This story is your typical Hallmark Christmas story for the most part. It is a good, fluffy Christmas read without much depth to it or the characters and is rather predictable. Suzanne is an artist, but mostly paints what others have already done for insurance purposes. Who wants to risk the real painting being stolen when you can have an identical fake one on display and the real one hidden away and safe? Looking to find her muse and start painting original artwork of her own, she goes to Credence Colorado and stays in a cottage on a ranch. Your typical broody, silent man is the head rancher and he enjoys his peace and quiet...that is, until Suzanne shows up in her Mystery Machine (without the Scooby Doo gang) and suddenly his world falls upside down. She has gotten herself into quite the mess not long after her arrival. She has her parents convinced that she cannot possibly come home for Christmas as she is spending it with her rancher boyfriend who LOVES Christmas. Her parents have never truly celebrated Christmas and cannot stand all of the garish decorations, but in a desperate attempt to save their marriage, they have decided to come to Credence and spend Christmas with Suzanne and her fake boyfriend. Now she has to convince Grady to follow along with her plan...and her muse simply adores him. Here comes "operation hokiest Christmas ever." What could possibly go wrong?