Overcoming a history of hard knocks, Jett has made the military his entire life with no room for anything other than his next mission, or anyone outside of his team. Jett is one of the men that served with Bryce Holmes, carrying out covert operations for the military. When Bryce doesn't make it out, Jett and the other two members of the team are tasked with carrying out their most important assignment to date. Visiting Bryce's hometown to fulfill his oath to a fallen brother will present an unexpected ordeal in the form of feisty, redheaded Clementine Holmes, Bryce's baby sister.

Clementine is trying for the sake of her family to get into the spirit of the first Christmas without her beloved brother Bryce, and failing miserably. One knock at the door will bring her face to face with a man who is hard to ignore, both because of the information he comes bearing about Bryce, and because of the attraction that instantly springs up between them. She has plans for her future, and is on the brink of seeing them all realized, and a tattooed military commando certainly does not fit her requirements for the prince charming needed to achieve her 10-year plan. But soon she begins to wonder if her brother really knew what he was doing all along?