She came to plan the festival.He came to keep her warm.Fate decided neither of them were leaving. Sofia Delgado doesn’t believe in fated mates—or small towns with too much charm. Sanctuary’s Winter Lights Festival is just another job before she returns to city life and her carefully guarded independence. Then the blizzard hits, the power fails, and she’s snowed in with the deputy who smells like sunshine and safety and keeps calling her sunshine right back. Caleb Moreno has made peace with being everyone’s helper and no one’s priority. Until Sofia crashes into his world with her clipboards, quick wit, and the scent that rewires his instincts. She swears she’s leaving when the storm clears. He swears he won’t stand in her way.Neither expects to fall in love before the lights come back on. One blizzard. One bonfire. One omega finally brave enough to believe in forever. Because sometimes home isn’t a place—it’s the alpha who waits in the firelight. Guaranteed HEA.Tropes: fated mates, sunshine alpha × city omega, snowed-in romance, small-town festival, found family, heat & rut, consent & careContent Warnings: mild trauma references, fear of commitment, emotional vulnerability, high-heat intimacy
