Merry & Wild is a small town, snowed-in origin story for New York Times bestselling author Kristen Proby’s Wilds of Montana series.

 John Wild isn’t about to let his baby sister drive herself through a snow storm to the town holiday dance, despite not being thrilled about being at the dance himself. Until he sees that a former classmate, Joy, is also there, and he decides this party isn’t so bad after all. Wanting her to himself, away from the crowd of seemingly everyone in town, John talks Joy into going out to eat, and later, back to his ranch.

Joy has had a crush on John Wild forever, and now he’s taking her home with him. Lucky for her, the storm gets worse, and they end up snowed in at John’s cabin, and in his arms. He’s as kind as she remembers, and way sexier than she ever dreamed. Being stranded with him is more exciting than she thought possible. Not to mention, he doesn’t have any holiday decorations up, so she talks him into taking her out to cut down a tree so she can make his cabin festive for Christmas.

But when the storm clears, and it’s time to take Joy home, will John let her walk out of his life forever, or will he make Joy his forever?