Overview

Single dad. Gentle teacher. A lantern parade that might light the way to love.

Tom Ellison runs the Harbour Café with steady hands and a cinnamon-scented smile. He’s a widowed single dad who keeps the town fed and the lights glowing on late winter nights. Romance? It’s something he’s quietly convinced himself isn’t for him anymore.

Aiden is the new teacher on Mistletoe Lane—gentle, kind, and devoted to the children he teaches. When he volunteers to help with Brightmere’s annual lantern parade, he and Tom find themselves side by side, juggling event plans, after-school chaos, and evenings that grow unexpectedly warm.

Slowly, a friendship blossoms into something softer, deeper, and harder to resist. But Tom must learn that love doesn’t erase the past—it makes space for joy in the present.

Lanterns on Mistletoe Lane is a tender, cozy MM romance featuring a single dad, a devoted teacher, plenty of found family, and the gentle glow of happily-ever-after.

88 pages