Alec got his Christmas shopping done months ago - but he should have known that Jace would mess it all up for him. Now he's out braving the crowds on Christmas Eve trying to find a toy that's sold out everywhere for his son, and as it turns out, he's not the only desperate single father out there who will stop at nothing to get his hands on that last toy in the shops.
Alec's just broken up with his asshole of a boyfriend, and that wouldn't really be a problem if he wasn't supposed to bring a partner on the annual Lightwood Christmas ski trip, ostensibly to prove to his father that he's really, really, seriously gay. Out of desperation, he tries to get himself a fake boyfriend on Grindr - and that's just the beginning.
It's Christmas Eve, but instead of being home with his siblings watching cheesy television and eating pizza, Alec Lightwood is stuck in a small town in the middle of nowhere because of a snow storm. Worse, he's going to have to share a room at an over-priced B&B with his sister's annoying boss, Magnus Bane. They'll be lucky if this Christmas doesn't end in bloodshed.