Jade Bennett can handle corporate backstabbing and hostile takeovers. A bakery held together by prayer and expired permits, a reindeer farmer with trust issues, and a vindictive town inspector with a mysterious grudge? Not so much.

When her aunt’s beloved Sugar Pine Sweets faces foreclosure, Jade returns to Frost Pine Ridge armed with an MBA and zero idea how to fix a commercial oven. Her only ally is Leo Carter—her high school almost-romance, who now raises reindeer and is convinced she’ll leave the moment things get hard.

Between learning to bake her great-grandmother’s legendary recipes, navigating small-town politics, and trying not to fall for a man who rescues her from electrical disasters while protecting his heart, Jade discovers that saving the bakery means saving herself. And maybe—if she can prove she’s staying—saving a chance at love with the quiet, stubborn man next door.

Because sometimes the sweetest recipe isn’t in any cookbook. It’s coming home, fighting for what matters, and learning that the people who challenge you the most might be exactly who you need.

Titles in the Frost Pine Ridge series include:  Sweet Christmas Comeback ~ Grumpy Glitter Christmas ~ Meddling Christmas Match-Up (12/18/25) ~ 

This is a clean, sweet romance with either closed doors or fade to black scenes. Kisses might be involved 🙂

Title:  Sweet Christmas Comeback
Series:  Frost Pine Ridge #1
Author:  Meredith Summers
Published:  October 23, 2025
My Rating:  4.5 stars

Sweet Christmas Comeback begins the Frost Pine Ridge series with a delightfully fun and comfy Christmas tale of a woman who went out into the big, bad world after high school/college to follow her dream… and got chewed up and dumped out, only to come home to help her aunt at the family bakery.  A bakery that might not be the refuge Jade thought it would be; it’s more like a sad, old building that needs a lot of tender, loving care and a lot of money to bring it back into its glory days. 

With a woman who has held a family grudge for generations breathing down their necks, Jade and Aunt Mabel have a very short time to whip the bakery into shape… or sell it and walk away.  And a high school friend, who might have been more if he hadn’t been so shy and tongue-tied around Jade back then.  Definitely sparks an interest for them both in seeing what their future might hold.  Second chances might be a possibility… if they can get beyond one major assumption, and repair what was broken, not only in the bakery building, but in relationships as well.

Jade and Leo’s romance is full of laughter, history, and misunderstandings.  He’s convinced she won’t stay, so he’s reluctant to completely give his heart away.  She’s determined to start fresh back home, and her first priority is to get the family bakery up to code and functional.  The feelings she has for Leo might grow into something amazing, but only if trust between them is a two-way street.  I adored Leo’s reindeer (and the cover shows them off perfectly), who each have their own unique personality.  Sweet Christmas Comeback by Meredith Summers is an enjoyable, emotional, and, yes, small-town cozy Christmas celebration.  It’s well-written, engaging, and realistic, even down to the town gossip and the petty memory of family feuds.  I had fun and will happily continue on with this series.

I read this title through my Kindle Unlimited subscription.

Do you love Christmas Romance any time of the year, but especially during the Holidays?  Then, please visit our Year-Round Christmas Romance page for suggestions of Christmas Romance stories that I’ve enjoyed… any time of the year.

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