie Kellson who loves country singer Lane Walker, but abhors the media attention he needs to be a successful singing artist.