Ellie Walker knows Christmas as snow-dusted streets, roaring fires, and traditions that never change.

This year, instead of a New York winter, she is sweating through an Australian summer in Salt Bay. She is grieving her father, freshly heartbroken, and forced to sell the seaside inn that once held his happiest memories.

Ellie is not looking for a fresh start. She is here to sign the papers, survive the holidays, and leave.

But Salt Bay, and one frustratingly charming, not-so-handy handyman, have other plans.

Between sun-soaked beaches, small-town traditions, a song about Santa wearing shorts, and a Christmas that looks nothing like the one she knows, Ellie finds herself drawn into a place that feels achingly familiar and dangerously tempting. Enter Jack Bradbury. Local heartthrob. Reluctant dreamer. Town celebrity and part-time Santa. The one man who makes staying feel like a possibility Ellie never planned for.

As old traditions resurface, new ones take shape, and a long-buried family secret comes to light, Ellie must decide what she is willing to let go of, and what might be worth holding onto.

Christmas Is a Beach is a heartfelt holiday novella set in the Worth the Scandal and Maroon Management universe. It is an interconnected standalone, a bridge between stories, and the beginning of a seaside romance series that is only just getting started.

Perfect for readers who love:

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Small town Aussie romance

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Christmas stories with meaning and heart

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Family scecrets, healing, and love that conquers

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Slowburn tension in sun soaked settings

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A Hallmark Christmas cliché with Aussie slang and humour

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• Publication Date: December 21, 2025
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• Print Length: 68 Pages
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