Claus and Effect

She's Christmas in a power suit. He's Grinch with a badge.Defense attorney Alana O'Hara's holiday season is officially going up in smoke. The town's historic mansion has burned down, her newest client insists he's the real Kris Kringle, and the lead investigator is Sergeant Noah Briscoe, the devastatingly sexy cynic she almost fell for last summer.Noah prefers his evidence concrete and his relationships nonexistent, having learned the hard way that caring leads to getting burned. But Alana is impossible to ignore. She asks too many questions, gambles her own savings on a delusional suspect, and makes him crave a life he swore off long ago.Between defending Santa and trading barbs with Noah, Alana has her hands full. Yet the attraction has never been the problem. Convincing the stubborn sergeant to stick around after the kissing stops? That might take a Christmas miracle.Alana is willing to put her heart on the line one last time. If Noah wants a permanent place in her life, he'll have to give her the one thing that terrifies him...a reason to believe.