The men in Leila Posey’s life are dark and dashing, brooding and charismatic.<br/><br/>And fictional.<br/><br/>Leila has no real-life experience with romance, but when she hears that her college flame is coming into town for Christmas and staying at the historic inn where she works, she feels a jolt of possibility. This is her chance to experience love first-hand!<br/><br/>To help her prepare, her best friend and neighbor, retro enthusiast Dan, offers to give her lessons in love and confidence. His Christmas present to her. But as Leila dives, uncomfortable but determined, into Dan’s lessons, she ends up learning more than she bargained for about herself, friendship, and love.<br/><br/>Read this short and sweet Christmas novelette (the perfect length for holiday travel) if you like Hallmark movies, hot chocolate, and romance that comes when you least expect it.