MARGOTI'm a liability lawyer. When something goes wrong, I'm the one who shows up afterward with the waiver in my hand.I'm very good at it. I was so good at it I collapsed at my desk in August.So my firm put me on mandatory leave and handed me a list of approved wellness activities.I booked three days in the Canadian Rockies instead. The hardest trek on the list, in the worst month for it.Mostly out of spite.Then I met my gui...

JOSIEThings I have: three months, a laminated schedule, four hundred wreaths to make, and a rural Christmas Market to save.Things I need: cedar.Things standing between me and the cedar: Boone Sheridan. Six foot two, ten years older than me, answers questions in half-sentences, owns the only good stand within forty kilometres, and said no to my entire plan before I even showed him my slide show.The council put us in charge of Christmas togeth...