Description
Clara Hart knows how to make difficult decisions. Returning to Bellwether Bay to settle her late grandmother’s estate should be straightforward: assess the old Victorian house, arrange the sale, and get back to the career she has built in Chicago.
Then she finds Evelyn’s Christmas guest list. Three groups are expecting the warmth and welcome Juniper House has offered for decades—and the first guests are due in less than two weeks. With aging wiring, uncertain repairs, and expenses that cannot be ignored, Clara has no idea what promises she can safely keep.
Ben Navarro, the preservation architect who once knew her better than anyone, offers to help her find out. Working side by side revives a friendship they let fade years ago, along with the possibility of something neither expected to find again. But Ben refuses to make easy promises about the house, and Clara refuses to build a future on sentiment alone.
As Christmas Eve approaches, Clara must decide what honoring Evelyn’s legacy really means—and whether home might be more than the place she thought she had to leave behind.
A warm, emotionally grounded holiday romance about homecoming, found family, practical hope, and choosing love without losing yourself.
