I found a physical copy of this book, well, it was called Merry Alaska and included TWO short stories, the first one being the one in the blurb here.  The kindle copy was included in KU. No audio available.  I'll admit, I only read the first one (so this one here on Storygraph works for my records). A little too "cutesy" and unbelievable for me.

3rd person/past tense, the 14 chapters switched between Leah and Ben, both spending the holiday in remote (but close to each other) cabins in Alaska. Leah is actually moving in, making it a permanent home, Ben is in-between situations. I didn't quite get why Ben automatically assumed someone had broken into the cabin next door, rather than to more logical "maybe the owners decided to come" ... I felt like the stress over the kitten, escaped outside for 15min, was an overreaction "could she have hypothermia? I know I have to be careful about giving her something hot to drink because that can be a shock to the system, at least in humans. I feel helpless!"

The "oh he's cute/she's cute but NO relationship" was a little annoying, especially as that was obviously where this was headed. A little too much, the setting up of the picture perfect Christmas scenes (was this for an article for NEXT Christmas? Are magazines really a full year out in advance?) Ben thinking he'd go from a manager to buying a hotel for multi-millions (just get some investors) ... it just felt like a bit of a leap to me.

The epilogue ... such the stereotypical "one year later, they are married and have a baby" ... and Cocoa jumped up on a counter and Leah picked HIM up and set HIM on the floor, after getting HER a treat. Um, how did the author make that mistake (Cocoa was a girl the whole book) and how did it get missed in editing, or did the "bonus epilogue" just get hurriedly jotted off without anyone proofreading it?