The prim librarian is finally getting her chance to direct Avalon’s annual holiday pageant, and she’s motivated to make it truly spectacular. But it might just require one of those Xmas miracles she’s constantly find out about. The issue is her codirector is usually recovering former kid star Eddie Haven, a long-haired, tattooed lump of coal in Maureen’s pageant stocking. Eddie can’t stand Christmas, but a court purchase from a judge has landed him ideal in the middle of the merrymaking. Maureen and about Lakeshore Christmas Eddie spar over every detail from the pageant, from casting stressed kids to Eddie’s primary – and distinctly untraditional – music. Can be he aiming to sabotage the efficiency to spite her? Or is usually she trying too much to match the present into her storybook-perfect idea of Xmas? And how is it possible that they’re falling in love? #1 New York Times bestselling writer Susan Wiggs conjures the heartwarming holiday tale of two different people searching beyond the disappointments of the past to the guarantee of the future. Amid the holiday bustle of crackling fires, caroling singers and delicious secrets, the season of goodwill becomes the setting for Willow Lake’s most unlikely love story yet.