The Grumpy Cardiologist’s Christmas Wish: A Clean and Wholesome Holiday Romance (Christmas at Mercy Children’s Hospital Book 1)

She brings Christmas to the cardiac ward. He’s been avoiding it for 23 years.

Dr. Dale Cross hasn’t celebrated Christmas in twenty-three years–not since the holiday took his mother and shattered his heart. Now he keeps his cardiac ward ruthlessly professional: no decorations, no sentiment, no risk.

Beth Martinez believes joy is medicine. As the hospital’s Child Life specialist, she’s spent three years turning the pediatric wing into a winter wonderland–and three years watching the grumpy cardiologist tear down her decorations every December.

This year, budget cuts threaten to end the beloved Twelve Days tradition forever. Beth needs medical proof it matters. Dale needs… well, Dale needs to be left alone.

But when they’re forced to partner on the project, something shifts. He arrives early with her favorite coffee. She sees past his walls to the wounded man underneath. And somewhere between cookie decorating and one determined corgi in an elf costume, the impossible happens.

He starts to hope.
She starts to fall.

The question isn’t whether they’re perfect for each other. It’s whether Dale can let go of twenty-three years of grief and whether Beth’s holiday magic is strong enough to heal a heart that’s been frozen for two decades.

For fans of Hallmark movies and slow-burn romance with all the feels and none of the spice.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0FXNZYM5X
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 24, 2025
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 924 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 116 pages
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Book 1 of 3 ‏ : ‎ Christmas at Mercy Children’s Hospital
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