Cozy Christmas Second Chance MM / Gay Romance - Standalone

Evergreen Embraces Renewed: Holiday Traditions Mend Broken Bonds in a Lakeside Cabin

Story Dossier + Outline

Premise:

Widowed artist Lucas Coleman inherits a remote lakeside cabin and returns for a family Christmas retreat, where he's snowbound with his long-lost childhood love, Mason Fletcher, the cabin's caretaker, pushing them to confront buried grief and desires or let their second chance slip away in the winter chill.

✨ Genre: Cozy Christmas Second Chance MM / Gay Romance

✨ Tropes/Themes: Returning Home After Breakup, Childhood Friends, Family Holiday Traditions, Gentle Emotional Unpacking, Warm Domestic Moments, MM/Gay, Forced Proximity Retreat, Inherited Legacy Dilemma

✨ POV & Structure: 1st Person Present Tense Dual POV, structured with Romancing the Beat overlays across 4 acts.

✨ Vibe: A soothing mix of lakeside serenity and festive joy provides a cozy, introspective tone, with high-spice intimacy that deepens emotional bonds in a gentle, feel-good narrative free of harsh edges.

✨ Book Size: Short Novel (40,000-60,000 words)

✨ Chapter Count: 27 Chapters

✨ Word Count: target 1,500-2,100 per chapter

✨ Heat Level: High-spice (7-10+ high-heat explicit scenes)

What you get:

✅ Complete Premise with core concepts and Narrative Physics Architecture

✅ Complete Story Dossier — including detailed characters, relationship arcs, locations and objects, world rules and histories, multiple subplots, and market researched genre and style guides.

✅ A detailed 27 chapter outline.

✅ Separate documents for characters, relationship arcs, locations, objects, genre guide, and style guide.