Ballantine
November 2006
On Sale: October 31, 2006
Featuring: Daniel O’Shea; Joy Candellaro
272 pages ISBN: 0345483790 EAN: 9780345483799 Paperback (reprint) Add to Wish List
Joy Candellaro used to love Christmas more than any other
time of the year. Now, as the holiday approaches, she
finds herself at loose ends. Recently divorced and
estranged from her sister, she can’t summon the old
enthusiasm for celebrating. So without telling anyone, she
buys a ticket and boards a plane bound for the rural
Northwest.
Yet Joy’s best-laid plans go terribly awry. The plane
crashes deep in the darkness of a forest. Miraculously,
Joy and her fellow passengers walk away from the wreckage
as the plane explodes. There, amid the towering trees, Joy
makes a bold and desperate decision to leave her ordinary
life behind and embark on an adventure . . . just for the
holidays.
Daniel O’Shea has returned to the small town of Rain
Valley, following the death of his ex-wife. Now he is a
single father facing his son’s first Christmas without a
mother. Six-year-old Bobby isn’t making it easy–the boy
has closed himself off from the world, surrounding himself
with imaginary friends.
When Joy and Bobby meet, they form an instant bond. Thrown
together by fate, these wounded souls will be touched by
the true spirit of Christmas and remember what it means to
be a family.
Then a dramatic turn of events shows Joy the price of
starting over. On a magical Christmas Eve she will come
face-to-face with a startling truth. Now she must decide:
In a time of impossible dreams and unexpected chances, can
she find the faith to reach for the love she has
found . . . and the new life only she believes in?
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