She swore she'd never come back.
Five years ago, Nora Whitfield fled Evergreen Falls with a broken engagement and shattered pride, vowing to forget the small town - and the man - who'd made her believe in forever. But when her grandmother's first Christmas in memory care calls her home, Nora finds herself face-to-face with Cole Aldridge, the ex who still haunts her dreams and now lives at the end of the most decorated street in America.
Christmas Lane has rules. And this year's biggest one? Complete the Twelve Dates of Christmas together - or become the town scandal all over again.
What starts as a strategic truce becomes something far more dangerous. Each festive challenge - from a snowbound cabin to a gingerbread showdown - strips away the careful distance Nora's built around her heart. Because Cole isn't the man who broke her. He's someone new. Someone who might deserve a second chance.
But the truth about their past is more complicated than either of them knew. And with a career opportunity pulling Nora back to the city, she'll have to decide: Is she running toward her future - or away from the only place that's ever felt like home?
Twelve dates. Twelve days. One chance to rewrite their ending.
A swoony second-chance romance with twinkling lights, found family, and a love worth coming home for.