She left him twelve years ago. Now fate has thrown them back together. Grace Holloway traded her first love for Broadway lights and never looked back. But when her marriage crumbles and she returns to Maple Creek as a single mom, the small Vermont town feels less like a fresh start and more like a reckoning. Especially when the Christmas pageant she reluctantly agrees to direct forces her to work alongside Ben Whitaker, the man whose heart she shattered when she chose a career over their future. Ben has spent twelve years building a life from the wreckage Grace left behind. A widowed father raising his son alone, he has no intention of letting her close enough to hurt him again. But when their children are cast as Mary and Joseph, suddenly their families are intertwined, every rehearsal reopening wounds neither has healed. The whole town is watching. The past is impossible to ignore. And every snowfall brings them closer to a truth they have both been running from. With the pageant deadline approaching and their carefully guarded walls crumbling, Grace and Ben must decide if the greatest risk is trusting someone who once broke your heart, or letting fear steal your second chance at love. A heartwarming story about forgiveness, family, and discovering that some loves are worth the wait.