Christmas By The Shore by Ivory Fields

Her career is her coping mechanism. But will her charming Christmas neighbor change everything?

Christina is a certified workaholic who hardly leaves her office. But when her parents take a cruise over Christmas – leaving her responsible for their beautiful waterside home – Christina’s best friend convinces her to enjoy six weeks of blissful peace in a cozy New Jersey town.
After a structural accident leaves Catherine with a disaster on her hands, she recruits local handyman – and her surprise next-door neighbor – Will. His casual attitude strikes her as painfully unprofessional, but she quickly warms to the easy-going contractor and his troublesome teenage daughter.
But Christina can’t let go of her workaholic ways… and when a misunderstanding threatens to shatter their budding friendship, she retreats into her career – perhaps never to re-emerge. Can she find the strength to take a risk and find the love she desperately craves? Or will love become just another thing sacrificed on the altar of her career?