Itโs set to be a white Christmas in Hart County, and Grace King is pet-sitting in a beautiful home with only a difficult dachshund for company. Just as she starts to miss the bustle of her large Amish family, Grace runs into a familiar face. Living right next door is John Michael Miller. Heโs a fireman now, but five years ago, he had courted her older sister, then broke her heart. Seeing him again stirs Graceโs anger, but also reminds her of deeper feelings sheโs done her best to deny.
The infatuation John Michael once saw in Graceโs eyes is long gone, though his complicated attraction to her remains. He had walked away all those years ago when he realized he was falling in love with the wrong sister. Now, as suspicious fires are set in their community, thatโs not an option. Grace dismisses his warnings, and John Michael vows to keep an eye on her. But he canโt help wondering if heโs reconnected with Grace, only to risk losing her again.
Now all John Michael wants for Christmas is to keep Grace safe, in the hopes that they can one day have a future together.
Shelley Shepard Gray is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers prestigious Carol Award, and a two-time HOLT Medallion winner. She lives in southern Ohio, where she writes full-time, bakes too much, and can often be found walking her dachshunds on her townโs bike trail.