Holidays & Heartstrings

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When the snow falls hearts begin to thaw...</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Quinton MacKelvie never really knew his grandmother but the sprawling colonial house she left him in Grafton Vermont might be just the fresh start he and his five-year-old daughter need. Swapping city chaos for small-town charm he hopes to build a quieter life-one where he can breathe again and raise his little girl in peace.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Celeste Black isn't exactly thrilled to be back in the town she once ran from. But with her father's dementia worsening she's left her art-and her pride-behind to care for the man who barely remembers her. The last thing she needs is a too-perfect new neighbor who seems to have it all figured out. They clash from the moment they meet-Quinton with his steady calm Celeste with her creative chaos.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>She's in over her head and help has a funny way of showing up wearing steel cap boots flannel and a permanent scowl.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But as Christmas approaches snowflakes aren't the only things falling. Between tangled holiday lights awkward run-ins and the quiet understanding that comes from shared loneliness something unexpected begins to bloom.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Maybe the place you're meant to be isn't just a house. Maybe it's a person.</em></strong></p>