A standalone contemporary romance set among neighbors, filled with homespun holiday cheer, from Catherine Anderson, NY Times bestselling writer of the Mystic Creek series. Maddie McLendon hasn’t got a new romantic relationship since the lack of her cherished husband two years ago. Broken by grief and desperate for a new start, Maddie moves to Bitterroot Valley, Montana, with her adult child and her grandson. But despite the natural splendor of her new town, don’t assume all change in her life is a pleasant one..LEARNING MUCH MORE about The Christmas Room Maddie’s brand-new next-door neighbor, Sam Conacher, used to be always a pillar of the community, but he has driven older friends and fresh acquaintances away because of a recently available heartbreak of his very own. He appears to intrude on her existence at every change. As Christmas draws nearer, Sam’s and Maddie’s expanded children start to fall in love, but Maddie and Sam’s connections are punctuated by an increasingly bitter attitude. Under unexpected circumstances, the additional townsfolk of Bitterroot Valley band together to show both Maddie and Sam that shifting past their grief is possible, and burdens are lightened when you have another person to depend on.