The Christmas Cafe

by Seth Sjostrom

Jake Myers fights to save a struggling Main Street Wintergreen. As businesses and even the city have largely turned their back on the once-thriving downtown marketplace, Jake tries to unite the community in celebrating Christmas together in the classic ways that had made Wintergreen such a special place.
Bea Bailey, owner of the Coffee Corner, one of the businesses Jake is working hard to save, pushes her granddaughter, Sara, to work closely with Jake. As Jake and Sara rally the town and reignite lost Christmas traditions, the pair realize they have a lot more in common than trying to save her grandmother’s café.
Sara’s old high school flame and Jake’s on and off again girlfriend dash any romantic sparks nearly as soon as they have a chance to catch. Making Jake’s holiday season more complicated, his girlfriend’s father is the head of his marketing firm which has staked Jake’s future on a game-changing account with impossible deadlines.

359 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 26, 2023

About the author

A New England native, Seth had a storybook childhood growing up in Connecticut. He graduated college at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 1993 and transplanted himself in the Pacific Northwest soon after.

Immediately falling in love with northwest topography, Seth made the most of it becoming an experienced hiker, whitewater rafting guide, mountain climber (alright, his friends dragged him up a couple of NW peaks) and skier/snowboarder. Seth now resides on Florida's Gulf coast, trying not to be distracted by dolphins and manatees swimming by.

A serial entrepreneur, Seth has created and partnered with several cutting edge healthcare companies and helped launch two magazines.

Seth supports Hire Heroes USA, Christmas is Not Cancelled and the Mel Green Institute to Combat Human Trafficking with his books.