A Perfect Christmas Night: A Found Family Small Town Christmas Romance

by Lori Wilde

Dr. Miles Ellis shows up to the town Christmas bash out of obligation, not enthusiasm. He’s counting the minutes until he can slip out unnoticed. But a crowded barn, a flying elbow, and one unlucky plate of barbecue sauce land him face-to-face with a gorgeous stranger he just splattered.

Lili Grant doesn’t want attention, especially not from the local doctor with quiet eyes and a wall around his heart. She came to Kringle, Texas to hide out, not to be drawn into someone else’s orbit. But after the world she built collapsed, hiding is harder than it used to be.

What begins as an awkward apology turns into something else—something neither of them wants to name. But when old wounds resurface and choices have to be made, Miles and Lili must each decide if it’s safer to stay guarded… or finally risk being seen?

159 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 21, 2025

About the author

Lori Wilde can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to write. She even went to nursing school so she could have a schedule flexible enough to allow her to write on the side. She nursed for 20 years, working in a variety of settings from the newborn nursery to the recovery room, to dialysis. But she never lost her desire to write.

She sold her first book in 1994 to Silhouette Romance but later discovered she had a flair for comedy and branched out to Harlequin Duets and now, to Blaze.

Lori is an adventuresome soul who loves to travel. She’s taken flying lessons, completed two marathons, rode in a hot-air balloon, performed with a professional jazz band, traveled Europe as a teenager, hiked volcanoes in Hawaii, trod on glaciers in Alaska, shot white-water rapids, water-skied, snow-skied, raced all-terrain vehicles, bodysurfed in the Gulf of Mexico, and photographed grizzly bears in Yellowstone.

She lives in her native Texas, with her own real-life hero, Bill.

Reviews

[Christine Allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it!
Miles and Elli's story is a relationship meant to be. Both recovering from failed relationships were afraid to let the other know how they felt. Christmas Eve when Elli's abusive ex showed up made them realize they had to tell each other just how they felt.
Lori Wilde writes from the heart. Another great book.

[Judith Levis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it.

[Jeri Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review of A Perfect Christmas Night

I absolutely loved this book and will definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves romantic novels. She is an amazing writer!

[Ann C. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have enjoyed this whole series.

[Maureen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I couldn't put the book down...loved it!