After The Last Goodbye

<p>Christmas used to be a riot of glitter and loud off-key carols all thanks to Chloe.</p><p>Now six months after her vibrant older sister's death sixteen-year-old Elara's home is defined by a devastating metallic quiet. The silence is a physical weight slowly pulling her parents apart leaving Elara drowning in her grief wearing Chloe's oversized blue coat like a shield against the world.</p><p>Then hidden deep in a dusty attic trunk she finds Chloe's secret unfinished journal: My Christmas Legacy: 15 Things I Need to Finish.</p><p>Cryptic ambitious and utterly impossible the list demands Elara Fix the North Star and Return the Melody. Desperate to break the family's silence Elara turns to the only person who might understand the code: Noah the guarded heartbroken boy Chloe secretly loved who has his own reasons for avoiding the past.</p><p>Racing against Christmas Day Elara dives into her sister's final intricate map of anonymous kindness and powerful connection. She hopes that completing the list will somehow bring her sister back.</p><p>But what happens when the final task is not about finishing Chloe's life but about finally giving Elara permission to start her own?</p><p><br> </p>