His yes, however, ends up leading to a much nicer evening than expected and the phone number of Taylor Beckwith, the redhead. The phone number leads to coffee, the coffee leads to a dinner date, and soon Alex finds himself juggling his growing attraction to Taylor, the unexpected challenges of the holiday party, and the year-end needs of the salvage business. Will a ship-shape, put-together, feisty professional woman like Taylor even be interested in more from a sailor boy with way too many irons in the fire? He might need a Christmas miracle, and he might just need the courage to believe in himself.

Salvage and rescue expert Alex Ivanovich—Mr. Bad Breakup himself—thinks he’s ruined his chances with Taylor forever. When Taylor’s mother calls him, begging him to help locate Taylor who disappeared in a rainforest in St. Eustatius, he latches onto the team searching for a kidnapped American medical student in the same area where Taylor has gone missing. As the owner of a rescue and salvage unit, locating stranded travelers is part of his job, but never before has he been so desperate to succeed.

In a race against a sadistic kidnapper, a powerful hurricane, and the tangled jungle itself, both Taylor and Alex must put aside their differences in order to survive.