Ariella Marino’s life is kind of a mess. Her best friend isn’t around as much now that she has a baby on the way, her partner-in-crime isn’t speaking to her, and she’s been offered a life-changing career opportunity. There’s only one catch: the biggest event of the holiday season, the annual Mistletoe Market, must be a success.

Stressed and seeking guidance to ensure the infamous bachelor auction goes off without a hitch, she turns to the best party planner she knows—Mabel O’Reilly. But on the day of the event, strange things begin to happen: holiday cards with cryptic messages start showing up, mistletoe blooms overhead at the most inconvenient times, and Ari wins a date with the one man who wants nothing to do with her. 

Howard Sinclair is moving on with life. Having spent the better part of the last decade choosing his best friend over finding love, he’s taken the last four months to reinvent himself. Now the owner and full-time manager of Union Tavern, he’s ready to leave his past behind and finally seize control of his future.

But when the woman he’s desperately tried to forget wins a date with him at the auction, it feels like he’s being dragged back into the past. And it’s only made worse when she vows to make it up to him by offering to be his personal matchmaker. When each date is worse than the last, and a series of unexpected events take place, he can’t help but wonder if true love will ever be in the cards for him. 

Take a trip to Mage Hollow to find out if Ari and Howie can find balance in their friendship, or if they truly are a match made in magic.