The prim librarian is finally getting her chance to direct Avalons annual holiday pageant, and shes determined to make it truly spectacular. But it might just require one of those Christmas miracles shes always read about. Because her codirector is recovering former child star Eddie Haven, a long-haired, tattooed lump of coal in Maureens pageant stocking. Eddie cant stand Christmas, but a court order from a judge has landed him right in the middle of the merrymaking. Maureen and Eddie spar over every detail of the pageant, from casting troubled kids to Eddies original - and distinctly untraditional - music. Is he trying to sabotage the performance to spite her? Or is she trying too hard to fit the show into her storybook-perfect notion of Christmas? And how is it possible that theyre falling in love? #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs conjures the heartwarming holiday tale of two people looking beyond the disappointments of the past to the promise of the future. Amid the holiday bustle of crackling fires, caroling singers and delicious secrets, the season of goodwill becomes the backdrop for Willow Lakes most unlikely love story yet.