Beloved award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe delivers a hopeful and heartwarming story about an impossible Christmas dream, an unexpected act of goodwilland a surprising chain of events that could gift joy far beyond the holiday season . . . Free-spirited, living on the fly, Vanessa Hayes is still always down for traditional family holiday fununtil now. She's making her oft-delayed wish finally come true: Christmas in Paris, the glittering City of Lights. But when her passport gets delayed, its too late for Vanessa to rebook. Now it looks like the Yuletide she longs for wont happen. Until a stranger suddenly enters her life, and changes it forever . . . Overwhelmed by responsibility, Judith Guthrie is too busy worrying about her seriously ill brother to have time to celebrate. Shes taken a leave from her teaching job to care for him as hes on the waiting list for a life-giving transplant. A trip to France is a kind of happiness she cant imagine. But when she accidentally receives Vanessas passport, Judith cant resist delivering it in person so Vanessa will at least have her holiday dream. She can't anticipate that her small gesture will result in a series of big choices, big miracles, and lifelong rewards that all will be thankful for over many Christmases to come . . .
