Fighting Feelings (and a Christmas truce) (The Second Chance Chronicles) by Sally Brooks

When Ruth goes to a gig and spends a night of passion with singer Sienna, she doesn’t expect it to go anywhere. As a grieving widow and busy hospital CEO, Ruth enjoys their moment but doesn’t want a relationship. Ruth doesn’t expect to see Sienna again. But when protestors gather at her hospital to stop a merger she approved, she spots Sienna through the December snow, waving a placard. On opposing sides of the debate, the women clash, with 28-year-old Sienna using her legal knowledge to make life harder for 45-year-old Ruth. Sienna gets under Ruth's skin, but is it more than annoyance? Maybe Ruth’s being too Scrooge-like. Before long it's difficult to deny their growing chemistry, despite clashing over an emotive issue that affects them both personally. Will Ruth and Sienna work out their differences in time for a festive truce? Will their age-gap stand in the way of their attraction? And can Ruth imagine once again sharing Christmas with someone else?