In this heartfelt romance from the author ofAlways, in DecemberandYours for the Season,a bittersweet Christmas countdown opens the door to healing, hope . . . and maybe even love.

Ali has always loved Christmas, but this year she doesnt think shell make it through. Christmas was always her and her best friend Robyns holiday: Every year, they exchanged Advent calendars filled with challenges. Tell the hot guy at the coffee shop you like him. Delete your exs number. Throw out the bathroom scales.

But this Christmas, Robyn is gone, because she didnt get the heart transplant she needed.

There is one last calendar, thoughgiven to Ali before Robyn died, with a promise to open it in December.

The first challenge sends Ali to the Alps, where she takes a seasonal job at the ski lodge that she an