She was made of magic and mourning. He was drowning in ghosts. In the haunted hush of Christmas, the forest brings them together.

In 1914, as snow blankets the quiet town of Stockbridge, Olivia escapes into the woods. She is a strange girl with stranger gifts, haunted by the life she left behind. The trees whisper her name. The frost bites like a warning.

She doesn’t expect to be found.

But then she hears his song.

Hunter, a grieving schoolteacher, sees the world in shadows since the death of his wife. But when he meets Olivia, everything changes. Her touch feels like a second chance. All he needs to do is take her hand.

Fans of The Nightmare Before Christmas will be enchanted by this gothic holiday romance, where the most powerful gift of all is a heart that still dares to hope.