Eleven Pipers Piping (Without a Permit)

On the eleventh day of Christmas, the Ministry tried to silence the bagpipes. Good luck with that. Fintan Tyree lives for two things: holiday gigs and being just loud enough to rattle the Ministry's windows. This year, he's marshaled the most notorious ragtag band of pipers in town—just in time to find the Ministry has banned "unpermitted" music, deployed goose auditors, and decreed no more than three bagpipes per block. Naturally, Fintan's crew answers with a battle cry and a volume setting labeled "festive anarchy." Enter Keeva Stang—Ministry inspector, rulebook in one hand, decibel meter in the other, determined to shut down the rebel musicians before the next window cracks. She thinks she's chasing chaos; she's actually falling for the wild, stubborn heart of the band—and for the one piper who refuses to play by anyone's rules but his own. As sound complaints pile up, rival bands escalate, and the geese stage their own "Audit Division" intervention, Fintan and Keeva are drawn into a riotous, slapstick battle for the soul of Christmas music. With the town on its feet, the Ministry's authority crumbling, and every child in Osprey Cove chanting for more, the only solution left is the one no one expected: a legally sanctioned, goose-approved charity concert…and a romance worth raising a ruckus over. This Christmas, compliance is optional, noise is inevitable, and love is the only miracle you can't regulate. Expect musical rebellion, bagpipe battles, goose-led audits, and a romance that proves the best miracles don't follow the rules.