Introduction: A cozy Christmas romantasy novella. In a small Bavarian mountain town bar on Krampusnacht, Isa shamelessly flirts with a dark, broody man dressed as Krampus. She was cajoled on this trip to Christmas markets despite her overall disgust of holiday cheer and trying to enjoy the one night that speaks to her surly heart. When she and the tree-farm-owning Krampus, Remme, continue to run into each other in increasingly dire situations, they must both learn to overcome their frosty personality and work together - to prevail over the unnatural forces threatening the human world and the secrets they are holding in their hearts. Only after a mug of cocoa by the fireplace....