Cozy Christmas Second Chances WW / Sapphic Romance - Standalone

Mistletoe Mending: Healing Hearts in a Winter Wonderland

Story Dossier + Outline

Premise:

Following a crushing breakup, innkeeper Quinn Harlow returns to her rural hometown to renovate her family's B&B for Christmas, reuniting with childhood playmate and ex-flame Riley Tate, whose help revives a long-forgotten promise that could either restore their love or shatter it forever.

✨ Genre: Cozy Christmas Second Chances WW / Sapphic Romance

✨ Tropes/Themes: Returning Home After Breakup, Childhood Friends, Family Holiday Traditions, Gentle Emotional Unpacking, Warm Domestic Moments, WW/Sapphic, Forgotten Promise, Inn Renovation

✨ POV & Structure: 1st Person Present Tense Single POV, structured with Romancing The Beat beats across 28 chapters.

✨ Vibe: Nurturing and feel-good with a cozy, inspirational tone that underscores personal growth and festive delight; keeps things light with emphasis on positive emotional arcs; radiates warmth without any moral ambiguity.

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

✨ Chapter Count: 28 Chapters

✨ Word Count: target 1,500-2,1000 per chapter

✨ Heat Level: Warm (on-page romantic moments with minimal explicit detail)

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 28 chapter outline.

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