title: Tackling Molasses Crinkles
author: Freeman, Laura
description: While delivering freshly baked cookies to her elderly neighbor, Crystal sees a shady stranger inside the house and sneaks to the back door to determine if he's friend or foe. Nick catches sight of a suspicious person outside and thinks it's a porch pirate looking for Christmas packages. He drives the thief to the ground with a football tackle. Only his victim is his hostess's neighbor, stunned by the force of the impact and furious about her broken cookies. After this meet-cute gone wrong, can these two adversaries find common ground and discover the tragic secrets that have brought them together?