When bodyguard Ryder Southerland sees his best friends sister Katie at an L.A. Christmas party, he mistakes the slinky blonde for a celebrity stalker and tackles her...The next morning, Katie's gone, and Ryder tells himself it's for the best. It isn't. Now, one Christmas later, Ryders falling for the woman he's been missing in the town he hasn't missed at all. Katie Cheeks outgrown the romantic fantasies she had about Ryder when she was fifteen. Katie's packed their hot night away in a box labeled "fling" -- or tried to. But Twilights bad boy is the best man in her brother's wedding. And up-close and personal, Ryder's impossible to ignore. So Katie can either go into hiding or surrender to Christmas magic.