As teens, their paths crossed every Christmas. This year, their paths intertwine.
Single father Noah Appel has suffered more loss than a man of twenty-five should. Between his grief and the mounting pressure of the approaching busy season, he's overwhelmed-until an incident at his daughter's school reintroduces him to a girl whose wild hair and quirky family always stood out from other visitors to his family's tree farm. Only now, she's a beautiful woman with a kind and helpful heart who throws him and his young daughter a welcome lifeline. Offering to alleviate some of Noah's stress seemed like the natural thing for music teacher Clari Sinclair to do, considering his family's tree farm was the site of so many wonderful memories with her Christmas-obsessed family. Especially since the charming boy she once knew has grown into a handsome man whose burdens call to the deepest parts of her romantic heart.
Can these two turn memories of Christmases past into a future worthy of the Appel legacy?

**This book previously appeared in Hearts Aglow: the 2020 Christmas Lights Collection with stories from Chautona Havig, Toni Shiloh, and Cathe Swanson. Find the sequel this year in the 2021 Christmas Lights collection, Home for Christmas.**