Cuffing Season
Cuffing Season
When Parker Wilson’s ex shows up to Christmas every year with a new girlfriend, she swears this time will be different. Armed with caffeine, panic, and one very bad idea, Parker impulsively “borrows” a stranger to play her girlfriend for the holidays.
The problem? That stranger is Stephanie Rivera — a polished corporate lawyer who vanishes from her life of boardrooms and mergers only to wake up snowed-in at the Wilson family cabin, handcuffed to the chaos that is Parker’s world.
What begins as a desperate act of holiday survival turns into something neither of them expects. Between cookie competitions, snowball fights, and a storm that refuses to let up, Parker and Steph start to blur the lines between pretending and something real. But when the truth catches up with them — along with Steph’s powerful family and Parker’s lingering heartbreak — both women must decide whether love born out of lies can survive in the light of day.
Filled with laughter, warmth, and a dash of Christmas magic, Cuffing Season is a cozy sapphic romance about second chances, messy families, and finding home in the most unexpected places.
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Author's Note
Every story has an origin, and this one started years ago with a little Christmas movie called Holiday in Handcuffs. It has been one of my favorite holiday films since high school — cheesy, chaotic, heartfelt, and a little ridiculous in all the right ways.
Back then, I remember thinking:
What if this idea were flipped? What if that wild, impulsive, snowstorm kidnapping spiraled into something tender… and sapphic? What if the emotional heart of the story wasn’t about the chaos at all, but the connection that forms when two very different women get trapped together during the coldest time of the year?
That little spark lived in my head for a long time.
And honestly… I’ve always loved the phrase “cuffing season.”
It describes that time of year when the weather turns cold, everyone couples up, and even the most guarded hearts start feeling a little braver. It’s slang, sure, but it’s also a perfect play on words when you mix it with a “kidnapping-turned-love-story” setup.
So this book became my own version of that idea.
A love letter to winter.
To quiet moments.
To unexpected connections.
To the people who thaw us out just by being there.
I hope this story makes you feel warm, makes you smile, and gives you something soft to hold onto this season.
With love and gratitude,
M. Keane