Rae Anne Thayne Returns With Another Heartfelt Christmas Tale in 'Snow Kissed'

In Snow Kissed, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne shares a heartwarming holiday romance about finding love for the second time. Set in the fictional town of Shelter Springs, her story centers around single mom Holly Goodwin Moore whose daughter, Lydia, is set to take part in her ex-husband’s sister-in-law’s wedding. Because she’s expected to attend, Holly must now figure out who to bring as her date. As Thayne describes it, “She’s feeling like the other woman in all these festivities that she’s going to have to be a part of with his family, so she enlists the help of Ryan as a fake date basically… to help her through this wedding complication in her life and just to have this really sexy arm candy at the wedding so that she won’t make people feel uncomfortable about her, and so she will feel a little more confident to be surrounded by all these other people…” Surprisingly, this book marks the first time Thayne has written a romance using the fake dating trope. “I just love that idea of, you’re doing something for show, but it becomes real as you get to know each other… in that process they discover that… they’re really perfect for each other. It just took this excuse to be together… it was really, really fun. I loved writing that trope, I loved these two people. They were some of my favorite characters that I’ve written.”

As part of the Shelter Springs series, Snow Kissed is book three of this charming collection, following Christmas at the Shelter Inn and The December Market. While each book can be read as a standalone novel and has a completely new story, Thayne finds that readers enjoy when recurring characters from the previous books pop in, so all of her female protagonists within the series are linked in some way. “It’s kind of a group of women who knew each other in high school, were great friends in high school, have gone their separate ways, have lived different experiences, and now for different reasons are back in this community and finding their way together.” And for those who loved this novel and all the books in the series, you won’t want to miss her next book, tentatively titled A Cozy Little Christmas, where we will meet Holly’s twin sister, Hannah!