Together This Christmas Spotlight

About the Book

Title: Together This Christmas
Author: Beth K. Vogt
Publisher: Story Architect
Release Date: October 13, 2025
Genre: Sweet Small-Town Contemporary Romance Christmas novella (spiritual thread)

What if true love is only a text away?

Mila Maxwell is happy with her life in New York City. Her boyfriend Zane is perfect for her – and yes perfect means he offers her the stability she’s always wanted. Zane’s also not threatened by the endless text thread she keeps with her best friend, Ben Kendrick. Why should he be? They’re friends, nothing more.

Christmas is coming – a holiday she’d much rather skip – and Mila’s the maid-of-honor for her college roommate’s December wedding. When disaster strikes the wedding coordinator, Mila rushes to Colorado to save Angie’s big day and plunges headfirst into all the marital falalala.

As Mila works the details for Angie and Charles’ wedding, Ben steps up to help.  After all, he’s the best man and someone in his life should have a happily ever after. This may be Ben’s last chance to convince Mila that they were meant for more than long texts and short video chats.

Mila must confront her fears about love and choose: Zane, who offers her the security she’s always longed for, or Ben, who has never given up on her. What if her true love has always been one text away?

Excerpt

First find her luggage. Then text Ben again.
    “Mila!” He stepped to the side of the barrier with his familiar grin.
    Mila tried to move faster toward her best friend, all rugged in his dark jeans, gray thermal Henley covered by a red flannel shirt, and brown hiking boots. And then Ben enveloped her in a warm embrace.
    His hug was comfortable. Familiar. And yet something was different. Ben Kendrick had changed since the last time they’d hugged three years ago. He was more muscular, his outdoorsy scent somehow more … Well, someone other than his best friend might call it enticing. His warm chuckle seemed to cause the airport sounds to fade away and cued a soundtrack of her favorite rom-com songs. Mila closed her eyes and relaxed against him. This was nice. She could stay here—What was she doing?

    She opened her eyes, stepped back, and slugged his arm. “Hey! I told you to wait in the pickup lot!”
    “And I told you absolutely not.” Ben grabbed her rolling suitcase and then slung one arm over her shoulders.
    “I’m sorry, Ben. You’ve probably been hanging around here for hours.”
    “You’re worth the wait, Mila.”
    “Spoken like a true-blue friend.”
    There. Best friend zone. They were surrounded by the normal airport sounds—computerized voice announcements, the blend of other people’s laughter and 
greetings, and luggage dumped onto the multiple circling conveyer belts.