Julian Claus is the youngest son of Santa Claus. He is not interested in becoming part of the family business. His brother (his father’s heir) helps his father deliver gifts and his sister handles the naughty-or-nice list. The only job left for Julian is helping in the workshop. This year Julian skips the holiday responsibilities by taking a group of young woman on a cruise. The next thing he knows he wakes up on an island. An old woman is bashing him on the head with a cane and threatens to toss him back in the water. A pretty young woman and her children rush to his rescue. Julian soon finds himself drawn to the young woman and her family, but his past makes him feel unworthy of love. Will he allow himself to fall in love or will he turn his back on the best thing that ever happened to him?
Noel Greenway is a widow with two children. Noel feels attracted to Julian, but after suffering one loss she is not planning to open herself up to another. If she falls for Julian (it would be simple to do that) she will suffer when he goes back to his old life. When Julian tries to convince her that he wants to try to have a relationship with her, Noel reads between the lines. He is not ready to settle down. Noel needs a stable man in her life if she ever decides to fall in love again. She has her two children to protect. In spite of her best efforts, Noel finds herself falling for Julian. Can Noel help Julian to give up his old life and settle down with her?
In the third story from The Family Claus Tale series, a multi-author group of stories, J. Morgan tells the story of the youngest Claus child. Julian’s brother and sister found perfect matches (thanks to a helping hand from their mother and grandmother) and Julian does not want to be the next one to fall victim to their manipulations. Julian finds himself on an island in the middle of nowhere with beautiful Noel and her family, he is unable to deny their instant chemistry. J. Morgan tells Julian’s story with a large dose of humor and some unexpected supernatural surprises. Can Noel make Julian give up his bachelor ways?