Holly North by Emma Savant

The old man chuckled. His overweight belly jiggled—

Like a bowl full of jelly.
“No,” I said.
Holly North isn’t exactly full of holiday cheer. She lives in one of Colorado’s winter playgrounds, but the snow-covered mountains and charming holiday cottages seem a world away from her boring job and ratty apartment. She’s drowning in student loan debt and is tired of logging onto social media to see a parade of engagements, baby announcements, and exotic vacations that only highlight how much she hasn’t done with her life.

And then, one winter night, while taking out her neighbor’s garbage, she hears a distant scream…
And gets literally run over by a reindeer.
When she wakes up at the North Pole, the new world that surrounds her is strange and way too full of the holiday spirit. Everyone at Santa’s Workshop seems elated to be there—except for Santa himself. The jolly old elf doesn’t seem to quite trust her, and when the lights at the North Pole start flickering and plunging the Workshop into darkness, she starts to understand why…
And discovers her chance to finally do something extraordinary.